Welcome to my Cross for LifeFlight Fundraising Page!
Between August 1 and August 31, I will be doing my own Crossing to support LifeFlight of Maine, a challenge that will symbolize the difficulties of providing lifesaving emergency medical care to Maine's many island and rural communities.
I was a Lifeflight patient in 2009 after a ski accident and was very fortunate to have LifeFlight available that day since I needed immediate critical care. This will be my third year of riding my mountain bike in the Cross to raise funds for the folks that saved my life. I will be out there cranking out the miles most every day in August and I am sure I will spot LifeFlight in the skies above me as I send up a prayer.
LifeFlight of Maine is a nonprofit organization and the state’s only emergency medical helicopter service. With three helicopters, an airplane and ground ambulances, LifeFlight brings ICU-level care directly to the patient. As Maine’s only air ambulance service, LifeFlight has served more than 38,000 patients, one life at a time, from every community and hospital in the state.
LifeFlight plays a critical role in the “chain of survival” by connecting people to the care they need. People who live in Maine and people who visit Maine—including me—depend on LifeFlight to be there for them. I’m comforted to know that they’ll be there for me, and for my friends and family, should the unthinkable happen. None of us wake up in the morning thinking we will need Life Flight, but as it did for me me life can change quickly. Now I wake up every morning feeling grateful that LifeFlight helped save my life!
I’m going to make my crossing to support this important cause. Won’t you support it, too? Just click on the “donate” button. Any amount is greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much for supporting my efforts, and mostly, for supporting this critically important service.
