Call for Flights - 360.378.4578
Call for Ferry Tickets - 360.378.7275
Soroptimist of Friday Harbor and the San Juan Eagles provide free airplane service and ferry tickets from Friday Harbor to the mainland for any San Juan Islander undergoing cancer treatments at mainland treatment centers.
The San Juan Eagles are a group of volunteer pilots who donate their time, planes and fuel to fly cancer patients between Friday Harbor and various mainland airports. In 2006, the San Juan Eagles flew 106 missions to Bellingham and Skagit Regional Airports. Patients wishing to fly cannot be acutely ill and must be able to enter and exit the plane.
Also in 2006, Soroptimist International of Friday Harbor supplied 40 car and driver books of tickets and 26 passenger ticket books to patients. Car/ driver and passenger ferry tickets are available for the patient plus friends or family members accompanying them to treatments.
Patients flying to the Skagit and Bellingham Airports can use courtesy cars at these airports for transportation to nearby treatment centers. Use of courtesy vehicles is generously donated by Foothills Pontiac Buick Toyota in Burlington and the Bellingham Air Taxi Company. Mike Deegan has also loaned us a self-contained van that is parked in the Anacortes Ferry Terminal parking lot for patients use.
Funding for the Cancer Relief Treatment Project has come from various sources including: a grant from Soroptimist International, a grant from the American Cancer Society, fund raising events organized by Soroptimist of Friday Harbor and generous donations from our patients, their families and friends.
We wish to thank the men and women of the San Juan Eagles and all who contribute to make this service possible.
If you wish to donate to this project or for more information, please contact Vicky Thalacker at 378-4578 or Mary Kate Panaro at 378-7275.
Visit our Bowl-A-Thon page for more information about our biggest fundraising event for this project.
