Click on the Donate button below to donate to The Mark Dempsey Fly For Discovery

Participating Pilots

Michael Fuller
Brian Wheaton
Maxine Westhead
Tim Fedak
Jean-Claude Noel
Blake Daley
George Boudreau
Kevin Harvey
Christopher Ball
Scott Newman
Todd Larsen
Erik English
Gabriel Carriere
Tim Parker
Brian Boudreau

OBJECT

To raise money through a dedicated event sponsored by the HPAAC (and soon the HPAC/ACVL), for improving the system for early detection and diagnosis of cancer through the Canadian Cancer Society.

DEDICATION

This event is dedicated to the memory of Mark Dempsey (July 17, 1957 - March 25, 2011).

Mark was a dedicated Maritime pilot who loved the sport. His generosity within his community was inspiring as was his willingness to share his time promoting the sport he loved. Mark died from liver cancer.

DATE
The long weekend in May.

THE EVENT

• An annual National event wherein the day’s total hours aloft accumulated by pilots across Canada, either individually or as part of a gathering, are used to generate funds for the Canada Cancer Society. The funds will be distributed toward early detection and diagnosis. At the moment the event is limited to HPAAC.
  
  
• The time flown by pilots is submitted to the Administrator of the Event for tally and submission to the sponsors. If the event is part of a gathering of pilots then one member of the gathering will submit the group’s aggregate to either the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) or to HPAAC (and in future to the National HPAC/ACVL Administrator of the program). Once collected the funds will then be turned over to the CCS
  
  
• The pledge for individuals will be X$ per minute of air time. The amount per minute will be determined from the maximum amount that the donor is willing to pledge. The onus is then on the pilot to fly as many minutes as possible for that figure. Then the number of minutes is tallied to represent the funds raised.
  
  
• The program is open to individuals or groups of HPAAC (or HPAC/ACVL) pilots flying individually or as part of a group anywhere in Canada.
  

How can you help?

There are two ways you can participate. On the long weekend in May HPAAC holds an annual Festival of Free Flight. We will dedicate one day of that event to FLY FOR DISCOVERY.

1. You can sponsor a pilot for every hour or minute that he/she spends in the air that day. Typically we consider ourselves very lucky if we get two hours of airtime in a day. So you could say for example, “for every hour or part of an hour in the air I will donate a dollar amount” or “for every minute of air time you achieve I will donate so many cents per minute”. It’s whatever makes sense to you. Also, if you’re concerned that the pilot might have too good a day you can cap your participation by saying “up to 20, 30, 50 or 100 dollars”. Remember that you will get a tax receipt from The CCS for anything over $22.

Click here for a fill-in able Pledge Form

You can sponsor a pilot by contacting the pilot directly (of course you need to know how to get in touch with the pilot of your choice). The pilot will get in touch with each sponsor personally after the event to thank you and to arrange fulfillment of your pledge.
 

2. You can also make a direct donation to The Mark Dempsey – Fly For Discovery using our Pay Pal button below. If you like, you can donate on behalf of a particular pilot or pilots by clicking on the "Add special instructions to the seller" link just below your name on the Pay Pal site, but you don’t have to specify a pilot - a blanket donation is fine.
    

   Click on the Donate button below to donate to The Mark Dempsey Fly For Discovery

HPAAC has taken the lead in this campaign. We’re working with our sport’s National Association HPAC/ACVL and the Canadian Cancer Society to ensure that by next year, for one glorious day in the spring, the air over Canada will be full of wings, Flying For Discovery.

Click here for the Pledge Form

Click here for the Pledge Calculator

We are providing a sponsor/donor letter for pilots to use as a template
Feel free to modify it as you see fit to make it more personal
When you click on the link below, the letter (in .doc format so you can edit it)
will download to your computer (you may find it in your "Downloads" folder)

Click here for the sponsor/donate letter