Plane pull at Edmonton airport raises money, awareness for Hope Air
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Hope Air has been around since the 1980s but in the last few years has seen a big increase in demand for flights to help low-income Canadians get to medical appointments.
Teams of people took turns pulling a 30,000 kilogram WestJet plane 100 metres down the tarmac at the Edmonton International Airport on Monday.
They’re going head-to-head battling for the best time, but it’s part of a bigger cause.
The Haul for Hope event is raising money and awareness for Hope Air – Canada’s only national charity that helps people travel for medical care.
Hope Air has been around for four decades, since 1986, but in the last few years the charity has seen a big increase in demand.
“In 2021 we did 6,000 travel arrangements,” Jon Collins said, Hope Air’s chief development officer.
Hope Air supports low-income Canadians and a full-service trip costs about $1,000.
“If you’re thinking about being out of pocket $1,000 for a diagnosis that you weren’t expecting to receive, and then taking multiple trips in these difficult economic times, and in general, that’s a real challenge for household budgets,” Collins said.
“We get people directly where they need to go without having to ask difficult questions about how they’re going to get there.
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