Flight Story #1326 Terrace, British Columbia > Vancouver, British Columbia — $1,577.38 CAD Everything changed in a single day. Annette’s 82-year-old mother was suddenly rushed to the hospital after a serious medical emergency. What started as a frightening situation quickly became critical and she was airlifted to Vancouver for urgent care, where doctors tried to
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Flight Story #1260 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan > Kelowna, British Columbia — $453.82 CAD When Jennifer found out her great uncle had been sent home on palliative care, she knew she needed to be there. He wasn’t just her uncle—he had stepped into her life as a grandfather figure after her dad passed away from cancer. “He
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Flight Story #1264 Edmonton, Alberta > Windsor, Ontario — $1,153.51 CAD When Micha-Lynn, known as Mickey to her friends, reached out to Give A Mile, she was out of options—and out of time. Her close friend Michael had just been hospitalized in Windsor with a brain tumor and was scheduled for emergency surgery. Michael was
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Flight Stories #1249 & #1250 Kitimat, British Columbia → Vancouver, British Columbia — $698.62 CAD Jessie and her mother had lost years to separation, only recently finding their way back to each other. Now, time was running out again. She needed to be there, to share precious moments, to say the words left unsaid. And
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Flight Story #1243 Halifax, Nova Scotia > Calgary, Alberta — $656.80 CAD Siranda was adopted as a baby and spent over 20 years not knowing who her biological mother was, much less where she was. Then, through Ancestry DNA, she found her. What followed was the building of a bond that would make up for
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Flight Stories #1352 Curitiba, Brazil > Calgary, Alberta — 157,031 Scene+ points. When Silvana learned that her sister’s health had begun to decline, her heart pulled her across the distance that separated them. Living in Brazil while her sister received palliative care in Calgary was painful, and Silvana felt a deep need to be with
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Flight #1263 Edmonton, AB > San Antonio, TX – 98,496 Scene+ Points When Maria reached out, her mother was in hospice, close to dying. They had spent most of their lives apart. “We were separated from her almost all our lives because we have a broken family,” Maria said. But thanks to your support, Maria
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Flight Story #1531 Toronto, Ontario → Dhaka, Bangladesh — 173,162 Scene+ points There was a time in Sabrina’s life when she could not care for herself, and her father was the person who stood beside her every day. Now, at 84 years old and critically ill, her father, Abdur, was the one who needed care.
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Flight Story #1320 Edmonton, Alberta > Seoul, South Korea – $714.39 CAD Jiyoung had never planned to be in Canada for this reason. When her nephew Seojin – Lucas to his family – was diagnosed with hepatoblastoma two years ago when he was just one year old, she worried constantly from afar in Korea. He
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Flight Story #1314 Toronto, Ontario > Manchester, United Kingdom — $1,259.28 CAD Melissa never imagined she’d be trying to figure out how to say goodbye to her only sister from across an ocean. Life had already given her more than enough to juggle: raising two daughters on her own, one with a chronic illness that
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