Here's to You, Jetblue!

On our recent family vacation trip, our airline of choice due to convenience and price was Jetblue Airlines.  They are fairly known in my neck of the woods having quite a large presence in our local airport. Each seat is equipped with its own television screen. I didn’t want any ear phones since I was planning to either take a nap or read my Kindle, so I picked the “Map” channel which is a live pinpoint of our location as we fly towards our destination. It’s pretty cool. There were little advertising breaks and they showed some of the charities that Jetblue participates in.  I started to feel really good about sitting in my seat and patronizing a company that seems to be giving back to the community. So, here I am, back to the routine day to day life appreciating all the wonderful memories we created on our 18 day vacation. And as such, I wanted to highlight the airline that got us to and from smoothly and safely. Here’s to you, Jetblue! Thank you for all you do.

Soar With Reading
Objective: To get books in the hands of underprivileged kids.

This year they’ve donated about $500,000 worth of books, and $1,250,000 worth of books to date.  Literacy is so important in our world. It’s the gateway to education and one of the most powerful ways of communication.  What a great organization and I can only hope that they continue their tireless fight because so many kids are counting on these programs to better their lives.

 KaBOOM!
Objective: To create functional and safe playgrounds for underprivileged children in order to support the theory of the importance of play for the healthy child.

Their vision is that “all kids get the childhood they deserve filled with balance and active play, so they can thrive.”
To date they have built, open or improved about 16,000 playgrounds.


CarbonFund
They have partnered with this organization to reduce CO2 emissions which is a benefit to our environment.



Jetblue also has relationships with organizations that support education such as: Pencil, Cradle of Aviation,  SUN ‘n FUN.  And they encourage their employees to volunteer their time and energy in their communities and are open to requests from nonprofit organizations asking for assistance.
Keep up the good work, Jetblue!

I encourage everyone to support small business, but also support businesses that give back to the community.  We can all do good things in the world.  And nothing is more powerful that where we spend our money.
 
 Update after original post:
 I got a super sweet tweet from @Jetblue, and they followed me on Twitter. Very cool.