Join us for the 2026 Cross for LifeFlight and Family-Fun 5K!
The Cross for LifeFlight is our most important fundraising event of the year and is one of the easiest ways to support our lifesaving mission.
The annual event, which takes place during the entire month of August, is a self-directed outdoor challenge for individuals and teams and relies on peer-to-peer fundraising and sponsors to raise critically needed funds for LifeFlight of Maine. The Cross for LifeFlight is open to everyone and every activity — hiking, cycling, swimming, kayaking, running, and sailing! Participants have the flexibility to choose their favorite solo or team activity, and complete their Crossing, however, whenever, and wherever they choose during the month of August.
Register Now!New: Cross for LifeFlight Family-Fun 5K Run/Walk!
Registration is now open for the inaugural Cross for LifeFlight Family-Fun 5K!
LifeFlight of Maine is bringing supporters together in person for the 5k, which welcomes all ages and abilities. Participants are invited to walk, run, or jog alongside LifeFlight crew members, former patients, and other fellow supporters – all while raising critical funds to support LifeFlight’s lifesaving mission.
While the month-long challenge remains a core part of the event, this year’s addition of the 5k creates a new opportunity for the community to come together, celebrate, and elevate fundraising efforts in a memorable way.
Participants can choose to take part in the 5K, the month-long Cross challenge, or both.
Date: Saturday, August 15, 2026
Start Time: 9:00 AM
Where: Back Cove Trail, Portland, ME
Cross for LifeFlight
$6,285
Raised of $200,000
Cross Maine. Save Lives.
LifeFlight flies more than 15,000 miles across Maine each month, delivering lifesaving care to someone facing critical injury or illness. For every single mile of every single mission, that patient is receiving the best medical care possible and the fastest transport available.
The Cross for LifeFlight makes these lifesaving missions possible.
We’re not just logging miles—we’re raising critical funds to keep LifeFlight of Maine in the air, equipped and ready to respond to calls for help every day and night of the year.
Every mile we cross.
Every dollar we raise.
Every mile we cross and every dollar we raise ensures that the next person in Maine who faces a life-threatening medical emergency—a friend, a family member, a neighbor, a fellow Mainer, or a visitor coming here to explore—has access to advanced critical care. We’re giving them their best chance on their worst day.
2025 Founder's Prize Recipient: Hollye Lord
"My first Cross for LifeFlight has been such a healing journey for me. Gratitude can be such a big, heavy thing to carry around and this has given me an outlet for some of that gratitude and the weight doesn’t feel so heavy anymore. It has been amazing the number of people who have donated and joined me in supporting the mission of LifeFlight of Maine. I’ll definitely be crossing again next year."
