2025 Cross for LifeFlight Raises $216,000+ for LifeFlight of Maine
In the summer of 2025, 95 participants crossed more than 3,700 miles. These participants raised more than $216,000, thanks to the support of 1,500 donors.
The Cross for LifeFlight is our most important fundraising event of the year and is one of the easiest ways to support our lifesaving mission. Every dollar we raise and every mile we Cross helps save lives.
The annual event, which takes place during the entire month of August, is a self-directed outdoor challenge for individuals and teams and relies on peer-to-peer fundraising and sponsors to raise critically needed funds for LifeFlight of Maine. The Cross for LifeFlight is open to everyone and every activity — hiking, cycling, swimming, kayaking, running, and sailing! Participants have the flexibility to choose their favorite solo or team activity, and complete their Crossing, however, whenever, and wherever they choose during the month of August.
In 2025 our Grateful Patient Team, which included 16 LifeFlight patients and their families, was our top fundraiser. Together, they raised $60,000 for LifeFlight.
Since 2021, the Cross for LifeFlight has raised more than $1.3M for LifeFlight.
Hollye Lord, 2025 Founder’s Prize Recipient
Hollye Lord during the 2025
Cross for LifeFlight.
“My first Cross for LifeFlight has been such a healing journey for me. Gratitude can be such a big, heavy thing to carry around and this has given me an outlet for some of that gratitude and the weight doesn’t feel so heavy anymore. It has been amazing the number of people who have donated and joined me in supporting the mission of LifeFlight of Maine. I’ll definitely be crossing again next year.”
Hollye was a member of our Grateful Patient Team. Her Crossing included walking, paddling, and hiking, for a total of 85 miles!
Read Hollye’s story here.
Joel Russ, Top Fundraiser, 2025
Joel Russ with his daughter-in-law, KC Ford, a LifeFlight patient and LifeFlight Foundation board member.
Joel led the event in fundraising, raising more than $17,000 in support for LifeFlight of Maine. The 81-year-old also ran 130 miles during the month of August, the most miles run of any participant in this year’s event.
Learn more about Joel’s years-long participation in the event here.
