The Pilot Network Podcast Episode #53 – Talking with Robert Sanchez of Miracle Flights
Miracle Flights was founded in 1985 on the belief that a healthy life is the birthright of every child – regardless of income, ailment or distance from medical care.
Originally called Angel Plane, Miracle Flights started out flying regionally on private charters. Over the years, they became an engaged member of the Las Vegas community, staging a series of popular air shows to raise funds as we grew our network of pilots, started flying coast to coast and helped an ever-increasing number of children in need of specialty care that was only available far from home.
In 1996 they became Miracle Flights for Kids and began to earn national recognition for their work, including President George H.W. Bush’s Daily Points of Light Award in 2001.
By 2005, they were coordinating hundreds of flights every month. They began flying families exclusively on commercial airlines – where flights were more economical and convenient for our flyers. Demand continued to increase, and in 2010 we coordinated our 50,000th flight.
Today, Miracle Flights is the nation’s leading medical flight charity and one of the only national nonprofits headquartered in Las Vegas. They arrange more than 600 flights every month to medical facilities across the country. Most of those they serve will require numerous flights over the course of their lifetime; some have already been flying with them for more than a decade.
Our guest today is Robert Sanchez. He is the Vice President of Corporate Alliances and leads the development team at Miracle Flights. He spent the last 12 years gaining valuable leadership experience in the corporate, start-up, and nonprofit sectors. Before Miracle Flights he was Senior Campaign Manager for Light The Night at The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
To contact Robert and his team, the best place to go is https://miracleflights.org/ and navigate to the “Ways To Give” page or you can email them directly at: [email protected]
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