Why We Need Your Help

Despite managing an extremely lean budget, it still costs more than $5.8 million per year to be ready to go 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - that's $16,000 a day.

Third party payers only reimburse a portion of each flight's true cost. Additional funding must be provided from a number of sources to sustain Mercy Flight's life-saving missions.

These include:

• Public funding (New York State, Western New York counties)
• Private contributions/Memorials
• Community events (fire departments, service clubs, community organizations)
• Corporate donations
• Foundation grants

Major Contibutors:Derrick Manufacturing, Key Bank, Multi Med, Stafford Fire Dept.

Fund Raisers: Key Bank, Stafford Fire, Multi Med, Lockport Professional Fire Fighters, Twin City Ambulance, Flynn and Friends, Metro Aviation, Inc., Lipman and Biltekoff, LLP, Independent Health, Wireless Zone, Blue Cross Blue Shield WNY.

Annual Fund Raisers:

• LakeFest (2nd Annual Event in Wilson, New York)
• Fight For Flight ( 1st Annual Event   McKenzies Bar and Grill in Hamburg, New York)
• Marilla Car Show(2nd Anual Event)
• Flips Gymnastics (2nd Annual Event)
• Hamburg WalMart SuperCruise in Hamburg, NY
• Lei Ti Auction (2nd Annual Event)
• Miles with Missions - Marathon Run in Paris, France (1st Annual)

Corporate Sponsors: