Dreams Take Flight Calgary VISION STATEMENT 2010

DREAMS TAKE FLIGHT

CALGARY 2010

  Dreams Take Flight Canada / Voyage De Reves is a registered children’s charity in Canada. Dreams Take Flight Calgary is a chapter of Dreams Take Flight Canada / Voyage De Reves which consists of a group of Air Canada Employees, family members and associates who volunteer to raise money to take terminally or chronically ill, mentally, physically, socially or emotionally challenged children to Disneyland for an all expense paid one-day trip to the happiest place on Earth to see Mickey and his friends. Dreams Take Flight may also gift funds not required for its primary purpose to other registered charities that benefit physically, mentally or socially challenged children and are within the policies adopted by Dreams Take Flight Canada. 

Money is raised throughout the year in several ways. The charity holds a fundraiser on the first Sunday of the Calgary Stampede called Black Tie & Blue Jeans Dance and Silent Auction. This year the 16^th annual Black Tie & Blue Jeans fundraiser will take place on Sunday July 11th, 2010 at the Westin Hotel. For the past six years Dreams Take Flight Calgary has been honored to benefit from the Cardel Homes Golf Tournament that is held at the Stewart Creek Golf Club in Canmore, Alberta.  Dreams Take Flight also sells Dreams Take Flight logo merchandise and accepts donations to finance the program.

Air Canada Kids Horizons donates a Boeing 767-300 aircraft for the day to fly the children to Los Angeles. The money raised throughout the year is used to pay for aircraft fuel, immigration fees, buses to Disneyland, gate admission, spending money, food, hats and clothing to identify the children and escorts, gifts for the children and related expenses to put fundraising events together and to plan the flight. Dreams Take Flight is grateful to have wonderful sponsors who donate services, money or products to enhance the Dreams Take Flight program. 

Air Canada employees donate their time to fundraise, plan and operate the flight and administer the charity. These employees include pilots, flight attendants, passenger and cargo sales personnel, administrative staff, ground handlers and maintenance employees.

 The Dreams Take Flight volunteers plan the adventure and look after the details to make this a great memory for the children and escorts alike. 2009 marked the 17^th anniversary for Dreams Take Flight Calgary with 141 special needs children traveling to Disneyland on October 21^st, 2009 with Dreams Take Flight. During the seventeen-year history of Dreams Take Flight Calgary 2,265 children have visited Disneyland with the Calgary chapter of Dreams Take Flight!

The charities goal for 2010 is to operate the Dreams Take Flight charter on October 20^th,  2010 and to invite 142 children on the Boeing 767 aircraft to celebrate Dreams Take Flight Calgary 18th anniversary and 20^th flight. Dreams Take Flight Calgary appreciates your support in helping to make Dreams Take Flight 2010 a reality for the special needs children who live in Calgary and Southern Alberta.  

 Lucille Parkinson                John Sinclair         Earl Fried               Rob Winkler

Organizers Dreams Take Flight – Calgary

                                                    Mailing Address:   
                                            P.O. Box 102, 2000 Airport Road N.E. 
                                            Calgary International Airport
                                             Calgary, Alberta T2E 6W5

Tel (403) 221-2607    Fax (403) 221-2579

E-mail     info@dreamstakeflight.org  Web site www.dreamstakeflight.org

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