by Lauren Lamberson Growing up in Maine, Jillian Sheltra saw the impact LifeFlight has on people across the state. When she had the opportunity to become a flight paramedic, she knew it was a job she had to take. Jillian grew up in Biddeford and attended Bates College in Lewiston where in 2019 she earned […]
At its June 2024 meeting, the Board of Trustees of The LifeFlight Foundation welcomed two new members, Chris Fife and Brian Elowe. Brian is the CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of Southern Maine, as well as the parent of a LifeFlight patient. Chris is the Public Affairs Manager at Weyerhaueser, a major forest […]
Operating critical care helicopters, airplanes, and ambulances is expensive, even more so in a geographically expansive and meteorologically complex place like Maine. As a nonprofit, LifeFlight of Maine benefits from the tremendous generosity of its supporters, including the state and federal governments. It has an obligation to maximize the resources it has, using them as […]
Originally from Texas, beautiful Maine summers spent on the water are a big reason why Laura and Bob Hefner decided to purchase a home in the midcoast. After settling in, they were looking for ways to support the special way of life in a state where they already had so many fond memories. At a […]
Dispatches shares stories from the patients, supporters, crew, and communities that make LifeFlight of Maine one of the premier air ambulance services in the nation. It is published three times each year by The LifeFlight Foundation. Download this issue as a PDF. Stories in this issue of Dispatches
David Humm is a member of the Board of Trustees of The LifeFlight Foundation and the LifeFlight of Maine Steering Committee. How a recently retired management consultant from New Zealand came to serve in key leadership positions at both The LifeFlight Foundation and LifeFlight of Maine is not immediately intuitive, but the more you get […]
Sunny Dilley was two days old when she flew in a helicopter from Bar Harbor to Bangor. Angela, her mother, remembers watching from the passenger seat of a car in the hospital parking lot as the aircraft lifted off. The helicopter quickly disappeared into the distance, and the car pulled out onto the street heading […]
The Maine Turnpike Authority reported that approximately 30,000 motorists passed through the York toll plaza in a single day: Sunday, April 7, 2024, the day before the solar eclipse. That merely counts cars on Interstate 95 northbound, which is the largest but hardly the only road into Maine. So many private planes landed at Greenville […]
This past winter, LifeFlight of Maine launched a significant new initiative to bolster its relationships with hospitals, first responders, emergency medical services (EMS) agencies, 911 centers, and other stakeholders that rely on LifeFlight to deliver critical care quickly and reliably for patients facing a life-threatening medical emergency. This initiative is already making an impact and […]
Dear Friends, In our previous issue of Dispatches, we committed to three resolutions for 2024. The first one, which is the core of the LifeFlight mission, is to continue to expand access to critical care and medical transport for patients across the state of Maine. We are delighted to report that five months in we have several […]
