Thursday at SUN ’n FUN, Lightspeed Aviation Foundation revealed the names of 12 charities, selected from hundreds of nominees, as the finalists in the Sixth Annual Lightspeed Aviation Foundation Pilots Choice Awards grant program.
The finalists are: Angel Flight West, Civil Air Patrol, Experience Aviation, JAARS, Miracle Flights for Kids, Missionary Flights International, Mission Aviation Foundation, New Tribes Mission Aviation, The Ninety-Nines, Patient AirLift Services, Patriots Jet Team Foundation, and Pilots N Paws.
To vote for your favorites, go to LightspeedAviationFoundation.org.
Finalists will receive awards up to $10,000, depending on their final vote ranking.
The finalists will be revealed Oct. 16 at The Flying Aviation Expo in Palm Springs, California.
Miracle Flights for Kids has flown my son and I to New York several times as he is fighting bilateral retinoblastoma, a cancer of his eyes. Without their help, we would never have been able to get there. Please vote for Miracle Flights so that they can help more kids. Medical bills add up pretty quick when your kid has a devastating disease like this. It may not seem like much to some, but not having to worry about paying for airplane tickets is a huge load off our shoulders. Thank you. http://www.lightspeedaviationfoundation.org/content.cfm/Voting/Get-to-know-the-2015-finalists/Miracle-Flights-for-Kids