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Bert Light, Jeanine Chambers

Angel Flight Soars

Angel Flight Soars is a non-profit organization that is available to help any medically stable and

ambulatory patient who demonstrates a financial need and/or anyone who cannot use or access

commercial transportation. It serves patients who reside in or need to travel to or through

Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina or Tennessee. When there is a

need that extends beyond this region, Angel Flight Soars coordinates with affiliate organizations

through the Air Care Alliance.

Angel Flight has coordinated more than 39,000 mission flights in the last 34 years. In 2016, it

coordinated more than 3,200 missions – which translates into eight missions a day, seven days a

week. It helped patients from 34 states who ranged in age from newborn to 97 years old and who

had nearly 180 medical conditions.

Go to www.AngelFlightSoars.org or call 770.452.7958 to support Angel Flight Soars with a tax-

deductible donation or for additional information.

Jeanine Chambers has served as the executive director of Angel Flight Soars for 18 years.

Under her leadership, Angel Flight’s missions have increased by 950 percent. It is also worth

noting that Jeanine has built Angel Flight’s public awareness to unprecedented levels.

Bert Light is a member of Angel Flight’s Board of Directors. He has been an Angel Flight

volunteer pilot and contributor since 1999. Bert is a partner in a family business, Artlite Office

Supply, that provides Angel Flight with administrative support. He was honored as Angel Flight’s

Bert Light, Jeanine Chambers

pilot of the year in both 2000 and 2001.

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