When it comes to STARS, you never know when you or someone you love may require their services one day.

Following months of planning, the Pegasus Project announced the start of its summer road show across Saskatchewan to raise money and awareness for the STARS fleet renewal campaign. The tour kicked off in Humboldt with a custom-built 1968 Ford Mustang 427 Coupe pulling into the parking lot of Discovery Ford.

Guest speakers included Premier Scott Moe, the family of Morgan Gobeil, STARS president and CEO Andrea Robertson, Kaleb Dahlgren, Vaughn Wyant, and many others.

"What we see happening here today with people coming together to organize and support the Pegasus Project is really what Saskatchewan is all about," said Scott Moe.

The road show is set to travel across the province all summer long to around 30 different communities as some dates and times still have to be decided. At each of the Prairie Ford Dealers, money will be raised for both STARS and first responders in each community.

"Everyone has their own tragedies in their life, and STARS helps out and becomes a bright light during those dark moments," stated Kaleb Dahlgren, who is donating a portion of funds from his book "Crossroads" to the STARS Pegasus Project.

The Mustang will then be sold at the world-famous Barrett-Jackson charity auction in Scottsdale, Arizona in January 2022 as funds will once again be donated to STARS. Around $2 million has already been raised for the project, yet there is still a long way to go says Vaughn Wyant, president of the Wyant Automotive Group.

"We think this summer is going to raise us a lot of money. I'd love to say we raised $3 million by the end of the summer and maybe (after the auction) we get to $4 million because our fundraising target is whatever we can get from whoever will support STARS."

STARS is currently in need of new aircraft that cost $13 million each. Thanks to government, community and corporate support, the non-profit organization began taking delivery of the state-of-the-art H145 helicopters in 2019. STARS has already flown hundreds of missions in Saskatchewan with the new aircraft. Although it has millions of dollars left to raise, the charity hopes to wrap up its ambitious fundraising campaign by the end of the year and see the remainder of the new fleet enter service across Western Canada through 2022.

“We’re so grateful that our donors are helping us make a generational investment in a new fleet,” said STARS president and CEO Andrea Robertson. “It’s particularly important during these challenging times.”

To donate, you can visit any of the tour stops throughout this summer, or CLICK HERE.