Farm Credit Canada (FCC) has renewed its commitment to STARS air ambulance by making a $600,000 contribution over four years.

“Each year STARS flies thousands of missions in and around the same rural communities served by FCC. We have seen the positive impact STARS has had during some very difficult times,” said FCC Chief Marketing Officer Todd Klink. “FCC is proud to continue to support STARS as it plans for the future and a need that will always be there.”

FCC’s donation will support the operation of stars’ bases in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, as well as STARS’s mobile education program which provides donor-supported critical care education at no cost to rural health professionals.

STARS has flown more than 40,000 missions across western Canada since 1985.