In this issue
- Call To Action
- Happenings
- Featured Trip
- Bravo's
- Thank yous!
- Corporate Support
- Children's Escort News
- Campaigns
- Missions
- eUpdate Archive
Corporate Support
A tremendous thank
you to
Crocstm Shoes and the
Soles Unitedsm
Program for
donating 36,000 pairs
of shoes to
Airline
Ambassadors ...some of
which were transported
on an
American Airlines'
Airplane of Aid
to
the Middle East last month!
For
more...
Children's
Escort
Volunteers
Margaret Whitehead,
Director of the
Children's Escort
Program,
shares Escort
Stories!
What
does it mean?
Becoming
an escort?
Read
Escort
Reflections:
Reported by Terry
Bobbitt,
American Airlines'
Flight Attendant.
Campaigns
May
South Africa Mission
is in
full swing right now!
Mission Coordinator,
Silviya
Simmonds takes a few
moments
away
from the activities and
reports, "we went out
to Maria's on
the
1st afternoon for a braai
(BBQ) having a drive
around the
squatter camp to get a
feel of how
the
people live. At the
orphanage/home we
really had a
fun
time interacting with the
kids...everyone really
enjoyed
having them visit.
"Today, we painted
the inside of
Mpumelelo Creche in
pink, green
and
orange. The walls were really
drab
and this has made such a big
difference - making the
place look
so
nice and bright. While some of
the
group was painting the others
were
making a veggie garden. This
was
also amazing -- accomplishing
this
in such a short time and again
everyone had a great
fun time
doing something
constructive.
Maria is overwhelmed
and just
keeps saying WOW WOW
and just
can't thank everyone
enough for
their kindness and
generosity of
time
and gifts and their tender
caring hearts. It
was just like
Christmas!!"
If this sounds great
to you, join our
next
South Africa Trip or
visit our Donate
to a Project page
to
help continue the missions and
work.
Thank you!
* All donations are
tax
deductible.
Missions
Whether it's
Guatemala
South Africa , or
Tanzania...
there's a trip for
you!
Watch our
2009
Travel Calendar
for
postings that
fit
your schedule,
skills, and
passions!
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any
eUpdates?
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Call To Action
A Time
for Remembrance and Thanks ...
To the
Soldiers who served and the Angel who provided refuge.
 In
April, an Airline Ambassadors'
Mission
became even larger than
Mission
Coordinator, Suzanne
Signona,
could have anticipated.
Vietnam Veterans, who read
about
Suzanne's
work on the AAI
website,
contacted her about her
trip
and had a very special
message
they wanted delivered to
an Angel
in Vietnam.
Please
read the Memorial Day
Story
of Reunion and Gratitude...
Happenings
Before
it's too late...join the Cambodia/Thailand Trip!
Join
Peter Greenberg,
Travel
Editor of the NBC Today Show,
in
Cambodia and Thailand
and support
Orphans, Artisans and
Elephants!
You
can join the trip First Class, or follow the same itinerary
but stay at
boutique
hotels or orphanages!
In Cambodia, the team will visit the
ancient temple of Angor
Wat and
deliver
brightly colored CROCS shoes
to
kids at FLOW
Orphanage and the
Cambodia
Children's Fund.
In Thailand, the itinerary will include
visiting
the Duang Prateep Foundation
and
the Soonthorn Vittaya School that
boards 50
Hill Tribe Children.
There is an optional
extension to Chiang Mai and the
Maeteman
Elephant Camp (just
featured
on National
Geographic).
Browse
the Cambodia/Thailand
Brochure
for details and how to
enroll
before the June 8
departure date!
Featured Trip
Guyana
An Extreme Adventure
Work
alongside Remote
Area Medical
and
Peace Corps volunteers delivering
6,000
pounds of aid and medical
supplies in a mission
that is the
opportunity of a
lifetime!
Help an
existing medical facility open its doors and give the local
people
the care that they so
desperately need.
Lethem, Guyana, is
home to over 300
Amerindian children who
live in poverty
and
have no access to medical care.
This mission will change
that.
This
trip will continue on and
make
improvements to 25 culvert
bridges which are badly
in need of
repair, and provide
educational
materials for the
children of
Lethem.
 Join
Remote Air Medical,
Peace
Corps
volunteers, and Airline
Ambassadors in a trip
which
encompasses aid
delivery,
medical assistance,
infrastructure
improvements, and
site-seeing in
beautiful
Guyana!
Visit the Guyana
Brochure for the itinerary and to find out how to
register...
Bravo to:
AAI Mission Coordinator,
Becky Gahman
Becky
Gahman's Mexico
Missions
do not end
when
she waves good-
bye
and crosses the
US/Mexico
border for
home.
Keeping in touch
with
her adopted
projects
is a natural part
of every day
for Becky.
 Following
the return from
her
March
Trip with
volunteers,
Becky
learned
that, not only
was
the escalating
violence
taking a toll, but
the
Swine Flu outbreak
had
delivered the already
ailing
orphanages
another
devastating
blow.
Gathering
as much new
information
as possible about
the
situation, Becky reported
the
dire circumstances to AAI
and
pulled together another
campaign
to help the children
of
Casa de Paz. Please read
more
about Becky's efforts to
help
fill the pantry with food for
these
children in our
Donate
to a Project section.
$20 will buy a 20
lb. bag of beans
$15 will buy a 15 lb. of
rice.
As Becky says, "These children need your help!"
Bravo to Becky
Gahman!!
Thank yous!
AAI
Members' Overwhelming Response to Mexico eCampaign
We
want to extend our sincerest
thanks for the
outpouring of
generous donations in
response
to
the Mexico
eCampaign for Casa
de
Paz. We were thrilled and
touched by every
contribution our
members offered knowing
that,
for
everyone, these are very
difficult economic
times.
 Your
generosity will make a huge
difference in the
lives of these
orphans at our adopted
project in
Mexico. We
hope that you may
consider joining us
some time this
year
to visit the children whose
lives
your generosity has
impacted.
We
would like to extend a very special thank you to Kim
Hunter, CEO of
Lagrant
Communications, who spearheaded a drive to support our
efforts, and offered to
match employee donations to support this
orphanage!
In response everyone's incredible compassion and
kindness,
Mexico Coordinator, Becky Gahman
sends a personal
message
of gratitude:
To our Generous
Donor;
 Please
accept our sincerest
appreciation for your
generosity in
support of the orphaned
children
of
Casa de Paz. These are
desperate times and
your gift
allows us to help them
keep their
utilities from being
cut off and
provide much needed
food and
medical supplies.
The
needs of the children and the orphanage are enormous and we are
continuously striving
to meet their needs. We can not do it without
financial support, so
thank you for joining us in achieving that goal of
giving hope and
assistance to those that are less fortunate.
Becky
Gahman
AAI Mexican Mission
Coordinator
Thank you for supporting Casa de
Paz! | 