Give A Mile #52 Flights Holiday Campaign
#OneHolidayWish
November 1st, 2024 we launched our Holiday Campaign to provide #52Flights of compassion.
Along with our online efforts, we held our holiday campaign kick-off event in Toronto! It was a night filled with fabulous food and drinks, but also empathy and compassion. One of our wonderful flight recipients shared their story live at Cirillo’s. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house. It was touching and moving. So much so, that an anonymous donor stepped forward to provide a flight of compassion to someone urgently in need.
Thanks to your incredible support, we raised a phenomenal $25,674 through raffle tickets and donations!
And in case you were wondering here is Diane’s story, whose flight was provided by our anonymous donor:?
If THAT wasn’t enough…
The CN Tower / Tour CN was lit in support of Give A Mile
#52Flights Campaign Update:
We're incredibly close to our goal of #52Flights! We've already provided 30 flights of compassion: 16 within the US and 14 in Canada. With your help, we can provide 22 more flights!
#OneHolidayWish Sponsors
It's important to take a moment to thank all the sponsors and raffle donors who helped make our Toronto event a huge success. (Give them a follow or a like if you can, I'm sure they'll appreciate it)
Legacy Sponsor
Hope Sponsor
Connection Sponsors
Event Sponsors
Raffle Sponsors
Cirillo's Academy , Tutto Gourmet Foods Inc. , Rock Harbour Seafood, Crystal Clarity Co.( Emma J. Logue ), Colossal Cookie, Dimitri Kritsotakis and The Dish on Healthy
Help Shan Share a Final Moment With Her Father
Shan’s father Charles, a Vietnam veteran, is facing his final days at home in Phoenix under hospice care. Diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, he can no longer speak and has grown increasingly weak.?
Shan and Charles have worked hard to build their relationship after years apart. They’ve “established a relationship I've dreamed of for years,” in Shan’s own words. Despite her own health challenges, Shan travelled to see him in September, maxing out her credit cards to pay for the trip.??
A self-proclaimed daddy’s girl, when Shan heard about her father’s condition, she desperately wanted to be there for him for his last days. She feels she’s gotten “nowhere near enough time that I've had to learn and love my daddy.” However, due to her recent trip and her disability application pending, she cannot purchase another flight.
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Your donation can make all the difference. We’re committed to making this flight possible but need your help to backfill the miles and funds used. With time being critical to get Shan on her way, we’ve temporarily drawn from our limited pool to make it happen. We urgently need to replenish these miles to continue supporting future flights for needy families.
Amazing Partners
We couldn't forget to mention all the amazing brands and people who've donated to our cause.
THEN Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport did this:
We're so amazed and grateful for the donation that you made of your screens to help us provide flights of compassion. Also, they look amazing.
Thanks for your hard work Rick Abbruzzese and Katerina Alexakis !
Features
Gary Leff recently shared a great article on his website VewFromTheWing.com featuring Give A Mile and our United Airlines MileagePlus miles-raising campaign.
It's a great read:
What's Kevin Crowe Up To Now?!
If you know Kevin Crowe , you know he just can't sit still. He's on podcasts, he's writing and sharing deeply profound, motivational and touching posts on all of his social channels and he's also training to run a race ... in the middle of winter ... IN THE YUKON ?? to raise donations and awareness for Give A Mile.
He means it when he talks about #LivingDeliberately, because he does:
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2 个月Wow, we have been busy. Great work Give A Mile!