Media Advisory - Children with Special Needs Take Flight for the Trip of a
Lifetime
More than 120 physically, mentally and/or socially challenged children from Ottawa region off to Walt Disney, Florida for one magical day!
WHAT: Dreams Take Flight Trip to Walt Disney World, Florida WHEN: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Arrival of the children at Canada Reception Centre: 4:15 a.m. Boarding: 5:00 a.m. Departure from Ottawa: 5:30 a.m. Return to Canada Reception Centre: 11:53 p.m. WHERE: Canada Reception Centre (Hangar 11) 190 Convair Private Ottawa, ON
(Directions - From Hunt Club and Riverside: Travel East on Hunt Club. Travel 0.8 km and turn right onto Canadair Private (near Tim Horton's and Day's Inn). Travel 1.6 km and turn right onto Kiowa Private. Travel 0.2 km and the
WHO: Approximately 120 children from the Ottawa/Gatineau region, selected through local agencies such as Big Brothers Big Sisters Ottawa, Featherston Dr. P.S. Autism Program, Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre, Ottawa Inuit Children's Centre and CSSS de Gatineau, Clinique du diabète pédiatrique. WHY: Since 1989, various divisions of Air Canada have donated their time to organize the trip of a lifetime for physically, mentally or socially challenged children to Walt Disney for a day. For more information, please visit www.dreamstakeflight.ca. B-roll: B-roll footage will be available the following day, October 15, 2009 at 10 a.m., in Digital Betacam, DVCPRO, Betacam SP and in AVI format.
For further information: Aurelie Walsh, Communications, Dreams Take Flight, Ottawa Chapter, C: (613) 797-4259; Néomie Duval, Communications, Dreams Take Flight, Ottawa Chapter, C: (613) 219-6522
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