PEOPLE Magazine: Heroes among us
Excerpt from PEOPLE Magazine, February 4, 2008
Article “She gets special help for sick kids”
From her office near the Las Vegas airport, McGee and her staff scour cheap-ticket Web sites and solicit donated seats from airlines, relying on foundation grants and individual donations to fund their $3 million budget.
“These kids wouldn’t get the help they need [...]
Healthcare hero
Excerpt from ‘Healthcare Heroes Nevada 2009’
“We live for happy endings,” says McGee. “The people we help are the miracles, their stories keep us going. Given the growing costs of health care today and how often illnesses can lead to monetary troubles, the need and demand for the Miracle Flights for Kids program has never been [...]
Miracle Worker
Excerpt from Article ‘Miracle Worker’, Nevada Woman March/April 2007
It has often been said that every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings. For Las Vegas resident Ann McGee, it was the bell on her telephone that got her her “wings’ – in the form of an airplane – so that she could perform [...]
Wings of an Angel
Excerpt from Article, Wings of an Angel,
Las Vegas Woman, Winter 2009-10
Ann McGee married local pilots with missions of mercy when she founded Miracle Flights for Kids. “This program began out of my apartment in 1985. I knew private pilots here in Vegas who were trying to organize themselves to fly blood to remote sites around [...]