UPDATE ON CARE DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS HAITI
Thanks to all World Wingers for your quick and generous response to support CARE's relief efforts in Haiti. I know you will want to learn more about progress to date and how we can all help now and in the future as the world helps Haiti to rebuild.
Immediately following the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, CARE staff in Haiti began rushing lifesaving aid to survivors. They have been working around the clock to help survivors access food shelter, clean water, jerry cans, hygiene kits, mattresses and blankets. As of today, they have reached almost 80,000 people, focusing on pregnant women, newborns, disabled people and the elderly.
CARE is doing more every day to meet the myriad of basic needs of the Haitian people and working to address root causes of poverty that plague the country. Restoring Haiti to full functionality will be a long process.
CARE has had a presence in Haiti since a hurricane struck there in 1954. One of the world's largest and most respected relief organizations, we are proud to support their efforts, and very proud of World Wingers' quick and concerned response. Our members made donations, and used our website, social media and the Internet to spread the word about CARE's activities and where and how to contribute.
Many of us have special memories of flying to Port Au Prince and of the kindness, creativity and strength of the Haitian people. This unprecedented disaster pains us all, but by helping our partners at CARE, we can help Haiti to rise again, a better place.
Thank you all for caring so much.
Norma B Simon, President
World Wings International, Inc.
www.care.org
To DONATE: Your gift to CARE’s Haiti Emergency Response Fund will help address the immediate needs of the survivors of this unprecedented disaster. https://my.care.org/site/Donation2?5000.donation=form1&df_id=5000
To see your donations get tracked and credited to World Wings International, Inc., payment may be made directly to the CARE New York Office. Call Operations Support Manager Tasha S. King at 212/803-2914 or Shannon at 212/803-2913. We have been assured that credit card donations made in this manner will be processed just as fast as gifts made through the CARE link.
ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IS TO ASK CONGRESS TO HELP HAITI.
Click here for all of the details
____________________________________________________________________________
World Wings International, Inc. is the philanthropic organization of former flight attendants of Pan American World Airways. In 2009, World Wings achieved Fifty and Fabulous status, celebrating a half century of friendship, philanthropy and a proud place in aviation history.
Once we soared with the "World's Most Experienced Airline," spanning the world in sleek jets etched in Pan Am Blue. We shopped in Hong Kong, made a splash on the beach in Rio, dined in Paris and danced in Swinging London. Our high flying lives sometimes had serious and scary moments as we coped with hijackers and terrorists, pulled passengers from burning aircraft or answered our country's call when Americans needed to be evacuated from trouble spots around the world.
Today, we're community leaders, teachers, doctors, academics, authors, travel agents, realtors, homemakers, entrepreneurs and executives. Some are still airborne, flying for major airlines such as Delta and United. Wherever we are, we are still involved in the world that we were so privileged to see.  We are active in fundraising projects in our local community and through CARE International, projects in aid of women and children around the globe. We're World Wings International, Inc. the philanthropic organization of former Pan Am flight attendants. World Wings numbers about 2400 members in 30 chapters in the United States, Europe and Japan. Since our founding in 1959, World Wings has raised over $2.8 million for charity.
We're a sociable group and our calendars are packed with great events - including luncheons, parties and special events like our annual convention. It's one way that we maintain our friendships and enjoy the camaraderie of other women and men who share the unique and rewarding experience of working for Pan Am.
We are proud of our organization and proud to have played a part in the history Pan American World Airways. Pan Am was a world leader in aviation and we are also committed to preserving its exceptional history. Our company may be gone, but it's not forgotten by World Wings International.
|
|
|
