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New partnership is a wish-come-true for Make-A-Wish Foundation® of
Canada

TORONTO, March 16 /CNW/ - Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Canada, and
WestJet today announced a new philanthropic partnership that will provide
donated flights for the granting of travel wish requests.
Through a new community investment program entitled WestJet Cares for
Kids, WestJet will donate 600 flights for Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Canada
to use when granting travel wishes for children with life-threatening
illnesses and their families.
"More than 50 percent of the wishes granted by Make-A-Wish Foundation®
of Canada in 2006 were travel wishes," says Dave Stinton, President of
Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Canada. "This contribution from WestJet will have
a profound impact on our wish granting activities in future both in terms of
the number of wishes we will be able to grant, and the speed with which we
will be able to fulfil all such requests. Now, when a child makes a wish to
swim with dolphins or to have lunch with Cinderella at Walt Disney World®
Resort, we know they will be traveling under the care of WestJet. We are
thrilled, honoured and grateful to be partnering with WestJet as our airline
of choice."
"WestJet is dedicated to supporting children's health through community
investment," says Sean Durfy, President of WestJet. "We strive to empower all
WestJetters to make a difference in their communities. Partnering with
Make-A-Wish® will allow us to extend our caring culture to many courageous
children."

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Today, at 11 a.m., a celebration to officially launch the new partnership
will take place in the WestJet Hangar, 21 Aerial Place, NE., Calgary.

WestJetters and Make-A-Wish® families will write wishes on paper
airplanes, and fly them simultaneously to symbolize how the two
organizations will work together to make wishes come true.
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About Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Canada
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Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Canada, through its eight regional chapters,
grants the personal, special wishes of children aged three through 17, with
life-threatening illnesses, to enrich the human experience with hope, strength
and joy. Founded after a group of individuals helped a young boy fulfil his
dream of being a police officer, the Foundation is now the largest
wish-granting organization in the world, making dreams and wishes come true
for more than 162,000 children. The national office of Make-A-Wish
Foundation® of Canada is located in Toronto, Ontario. www.makeawish.ca

About WestJet
WestJet is Canada's leading low-fare airline offering scheduled service
throughout its 35-city North American and Caribbean network. Named Canada's
most admired corporate culture in 2006, WestJet pioneered low-cost high-value
flying in Canada. With increased legroom and leather seats on its modern fleet
of Boeing Next Generation 737 aircraft, and live seatback television provided
by Bell ExpressVu on the majority of its fleet, WestJet strives to be the
number one choice for travelers. www.westjet.com