Flying Samaritans Arizona - Phoenix Chapter

Another wonderful clinic weekend is underway!

Today we have FOUR volunteer planes heading south carrying 16 amazing volunteers ready to serve our patients at Saturday's clinic.

Our team includes:
🦷 1 Dentist
😁 1 Hygienist
👶🏻 1 Pediatrician
🤰 1 OB/GYN
👨‍⚕️ 1 General Med
🧐 1 dermatologist
💊 1 pharmacist

We will also be handing out reading glasses to help improve daily life for many of our patients.
We are so grateful for every volunteer, pilot, medical provider, and supporter who makes these clinics possible. Wishing everyone safe travels and a rewarding day of service

Join us in wishing a wonderful Happy Birthday to the president of the Phoenix Flying Samaritans, Bonnie Lassen. May your day be full of joy and blessings!

¡Feliz Cumpleaños!

A reminder that May's business meeting is tonight at the Chandler Municipal Airport, 2380 S Stinson Way, Chandler. The meeting starts at 6:30pm in the conference room located in the main terminal. The main doors to the terminal are usually locked, so if that happens knock on the door located to the left of the main doors and we will let you in. Anyone is allowed to attend and cookies are always welcomed. The meetings usually last one hour. It's a great way to see the behind the scenes of what it takes to make a clinic trip happen.

Today, the Flying Samaritans of Phoenix are proud to celebrate World Health Day 2026 alongside the incredible people who make our mission possible—our dedicated medical providers and the patients we are honored to serve 💙✈️

Every clinic

and every moment of care is a reminder that health connects us all. Our volunteer doctors, nurses, and support teams give their time and expertise to bring compassionate care across borders, and in return, our patients give us something just as powerful—trust, resilience, and gratitude.

Today is a celebration of that shared humanity. It’s about access to care, the importance of community, and the belief that everyone deserves the opportunity to live a healthy life.

To our volunteers and patients—thank you for being the heart of what we do. Together, we are making a difference, one mission at a time.

A reminder that our monthly clinic planning meeting will be Monday, April 6th at 6:30 PM. We meet at the Chandler Regional Airport terminal conference room. Everyone is welcome to attend.

The Flying Samaritans Phoenix Chapter clinic took place on March 21st at our Lopez Mateos location, Our pilots this time were Pat McClure, Chuck Schroll, Greg Hatch, Steve Logan and Paul Rowley. Once again, Paul and his passengers were the direct to Lopez plane arriving Friday afternoon to prepare the clinic for Saturday. The other planes spent both nights in Guaymas. Our thanks go out to the pilots who are willing to volunteer their aircraft and expertise to transport our volunteers.

Paul, Karen Felty, Kimberly Kolinsky and Bonnie Lassen cleaned and set up for the Saturday clinic. Paul also always makes sure we have drinking water available and organizes the reading glasses. There was still one restaurant open at the Lopez pier from the whale watching celebration so we enjoyed a fresh seafood dinner.

We were able to provide 195 services to our patients with Carla Crawford seeing general medical patients. Carla was a first timer and did a great job adapting to new surroundings. Claudia Hart saw the pediatric patients and Patricia Henthorn worked with the chiropractic patients. Another first timer was Kimberly Kolansky who provided the patients with massage therapy. We were fortunate to have two dentists, William Hickman and Greg Hatch, who saw patients and helped assess the needed repairs and changes for the dental area. Elizabeth Ingram, another first timer, was the very needed DA. Karen Felty, RDH, provided dental cleanings and also oversaw organization and assessment of needed dental supplies. She was aided by helper, Doreen Logan.

Chuck Schroll worked in the pharmacy with Jack Collins, a helper volunteer. Dispensing reading glasses and sunglasses was Steve Logan. Ross McDonald was a helper with triage and Pat McClure handled the sterilization of dental equipment. Our hard working interpreters included Christine Bingham, Cory Lovett, Lee LaFollette, and Kimberly Goff.

Our thanks go out to the Tucson Chapter members who helped with this clinic: Christine Bingham, Greg Hatch, Carla Crawford and Jack Collins.

We always enjoy the delicious lunch prepared by Roberto Logan each month. And, of course, Judith Logan is our invaluable local contact who helps maintain the clinic, communicates with us on relevant issues, takes photos for needed maintenance and interfaces with the cannery management.

Our monthly administrative meeting takes place on the first Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Chandler Airport Conference room. If you have an interest in attending, you are always welcome.

Thank you to all of the volunteers who contributed their time and energy to the March clinic.

Bonnie Lassen
President/Interpreter Coordinator

Monthly Clinic Prep Meeting:

Tonight, Monday March 2 at 6:30 PM
at Chandler Regional Airport Main Terminal Conference Room

Anyone interested in learning more about the Flying Samaritans is welcome to attend. We try to keep the meetings to 1 hour in length. Cookies are always welcome!

We are so happy to announce a full clinic for this weekend! We have 6 planes flying down today full of volunteers. We will be providing the following services: chiropractic, dental and dental hygiene, pediatrics, Ob/gyn, family practice, and pharmacy. Thank you to everyone who helped make this clinic happen!!!

We’re thrilled to share that our monthly business meeting last night was a great success! February’s clinic is shaping up to be full and impactful. Home baked cookies did show up- thank you to our pilot coordinator/ treasurer, Pat. We met a new to our group pharmacist, Bryan. He will be going on his first clinic trip this month, speaks Spanish, and has lots of experience volunteering with international medical groups. Welcome to the Sams!

Stay tuned-more updates coming soon!

CLINIC BUSINESS MONTHLY MEETING
February 2, 2026 6:30PM
Chandler Municipal Airport, Main Terminal
Conference Room
2380 S Stinson Way, Chandler,AZ

Everyone is welcome to attend. If you have ever wondered what it takes behind the scenes to put together a clinic, stop in. If you are interested in seeing what the Sams are about, stop in. If you want to bring some home baked cookies, stop in.

We hold a business meeting the first Monday of every month, 6:30PM. The meetings last one hour and we try our best to get everything on the books for the next monthly clinic. We would love to see everyone at the meeting!