- 26 incredible
volunteer pilots
- 130 total flights
- 143 kids with
disabilities flown, plus their companions, for a total of
352 people!!
We extend a huge thank you to the Watsonville
Airport, Experimental
Aircraft Association 119, all the pilots and the ground
crew, our many sponsors, and the 100+ volunteers who made
this event possible!
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Click here
for photos (you can even download or order copies).
Click here
for a video news clip from local KION 46 news.
Click here
for the front-page news article from the Watsonville
Register-Pajaronian.
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Over 1,000 people attended
the accessible-activities and assistive technologies festival,
which included:
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Goody-bags full of fun commemorative
souvenirs, a free delicious barbecue lunch, visits from
clowns and Snoopy, a magic show, face painting, arts and
crafts, balloon animals, and a plethora of organizations
exhibiting their goods and services. |
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Day
in the Sky is a free event offering flights
for kids ages 6-17 with special needs.
Priority is given to local kids in the Central
Coast area.
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Click here
to download the press release
full of all the info!
Click here
to download a one-pager with photos and quotes about last
year's event.
Click here
to read a front-page news article published in the Watsonville
Register-Pajaronian about the 3rd Annual Day in the Sky
on April 21, 2007.
Click here
for photos from Day in the Sky 2006.
Click here
to read a sampling of comments we have received from participants
and volunteers who attended Day in the Sky 2006.
 
At this event held at the Watsonville
Airport, 150 disabled and severely ill young people
of the Central Coast receive free, half hour airplane rides
from 25-35 volunteer pilots. Each participant attends a
pre-flight school to learn basic aviation principles, then
the children are taken flying over the spectacular California
coastline.
Each young person may invite 2 guest passengers
for his/her flight = 450 passengers flying that day. Each
challenged child is encouraged to take the aircraft controls
for short periods during the flight to experience the sense
of empowerment that comes from controlling an aircraft.
Simultaneously, we host a large ground festival and accessible
activities exposition at the airport. Over 800 people attended
the festival/expo last year.
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In addition to providing an exceptional
experience for challenged children, Day In The Sky raises
community awareness of the needs of special children. |
The event encourages community involvement
by engaging volunteers to make the event as special as possible
for the children who participate. In 2005, over 200 volunteers
showed up to help out. In collaboration with the Watsonville
airport, Shared Adventures is currently gearing up for this
year's occasion scheduled for April 22, 2006.
To
view photos of Day in the Sky 2005 click here,
here,
and here.
To read an article from
the Santa Cruz Sentinel about Day in the Sky, click here.
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