Westjet Works With The Communities

Westjet works and supports tons of charities and fundraisers.  Earlier, I mentioned Westjet Cares For Kids and how you can apply to have Westjet support your charity or fundraising event, as well, 2 of the charities that Westjet supports (Hope Air & Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Canada).  

Here are some more great charities that Westjet supports in a nutshell. (since they have so many great charities they work with, might as well put them all together in one shot!) 

Since 2004, Westjet and Missing Children Society of Canada are always on the search to find the missing.  Westjet has provided gifts of flight to the detectives who travel all over Canada and Internationally, as well to those families reuniting with their loved ones.  Sadly, there are more than 50,000 missing children in Canada alone each year.  Some are resolved and many are still out there.

WestJet and the Missing Children Society of Canada are continuing the search for missing children.  Retired police detectives help investigate the cases of the missing.  MCSC is the only non-profit organization that has a team of in-house retired detectives in North America.  MCSC's Peer Support program also provides emotional support to those dealing with a missing loved one, free of charge.  For more information, visit www.mcsc.ca.

Westjet also provides the gift of flight to those who have a travel wish grant for activities through Westjet Cares for Kids for Make-A-Wish Canada.  Westjet also went as far to customize a special wish experience for all the children and their loved ones travelling on Canada's favourite airline.

Since 1980, Make-A-Wish has helped make over 200,000 wishes come true for children worldwide.  They serve over 36 countries and grant wishes to children with life threatening conditions between the ages of 3 and 17 to spend time with their families, to dream and to make miracles happen.

For more information, visit www.makeawish.ca.

Westjet helps support Ronald McDonald House Charities of Canada by donating flights to support families and fundraising events through the Westjet Cares for Kids program.

RMHC is a children's charity that is dedicated to supporting families with children with serious disability or illness when they really need it.  RMHC helps these families through each Ronald McDonald House, Ronald McDonald Family Room Program and other children's charities.  RMHC has totalled over $57 million to children's charities and over 2,000 grants have been awarded which help thousands of children and families in their communities.

For more information, visit www.rmhc.ca.

Westjet helps support Beyond Borders ECPAT Canada.  Beyond Borders is a bilingual, volunteer organization that help support the rights of children to be free from sexual abuse and exploitation.  They raise awareness, advocate for improved legisltion, monitor court cases, promote and support prevention and protection plans and intervening in court cases to provide a voice for the victims.  Beyond Borders also provides training and education to the children in need.

To learn more, please visit www.beyondborders.org.