Terry Mangan, Medical Life Lines Ukraine volunteer, will share his story on Thursday May 16th at 11:00 am at the St. Michaels Branch. He will also show his CBS Saturday Morning appearance from August 12, 2023.
Medical Life Lines Ukraine (MLLU) is a volunteer humanitarian group located in London, England. MLLU sources and refurbishes ambulances in the United Kingdom, and then fills the ambulances with medical equipment and other aid for delivery to Ukraine by volunteer drivers.
Mangan and seven other volunteer drivers helped deliver four aid-filled ambulances from London, England to Lviv, Ukraine last summer that were donated by MLLU to Ukraine’s Ministry of Health. Since February 2022, MLLU has donated 57 aid-filled ambulances, 21 generators and one all-terrain rescue crane to Ukraine.
The four-ambulance convoy set off from London, England in the early morning hours on Sunday, July 23rd and entered Ukraine on Tuesday, July 25th. Three of the ambulances were delivered to the Ministry of Health in Lviv, Ukraine while the fourth ambulance was delivered in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Mangan and his wife of 41 years, Kim, live in Bozman, Maryland. They have two grown sons and three granddaughters.
He was born and raised in Buffalo, New York and graduated from Georgetown University in 1979. As fate would have it, Mangan met both Kim and his travel partner to Ukraine, Phill Fletcher, while at Georgetown. Mangan retired from his almost 40-year career in the banking industry three years ago.
Since then, he has enjoyed spending time with his granddaughters and proudly volunteers as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for Children with CASA of the Mid-Shore in Easton, Maryland. Terry is also a member of the Rotary Club of St. Michaels, Maryland and is grateful that The Rotary Foundation has provided a grant of $25,000 to MLLU that will fund one of the five ambulances being delivered to Ukraine this summer.
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