Take Flight for Kids

A Valley Medical Center Foundation Project In conjunction with Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 62 Saturday, August 9, 2008, San Jose, Reid Hillview Airport
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As you can imagine, Take Flight for Kids is an incredibly expensive event. But we are changing lives of kids, so it's worth every penny. If you can help, please donate online. Every dollar helps! Thanks!

Note: All donations are 100% tax deductible thru the Valley Medical Center Foundation

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Take Flight for Kids, San Jose Reid Hillview Airport, San Jose California

150 Kids with special needs, Families, and Friends fly in private airplanes for free during a celebration-of-life festival celebrating accessible activities and assistive technologies for persons with disabilities.

Saturday August 9, 2008 will be a very special day at the San Jose Reid Hillview Airport in San Jose, California as Valley Medical Center Foundation of Santa Clara County, and Santa Clara County Experimental Aircraft Assocation Chapter 62 organizes free airplane rides to challenged children and their guests from all over Northern California. Kids 8-17 years old with special challenges or disabilities were welcome.

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Invited partner organizations include: Valley Medical Center Foundation (VMC), San Jose Reid Hillview Airport, EAA Chapter 62, AchieveKids, Axis Dance Company, Bridge School, Children's Hospital of Oakland, Clausen House, Disabled Student Resource Center, Environmental Traveling Companions (ETC), Friends of Children with Special Needs (FCSN), JW House, Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers, Morgan Center, Parents Helping Parents (PHP), Ronald McDonald House, San Jose Office of Therapeutic Services, Sensory Access Foundation, TransAccess. Do you know of any other organizations who might like to join us? Let us know and we'll add them to our list.

Preliminary Agenda (subject to change)

7am: Gates open for setup.
9am: Gates open to participants, First flight school starts.
9:30am:Welcome to the Airport.

Ribbon Cutting and First Flight

Flight schools & Flights: every 30 minutes.
Static aircraft displays all day.
Demos from nonprofit organizations and vendors all day.

11:30am: Lunch is served
12 noon: Break for Speeches and Thank-yous (3 minute "speeches" max)
1:00pm: Flights continue

Flight schools & Flights: every 30 minutes.

4:30pm: Last Flight
5:00pm: Gates close
7:00pm: Cleanup complete

Special sponsors include: