AVIATION FOR KIDS
www.aviation4kids.org
Who are
we?
Aviation 4 Kids is a non-profit organisation
based in Melsbroek Belgium created by a group of aviators and aviation
enthusiasts.
What do
we do?
We share our passion for aviation with children
in need & less privileged communities and we participate in the
reforestation of our beautiful planet.
How do
we do this?
We provide the opportunity to discover
aviation, live a fun educational day and offer the possibility to discover what
it feels to fly by means of a “first flight”.
Who do
we offer this opportunity to?
Children in Need
We closely work with various children hospital
wards and non-profit organisations, providing service to children that are
unfortunately victim of long term illnesses, giving them the opportunity to
have a full fun outdoor day and participate in activities in relation with
general aviation.
Provide children in need them with one of the
best days in life and put stars in their eyes.
See Belgium from above!
Share our passion for flying!
Less
Socially Privileged Communities
Aviation in general is often perceived by the
general population to be mostly accessible to more privileged communities, this
statement is not entirely wrong!
At A4K we act as a facilitator/promotor of
aviation in general within our younger communities, we are looking to closely
work with youth organisations and schools across Belgium to promote the social
aspects of aviation, going to communities to let them discover the various
career opportunities in our amazing sector and, ignite a passion for aviation!
A4K will provide the same one day activity as mentioned above.
Carbon
Footprint Offset & Reforestation
Flying an aircraft around and driving from
hospitals wards to communities & airports has undoubtably an impact on the
environment, at A4K we decided to reduce our carbon footprint, by supporting an
non-profit organisation in Kenya that specialises in reforestation by using an
innovative concept.
www.seedballskenya.com
The Reforestation program is very unique. They
invented the seed ball with compacted charcoal, and use aircraft to “seed-bomb”
specific areas that require reforestation.
A4K is financially supporting Seed Balls Kenya
and will also attain, if possible, a seed bombing rally in 2024 in Kenya; to
cover more than a 1000 hectares of arid soil.
Fun fact: Seed Balls Kenya uses general
aviation aircraft to seed-bomb large areas. By supporting them we stay in our
aviation philosophy whilst positively impacting the environment.
Where
do we operate?
Our main airport of operations is Grimbergen
Vliegveld next to Brussels. Nevertheless, we will operate all over the country
where required.
Our
community of volunteers
Our community is composed of professional
pilots, airline and airport managers, engineers, office clerks, ground staff,
cabin attendants, plane spotters, aviation enthusiasts and simply people from
our general community willing to devote some of their precious time to help
children in need.
Promotion-visibility
& fundraising rally
Next to our regular social activities A4K will
be attending air shows in Belgium with a high visibility factor to the general
public. We will offer “first flights” if possible.
List
of air shows:
-
Deurne Aviation
Fair (+- 15k visitors)
-
Melsbroek Open Door Days – 75th
Anniversary (+- 15k visitors)
-
Koksijde Belgian Aerobatics
Championship (+- 25k visitors)
-
Schaffen-Diest
Fly In (+- 7k visitors)
-
Flying Festival Braschaat (+- 5k
visitors)
-
Kleine-Brogel Belgian Airforce Days
(+- 40k visitors)
We are seeking financial support from mainly
aviation related sponsors but are open to anyone or organisation willing to
support. We are using online fundraising platforms and organise specific evening
events such as “Bbq (summer) & Spaghetti (Winter) evenings”.
Our
Vehicles:
In order to operate we have volunteers that own
small general aviation aircrafts, however, organising such activities based on
a fleet of “voluntary based available aircraft” can be an added value to our
organisation, but also a risk should our volunteer pilots and aircraft become
unavailable last minute. Therefore we are looking to raise the required funds
to buy our own aircraft and guarantee year round activities.
We are seeking to purchase a two seater
Beechcraft skipper (+-35k unit at current pricing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_Skipper
We are also seeking support/sponsorship in kind
from any car manufacturer or leasing company ready to support us with second
hand vehicles to transport kids & wheelchairs/equipment for the day and our
promotional/sponsorship equipment to attend air shows. Ideally we are looking
at a 9 seater van and a regular utility
van.
These two vehicles as well as the aircraft will
be used for sponsoring visibility along with other exposure offers (see
sponsoring program below)
Sponsoring
in Kind
To make sure we can record our activities and
prepare souvenirs videos we are seeking support in kind from any brand that
would provide us with the necessary filming, editing equipment, laptop, gopros
camera, etc..
Are you interested in joining our community and
provide your company the opportunity to act on the local community and have a
positive social impact? Do not hesitate a second & join us today!
Here under are the various sponsoring options based on
yearly fees and 3 year contract.
Should you have any
other form of sponsoring program? We are open to hear what you can offer.
For
more information on our sponsoring programs please contact:
luc@aviation4kids.org
We are
looking forward to have you on board with us soon and hope you will enjoy the
flight
Aviation
