-- Just in Time for JetBlue for Good® Month,
Customers can #CheckInForGood at Pop-up Kiosks and Online To Enter
For A Chance to Make a Difference on a Volunteer Trip with JetBlue
--
JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU) today announced it will celebrate a month
of kindness and good in November with JetBlue For Good Month.
Throughout this month of philanthropy and giving, JetBlue is asking
customers to #CheckInForGood and enter to win a complimentary trip
to volunteer with some of the airline’s non-profit partners (a).
The winners will participate in trips focusing on the three pillars
of the JetBlue For Good platform: youth and education, community
and the environment.
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Throughout November, JetBlue is asking
customers to #CheckInForGood at kiosks in New York and Los Angeles
and enter to win a complimentary trip to volunteer with some of the
airline’s non-profit partners. (Photo: Business Wire)
“Service is part of our DNA at JetBlue. We created JetBlue For
Good Month to celebrate all the ways we give back year-round – and
this year we’re thrilled to bring our customers on board too,” said
Icema Gibbs, director corporate social responsibility, JetBlue.
“Like JetBlue, our customers value kindness and humanity.
#CheckInForGood is a great way for us to roll-up our sleeves
together, celebrate good deeds, and reinforce our belief that every
single person can make a difference.”
How It Works
JetBlue mock check-in kiosks will pop up in surprise locations
in New York City and Los Angeles from November 2 – 9, 2017. To
enter, entrants can fill out a short questionnaire about what
“good” they have to declare at one of the JetBlue kiosks, or online
at jetbluecheckinforgood.com through November 9. Based on
individual responses, entrants will be matched to causes aligning
with JetBlue For Good’s three key pillars – youth and education,
community and the environment – and placed on “standby” for an
opportunity to win a seat on one of the following volunteer trips
departing around #GivingTuesday, the international day of giving
kicking off the holiday season:
- #CheckInForGood to Help Houston
Public Libraries, Nov. 27-29, 2017Like many in Texas, the
Houston Public Library (HPL) is still reeling from the impact of
Hurricane Harvey. Seven branches remain closed due to storm damage,
leaving these communities without access to the libraries’ vital
programs, services and books resources.Building on JetBlue’s
signature Soar with Reading literacy program, designed to inspire
and encourage kids' imaginations to take flight through reading,
volunteers on this trip will check in with elementary schools in
communities which have been impacted by Harvey, have low literacy
rates and where their libraries are still closed. While the Mobile
Express, HPL’s library-on-wheels hits the road to distribute free
books, volunteers will help operate “pop-up” libraries and host
reading events, with books donated in partnership with Simon &
Schuster Children’s Publishing. JetBlue will also bring its
innovative free book vending, powered by IVS, to Houston to
distribute 25,000 children’s books throughout the remainder of the
year.
- #CheckInForGood to Help the Sandals
Foundation’s Local Caribbean Community Efforts- Jamaica, Nov.
27-29, 2017
The Sandals Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Sandals and
Beaches Resorts, is committed to improving the lives of its local
communities, supporting schools, facilities and centers across
eight islands in the Caribbean.The Eltham Community Centre serves
the rural area surrounding Ocho Rios region. Here, neighbors can
gather for recreational activities and informative workshops,
receive mentorship and gain access to free mental and dental care
as well as spay and neuter services for animal clinics. Volunteers
on this trip will help paint, renovate and restore The Centre with
upgrades to ensure it can continue to be a safe, healthy and
inspiring space for both the young and elderly in the
community.
- #CheckInForGood to Help Atlantis
Blue Project Foundation - Bahamas, Dec. 6-8, 2017The Bahamas is
home to one of the largest coral reefs in the world. Its
sustainability is vital to the marine ecosystem as reefs provide
food and shelter for a vast array of marine life in addition to
protecting shorelines and preserving beaches.Led by marine
ecologist Dr. Craig Dahlgren of the Atlantis Blue Project
Foundation, an organization developing innovative ways to protect
Bahamian waters and wildlife, volunteers on this trip will
participate in an ongoing coral nursery project on Paradise Island
and assist with harvesting and out-planting coral, in addition to
activities at the dolphin sanctuary.
The first 2,000 entrants who #CheckInForGood will receive
donation codes to donate to a charity of their choice at
globalgiving.org/jetblue. Entrants who are selected as winners from
the “standby” list for one of the volunteer trips will be notified
of their eligibility on a rolling basis through November 20,
2017.
In addition to JetBlue For Good Month, JetBlue lives its mission
of Inspiring Humanity® all year long. Some of the airline’s recent
philanthropic initiatives include:
- Community - This fall, JetBlue
and KaBOOM! will continue to bring play to kids in areas of need.
In October, JetBlue funded and built a playground in Boston, and in
November, the airline will restore play for some children in New
York City and Los Angeles. To date, JetBlue has completed 28
playground builds helping to restore play for more 60,000+ children
throughout the airline’s network.JetBlue is also a KaBOOM! national
partner, a group of organizations providing long-term guidance and
support to KaBOOM! and its mission to promote and protect a child’s
right to play.
- Environment - JetBlue believes
good climate governance and leadership is important for the success
of the aviation industry. JetBlue recently signed one of the
biggest renewable jet fuel agreements in history and to date has
offset more than 1.7 billion pounds of CO2e emissions.
- Youth/Education - In 2011,
JetBlue launched Soar with Reading to encourage kids’ imaginations
to take flight through reading. Since its inception, Soar with
Reading has supplied more than $2,750,000 worth of books to kids in
need. Last summer, the program visited Fort Lauderdale and will
land in San Francisco in 2018.
JetBlue also recently announced the 100x35JetBlue initiative,
the airline’s immediate and long-term commitment to Puerto Rico
hurricane relief, including 35 initiatives over 100 days – and
beyond – to support the needs of crewmembers, customers and
communities in Puerto Rico. For more information, visit
http://blog.jetblue.com/100x35jetblue/.
JetBlue For Good is JetBlue’s platform for social impact and
corporate responsibility. Giving back is part of JetBlue’s DNA and
is core to its mission of Inspiring Humanity. Centered around
volunteerism and service, JetBlue For Good focuses on the areas
that are most important to the airline’s customers and crewmembers
- community, youth and education and the environment. Combining
JetBlue’s corporate efforts with its customers’ and crewmembers’
passions, the common theme is Good – JetBlue For Good. Join the
#JetBlueForGood conversation on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook,
check for regular updates and get involved.
For more information about causes supported by JetBlue customers
and crewmembers, or to learn more about JetBlue For Good, visit
jetblueforgood.com.
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 38 million
customers a year to 101 cities in the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin
America with an average of 1,000 daily flights. For more
information, please visit www.jetblue.com.
ABOUT THE SANDALS FOUNDATION
The Sandals Foundation is the non-profit arm of Sandals Resorts
International (SRI), the Caribbean’s leading family-owned resort
company. The 501(c)(3) non-profit organization was created to
continue and expand upon the charitable work that Sandals Resorts
International has undertaken since its founding in 1981 to play a
meaningful role in the lives of the communities where SRI operates
throughout the Caribbean. The Sandals Foundation funds projects in
three core areas: education, community and the environment. One
hundred per cent of the monies contributed by the general public to
the Sandals Foundation go directly to programs benefiting the
Caribbean community. To learn more about the Sandals Foundation,
visit online at www.sandalsfoundation.org
ABOUT ATLANTIS BLUE PROJECT FOUNDATION
Atlantis Blue Project Foundation (ABPF) is a private nonprofit
foundation that fosters the preservation and conservation of coral
reefs, sea turtles, sharks, manatees, and cetaceans, along with
their Bahamian ecosystems, through scientific research, education,
and community outreach. For more information visit our website at
www.BlueProjectAtlantis.org.
ABOUT SIMON & SCHUSTER
Simon & Schuster, a part of CBS Corporation, is a global
leader in general interest publishing, dedicated to providing the
best in fiction and nonfiction for readers of all ages, and in all
printed, digital and audio formats. Its distinguished roster of
authors includes many of the world’s most popular and widely
recognized writers, and winners of the most prestigious literary
honors and awards. It is home to numerous well-known imprints and
divisions such as Simon & Schuster, Scribner, Atria Books,
Gallery Books, Pocket Books, Touchstone, Adams Media, Threshold
Editions, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing and Simon
& Schuster Audio and international companies in Australia,
Canada, India and the United Kingdom, and proudly brings the works
of its authors to readers in more than 200 countries and
territories. For more information visit our website at
www.simonandschuster.com.
ABOUT THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Houston Public Library (HPL) operates 35 neighborhood
libraries, four HPL Express Libraries, a Central Library, the
Houston Metropolitan Research Center, the Clayton Library Center
for Genealogical Research, The African American Library at the
Gregory School, and the Parent Resource Library located in the
Children’s Museum of Houston. With more than eight million visits
per year in person and online, HPL is committed to excellent
customer service and equitable access to information and programs
by providing library customers with free use of a diverse
collection of printed materials and electronic resources, Internet,
laptop and computer use, and a variety of database and reference
resources with live assistance online 24/7. For further
information, visit the Houston Public Library at
www.houstonlibrary.org, on Twitter @houstonlibrary, on Facebook –
houstonlibrary – or call 832-393-1313.
(a.) No purchase necessary. Must be 18 years of age or older.
Registration ends 11:59:59pm PT on 11/10/2017. Open to legal
residents of the United States and the District of Columbia. All
volunteers must accept the official rules and JetBlue's privacy
policy. Review the JetBlue Check In For Good contest Official
Rules, and the terms of the JetBlue Privacy Policy.
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