Take Flight for Kids
Take Flight for Kids
        A Valley Medical Center Foundation Project
        In conjunction with Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 62
        Saturday, August 8, 2009, 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.  $10 sponsors a familiy for free lunch.  Every dollar helps!  Thanks! Note: All donations are 100% tax deductible thru the Valley Medical Center Foundation

Other Fun Stuff
Day in the Sky, Watsonville

Next Event:  Day in the Sky 6, Watsonville
http://www.dayinthesky.org
Saturday April 17, 2010

Then:
 Take Flight for Kids, NASA Moffett Field Sunnyvale/Mountain View

Saturday June 5, 2010 TENTATIVE - pending NASA PERMITS
Check back soon for details. 





WE DID IT! Saturday August 8, 2009 is one for the history books!

We served 2400 free lunches, made about 200 flights and flew about 600 kids with disabilities and their family/friends, saw 200+ exhibitors strut their stuff, listened to 3 awesome live bands and watched 8 other performance groups, and generally had a grand old time!

See the amazing photos courtesy of Pat Lewis

See the San Jose Mercury article (front page of Sunday Living, above the fold with 2 awesome photos)

See the San Francisco Chronicle SFGATE article

THANKS to all the astonishing volunteers who made this all happen.  Wow what a dream team crew of volunteers we had!

See you next year.  We'll keep you posted on plans for the future.

Soft Landings to All!
Dean McCully & the Crew of Take Flight for Kids
Thumbs Up


Take Flight for Kids is a very special community event festival at San Jose Reid Hillview Airport, on San Jose's East Side (near Eastridge Mall & Raging Waters).  About 200 exhibitors show up and strut their stuff to 5000-ish festival attendees.  Everything is FREE including free BBQ, free admission, free fun in the sun.

Map to the airport  2500 Cunningham Ave, San Jose, California

Preliminary Agenda (subject to change)
  • 7am: Gates open for setup. 
  • 9am: Gates open to participants, First flight school starts.
    • Ribbon Cutting and First Flight
    • Flight schools & Flights: every 30 minutes.
    • Static aircraft displays all day.
    • Demos from nonprofit organizations and vendors all day.
    • Live Entertainment Starts all day
  • 11:30am: FREE BBQ starts
  • 12 noon: Break for Speeches and Thank-yous
    • Live Entertainment thru lunch
  • 1:00pm: Flights continue
    • Flight schools & Flights: every 30 minutes.
    • Live entertainment continues
  • 4:30pm: Last Flight
  • 5:00pm: Gates close
  • 6:00pm: Cleanup complete

Previous Events....

We did it again: Moffett Federal Airfiled Young Eagles Day with EAA62, Saturday June 27, 2009, Moffett Federal Airfield, Mountain View.  29 pilots, 257 young people flying, 68 volunteers.

We did it again: Day in the Sky 5, Watsonville April 18, 2009
40 pilots, 175 flights, 300 volunteers, 90 exhibitors, 2000 festival attendees, 500 people flying.


Take Flight for Kids, August 9, 2008 was a riproaring success,



Special sponsors include:
VMC Foundation


EAA 62

NVIDIA

Avialex  MetLife
Tradewinds Aviation

Eastridge Little League

A Tool Shed

Cisco Systems
 Volunteers

Guitar Showcase

McDonalds
San Jose Tully Road
Your Day Away
Santa Clara County Roads and Airports Department
and Reid Hillview Airport

Kiwanis Club
Achieve Kids
Mountain Charlie Chapter 1850
Mountain Charlie Chapter No 1850
Shared Adventures


Martha's Kitchen

Partners and Participants:
A Schmahl Science Workshop
Abilities United
Acts Full Gospel Martial Arts Youth Department
Alpha and Omega Transitional Living
American Diabetes Association
American Red Cross-Silicon Valley Chapter
Andy's Pet Shop
Autism Social Connection
Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program
Breathe California of the Bay Area
Buddha Gouda Productions
C.A.R.E., the Center for Autism Resources/Education "DramAutism At CBS" Program
California Association of Blind Athletes
California Dictionary Project
California Insect Bots
Canine Companions for Independence
CARD, Inc.
Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County
Child Advocates of Silicon Valley
Child Quest International
City of San Jose
CMB Sweets
Cool Reggie Runner Sunglasses
Council District 8
Day of Discovery/Monterey Bay Aquarium
De Anza Circle K
Dept of Child Support Services
Developmental Spectrums
Discovery Toys
District Attorney's Office
Easter Seals Bay Area
El Observador
EMQ Families First
Environmental Traveling Companions
Evergreen Valley High School Robotics
Everything in the Universe
Faces of Hope Charitable Fund
Family & Children Services
Flix Photography
Friends of Children with Special Needs FCSN
Friends Outside in Santa Clara County
Frontier Learning & Sensory Center
General Science & Engineering
Girl Scouts of Northern California
GloSmart - Raise Smart & Global Children
Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation
Greater San Jose Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Green Zebra
HandsOn Bay Area
Heavenly Companions Personal Care
Help One Child
High Achievement
Honey Child Gifts
HOPE Services
Hybrid Crew
HybridMojo
I Can Too! Learning Center, Inc.
iFLY SF Bay - Indoor Skydiving
Independent Pampered Chef? Consultant
Indian Health Center
Indian-Fusion Dance Academy
International Miniature Aircraft Association
Jeena
Jellyfish Art
Jump 4 Joy
KAFPA
Kami Kreatures (Animal Balloons)
Kaplan Tutoring (Score! Educational Centers)
Kendon Candies
Kinship Center AFTER
KISS Institute for Practical Robotics - Botball
Larkspur Hotels
Law Offices of Fleishman & Weisman, PC
LEGOJeep
LetsFly
Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes
Lucid Dawn Designs
Mad Science of the Bay Area
Magic Makers
May Institute Pediatric Specialty Center
MetDESK
Miceli Financial Partners Special Care Planning Team
Morgan Autism Center
MotionSequence Crew
Museum of American Heritage
Muslim Community Association
NAMI Santa Clara County
NASA Ames Research Center
NASA/Universities Space Research Association
NASA-Lunar Micro-rover
NASA-Student Robotic Alliance Project
Native Sons of the Golden West
New Hope Chiropractic
New York Life
Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence
Northwest YMCA
Oak Grove Eaglebots
Ocean Air Flight Services, Inc.
Pacific Autism Center for Education (PACE)
Pampered Chef
Parents Helping Parents
PARTI Program
Phoenix Data Center
Playing at Learning
Posables
Pottery
Pre-Paid Legal
Primerica Financial Services
Raise Your Score
Ranch 101
RCS REACH Mentoring Program
Rebekah Children's Services
Red Power Divas
Rota Mobility
San Jose Public Library
Santa Clara County FireSafe Council
Santa Clara Family Health Plan
Save Our Youth the Next Generations
Sea Pony
Silicon Valley Education Foundation
Silicon Valley Engineering Council
Silicon Valley Independent Living Center SVILC
Siliconventions LLC
Silpada Designs - Independent Representative and CeCe's Bags
Single Vaccine Alternative
Small R/C Planes with Tilt Sensor Controls
Social Vocational  Services
South Bay Soaring Society
South Valley Community Church (Gilroy)
Special Needs Network
Special Place Foundation
St. Clair Aeronauts
Stanford Solar Center
Supervisor Dave Cortese District 3
Support Network for Battered Women
TeamKISS Robotics
The Bay School
The Paper Airplane Guy
The Riekes Center for Human Enhancement
The Sensation Nation
The Sensory Center
The TeeGarden
The Unity Care Group, Inc.
TheAUTSPOT.com
Third Street Community Center
Tucci Learning Solutions, Inc.
UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute
UCCE Santa Clara County 4-H
Valley Medical Center Foundation
Veronica's Art of Dance
Voices United
Women in Aviation - San Francisco Bay Area
World Possible
wowgreen
Youth Science Institute
Zumba & CardioBellydance with Eva

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