JetBlue Airways Brings Its "Inspiring Humanity" Mission to Life With a Humanitarian Effort to Haiti - Seite 2

Allison Miguel, general manager of JetBlue's Savannah/Hilton Head operation, has also volunteered extensively in Haiti. "Children of Hope is very near and dear to my heart. I helped set up our operation in Haiti prior to launch and spent every free minute I had with these children. I look forward to being a part of their lives for as long as possible. I'm so proud to work for a company that is providing much needed resources to Haitian children and supports causes that are important to me and fellow crewmembers."

As education is a core pillar of JetBlue's corporate social responsibility platform, JetBlue also donated 2,000 books in English and Haitian Creole to local schools and children's homes. Additionally, JetBlue inflight crewmember Victoria Lauture shared a collection of books written by her mother, author Mireille B. Lauture Ph.D, featuring stories passed down from her 93-year-old grandmother who is known for her descriptive storytelling. These five books, written in Haitian Creole and English on the same page, were donated by Mirelle and will help encourage literacy in Haiti. Victoria and Mireille joined the team to deliver these bi-lingual books to local children. JetBlue also donated laptops with one year of internet service generously provided by Digicel.

With a new Airbus A321 aircraft scheduled for delivery on April 17, JetBlue took this opportunity to use the plane to support the ongoing commitment of crewmembers to help in Haiti's revitalization efforts. JetBlue partnered with the Airbus Corporate Foundation, Wings of Help (Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen) and KPMG to fill this aircraft with several tons of supplies specially earmarked for International Medical Corp for this relief effort. Wings of Help sourced life-saving anti-cholera medication, blankets, bed sheets, shoes, t-shirts and children's toys. The plane was then routed to fly from the Airbus factory in Hamburg, Germany, to Port-au-Prince, Haiti before heading to the JetBlue Hangar in Orlando, Fla. For more about Wings of Help/Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen, please visit www.luftfahrtohnegrenzen.eu/en.

"This is a live example of corporate citizenship in action, truly neighbors helping neighbors," said Icema Gibbs, director of corporate social responsibility, JetBlue Airways. "For this relief effort, we utilized the airline's two most important assets -- our people and our aircraft. We rallied together with Wings of Help and other business partners to donate supplies and materials and our crewmembers gave their personal time to provide service directly to one of our communities that is most in need of resources."