request a RIDE

Complimentary road rides
to Treatment

IMPORTANT
ALL visitors PLEASE NOTE.

HOUSTON GROUND ANGELS ONLY OPERATE IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA. WE ARE NOT ACTIVE IN OTHER PARTS OF TEXAS - OR IN OTHER STATES. WE ARE A SMALL GROUP, TRYING TO HELP PATIENT TRAVELLERS IN AND OUT OF HOUSTON's CRITICAL CARE MEDICAL FACILITIES.

Our Ride program – Key information

We require ALL PATIENTS to complete our ON-LINE forms to request their RIDE. PLEASE give us at least 48 hours’ notice when requesting a ride. Requests made within 24 hours of pick up time are unlikely to be seen by our volunteers.

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Patients/caregivers need to have these details ready – to fill the form. If using a mobile phone – try switching to horizontal.

WE NEED TO KNOW:

  1. Patient name and cell number
  2. Day/date of your travel ?
  3. Coming into the Texas Medical Center (inbound) or heading out (outbound)?
  4. If a LOCAL ride – your home address and zip code
  5. If an AIRPORT ride – which airport, Airline and Flight # ?
  6. Number of Passengers ?
  7. Medical Center location – your drop off or pick up location/address ?
  8. Name(s) of others travelers ?
  9. Any special needs ?

Each rider must sign a Liability Waiver to take a ride with our volunteer drivers, which is part of the online Request a Ride (Mission) form.

You can view the Waiver Form here.

Each leg Inbound and Outbound from the Medical Center is a separate ride – we call them Missions.

Be reminded , the patient is required to complete a Request a Ride form – for both their INBOUND and OUTBOUND journey.

For General information, or if you are a patient or volunteer, please call 832-301-2816.

Mission Administration email is admin@groundangels.org

To and from an AIRPORT – RIDE

Request A ride - Airport

HOUSTON residents – To and from HOME ride

REQUEST A LOCAL RIDE

We take every precaution to protect the personal details of patient travelers and our volunteer drivers. Only key staff (system administrators and mission coordinators) can see personal information as needed to perform their functions.

We do not sell or give away any patient or volunteer information.

Please tell us about your Houston Ground Angels experience in a FACEBOOK post. We need photographs and comments that tell us how it worked for you. Go to https://www.facebook.com/houstongroundangels and create a post.

Patient instructions for On-Line Mission Requests

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