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Reporting period ending: 2022-12-31

Programs and activities:

Ongoing programs:
HOPE AIR PROVIDES FREE TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION’S FOR PEOPLE IN CANADA IN FINANCIAL NEED WHO MUST ACCESS MEDICAL CARE FAR FROM HOME. HOPE AIR FULFILS ITS MANDATE BY ARRANGING AND PROVIDING FREE TRAVEL, PRIMARILY FLIGHTS FOR PATIENTS TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOME COMMUNITIES. S. HOPE AIR ALSO PROVIDES RESIDENTS OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND WITH FREE BRIDGE TOLL AND FERRY VOUCHERS TO REACH THE MAINLAND FOR CARE. PRIVATE PILOTS ALSO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND AIRCRAFT TO TRANSPORT PATIENTS.

New programs:
TO BROADEN THE SCOPE OF SUPPORTS AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE IN CANADA TRAVELING FOR MEDICAL CARE, HOPE AIR DEPLOYED TWO NEW PROGRAMS IN 2022. THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDED FREE MEALS BY OFFERING A VOUCHER FOR FOOD TO PATIENTS STAYING OVERNIGHT WITH A HOTEL PARTNER, AND FREE GROUND TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM AIRPORTS IN URBAN CENTRES THROUGH A RIDE SHARE SERVICE. BOTH PROGRAMS WERE ESTABLISHED TO OFFSET ADDITIONAL TRAVEL COSTS INCURRED BY HOPE AIR PATIENTS AND TO SUPPORT EASE OF NAVIGATING UNFAMILIAR ENVIRONMENTS DURING AN ALREADY STRESSFUL TIME.

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