News & Stories

Stories from LifeFlight
News & Stories
Keep up to date with the latest news from LifeFlight of Maine and those we serve.

Stories from LifeFlight
Keep up to date with the latest news from LifeFlight of Maine and those we serve.
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 […]
“They’re a very important part of healthcare here in Maine. We do the best we can up here for people, but we have limitations. I hold LifeFlight of Maine in high regard as being that liaison between our care and the care that they need to survive.” – Fireman Fred Fred Parsons is a guy […]
We are delighted to announce that the 2024 LifeFlight Emergency Care Open golf tournament raised more than $42,000 for LifeFlight of Maine’s clinical education program! Nearly 140 golfer joined us at Natanis Golf Course in Vassalboro on Monday, June 17, 2024. The tournament is a wonderful opportunity to bring together LifeFlight crew, EMS and aviation […]
Sue Cook first participated in the Cross for LifeFlight in 2021 and has every year since, logging miles and raising critical funds for LifeFlight of Maine. But her LifeFlight story began more than decade before that. “I was on my way to a meeting in Boston, when I got a phone call that I needed […]