WestJetters to mentor 100 youth across
Canada
CALGARY, Sept. 30, 2016 /CNW/ - Today, WestJet employees
will spend their day mentoring 100 youth from Big Brothers Big
Sisters (BBBS) by showing them the ins and outs of aviation at the
airline's Calgary headquarters and
28 airports across Canada.
"Over the last 10 years, WestJet Cares for Kids has found
meaningful ways to positively impact the health and well-being of
Canadian children and youth," said Richard
Bartrem, WestJet Vice-President Marketing Communications.
"Today, we go beyond the gift of flight to give the gift of insight
and experience. More than 100 WestJetters will be taking BBBS youth
under their wing to motivate, teach and inspire them to look at all
the possibilities a career in aviation can provide. WestJet's
Mentoring Matters day is just another example of our ongoing
commitment to investing in the communities we serve."
"Witnessing the transformation of a child into a confident and
motivated young person is a truly remarkable thing," said Peter
Coleridge, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada President and CEO.
"Proudly, this is something our staff, volunteer mentors and
partners like WestJet help bring about every day by creating truly
unique experiences like this Mentoring Matters day."
From flight crew to mechanics, baggage handlers to customer care
agents, and accountants to marketers, BBBS youth will go behind the
scenes while job shadowing WestJetters in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, Sydney, Charlottetown and more. For a complete list of
airports involved, please visit the WestJet blog. Follow along with
WestJet's Mentoring Matters Day by using the #MentoringMatters
hashtag.
WestJet supports Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada with the gift of flight to assist with
direct program service delivery, reducing business administration
expenses and bolstering fundraising activities. Since the inception
of WestJet Cares for Kids in 2007, WestJet has gifted more than
55,000 flights benefiting children's health and well-being.
September is Big Brothers Big Sisters month when BBBS celebrates
the power and impact of mentoring. Throughout the month, BBBS seeks
to raise awareness about their programming and the important role
mentoring plays in the lives of youth, as well as the lifelong
impact BBBS mentoring programs have on youth as they grow into
adults, community leaders and engaged citizens. For more
information, please visit
www.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca.
About Big Brother Big Sisters
For more than 100
years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has been changing the lives of
Canada's youth by developing and
implementing a wide range of mentoring programs. Every year, Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Canada
provides quality mentoring services for more than 40,000 youth,
engaging over 23,000 mentors in 111 agencies that serve youth in
over 1,100 communities across the country. Research demonstrates
that Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring programs yield positive
results in mental health, employment and civic engagement, with
every dollar of investment in BBBS programming returning between
$18 and $23 to society through higher
taxes, increased spending from higher incomes, volunteerism, and
charitable donations. For more information,
visit www.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca.
About WestJet
We are proud to be Canada's highest-rated airline for customer
service, powered by an award-winning culture of care and recognized
as one of the country's top employers. We offer scheduled service
to 100 destinations in North
America, Central America,
the Caribbean and Europe. Through our regional airline, WestJet
Encore, and with partnerships with airlines representing every
major region of the world, we offer our guests more than 150
destinations in more than 20 countries. Leveraging WestJet's
extensive network, flight schedule and remarkable guest experience,
WestJet Vacations delivers affordable, flexible travel experiences
with a variety of accommodation options for every guest. Members of
our WestJet Rewards program earn WestJet dollars on flights,
vacation packages and more. Our members use WestJet dollars towards
the purchase of WestJet flights and vacations packages on any day,
at any time, to any WestJet destination with no blackout periods
ΜΆ even on seat sales. For more information about
everything WestJet, please visit westjet.com.
Recent recognition includes:
2016/2015/2014/2013
WestJet RBC World Elite MasterCard ranked #1 in Canada (MoneySense magazine)
2015/2011/2010/2008/2007/2006/2005 Canada's Most Admired Corporate Culture
(Waterstone Human Capital)
2015 Best Employers in Canada
(Aon Hewitt)
2014/2013 WestJet RBC World Elite MasterCard ranked #1 in the
Canada's Choice ranking
(RewardsCanada.ca)
2014 Interbrand Canada's Best Canadian Brands (Rank #20)
2014 Brands of the Year (Strategy magazine)
2014
Canada's Most Preferred Airline
(Ipsos)
2014 Value Airline of the Year (Air Transport
World magazine)
2014/2013/2012 Canada's Most Attractive Employer
(Randstad)
2014/2013/2012/2011 Highest equity score:
airline, vacation package supplier brands (Harris/Decima EquiTrend
Study)
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