The JetBlue Foundation Invests in Puerto Rico’s Future by Pledging Grants for Organizations That Power STEM Initiatives
June 11 2018 - 3:15PM
Business Wire
-- JetBlue Foundation Announces $100,000 in
Grants in Celebration of JetBlue’s 16th Anniversary of Service to
Puerto Rico --
-- Grant Recipient Inter American University of
Puerto Rico to Offer Grant-Writing Workshops for Interested
Organizations --
JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU) today announced as part of its 16th
anniversary celebration of service to Puerto Rico, the JetBlue
Foundation has pledged $100,000 worth of grants to STEM education
programs on the island. JetBlue has offered service to Puerto Rico
since 2002 and last year initiated 100x35JetBlue, a hurricane
recovery and relief initiative. The airline currently serves three
destinations in Puerto Rico including its San Juan focus city where
JetBlue is the largest carrier, as well as Aguadilla and Ponce.
Grants from the JetBlue Foundation will help further the
airline’s efforts to invest in the island’s future and place
aviation fields top-of-mind as career choices for students. The
JetBlue Foundation will award $100,000 to qualified schools and
organizations to fuel learning in science, technology, engineering
and mathematics (STEM).
“As JetBlue approaches 16 years of service in Puerto Rico, we
are celebrating this milestone with the community and fueling STEM
initiatives that are positioning Puerto Rico for a brighter
future,” said Joanna Geraghty, president, JetBlue Foundation.
“Puerto Rico has worked hard to overcome damage from last year’s
hurricane. This is one way we’re investing in the island and
advancing technology, learning and innovation.”
The JetBlue Foundation is currently accepting letters of inquiry
for grants through June 29, 2018. To help other STEM and
aviation-focused organizations navigate the application process,
Inter American University of Puerto Rico, a previous JetBlue
Foundation grant recipient, will offer a grant writing workshop.
The school will share best practices that helped them receive a
grant in 2016 for its “Girls in Aviation” program which aims to
spark an interest in STEM for girls ages 10-17. The workshop will
take place on June 22 at the Inter American School of Law in Hato
Rey. Guests can RSVP at askjbfoundation@jetblue.com. RSVPs are
required for attendance.
For grant criteria or to submit a letter of inquiry, interested
organizations can visit jetbluefoundation.org/grants. Grant
recipients will be announced in fall 2018.
“For the Inter American University of Puerto Rico, it is a
pleasure to collaborate hand in hand with JetBlue to orientate and
guide all those interested in obtaining these financial aids. It is
our wish that more and more people will be interested in STEM
careers, especially women who for decades have been relegated, for
lack of opportunities. We urge you to participate in these
workshops so that you can take advantage of these important events
that are possible thanks to the commitment of the entities that
value higher education,” said Manuel J. Fernós, president of the
Inter American University.
“We applaud our partners at Inter American University for
providing this important service to the local community,” said
Geraghty. “Their ‘Girls in Aviation’ program has been a model
development opportunity to help encourage more girls to pursue
aviation. The school is uniquely positioned to share their
knowledge with other organizations that can follow in their
footsteps.”
Beyond just grants, the JetBlue Foundation provides in-kind
support, mentoring, internships and much more to make a
difference for the next generation of aviators, engineers,
dispatchers, schedulers, aircraft mechanics and pilots. For
example, this summer the JetBlue Foundation and the Organization of
Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP) will host their second annual
Aviation Career Education (ACE) Academy initiative in San Juan,
introducing students ages 14 to 18 to careers in aviation.
Over the past five years, the Foundation has built ongoing
relationships with more than 37 aviation and STEM-focused programs
and provided over $750,000 in grants to help these
programs take off and soar. For more information on the JetBlue
Foundation, visit jetbluefoundation.org.
About JetBlue in Puerto Rico – JetBlue launched service
to San Juan in 2002, and later expanded service into Ponce and
Aguadilla. Today, JetBlue is Puerto Rico’s largest airline and the
island is home to nearly 500 JetBlue crewmembers who support the
airline’s operations in its focus city of San Juan, as well as in
Aguadilla and Ponce. JetBlue’s mission is to inspire humanity, and
its crewmembers in Puerto Rico have enthusiastically supported the
local community over the past 16 years, including through the
100x35JetBlue hurricane relief initiative. A nod to the island’s
100x35 mile dimensions, 100x35JetBlue outlined 100 days and 35 ways
– and beyond – of caring for Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
ABOUT THE JETBLUE FOUNDATION
The JetBlue Foundation, founded in 2013, is independent from
JetBlue and has a separate Board of Directors and an Advisory
Committee both made up of JetBlue crewmembers from across the
airline. To learn more about the JetBlue Foundation, visit
www.jetbluefoundation.org.
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 40 million
customers a year to 102 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.
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