The 9th Annual Angel One 5K/10K hosted by Arkansas Children's Hospital Angel One Transport team was held virtually on Oct. 3.
Every year, the Angel One Transport team makes 1,900 patient transports. Many of these patients are transported long distances to Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) for lifesaving care, but the cost of travel is often a financial burden to families. The funds raised will support the purchase of gas cards to assist families with travel expenses.
Last year, $30,000 was raised and 1,200 gas cards were given to families who needed help traveling to and from Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
“The Angel One Transport team brings the most critically ill and injured children from around the state to Arkansas Children’s Hospital,” says Greg Taylor, Angel One flight nurse and event chair. “Angel One Transport is one of the ways we fulfill the promise of unprecedented child health, defined and delivered. Community support allows us to purchase the gas cards for our patient families. The need is great, and we want to ensure we have enough for the entire year.”
The Angel One Transport program consists of five critical care ground ambulances and two Sikorsky S-76D helicopters, with access to a fixed-wing jet. Angel One is capable of reaching a child anywhere in the state within an hour.