JetBlue For Good™ Encourages Customers & Crewmembers to Give Back And Enter for A Chance to Donate $1,000 to Their Favorite...
November 02 2016 - 12:16PM
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JetBlue Launches the JetBlue For Good Contest
To Honor Volunteerism and Service Throughout November
JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU) is celebrating November as Philanthropy
Month, recognizing those who actively volunteer in their
communities. To kick off this month of giving, JetBlue is launching
a contest inviting customers and crewmembers to join the JetBlue
For Good Crew. Volunteers who work to make their communities a
better place can enter at JetBlueForGood.com for a chance to win
$1,000 for the charity of their choice (a).
Customers and crewmembers can enter by uploading a photo or
video highlighting their community service and sharing their
volunteer efforts using #JetBlueForGood. The contest begins on
November 1, 2016. Winners, one customer and one crewmember, will be
selected daily until November 30, 2016.
JetBlue has always stood for good and is here for good. Since
2011, JetBlue crewmembers have volunteered more than 500,000 hours
of service. To honor JetBlue’s Philanthropy Month efforts, the
airline is encouraging customers and even more crewmembers to
participate in acts of service.
Join the JetBlue For Good Crew by volunteering or giving to a
variety of causes and upload photos or videos to
JetBlueForGood.com. Need inspiration? Here are few of
JetBlue’s favorite charitable partners and initiatives:
- Donate TrueBlue points to help those
in need - Hurricane Matthew left a path of devastation across
the Caribbean and the Southeast region, particularly in Haiti, the
Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Cuba and the Florida coast. As
residents continue to rebuild, JetBlue is helping support relief
efforts. Consider donating to the American Red Cross, AmeriCares
and Concern Worldwide. These organizations have response teams
providing on the ground assistance in affected areas. JetBlue will
contribute $100,000 to these relief efforts. Customers can donate
TrueBlue loyalty points to AmeriCares and Concern Worldwide.
JetBlue will match up to 500,000 TrueBlue points . Visit
https://trueblue.jetblue.com/web/trueblue/charity for more
information or to donate to relief efforts and a variety of other
causes.
- Offset the emissions from your
flight - JetBlue believes in communicating transparently about
climate change. The airline is working through solutions to lessen
its impact on the environment through a range of initiatives
including purchasing renewable jet fuel. JetBlue has worked with
the non-profit Carbonfund.org since 2008, allowing customers to
offset part of the carbon footprint of their flights by making a
donation to support CO2 reduction projects. For more information on
purchasing CO2 offsets visit jetblue.com/green/offsetting.
- Encourage the next generation of
aviators - The JetBlue Foundation is a company-sponsored
private foundation and 501c3 non-profit organization. Its mission
is to ignite interest in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics (STEM) programs and place aviation top-of-mind as a
career choice for students from traditionally underserved
communities. Donate to STEM-focused initiatives including
aviation-focused schools and programs that the JetBlue Foundation
supports. Click here. for more information on the JetBlue
Foundation.
“JetBlue is spreading good deeds, one flight and one volunteer
initiative at a time,” said Icema Gibbs, JetBlue’s director of
corporate social responsibility. “JetBlue for Good combines giving
and purpose by encouraging our customers and crewmembers to
participate in at least one act of service. Imagine the impact we
can make if we all participate in at least one act of
kindness.”
JetBlue For Good, the airline’s focus on volunteerism, service
and social responsibility spreads its mission of good to customers
and crewmembers alike by offering volunteer and charitable
partnership opportunities. This initiative focuses on the areas
that are most important to JetBlue’s customers and crewmembers
including:
- Community: Opportunities that
have a positive impact on the areas where the airline’s customers
and crewmembers live. As New York’s Hometown Airline®, and in honor
of 9/11 National Day of Service, JetBlue and KaBOOM! recently
partnered on their 25th playground build together to bring a safe
play space to kids in need in Brooklyn, NY.
- Youth/Education: Nurturing the
next wave of aviation professionals, customers and crewmembers by
enhancing education. To date, JetBlue has donated $2.25 million
worth of books to kids who need them most through its award-winning
Soar With Reading initiative.
- The Environment: Bettering the
communities that JetBlue serves by helping to create a cleaner
earth for future generations. Over the past the eight years,
JetBlue has partnered with CarbonFund.org to offset more than 1.5
billion pounds of greenhouse emissions.
Throughout November, there will be several activations and
opportunities focused on giving including World Kindness Day on
November 13, National Philanthropy Day® on November 15 and
#GivingTuesday on November 29. Check jetblue.com and follow JetBlue
on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and
Snapchat for regular updates and to see how you can get involved.
Share using #JetBlueForGood.
View this video to learn more about JetBlue For Good.
About JetBlue
JetBlue is New York's Hometown Airline® and a leading carrier in
Boston, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, Los Angeles (Long Beach),
Orlando and San Juan. JetBlue carries more than 32 million
customers a year to 97 cities in the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin
America with an average of 925 daily flights. For more information,
please visit JetBlue.com.
(a) No purchase necessary. The JetBlue
For Good™ Contest ends at 11:59:59 PM ET on 11/30/16. Open to legal
residents of the 50 US/DC and PR who are 18 years or older at the
time of entry. Employees of Sponsor who hold a position as a
Crewmember and are in good standing at the time of entry may also
enter this Contest. Void outside the 50 US/DC, PR., and where
prohibited and restricted by law. Subject to complete Official
Rules. Visit www.jetblueforgood.com for complete Official Rules
including a listing of daily entry periods, entry requirements,
restrictions, judging criteria and prize details. Sponsor: JetBlue
Airways Corporation, 27-01 Queens Plaza North, Long Island City,
New York 11101.-
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