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September/October 2009

featuring "Children of the World" 2009

In this issue

  • Call To Action
  • Featured Trip
  • Happenings
  • Thank you!
  • Bravo's
  • Donation Gratitude
  • Children's Escort News
  • Media
  • News
  • Volunteer Programs
  • Missions
  • eUpdate Archive

 

 

Children's

Escort Volunteers

 

Margaret Whitehead,

Director of the Children's

Escort Program, 

shares Escort Stories!

 

Media

 

Watch Airline

Ambassadors' Videos on

our You Tube Channel!

 

News

The Perfect Holiday Gift!

Black and light co. is

pleased to announce a new line of Inspirational candles inspired by Airline

Ambassadors.  These

candles will warm your

room, and your heart, and

symbolize the light we shine as we bring Love into Action!

Find your "inspiration".

Select the

Black & Light logo to view

the inspirational line of candles now:

Happy Holidays

and thank you for

Shopping for Humanity!

 

Volunteer Programs

Cars 4 Causes®

Donate your car

to support

Airline Ambassadors!

Cars 4 Causes has

partnered with

Airline Ambassadors!

Your vehicle donation,

through Cars 4 Causes,

will help raise money

for Airline

Ambassadors Projects. 

Learn about how you can

help by donating your car.

 

 

 

 

Please select the badge

above to find out more.

Thank you for your support!

For more ways that you can help, please visit

Volunteer Programs.

Missions

Whether it's El Salvador,

Guyana, Cameroon, or

South Africa...

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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If you know someone who may be interested in

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please send the eUpdate

to a friend!

 

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    Airline Ambassadors,

    please visit our website.

    Thank you for your support!

Call To Action

United Nations Delegates Dining Room, New York, New York

Children of the World Fundraiser

Join dignitaries, scholars, and

Airline Ambassadors' members

at the United Nations, on December 3,

for a very special evening.

We will be celebrating and fundraising for "Children of the World"

and honoring recipients of the

2009 Global Compassion Award and the

2009 Global Humanitarian Award.

Special Performances

by Jamia Nash and George Sigma.

Visit Special Events for information and registration.  Please enjoy a few Highlights of last year's incredible event.

 

Featured Trip

Nicaragua

Please join Airline Ambassadors and

Flutemaker Ministries in a humanitarian

mission to Nicaragua. We will launch

projects to help orphaned and

abandoned children in the area of

Somoto named "The Kids of Cascabel".  The "Kids of Cascabel Project" supports

Pastor Carlos Baez who found 18

children at the Somoto garbage dump

and rescued them. 

Having no resources to sustain them, Pastor Carlos linked up with Erik the Flutemaker, whom he met in 2006. 

Erik, his friends, and his family began to

help feed, clothe and educate these

children now known as the Kids of

Cascabel.  Today, Pastor Carlos and his

wife, Lorena, and a small group of

helpers have expanded their care to

include 31 children who receive food, clothing, education and medical care

through donations provided through the

supporters of the Kids of Cascabel.

Join us in providing nutrition, clothing,

housing and education for children who

have no chance of escaping their dire

circumstances without the assistance of

those outside their community.

For details about the Nicaragua Trip, please visit our Travel Calendar.

 

Happenings

AAI & Community Partners for the Homeless

Join Airline Ambassadors and Community Partners

for the Homeless for a special event starting at 9:00am on December 6th in Homestead Florida.

Our team will be preparing a meal for over three hundred people -- then, decorating the center with donated Christmas decorations. 

Professional singers will be performing Christmas carols, for all to enjoy, during this festive holiday event.


Spirit Crew Member, Laura Reyes (Kids4Kids Crossing Borders), will be

distributing 300 blankets for each person at the shelter -- with help from our volunteers.  Join us for a day of outreach and fun this holiday season.  

For complete details concerning this event and to RSVP, please email:

Shannon De Witt at believesucceed@hotmail.com


Thank you for your participation and support!

For more event opportunities, please visit our Event Calendar.

Thank You!

To Cambodia Mission Coordinator and

Hawaii Regional Director, Deborah Quigley

On October 9, an Airline Ambassadors'

team of eight arrived in Phnom Penh,

Cambodia.  Led by Mission Coordinator,

Deborah Quigley, the group began a

journey that would change their lives,

and the lives of those they touched,

forever. 

Days were filled with visiting orphans

and vulnerable children at the Future Light Orphanage, the Cambodian Children's Fund, the New Hope Cambodia's Community Centre, and the ACODO orphanage.  Volunteers explored poverty-stricken villages and walked hand-in-hand, singing, with school children.

With Deborah as guide and trusted

leader, the group did not miss a single

site or fabulous experience in

Cambodia.  As she explains, "Your time

in Siem Reap is not complete until you've

enjoyed the colorful bustling of a

morning in the floating villages on the

largest lake in SE Asia:  floating markets,

floating schools, a floating church, floating homes, even a pig or 2 on

floating rafts.  Quite a sight." 

If you think you may like visiting beautiful,

colorful temples, sharing your heart with

needy children, and perhaps, even

practicing yoga before breakfast, watch for our next Cambodia Trip

Deborah, thank you for taking our

volunteers on the trip of a lifetime!

 

Visit News Stories From The Field for more reports from our trips.

 

Bravo to:

Robin Schmidt, Delta Airlines Flight Attendant

Holiday Care Packages for Soldiers

Robin is sending Holiday Care Packages

to our soldiers overseas.  She has been

featured on Fox, ABC News, and

Good Morning America!

Please support Robin's Holiday Care Package Project and deliver some

holiday joy to our soldiers.

To donate to her project

"Support for our Soldiers", please visit our Donate to a Project page.

Read more about Robin's work in the Cincinnati Enquirer and

Philanthropy Project

Robin's personal message (pdf) will tell you even more about the inspiration

behind her program!   For additional details, please contact: 

supportourheroes@live.com.

Bravo to Robin Schmidt!

 

Donation Gratitude

THANK YOU to Dr. Daniel Susott, Airline Ambassadors' Medical Director....

whose generous donation to the Kathryn Susott Fund (in honor of his mom) is

allowing AAI to fund more projects than ever before.

Below:  Dr. Daniel Susott, Mardy Millay and Chris Grace at Grace Landing, Cambodia World Family School, Krong Kep, Cambodia

 

There's more!

Catch up with

Daniel in the

new Airline

Ambassadors' Blog. 

 

 

For live reports, and blogging yourself,

check out the blog frequently! 

You'll find it the News Section

of the Airline Ambassadors' website.

Our Sincerest Gratitude to

Dr. Daniel Susott for his generous

support and online contributions, too!