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Transat, its employees and customers support SOS Children's Villages' humanitarian efforts in Ukraine
Transat, its employees and customers support SOS Children's Villages' humanitarian effort...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Transat, its employees and customers support SOS Children's Villages' humanitarian efforts in Ukraine\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 MONTREAL\n \n \n ,\n \n \n March 24, 2022\n \n \n /CNW Telbec/ - Transat A.T. Inc., its employees and customers will be supporting the humanitarian efforts of SOS Children's Villages in\n \n Ukraine\n \n . The company is launching a fundraising campaign to assist SOS Children's Villages, its long-time partner that has rapidly scaled up its response in\n \n Ukraine\n \n to meet the critical needs of approximately 500,000 vulnerable children and families affected by the conflict.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The campaign calls on its employees, as well as those of the nearly 300 travel agencies that make up its distribution network, the largest in\n \n Canada\n \n with 2,000 travel counsellors. Air Transat passengers are also being invited to make a donation on board its flights, a collection made possible by the engagement of its crews. Customers and the general public can also donate in support of the organization's emergency response plan on the SOS Children's Villages portal dedicated to this fundraising campaign at\n \n \n http://support.soschildrensvillages.ca/goto/airtransat\n \n \n .\n \n \n \"This conflict is shattering the lives of millions of innocent people, especially children, and that resonates deeply with us,\" said Transat President and Chief Executive Officer\n \n Annick Guérard\n \n . \"We have always been strongly committed to the protection of children and we are eager to support SOS Children's Villages' emergency response to those internally displaced in\n \n Ukraine\n \n , as well those Ukrainians who have fled the country.\" She added: \"We invite our teams, our customers and the public to demonstrate their strongest support for the Ukrainian people, whose needs are immense, by joining us in this gesture of solidarity.\"\n \n \n SOS Children's Villages is responding to the immediate critical needs in\n \n Ukraine\n \n by providing safe sh...