The LUV airline donates 30 round-trip airline tickets for youth travel throughout the year
Milwaukee-(April 22, 2011)-Urban Underground (UU), a youth-serving, 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization has forged a new community partnership with Dallas-based commercial airline Southwest. SouthwestLUV will provide transportation for UU’s youth to travel to events that advance the mission of the organization.
“It is critical for agencies to provide young people with opportunities to visit other communities and experience a world outside of their neighborhood,” said Sharlen Moore, executive director of Urban Underground. “This new partnership with Southwest Airlines will allow youth with limited resources to travel to various cities for educational events and conferences to increase their exposure to college and careers. We are grateful that Southwest has partnered with our organization.”
“We are thrilled to support Urban Underground and their mission of promoting a new generation of young leaders committed to building safe and sustainable communities,” said Southwest Airlines Community Affairs and Grassroots Manager Ana Schwager. “We look forward to giving Urban Underground’s young leaders the freedom to fly to other Southwest cities where they will have the opportunity to attend national educational conferences to further develop their knowledge and skills as they continue to work together to address critical community issues.”
Urban Underground
Urban Underground’s is advancing a new generation of young leaders committed to building safe and sustainable communities. We advance our mission through effective and age-appropriate programs, strategic partnerships, and youth-led social change projects in the areas of health, education, and restorative justice. Our programs establish key pipelines for youth leadership, help groups broaden their definitions of diversity and inclusion, and create educational models relevant to today’s youth.
Southwest Airlines
In its 40th year of service, Southwest Airlines continues to differentiate itself from other low-fare carriers–offering a reliable product with exemplary Customer Service. Southwest Airlines is the nation’s largest carrier in terms of originating domestic passengers boarded and now serves 72 cities in 37 states. Southwest also is one of the most honored airlines in the world known for its commitment to the triple bottom line of Performance, People, and Planet. To read more about how Southwest is doing its part to be a good citizen, visit southwest.com/cares to read the Southwest Airlines One Report(TM). Based in Dallas, Southwest currently operates more than 3,400 flights a day and has nearly 35,000 Employees.
