Hope Air, the unique national charity that arranges free flights for Canadians who are in financial need and must travel to healthcare, celebrates its 100,000th flight today. Hope Air was established in 1986, and for the past 29 years has helped thousands of Canadians get to their crucial medical appointments.

Hope Air’s 100,000th flight was provided to 56 year old Richard Giroux of Hanmer, Ontario. Richard suffers from liver disease and is on the waiting list for a liver transplant. He must travel from Sudbury to Toronto every few months to see his doctors, but because of his condition he cannot sit for long periods of time – pain and fluid build-up make travel by car intolerable for Richard.


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