Flight Story #1335 Edmonton, Alberta to Vancouver, British Columbia When Val learned that her sister, Dorinda, was facing a critical health situation and receiving care in Prince George, she knew she needed to be there. Distance and travel costs stood in the way and she would need help to make the trip possible. Travel, however,
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Flight Story #1522, #1523, & #1524 Vancouver, British Columbia → Calgary, Alberta When Heidi received the call that her grandfather was nearing the end of his life, her family believed he was holding on for one reason. “My brothers both called me this morning and told me they think Papa is waiting for me to
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Flight Story #1549 Miami, Florida > Vancouver, British Columbia Madyson was far from home when she received heartbreaking news: her newborn nephew, Jalen, was in palliative care, and her family had been told he was nearing the end of his life. Suddenly, getting home to Vancouver was all that mattered. Jalen had only recently been
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Flight Story #1530 Fort St. John, British Columbia → Vancouver, British Columbia When Deanna learned that her grandmother’s condition had suddenly worsened, she knew she had to get to Vancouver as quickly as possible. Just months earlier, her grandmother had been diagnosed with cancer. At the time, Deanna had applied to Give A Mile, but
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Flight Story #1331 Chicago, Illinois > Vancouver, British Columbia — $1,355.94 CAD When Drota learned that her brother had been admitted to hospital in Vancouver, she knew she needed to be there. Family means everything to her, and being together during times of care and uncertainty is how her family copes. Traveling from Chicago to
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Flight Story #1330 Cape Town, South Africa > Vancouver, British Columbia — $1,111.67 CAD The distance between continents can feel even greater when time is running out. For Claudia, that distance became overwhelming when she learned her brother-in-law, Vincenzo, had been moved into hospice care. His health had declined quickly, and doctors shared that he
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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 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 #1502 & #1503 Vancouver, British Columbia > Toronto, Ontario When Sarah learned that her stepfather, Ron, had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and given only a few months to live, she knew she wanted to see him again. But she wasn’t the only one. Her daughter, Thalia, was hoping to make the
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Flight Story #1498 Halifax, Nova Scotia > Vancouver, British Columbia When Sierra learned that her father was in a coma in the Intensive Care Unit, she knew she needed to get to Vancouver as quickly as possible. The situation was urgent. In her application, Sierra shared that her father, Adona, was critically ill and that
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