Restoring Patients' Health - Through Free Medical Transportation - One Trip at a Time
Get Involved with Mercy Medical Angels
Mercy Medical Angels removes the barrier to medical care with transportation on the ground with gas cards, bus and train tickets and in the air with flights flown by volunteer pilots and the commercial airlines.
Mercy Medical Angels is the largest charitable medical transportation system in the world. Last year, we provided more than 53,000 free patient trips to clinical care.
Our Rich History of Helping Patients
Mercy Medical Angels was founded in 1972 when four men in Washington, D.C. began offering free medical transportation in a small airplane to medical care for those in need.
Over the years, your donations have made it possible for Mercy Medical Angels to expand, meet new needs and offer different modes of transportation to where it is now the nation’s largest provider of charitable transportation for those in need.
Your participation has ensured that Mercy Medical Angels has never compromised the highest standards of operational integrity and efficiency, transportation safety, public transparency and accountability. Through fifty-two years of continuous service, Mercy Medical Angels has kept a perfect safety record and receives the highest ratings on Charity Navigator and Candid (formerly Guidestar) year over year.
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"Thank you for helping us during our time of need. We travel nearly 675 miles every two weeks for medical treatment.
We have been traveling for nearly 2 years with no end in site.
It has become very very difficult for us to financial absorb these high medical travel expenses.
Your organization is making a difference to us personally. We just want to "thank you" from the bottom of our hearts."
Matthew & Karen
Mercy Medical Angels' Patients
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Our Affiliated Organizations
More than 53,000 patient trips annually
Providing flights to Veterans and their families to vital healthcare and resources that they couldn't afford otherwise.
Providing transportation for veterans with PTS or depression to vetted service dog organizations.
Flights flown by volunteer pilots who donate their time, plane and resources to transport patients to medical care.
Providing ground transportation with gas cards, bus or train tickets to non-local medical care more than 50 miles away.
Our Mission:
Removing the barrier to medical care with transportation on the ground and in the air.
Our Vision:
To ensure that no one is ever denied medical care because they don’t have transportation.
Our Culture
Meet Our Staff
Our experienced staff is dedicated to helping you reach the healthcare you need.
Board of Directors
The Mercy Medical Angels' Board of Directors establish effective governance. They ensure alignment of the organization's identity, mission, values, and goals driving cultural, operational, and financial performance to ensure that no one in need is denied medical care because they don't have transportation.
Mercy Medical Angels
Board of Directors
- David Linton,
Chairman
- COL. John Venable, USAF (Ret.), Vice-Chairman
- James Borger, Treasurer
- Joyce Gardella, Secretary
- Allie Lawaetz
- Stephen Craven
- James Harry
- Stephen D. Juge, Esq.
- Gregory Lomax
- Bud Moeller
- Deborah H. Painter
- Virginia Rodriguez
Emeritus
- Dr. Harry Beaver, M.D
- MAJ GEN Jack Catton
- USAF (Ret.)
- COL. Rand Brandt, USAF (Ret.)
- CMDR W. Taylor Grant USNR (Ret.)
- C.R. (Bud) Harper
- John Jackson
- COL Norman E. Johnson USAF (Ret.)
- Kenneth (Skipp) Maiden
- CAPT Thomas W. McMahon, USN (Ret.)
- Patrick O’Boyle III
- Louis J. Sabatini
Angel Wings for Veterans
Advisory Board
- GEN. David M. Rodriguez, USA (Ret.), Chair
- Deb Cox-Wood PhD, N.D.
- Stephen Craven
Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic
Advisory Board
- Kelly Murphy, Chair
- Stephen Craven, Chair Emeritus
- Nevin Showman
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Contact Us
101 West Main Street,
Suite 1000,
Norfolk, VA 23510
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Our Accreditations
Mercy Medical Angels is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization. Non-Profit Tax ID #: 52-1374161
GIVE THROUGH THE ANNUAL COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN (CFC) #11844
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