Volunteer pilot David Robertson shares about his recent trip to Haiti. Where to start? On Thursday the 14th, I received a call from John. He basically ask if I would be willing to be on call to go take medical supplies into Haiti and bring American Missionaries out. I said “sure, call if you need [...]
The following story is from volunteer pilot Tom McLean. The real story is about the Doctors that we flew over. One that I took over was on her 28th trip, first since the earthquake, these dedicated people are putting theirselves in harms way to help others. One doctor from Massachusetts has made several trips over [...]
After a failed business venture, Christine and Howard Mackie of Charlotte, NC found themselves with thousands of bottles of water just sitting in storage. Jenni Knighten, who began volunteering with Bahamas Methodist Habitat in the summer of 2009, heard the Mackie’s story from a coworker. Within hours, Knighten was on the phone with the couple. [...]
JOHNSTON COUNTY – Michael and Gord Tessier couldn’t bear to see the devastation in Haiti playing across their television screens. So last week they fueled up their Cessna 337G and took off from a Canadian airport, bound for Johnston County. Their plane was one of about a dozen to pass through the county airport en [...]
Bahamas Habitat Volunteer Pilot Mark Johnson is featured in a suburban Chicago newspaper sharing his story as he prepares a relief mission to Haiti. In six days, he raised $14,000 of the projected $25,000 he will need to cover the cost of fuel and expenses in order to fly his charter jet to Haiti to [...]
On Tuesday Bahamas Habitat was able to move a vital piece of medical equipment that was desperately needed by the medical teams in Jacmel Haiti due to help from special volunteers and the support of Rotary International. Bahamas Habitat has been working with the local Rotary Club and churches in the Clayton NC area to [...]
A Pilatus turboprop plane carrying 3,000 pounds of tents, tarps, sleeping pads, medical supplies and freeze-dried meals departed from Johnston County Airport at about 1 p.m. Tuesday and was headed for an airstrip in Jacmel, Haiti. The plane was also carrying a valuable piece of medical equipment that was desperately needed by the medical teams there. Joe [...]
Steve Watts is a corporate pilot for Mears Transportation Group out of Orlando. This past weekend, he flew to Les Cayes, Haiti transporting six medical personnel and supplies as part of the relief effort. The following is his story. I just wanted to thank you for the opportunity to fly a relief mission down to [...]
Brian Reiff got involved with relief efforts after receiving an e-mail about Bahamas Habitat, a Christian nonprofit that delivers supplies and supports disaster relief work. The organization, which normally works throughout the Bahamas, has been coordinating pilots and aircrafts to deliver supplies to Haiti, in addition to evacuating missionaries and those unable to leave the [...]
Outstanding! Amazing! Fantastic! These might be words to describe the efforts, coordination and results being achieved by the very long list of volunteers and organizations that are working together to collect donated medical supplies, pack and stage at the airport for the volunteer pilots to drop in and pick up for delivery to our Nassau [...]