New video celebrates 10 years of WestJet Cares
for Kids
CALGARY, Feb. 21, 2017 /CNW/ - WestJet today celebrated
the tenth anniversary of its signature community investment
program, WestJet Cares for Kids, with the release of its newest
video, Celebrating 10 years of WestJet Cares for Kids.
The video does the math on the number of flights the program has
donated to its charitable partners since its inception in 2007.
Through some serious arithmetic, the video's young star
demonstrates that over the past 3,650 days, the airline has donated
65,000 flights or approximately 18 flights per day to its partners.
To see the math on caring, watch the video here.
"The math is simple: 65,000 gifts of flight through 10 years of
WestJet Cares for Kids equals thousands of children and families
benefited," said Richard Bartrem,
WestJet Vice-President, Marketing Communications. "But the gift of
flight is more than a ride on an aircraft. It's a flight for a
family to be with their sick child, it's seats for investigators
who are working to find missing children, it's a journey that
creates hope, and it's the cost of air travel back in the pockets
of our partners to continue their missions of making a difference
in the community. On behalf of our more than 12,000 WestJet owners,
we are thankful for the enthusiasm and care our eight charitable
partners have for positively impacting young Canadians. We look
forward to the next 10 years of WestJet Cares for Kids and many
more flights benefiting children's health and wellness."
Please visit the WestJet blog to read a few of the many WestJet
Cares for Kids stories. In addition, WestJet is asking those who
have received a gift of flight to share their unique experience
through social media using #WestJetCaresforKids.
WestJet Cares for Kids includes eight charitable partners: Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Canada,
Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada,
Hope Air, Make-A-Wish Canada, Missing Children Society of
Canada, Ronald McDonald House
Charities of Canada, The David
Foster Foundation, and WE Charity. The gifts of flight assist
WestJet Cares for Kids partners in delivering essential programs to
the children and youth they serve, raise funds and reduce the cost
of their business travel. In addition to WestJet Cares for Kids,
WestJet community investment programs also include the WestJet
Airport Community Giving program, WestJetters Caring for Our
Community, WestJet Live Different Builds and WestJet's support of
the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.
About WestJet
We are proud to be Canada's most trusted airline, powered by an
award-winning culture of care and recognized as one of the
country's top employers. WestJet, and our regional airline, WestJet
Encore, offer scheduled service to more than 100 destinations in
North America, Central America, the Caribbean and Europe. Through our 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
Canada's Most Trusted Airline
(Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria)
2016 Canada's most reputable
company for Corporate Social Responsibility (Reputation
Institute)
2016/2015/2014/2013/2012 Ranked top three for Canadian Brands
(Canadian Business Magazine)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)
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