{"id":2596,"date":"2016-07-15T15:56:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T15:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/?p=2596"},"modified":"2016-07-15T15:56:15","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T15:56:15","slug":"taking-veterans-trip-lifetime-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/2016\/07\/15\/taking-veterans-trip-lifetime-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking veterans on the trip of a lifetime"},"content":{"rendered":"
American and Envoy recently teamed up to bring 17 very special families on an all-expenses paid trip from Washington D.C. to Disney World in Orlando, Florida. What makes the families so special is that they are military families, most of whom are patients at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.<\/p>\n
Known as \u201cSalute to the Troops \u2013 Orlando,\u201d\u00a0 employee volunteers worked in partnership\u00a0with the\u00a0Gary Sinise Foundation<\/a>, USO Metro<\/a> (Washington DC area), the Airpower Foundation<\/a>, the N<\/a>on-Commissioned Officer Association (NCOA)<\/a> and Disney World<\/a> to make the magic happen.<\/p>\n \u201cDisney really pulled out all of the stops to ensure that these families, who are fighting the toughest battles of their lives, received VIP treatment from the moment they arrived until the time they left,\u201d American\u2019s Senior Manager, Military and Veterans Initiatives, Capt. Jim Palmersheim said.<\/p>\n While at Disney World, the families were treated to three nights at the exclusive Disney Beach Resort, an opening banquet hosted by Mickey Mouse, all-inclusive Park Hopper passes, VIP escorts around the parks with front-of-the-line privileges and a closing dinner at Epcot Center.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a great honor and privilege for our employees to have the opportunity to support the troops who protect our freedom,\u201d said Envoy System Operations Control Director, Robert Nault. \u201cIt was truly an amazing weekend for all involved.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" American and Envoy recently teamed up to bring 17 very special families on an all-expenses paid trip from Washington D.C. to Disney World in Orlando, Florida. What makes the families so special is that they are military families, most of whom are patients at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Known as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":42364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}