Dear Friends, Because of you, when the call comes, we are ready. In 2025, Life Flight of Maine continued to stand for something simple and powerful: reliability. Across mountains, islands, rural roads, and city streets, our aircraft and ground teams launched day and night to ensure that no patient was out of reach. Your generosity […]
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 […]
On Tuesday, January 27th, we hosted a donor reception in Cumberland to celebrate LifeFlight and raise support. Thank you to everyone who attended!
Why Jim and Pam Cleveland Support LifeFlight Jim and Pam Cleveland have fond memories of spending summer days in Islesboro with their family. The island in Penobscot Bay is only fourteen miles long and is home to slightly more than 600 year-round residents. It’s where Pam grew up and where the couple’s children and grandchildren […]
Each year, through its Community Giving Program, the LifeFlight Foundation reaches out to municipalities across Maine asking for support. Since 2006, more than 280 communities have come together to contribute a total of $1.1 million. This includes the Town of Liberty, which has contributed to LifeFlight’s Community Giving Program consecutively for the last ten years. Liberty, which has fewer […]
On August 23, 2025, a helicopter landing zone in Weld was dedicated in memory of Caren Daugherty, a former LifeFlight of Maine patient and annual summer visitor to nearby Webb Lake. Dozens of community and family members attended the event, which was organized by Caren’s husband, Brent Daugherty. Brent, who helped facilitate the designation of […]
This story appeared in the July 2025 issue of “Dispatches.“ Why Rebecca and Doug Thompson Support LifeFlight The Thompson family’s first air medical transport was in 1986 in Massachusetts, when Rebecca and Doug’s son Jack was born. Jack arrived nearly a month before his due date and was flown by airplane from the hospital where Rebecca […]
As an independent nonprofit, LifeFlight of Maine depends on community support to fulfill its mission. Every gift made to LifeFlight is put toward ensuring that everyone, perhaps even someone you know, will receive the care they need when they need it most. Cheri Smith needed the care of a LifeFlight team in 2024. After suffering […]
Leslie and Shawn Anderson have both a professional and a personal connection to LifeFlight of Maine. The couple is originally from Caribou, where for years Leslie served as the chief operating officer at Cary Medical Center. Her husband, Shawn, was the chief executive officer at Houlton Regional Hospital. Photos: Leslie’s father, Nathan Randolph (left); Shawn […]
Viking Lumber is a family owned and operated business serving communities up and down the coast of Maine. Over the past 80 years, the company has grown significantly, as has the Flanagan family who owns the business. Today, Viking Lumber has many dedicated employees and ten full-service locations, spanning from Warren to Machias. The Flanagans […]
