A recent story in the eNewsletter I get from View From The Wing caught my eye and I thought I'd share it.  This year is the 30th anniversary of United Airlines’ Fantasy Flights.  Air Canada has a similar program with Dreams Take Flight.      Steve United Sends Some Deserving Children to the North Pole (The Points Guy) On Saturday December 7th, over 100 children and their families who are part of the Children’s Hospice International network showed up at Washington-Dulles Airport (IAD) for one of the program’s annual Fantasy Flights. But you won’t find this flight on the departure boards: These special girls and boys were about to embark on the trip of a lifetime on flight Snowflake 1 to visit the North Pole (official airport code: NTP).   ...read more...   And Dreams Take Flight In 1989, several Air Canada employees in Toronto planned a trip-of-a-lifetime. They flew 70 special needs children on a DC-9 aircraft to Walt Disney World in Florida.  By 1997, the Dreams Take Flight charity had expanded across Canada. For a very long and exciting day, deserving children live an adventure in a world-renowned theme park in California or Florida. All expenses paid—thanks to sponsors and volunteers. An aircraft is donated by Air Canada and crewed by Air Canada employees who volunteer their services.  A Volunteer Corps works throughout the year to raise funds for aircraft fuel, park admission and other costs, and to organize the logistics of this busy day.    ...read more...   Copyright © 2019 OttawaSeniors, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.