Miracle Flights is a nonprofit organization providing free medical air transportation for children, adults and families in need with commercial airlines throughout the United States. With more than 30 years in the industry, the organization has provided more than 123,000 flights and counting. With record flights flown in February 2019 — 722 to be exact — the nation’s leading medical flight charity is gaining speed in the most encouraging way possible.

Miracle Flights announced it provided a total of 722 free commercial flights for critically ill children and families in need of life-saving and -changing medical treatments in February 2019 alone. This staggering number is actually a 17 percent increase over the previous February’s 617 free flights. Moreover, the 2019 flight count is nearly 31 percent higher than the 552 flights made in February 2017. It seems awareness and support for Miracle Flights is trending up.

The organization began in 1985 and has flown more than 70 million miles, connecting children in-need to medical care they can’t get at home or in a reasonable drive from their local community.

In addition to doling out more flights each year, Miracle Flights partnered with Lovepop, a 3-D card-printing company, for national Rare Disease Day, Feb. 28. Lovepop donated a portion of its proceeds from specially designed Lovepop Bear pop-up cards to Miracle Flights’ mission. The donations continue through the end of the year, with $1 from every Love Bear card sold going to Miracle Flights. Read more about the cause, donate or request flight assistance for a family member in need here.