ExpressJet has partnered with Atlanta-based charity Bert’s Big Adventure since it started 13 years ago. BBA takes children with chronic and terminal illnesses and their families on an all-expenses-paid, once-in-a-lifetime trip to Disney World, and providing the flight is a special honor to our ExpressJet team members.
Our crews volunteer to operate the flight; team members serve as Family Helpers where they treat their special family like VIPs; hundreds of ExpressJet people sent in hand-written notes to the Adventurers from our maintenance and crew bases across the country; and dozens of employees and their families gathered in the chilly hangar for the annual Bon Voyage event today.
For many of the BBA families, this is their first flight, first trip to Disney or even their first family vacation, and ExpressJet people are proud to make it extra special for these deserving kids. Check out some photos from today’s Bon Voyage event:
BBA Crew and Disney characters welcome an Adventurer onto the plane
ExpressJet COO Alex Marren (second from right) with Trey, Cynthia and Sharon – three of the many ExpressJet team members who help make BBA happen
2015 BBA Flight Attendant Vanessa greets an Adventurer
Disney characters join the celebration
Captain Jeff helps an Adventurer onto the plane
ExpressJet crew members with Bert and Stacey – the founders of Bert’s Big Adventure
ExpressJet crew members and Family Helpers with an Adventurer
Family Helpers waiting for their special family
ExpressJet team members and their families cheer on the Adventurers
Family Helpers meet their special Adventurer
ExpressJet team members with Disney characters
Family Helpers with their special Adventurer
ExpressJet family cheering on the Adventurers
Family Helpers wait for their special family
2015 BBA First Officer Dean poses with an Adventurer
2015 BBA Flight Attendant Vanessa talks with an Adventurer
Family Helpers meet their special Adventurer