FREE FESTIVAL SATURDAY! Join us April 18 in ville for the 5th Annual Day in the Sky!

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Hi Everyone,

Only 4 days before the 5th Annual Day in the Sky this Saturday.  This is going

to be a huge and wonderful event this year!

80 nonprofit groups will be hosting booths, 60+ volunteer pilots are already

signed up, 250+ volunteers are expected to join us thru the day, fabulous

entertainment is lined up by Magic Makers and Angels on Stage, free BBQ, games,

science experiments, golf lessons, petting zoo, you name it, we're ROCKING

ville this Saturday.

All flights for kids with special needs are currently full.  But we have plenty

of room at the FREE Festival! 

We are opening up the festival to anyone who wants to join us for a ton of fun

in the sun!

The only thing we ask is that people RSVP online so we have an idea who's

coming:   http://www.dayinthesky.org/attend.htm

Day in the Sky is the massive flying event for young people with special needs,

disabilities, at-risk youth, etc. We're in our 5th big year now, and are bigger

and better than ever. We have recruited nearly 60  volunteer pilots who take

about 500 people flying for 30 minute flights, including young people 8-17 with

disabilities + family + friends.

Plus we host a massive ground festival at the airport, complete with tons of

nonprofit groups and vendors and government agencies strutting their stuff to

the appreciative crowds.

Everything is free, including:

·        BBQ for everybody at noon

·        Entertainment throughout the day

·        Science/tech/engineering/math hands on displays

·        A petting zoo for kids of all ages

·        Golf lessons

·        A bounce house

·        Arts and crafts

·        Hot air balloon rides from 6:30am till 9am.

·        And much more!

The festival emphasis is on promoting healthy living,

science/technology/engineering/math (STEM) opportunities for the kids, assistive

technologies and accessible events.

Please sign up online to attend the festival:

http://www.dayinthesky.org/attend.htm

Hope to see you Saturday April 18 in ville!

Cheers to All!

Dean McCully

PS Here's our press release:

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THE FIFTH ANNUAL “DAY IN THE SKYâ€

Presented by

SHARED ADVENTURES

with “EAA Young Eagle flights†provided by

EAA CHAPTER 119

WATSONVILLE AIRPORT SATURDAY April 18, 2009 9:00am-4:00pm

150 Young People with Disabilities and Special Needs to Receive Free

Airplane Rides as part of the ville EAA Chapter 119 Young Eagles

program

1000+ Visitors to Fifth Annual 'Accessibility Expo'

Shared Adventures of Santa Cruz, CA, and Experimental Aircraft

Association Chapter 119 of ville, CA are pleased to announce the

fifth annual 'Day In The Sky' at the ville Airport, ville,

California, Saturday April 18, 2009, 9:00am-4:00pm.

Approximately 35 private pilots will provide free, 30 minute airplane

rides for 500 passengers, including 150 young people with a wide variety

of disabilities and special needs, plus family and friends. The airplane

rides will pass over points of local interest including the spectacular

Santa Cruz County coastline, the historic Beach Boardwalk, and the

magnificent springtime ville countryside.

Each participant attends a brief E.A.A. pre-flight school session to

learn basic aviation principles before flying. During the flight, each

special needs child is encouraged to take the aircraft controls for

short periods during the flight to experience the sense of empowerment

that comes from controlling an aircraft.

Flights depart from the main terminal of the ville Airport at 100

Aviation Way, ville, CA. First flight is scheduled for 9:30am.

Last flight is approximately 4:00 pm.

Young people will be pre-registered through several local partner

organizations. Registering partner organizations include California

Children's Services, Children's Miracle Network, Easter Seals Central

California, 's Heart Children's Cancer Association, JW House, Young

Artists Studio, KidQuest, Make A Wish, Santa Cruz County Office of

Education Special Education Dept., and Special Parents Information

Network. Each organization is given a limited number of invitations and

assigns them to appropriate participants. Walk-in flights will be given

if space permits, on a first-come, first-served basis.

A concurrent free Fun Fair & Accessibility Expo is scheduled, which will

feature many vendors of assistive technologies, information from

nonprofit organizations, and fun and educational interactive displays.

The festival will also include music provided by a local DJ, clowns and

face painters, accessible sports equipment demos, visits with live

animals, free food and refreshments, and much more.

All event activities are free to participating children, families,

friends, volunteers, and pilots. Day In The Sky is fully funded by

corporate and private sponsors, vendor contributions, and merchandise

sales. Individual and corporate monetary and in-kind donations and

sponsorships are needed and are most welcome.

For information, to register as a volunteer or a pilot, or to make a

donation, please see the Shared Adventures web site at

www.dayinthesky.org or call 831/459-7210.

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Dedications:

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This year's Day in the Sky is dedicated to the memory of Dan White,

beloved friend, gentle soul, driven individual, connoisseur of life who

enthralled all with his passion for flight. Our hats off to Dan, teacher

and rocketman extraordinaire, the pilot who made it happen.

A special nod to Sharon er for her tireless 25 straight year support

of all aspects of Central California aviation, and for her contribution

in launching Day in the Sky and taking it to cruising altitude. We

couldn't have done it without you, Sharon! Many thanks!

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Contacts:

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Andersen, Founder and CEO, Shared Adventures

foster@..., 831/459-7210

Tom Hail, President E.A.A. 119

thail@... 831/336-5393

Dean McCully, Day In The Sky

dean@..., 209/614-4650

Daryl Wise, Shared Adventures, Press

dsw@..., 831/763-9313

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Host's Information

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Shared Adventures www.sharedadventures.org

Established in 1994, Shared Adventures is a Santa Cruz based 501©(3)

nonprofit dedicated to improving the quality of life of people living

with disabilities through recreational opportunities. It is the only

program in Santa Cruz County that offers a year-round calendar of

activities and events for all ages and sectors of the physically and

developmentally challenged populations. Shared Adventures is renowned

for its annual Day On The Beach, an enormously popular summer event

drawing 300+ volunteers and 200+ participants with disabilities to

participate in events such as kayaking, SCUBA diving, outrigger

canoeing, and beach wheelchair rides. Shared Adventures will host its

16th annual Day On The Beach on Saturday, July 19, 2009.

Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 119 (EAA 119) of ville

http://www.eaa119.org

Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 119 of ville flies kids

as part of their Young Eagles progarm. Kids from the general public can

fly on the first Saturday of the month May thru November. On April 18

their Young Eagle flights are reserved for kids with disabilities and

special needs. This will be the fifth year EAA Chapter 199 has flown

kids at Day in the Sky. The Young Eagles program is a national EAA

program that has flown over 1.2 million kids and Chapter 119 has flown

4,100 at ville since 1992.

 

Love, Gabby. :0)

http://stemcellforautism.blogspot.com/

 

" I know of nobody who is purely Autistic or purely neurotypical. Even God had

some Autistic moments, which is why the planets all spin. " ~ Jerry Newport