Please help your rescue crew save more lives
Accident or emergency situations can happen to anyone, anywhere, anytime. It’s what happens next that matters.
Every minute counts. The sooner treatment begins, the greater the chance of patient recovery. When the Grassroots Trust Rescue Helicopter is tasked to a life-saving emergency rescue mission via the emergency 111 call system, it is the best, and in many cases, the only option.
Founded in 1991, the Grassroots Trust Rescue Helicopter is a free emergency rescue service for the Manawatu and Whanganui regions, bringing life-saving equipment, rescue personnel and trauma-trained Critical Care Flight Paramedics directly to the patient.
In 1991, your rescue helicopter completed 70 missions in an entire year. Today, your rescue helicopter responds to an average of 34 missions per month - a powerful reflection of how demand for the service has grown.
We cannot do what we do without the support of our community. We rely on the kindness of people like you to save lives every day.
Every minute counts. The sooner treatment begins, the greater the chance of patient recovery. When the Grassroots Trust Rescue Helicopter is tasked to a life-saving emergency rescue mission via the emergency 111 call system, it is the best, and in many cases, the only option.
Founded in 1991, the Grassroots Trust Rescue Helicopter is a free emergency rescue service for the Manawatu and Whanganui regions, bringing life-saving equipment, rescue personnel and trauma-trained Critical Care Flight Paramedics directly to the patient.
In 1991, your rescue helicopter completed 70 missions in an entire year. Today, your rescue helicopter responds to an average of 34 missions per month - a powerful reflection of how demand for the service has grown.
We cannot do what we do without the support of our community. We rely on the kindness of people like you to save lives every day.
See the extraordinary impact of your kindness
Thanks to the incredible generosity of people like you, and heartwarming support of the wider community, your Grassroots Trust Rescue Helicopter is fully equipped with life saving gear:
- Defibrillator $37,800
- Night Vision Googles $34,000 each
- Ventilator $17,950
- Chest Compression Lucas Machine $32,693
- Stryker Stretcher $10,000
Please give as generously as you can this Chopper Appeal to help keep your rescue helicopter in the air, saving lives in the community.
- Defibrillator $37,800
- Night Vision Googles $34,000 each
- Ventilator $17,950
- Chest Compression Lucas Machine $32,693
- Stryker Stretcher $10,000
Please give as generously as you can this Chopper Appeal to help keep your rescue helicopter in the air, saving lives in the community.
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