North Country Life Flight was invited to participate in the Champlain Valley Classic Cruisers 2009 Spring Nationals this past weekend at the Clinton County Fairgrounds in Morrisonville, NY. An annual family event, this year's Spring Nationals attracted 400 cars and many families from across the North Country.

Former Life Flight patient and car club member, Jan Washburn, wrote the Classic Cruisers, as a Life Flight fund-raising volunteer, asking them to consider adding North Country Life Flight as one of the charities the club supports. Club officers voted and agreed to add North Country Life Flight as their fourth charity this year.

North Country Life Flight was present both Saturday and Sunday with an informational table offering literature about our mission; accepting pledges in support of WSLP's "SitDown, SmackDown" event coming up in Lake Placid on Saturday, May 30; selling handcrafted cutting boards donated by Sid Ward of Jay, NY and visiting with our North Country neighbors. Several former patients stopped by with their families to say thank you to Life Flight.

The Spring Nationals raises funds for four local organizations and on Sunday afternoon the Champlain Valley Classic Cruisers presented Jan and Mary Connors, Life Flight President and CEO, with a check for $1,000 for North Country Life Flight.

The amazing thing about the well-organized wonderful event was the amount of work and money put into each of the 400 cars. It was quite impressive, whether you are a car buff or not. Also quite impressive was the Washburn's entry, a 1969 RS/SS Chevrolet Camaro. Jan's husband David spent five years restoring the Camaro and it brought home a couple of awards from the weekend's festivities.

North Country Life Flight was invited to participate in other car shows. We will of course be in Lake Placid on Saturday and in June we will be at shows in Malone and Saranac Lake.

A Sit-A-Thon to Benefit Life Flight

SIT DOWN, SMACK DOWN!!!
WSLP 93.3 FM LAKE PLACID-SARANAC LAKE-TUPPER LAKE is sponsoring SIT DOWN, SMACK DOWN!, a unique fund-raiser for North Country Life Flight. Saturday, May 30 from 11:00 am-1:00 pm, volunteers will SIT DOWN in every seat at the Lake Placid Olympic Arena in support of North Country Life Flight's life saving mission.You can help! Come by the arena to participate or go to http://www.wslpfm.com/ to download a pledge form. Pledge forms are available at McDonald's in Lake Placid as well. Mail it to North Country Life Flight with a generous donation - SPONSOR A SEAT - SAVE A LIFE! North Country Life Flight is this region’s not-for-profit helicopter rescue organization transporting critically ill and seriously injured patients. They operate 24 hours a day, every day of the week. Life Flight’s services are free of charge to the patient thanks to generous community support.

THE FLIGHT OF YOUR LIFE

North Country Life Flight is an amazing concept—that twenty-one years later continues to be a great idea, a worthwhile initiative and successful community effort. In the beginning, what we never anticipated was the fact that each year Life Flight would become more important. This year, our twenty-first year, has the potential of being our most important. With the shortage of physicians in our rural areas, the distances of specialists and the centralizing of specialty care, there has never been a greater need in regions like the North Country for air medical transport. Generous community support helps keep our service available to patients without cost - contributions are welcomed. Mail to North Country Life Flight, PO Box 994, Saranac Lake, NY 12983