In this issue

• Call To Action
• Special Event
• Happenings
• Featured Trip
• Bravo's
• Children's Escort News
• Thank yous!
• Holiday Feature
• Campaigns

Thank yous!

In the seasonal spirit of goodwill,

Wings Financial is supporting the

charitable efforts of

Airline Ambassadors through a

unique partnership.

For each new member joining

Wings Financial between

December 1 - 31, 2008, Wings

Financial will donate $5 to

Airline Ambassadors .

For details, please visit

Partnership News.

Holiday Feature

Shopping for Humanity

Shopping for Humanity is here!

You can support humanitarian

efforts and find unique, beautiful

gifts, too!

If you haven't visited our

ever-growing online gift shop

community, you're missing a one-

stop gift shop holiday experience.

Treasures, gift ideas, and

inspiration from places near and

far! 

Gifts to suit every taste and

every budget.  If you enter

the Airline Ambassadors' code,

you are donating to AAI projects,

too!

Campaigns...

To help support Airline

Ambassadors projects around the

world, please visit our

Donate to a Project Page. 

Thank you!

*  All donations are tax deductible.

Whether it's New Orleans,

Viet Nam, or El Salvador...

there's a trip for you!

Watch our 2009 Travel Calendar

for postings that

fit your schedule,

skills, and passions!

Pass it on

If you know someone who

may be interested in

receiving this newsletter,

please send the eUpdate to

a friend!

• Thank you for your support!

Call To Action

In December, AAI is funding the transport of 19,000 lbs of

humanitarian aid which is currently en route on a commercial

shipping line to Haiti. 

Photo provided by   

Marie Durquet,      

exhibit at  

French Alliance

San Francisco, CA

Additionally, AAI's Denver Regional Director, William Dise, secured an aircraft which will deliver much-needed help to several NGO's on the ground in Haiti.  Through generous donations from LDS Charities, AAI will be sending food, first aid kits, hygiene kits, school kits and newborn kits on the American Airlines flight.  Thank you to our members for supporting these efforts in our campaigns!

Future plans for February Haiti relief efforts include AAI's initiation of a

feeding program for more than 50 HIV children living in an orphanage in Port-au-Prince.  Nanacea Resoluable Nutritional food will supply the nutrient-rich food.  Eric Klein and a group from Can-Do Organization will be joining the AAI team to do a needs assessment on the ground and to provide a live stream to document the state of affairs in Haiti." 

If you can help us continue our Haiti efforts, please visit our

Donations Page, select the Donate Button and indicate,

"Haiti Relief Effort".

Haiti Special Event and Fund Raiser

AAI is hosting a fund raiser in San Francisco, December 9, to help

support Haiti Missions.   If you live in the San Francisco/Bay Area,  

drop by Bush Street in San Francisco from 7:00-9:00 PM.   For details,

please read the Haiti Fundraiser Flyer.   Peter Greenberg, Travel

Editor of the Today Show, will be joining us.

AAI Marches on with the St. Bernard Project...

Join us, there's more work to be done!

Kirsten Perkins, Airline

Ambassadors' New Orleans

Mission Coordinator has

stories to tell about her August

and October missions!  She

begins by sharing a bit about

the August adventure,

"Our intention on this trip was

to work on the 24 hour build to

commemorate the 3rd

anniversary of when the

hurricane hit....

"Unfortunately, upon arrival I

received a call telling us not to

come as Hurricane Gustav

was on the way and they were

concerned with evacuating

everyone. We decided to stay,

spending one day working on a

house and the rest of the week

assisting residents to prepare for

the hurricane....

We evacuated ourselves on Sat....Gustav hit on Monday."

Read the full story on our site and consider joining

Kirsten's 2009 February trip.  Visit our Travel Calendar and Brochure.

Christmas in El Salvador!

Join the President and the

First Lady of El Salvador at this

festive holiday celebration for

50,000 children and hand-

deliver gifts to kids in the

picturesque village of

Ilobasco.

Bring your family and loved

ones for an unforgettable mission and experience the true meaning of

love and the Holiday Season.  Please visit the El Salvador Brochure to

review your itinerary.

For more information,  please contact Alexandra Bonvalot at:

alexandrabonvalot@airlineamb.org

Deborah reports that her

foster son, in Cambodia, is

doing well in school and his

friends in the FLOW program

are fulfilling their dreams of

attending college or vocational

schools.  Deborah supports

her foster son so that he can

attend the university there. 

You can read Deborah's and Sophanna's letters in our News Section.

Bravo, Deborah!

Children's Escort Volunteers

Dance Your Way into a Child's Heart...

Learn About Becoming an Escort!

Don't forget to

check out

Escort Stories!

Margaret Whitehead,

Director of the

Children's Escort

Program, reports 19

children escorted in

November!