In this issue

• Call To Action
• Happenings
• Featured Trip
• Bravo's
• Thank yous!
• Children's Escort News
• Campaigns
• Missions
• eUpdate Archive

Children's

Escort Volunteers

Margaret Whitehead,

Director of the

Children's Escort Program, 

shares Escort Stories!

Campaigns

In June, AAI volunteers joined Fine Living TV in a videotaping and a Surprise Vacation

honoring AAI's founders -- as a thank you for their work on behalf of children.  The show will air, in August, as part of a TV series...stay posted!

Members met with Right to Play regarding planned future AAI trips promoting the Red Ball,       t-shirts, and sports programs for children.

An August Mexico mission is

planned to deliver back backs,

school supplies, food and more to our favorite two orphanages in Ensenada.

To our members, donors, and

volunteers:

Thank you, for your on- going

support for these children who

face such extreme poverty,

on-going violence, and most

recently, the Swine Flu!

*All donations are tax deductible.

Missions

Whether it's South Africa ,

Cameroon, or Tanzania...

there's a trip for you!

Watch our

2009 Travel Calendar for

postings that fit your schedule,

skills, and passions!

Did you miss

any eUpdates?

Visit the Airline Ambassadors'

eUpdate Archive for past issues!

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To Donate to

Airline Ambassadors,

please visit our website.

Thank you for your support!

Call To Action

Cambodian children need

sponsorships now!

Following the June

Cambodia/Thailand Trip,

Airline Ambassadors'

volunteers returned with

a message to our

members here at home.

The Cambodia Children's Fund desperately needs sponsorships for 68

children who live at the local dump, which will be closing in July.

Scott Neeson, former head of Twentieth Century Fox, dropped everything

to move to Cambodia and support children living at the local dump.  He is providing shelter, education, food and medical care to hundreds of

children.  Airline Ambassadors invites you to join us in supporting Scott's efforts.  Time is short.

Please visit the Airline Ambassadors' Children's Sponsorship page for more information.  Join us to visit your sponsored child in Cambodia on our very special trip this October.  Thank you for your generous support!

Airline Ambassadors' members

returned from the May, South

Africa Trip with stories and

memories to last a lifetime. 

South Africa Mission

Coordinator, Silviya Simmonds,

began her report saying, "I wish

you could have seen the joy,

fun, and uplifted spirits that the

visit brought.

"Maria said she hadn’t seen the

children so happy...I know the

impact of this visit will have a

lasting effect.

"One of the older boys cried

when he saw his room painted

and new duvets on the beds -

we take these "little" things so

much for granted, but without

outside help, this would never

happen...What a lovely positive

group -- full of fun, enthusiasm,

compassion and caring and just

rearing to help and get to

work!!"

Painting Maria's Creche,

planting gardens, delivering

books. feeding giraffes, patting

lion cubs, and Flea Market finds

were all part of the African

Adventure.

Egda Avila, South Africa Mission

Volunteer reminisces, “Meeting

Maria was amazing. Her

passion for the kids and her

community is so admirable. We

felt like part of the family and

got so close to each of them,

needless to say, it was so hard

to leave."

Thank you to everyone for

making the May Trip another

memorable success!

Read the full report on our site

and don't forget to visit the

Travel Calendar for dates for

the next South Africa Trip!

Haiti

A Mission to Help her Children

Feed the minds and the hearts of

underprivileged children by

increasing their literacy rate and by giving them your time and

attention in a safe, clean learning

environment.  Join Airline

Ambassadors and Edeyo in Haiti!

You will be helping children, who

have had no previous access to

education, with math and reading

skills respective to their grade

levels.  Once at risk of falling

through the cracks due to

rampant poverty and the high level

of corruption in the country, these

children now have a better

alternative through education.

Thanks to Edeyo, these children now have a safe place to learn, and a

meal to sustain them.

Help Airline Ambassadors and

Edeyo bring structure and a sense

of ease to the otherwise chaotic

environment surrounding these

children.  You will create artwork,

plant gardens, paint, and deliver

aid.  Port au Prince will feed your

heart and soul and captivate you,

too! 

Good food, great music and beautiful art will complete the cultural

experience.  For more, visit the Haiti Brochure and enjoy the AAI Haiti

Movie, featuring the music of Melky Jean!

Bravo to:

In June, Deborah led AAI

members to Cambodia and

Thailand for a trip to remember! 

Deborah explains that returning

home to "normalcy... is nothing to

take lightly after witnessing such

need from so many beautiful

children and their caregivers."

Her message to the volunteers

continues, "I can't thank each of

you enough for sharing your generous love, energy,

and glowing spirit with everyone we met and with each of us as a team."

Please visit our site to see the Cambodia/Thailand Report and don't miss the Hilltribe Children's Performance, too!

Bravo to Deborah Quigley!!

The accomplishments for the Cambodia/ Thailand Trip include:

Thank yous!

LAGRANT COMMUNICATIONS Spearheads a Drive to Support Airline

Ambassadors’ eCampaign for Casa de Paz Orphanage, in Mexico.

In response to last month's

Airline Ambassadors'

eCampaign to raise funds for

Casa de Paz Orphanage,

LAGRANT COMMUNICATIONS, a

Los Angeles-based

multicultural communications

firm, established a fund to

match employee contributions

by the agency’s Employee Gift

Matching Program.

Airline Ambassadors extends

our greatest thanks to Kim L.

Hunter, president & CEO of

LAGRANT COMMUNICATIONS,

for this tremendous, generous

support!

Read more about the contribution to Casa de Paz in the Press Release.