Donovan Bellamy’s life is anything but typical for a 9-year-old boy. Once a week, the Youngstown 4th grader can be found at Akron Children’s Hospital’s Beeghly campus receiving an 8-hour-long infusion treatment for a rare genetic disorder. This past Monday, however, Bellamy was treated to a special experience at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station as […]
Flyin’ high as ‘Pilot for the Day’ with 910th Airlift Wing
Ethan Libert, a 10-year-old boy from Niles, was honored as the Pilot for the Day at the 910th Airlift Wing at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station in Vienna, Ohio. The program provides children with chronic, life-threatening conditions a day of fun at the base.
Pilot for a Day Program gives patients wings
On any given day, you can find pint-sized soldiers walking the halls of Akron Children’s Hospital – children who are fighting chronic and life-threatening diseases. Last month the Youngstown Air Reserve Station stood up and saluted one of our brave patients, 9-year-old Kylee Vidas, through the 910th Airlift Wing Pilot for a Day program.