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Air Canada and Dreams Take Flight Team Up to Make Magical Memories for Vancouver Children Through Once-in-a-Lifetime Flight
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Air Canada and Dreams Take Flight Team Up to Make Magical Memories for Vancouver Children Through Once-in-a-Lifetime Flight\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 28\n \n th\n \n Dreams flight from\n \n Vancouver\n \n \n \n \n \n First Dreams flights from\n \n Vancouver\n \n since 2019\n \n \n \n \n Fifth Dreams flight this year from across\n \n Canada\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MONTREAL\n \n \n ,\n \n \n Oct. 18, 2023\n \n \n /CNW/ - Air Canada and Dreams Take Flight have teamed up for another memorable journey. This year, Air Canada and Dreams Take Flight will transport over 119 children on a trip-of-a-lifetime from\n \n Vancouver\n \n to a\n \n California\n \n theme park thanks to the support of numerous Air Canada employee volunteers and the Air Canada Foundation. Since 1989, Dreams Take Flight has given more than 30,000 Canadian children with various special needs a flight of a lifetime.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The children were accompanied by a crew of current and retired Air Canada employee volunteers who were dedicated to providing a magical experience for those onboard. The crew members, including pilots, flight attendants, maintenance engineers, and numerous other employees on the ground and behind the scenes, generously donated their time to offer children facing mental, physical, or social adversity the chance to take a break from their everyday lives and create memories while uncovering new horizons.\n \n \n \"After a 3-year hiatus, YVR is very excited to embark on our 28th Dreams flight, making magical memories for 119 children from organizations like BC Children's Hospital, Children's Organ Transplant Society and various school groups from the lower mainland. Special needs doesn't have to be of a physical nature, these past few years have had a major mental effect on the world and we are excited to make memories for special kids for just one magical day,\" said\n \n Melissa Hance\n \n , Dreams Take Flight YVR President. \"Thanks to the support of the Air Canada Foundation, volunteers, em...