AirLink will help celebrate the final Bend Elks baseball home game of the season with a special Homer (team mascot) delivery pre-game. The helicopter will kick-off the festivities with the fly-in at 6:15 pm. Six “golden” tickets will be given to kids in attendance, for an opportunity to tour the aircraft used for medical missions, try on the helmets, and take pictures with the pilots and Homer, the Bend Elks mascot.
When: August 22, 2012, game time at 6:35 pm vs. the Olympia Senators
Location: Vince Genna Stadium
Festivities: AirLink helicopter will deliver Homer, the Bend Elks mascot, at 6:15 pm, with a landing in the outfield before the game commences.
This final home game is also Fan Appreciation Night and Free Kids Wednesday, and is open to the public. Tickets are available at www.bendelks.com/Tickets.
Fans will feel safe with over one hundred area EMS, Fire, and 911 responder team members present, as an AirLink appreciation. These team members can RSVP to mck@every-idea.com or call 541-383-2669.
“We are excited to be partnering with AirLink in showing our appreciation to the emergency service teams in the region. It is truly our honor to conclude the season with such important people in our community that help keep us all safe,” says Jim Richards, Owner Bend Elks.
AirLink Critical Care Transport is an emergency air ambulance service that covers 130,000 square miles in Central and Eastern Oregon. Their hangar is based at St. Charles Bend and the AirLink team is ready to respond at a moment’s notice, 24-hours-a-day, every day. Their priority is providing premier patient care in an environment devoted to safety. AirLink averages two to three transports each day, carrying seriously ill or injured patients to the nearest appropriate medical facility. Since its inception in 1985, AirLink has flown more than 22,000 missions.
