02.03.10
Emerald Isle, NC
Our neighboring town, Emerald Isle, NC, has a couple of events going on this month:
February 12, 2010
Second Friday at 7pm
Friday Free Flicks
Friday Free Flick • Join us at Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation, 7500 Emerald Drive on Friday, February 12th at 7pm for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, rated PG. Admission is FREE! All children must be accompanied by an adult. $1 = popcorn and a drink. No outside food or beverage permitted. Print Flyer!
February 13, 2010
Animal Attraction at North Carolina Aquarium Valentine’s Event
Love is in the air – and water – at the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores. “Dating, Mating and Romance in the Animal Kingdom” on Saturday evening, Feb. 13, is a fun prelude to Valentine’s Day.
Couples and singles are welcome at this amorous and humorous evening all about animal attraction. See how you match up to Mother Nature with the “Mating Game.” Get the inside scoop on who’s wooing whom in the Aquarium exhibits. Enjoy decadent desserts, coffee and other treats on the house. Wine is available for purchase.
Bring your sweetie, your friends or just yourself. You don’t have to be part of a pair to enjoy this entertaining and educational occasion, but adults only, please.
Check-in begins at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $25 per person. Advance registration is required and space is limited; registration opens Jan. 2.
The Aquarium is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is $8 for ages 18-61; $7 for ages 62 and up; $6 for ages 6-17; no charge for ages 5 and under and members of the North Carolina Aquariums. The Aquarium is five miles west of Atlantic Beach at 1 Roosevelt Blvd., Atlantic Beach, NC 28512. See www.ncaquariums.com or call 252-247-4003 for more information; call extension 257 to register for the Valentine’s program.
February 13, 2010
9am – 11am
Free Yoga Workshop with Ginger Garner
A FREE partner yoga workshop with Ginger Garner MPT, ATC, PYT, licensed physical therapist, founder of Professional Yoga Therapy™ method, and published author of 6 texts and dozens of articles on medical yoga therapy. Come to this workshop and bring a friend, family member, spouse, or partner. Learn how you can connect with your colleagues, friends, family, and loved ones through partner yoga. Partner yoga is a proven method that is superior to stretching alone, and can also build strength, balance, endurance, and flexibility. For all levels and all ages. Equipment: yoga mat, 2 blocks, 2 blankets, and yoga strap/belt required. Pre-registration required. First time participants must complete a Yoga/Medical questionnaire prior to attending. Previous Ginger Garner Yoga Workshop participants need not fill out another questionnaire. Childcare will be offered onsite for participants’ children; $10 fee per child. Children must be at least 2 years old and potty-trained. Care will be provided from 9am to 11am, not to exceed 11:15am. Childcare is available for a maximum of 8 children per workshop. To register contact Laura Lee Davis at 252.354.6350 or ldavis@emeraldisle-nc.org . Workshop takes place at Emerald Isle Parks & Recreation Community Center, 7500 Emerald Drive, Emerald Isle on Saturday, February 13th from 9am to 11am. Learn more about Ginger at www.gingergarner.com and read her blog for women and mothers, Breathing In This Life, at www.gingergarner.blogspot.com
February 20, 2010
10am – 1pm
Creative Memories Scrapbooking Workshops
Creative Memories Scrapbooking Workshops with Linda Phelps will take place at Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation. Pre-registration is required, ages 12 and up. Fee is $5 with additional packages available. Use of tools and snack included. Fees payable at workshop. You may call Linda Phelps at 910.326.6164 or email rphelps@ec.rr.com
What a better time to stop by the Festiva Adventure Club Welcome Center in Atlantic Beach and ask how you can receive a FREE Visa card. Festiva has open houses throughout the week, and we would love to have you join us. Peppertree Atlantic Beach is one of Festiva’s family resorts. Please call 252-726-1410 or come by 1104 W. Fort Macon rd Atlantic Beach, NC 28512 to reserve your seat today!
02.02.10
Festiva’s Peppertree Atlantic Beach news & events
Feb. 2010 Resort Activities
Sign up by 4:30 p.m. every Monday for the following Specialty Crafts in the Recreation Center:
Appliqué Sweatshirts: Choose your sweatshirt color in red, black, gray, navy or white. We have appliqués of many themes including, winter, beach and fish.
Knitting Class: You will receive a pair of knitting needles, an instruction packet and hands on instruction for making your very own scarf! Pick any color of yarn and we will get you started. Knitting classes are held at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesdays.
Resort Updates
Refurbishment of building 6 is almost complete. New furniture will be arriving on property the first week of February. We are hoping for completion of the project by the last week of February.
Local Events & Information
Feb. 5: An Evening Wrapped in Chocolate
6:30 p.m. at Shepard’s Point Restaurant
For details contact director@bartabillfish.com or check out the event on Facebook.
Feb. 5-7: Carolina Chocolate Festival at the Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City, NC
Chocolate lovers should mark their calendars for early February and make their way to the Crystal Coast for the annual Carolina Chocolate Festival. Started in 2003, the event has continued to grow each year. The event offers visitors an opportunity to enjoy exhibit booths with chocolate demonstrations for professional chefs and to support local non-profit groups selling tasty treats. For more information tpevents@earthlink.net or 877-848-4976.
Traditional and contemporary quilt traditions are documented and celebrated with the museum’s second Quilt Appreciation Day. Local residents bring their family heirlooms for photographing and documenting while the museum’s education hall is filled with a quilt exhibition. Workshops and seminars by quilt historians will be offered throughout the two days.
Feb 7: BHA Valentine Membership Party, 2-4 p.m.
In an effort to increase membership, the Beaufort Historical Association opens the buildings of the Beaufort Historic Suite for current and prospective members to explore. For More information call 252-728-5225 or visit www.beauforthistoricsite.org.
Feb. 13: 18th Annual Gloucester Mardi Gras
Unknown Tongues will host the Eighteenth annual Gloucester, N.C., Mardi Gras at the Community Club. Mardi Gras starts about 11:00 on Saturday morning with live music, Gumbo, fried turkey, crawfish and delicious side dishes that are ready by early afternoon, announced by a Fool’s Procession. Mask and hat making available, costumes welcome! This event is always FREE and OPEN to everybody except pets. For more info call Barbara or Brian at 252-729-8021.
Feb. 14: Crystal Coast Jamboree Theatre Valentine Show, 2 p.m.
“A Valentine Day Love Fest and Memories” at 1311 Arendell St., Morehead City, NC.
Featuring Gaylor Pope and the Jamboree Band with beach music’s number one band The Embers! For ticket information, please visit the Jamboree website or call 252-726-1501.
March 13: Emerald Isle “Get Hooked” Fishing School
Experts in a variety of techniques present workshops throughout the day. Five sessions of instruction plus drawings, giveaways and a catered lunch are included. The school is sponsored by the Aquarium and Sea Striker. Advance registration is required. $50 per person, $45 for members. For details call 252-247-4003 or visit www.ncaquariums.com.
Feb. 1 – Mar. 27: Emerald Isle Winter Tennis Clinics
The Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation Dept. will be offering Winter Tennis Clinics with local tennis expert, Tony Pereira. They will take place at the Emerald Isle Community Center on Mondays and Fridays from 1 – 2:30 p.m. For more information please contact Brittany Wood, Recreation Coordinator for Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation at 252.354.6350 or bwood@emeraldisle-nc.org.
01.30.10
Ideas for Valentine’s Day!
If you want a different gift for Valentine’s Day what about an exciting trip – with a bit of romance thrown in, of course!
One of the most popular things to do is a Hot Air Balloon trip. If you can’t schedule it on Valentine’s Day itself, book it for another day – the anticipation can make the trip more fun. There are a number of companies in most areas that do such trips, often with champagne and flowers thrown in. You need to wrap up warm as even on a sunny day it can be chilly up in the sky, but you can always cuddle together to keep warm.
How about hiring a really special car? If your Valentine loves speed and excitement, you could hire a sports car for the day and go for a drive with a lovely picnic to complete the day. If luxury is your thing, then what about a limousine, complete with a driver, for a romantic moonlit drive to a quiet place where you can see the moon and stars.
If you and your love share a love for the water, you could also go on a boat trip, or even a short weekend cruise. A gentle cruise along the river or on a beautiful lake is something nearly everyone enjoys. If you really want to go to town you could book a lovely holiday cruise to the Caribbean or some other beautiful destination. A flight to Paris, lunch in St. Marks Square in Venice, dinner overlooking Niagara Falls are all special gifts that really say ‘I love you.’ For something really different you could go and see the Northern Lights and watch one of nature’s most spectacular displays.
If you’re on a budget, day trips don’t have to be extravagant and can be just as much fun as traveling the world. What about tickets for your favorite sports team, a golf lesson together or anything that helps share your interests as well as being fun. You can be grown up kids for a day and go to a theme park or paint pottery. There are hundreds of possibilities that needn’t cost a fortune. If you are an adrenaline junkie you could try something like a parachute jump, or white water rafting.
Days out for Valentines are something really special, the memories last for a long time – you could even buy a scrapbook and make a record of your day together so that in years to come you can look back and say ‘Remember the day when…’
What a better time to stop by the Festiva Adventure Club Welcome Center in Atlantic Beach and ask how you can receive a FREE Visa card. Festiva has open houses throughout the week, and we would love to have you join us. Peppertree Atlantic Beach is one of Festiva’s family resorts. Please call 252-726-1410 or come by 1104 W. Fort Macon rd Atlantic Beach, NC 28512 to reserve your seat today!
01.28.10
What’s Happening!!
Some happening events and shows going on in the month of February in Atlantic Beach and surrounding areas:
| Crystal Coast Jamboree Theatre Valentine Show |
| Event Date: Feb. 14, 2010 |
| Event Time(s): Sunday, 2:00 pm |
| “A Valentine’s Day Love Fest and Memories”Location: Crystal Coast Jamboree, 1311 Arendell Street, Morehead CityFeaturing: Gaylon Pope & the Jamboree Band along with beach music’s number one band, The Embers!For ticket information, please visit the Jamboree website or call 252-726-1501 |
| “From Oprah! to Joslyn Hall” |
| Event Date: Feb. 21, 2010 |
| Event Time(s): 3:00 pm |
| Rev. Will Bowen, the founder of “A Complaint Free World” with it’s 6.2 million participants in 109 countries will give a FREE public presentation and book signing at Joslyn Hall on the Carteret Community College campus on Sunday Feb.. 21 at 3pm.He will be autographing both his books “A Complaint Free World” and “Complaint Free Relationships” published by Doubleday Books, 2007 and 2009 respectively.Maya Angelou is the 6 millionth participant. Rev. Bowen has been featured on OPRAH!, Dr. Oz, The Today Show, Good Morning America, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN and Fox news. Feature stories have appeared in the NYTimes, LATimes, London Times, London Guardian, and literally hundreds of newspapers and magazines in Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas.Rev. Bowen will be here to discuss his two books and to give formal recognition and his personal congratulations to our Carteret County neighbors who sucessfully completed his challenge to go 21 Consecutive Days without complaining.
With more than 800 Carteret participants, we have 9 21 Day Champions so far: Chris Barnes, Crystal Storey, John Smith, Johnna Whitfield, LaVera Monroe, Marlene Anderson, Connie Asero, Lissa and Herb Pierson. More are being added each week. Rev. Bowen is coming here because of the success of last year’s Complaint Free Carteret Campaign supported by the Carteret County Chamber of Commerce and Crystal Coast Unity Church. For more information see his website at www.acomplaintfreeworld.org or locally at www.crystalcoastunity.org/complaintfree. |
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| Taste of Core Sound |
| Event Date: Feb. 25, 2010 |
| Experience the traditional food of the Outer Banks. The evening includes a silent auction, music, gallery tours and always a well-knkown speaker to make the evening complete.Call 252-728-1500 for more details or visit the website. |
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| Fisherman’s Post Fishing School |
| Event Date: Feb. 27, 2010 |
| Location: Crystal Coast Civic Center, Morehead CityCall 252-247-3883 for information |
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| American Music Festival Concert Series |
| Event Dates: Feb. 27, Mar. 20, May. 1, 2010 |
| Event Time(s): 8:00 pm |
| Location: The History Place, 1008 Arendell Street, Morehead CityFor information, call 252-728-6152 or visit the website |
What a better time to stop by the Festiva Adventure Club Welcome Center in Atlantic Beach and ask how you can receive a FREE Visa card. Festiva has open houses throughout the week, and we would love to have you join us. Peppertree Atlantic Beach is one of Festiva’s family resorts. Please call 252-726-1410 or come by 1104 W. Fort Macon rd Atlantic Beach, NC 28512 to reserve your seat today!
01.27.10
Peppertree Atlantic Beach
Atlantic Beach is home to one of the oldest resorts along North Carolina’s coastline. Festiva’s Peppertree Atlantic Beach has many amenities to offer for guests to enjoy. The resort sits on the beautiful Crystal Coast just minutes away from Morehead City and Beaufort. Each of the villas has a private deck and full kitchen. You can choose between a 1 bedroom, 2 bedroom or 3 bedroom. Visit the resort’s website for the most recent activities. Here’s a list of amenities this Festiva resort has to offer:
• Videotape rental
• Laundry facilities
• Indoor and Outdoor Pools
• Recreation Director
• Recreation room
• Kiddie Pool
• Children’s playground
• Barbecue Grills
• Basketball
• Game Room
• Swimming
• Tennis
• Beach
• Shuffleboard
• Volleyball
• Water Volleyball
• Horseshoes
Festiva’s Atlantic Beach resort is conveniently located near shopping centers, dining and local attractions. You can learn more about how to become a Festiva member or even come and stay for a week, weekend or couple days by just making a simple phone call 252-726-1410. Also, please check out the resort online as well www.Festiva.travel. Don’t forget, just for stopping by and participating in one of our open houses you can receive visa cards, dining certificates or even attraction tickets.
01.24.10
Chocolate Festival
For those of us who love chocolate, the Crystal Coast civic center is the place to be in February! The Carolina Chocolate Festival has so many options and kinds of chocolate to taste.
| Carolina Chocolate Festival |
| Event Dates: Feb. 5-7, 2010 |
| Location: Crystal Coast Civic Center. Morehead City Chocolate lovers should mark their calendars for early February and make their way to the Crystal Coast for the annual Carolina Chocolate Festival. Started in 2003, the event has continued to grow each year. Taking place at the Crystal Coast Civic Center in early February of each year, the event offers visitors an opportunity to enjoy exhibit booths with chocolate demonstrations from professional chefs and to support local non-profit groups selling tasty treats.For more information, tpevents@earthlink.net or 877-848-4976 |
Friday, February 5th…
Tee Off For Charity and Chocolate
Brandywine Bay Golf Course
11:00 AM
$40.00 per person; includes golf, cart, lunch and chocolate deserts.
An Evening Wrapped In Chocolate
Shepherd’s Point
6:30 PM
Exquisite Chocolate Dinner by Chef Charles Parks. Benefiting the Girls & Boys Club of Coastal Carolina. Tickets $160.00 per couple/$80.00 per person. Reservations Required (see Purchase Tickets above)
Saturday, February 6th…
Carolina Chocolate Festival
Crystal Coast Civic Center
9:00Am-6:00PM
Tickets – Adults $8.00
Kids 5 -12 $2.00
Kids Under 5 – Admitted Free
Chocolate Spa
Sheraton Atlantic Beach
9:00AM – 9:00PM
Relax in Chocolate Decadence!
Facials, mini-massages, hand massage with clear coat, hairs & makeup.
All served with Champagne and Gourmet Chocolates.
$60.00 per person (ticket includes Festival entrance and Spa)
Reservations Required
“Chocolate Fantasy Challenge” Bake Off
12:30-1:30PM
Local Chefs baking and competing for the “Prize” Chocolate Creation.
All of the extravagant delights will be paraded through the festival and guest can feast upon slices for a $2.00 fee.
If interested in the whole cake…a second one will be auctioned off during the VIP Party.(see below)
Champagne and Truffle VIP Party
Civic Center 2nd Floor
1:00-4:00PM
$35.00 per person (Ticket includes Festival Entrance and Party)
Cooking Demonstrations, local artists and authors, champagne and chocolates.
Chocolate Around The World
Sheraton Atlantic Beach
7:00-10:00PM
$100.00 per couple/$50.00 per person
Enjoy entrees featuring chocolate for dinner and jazz music for dancing.
Benfiting the Morehead City Civitan Charities.
Sunday, Feburary 7th…
Carolina Chocolate Festival
10:00AM-3:00PM
Tickets – Adults $8.00
Kids 5-12 $2.00
Kids under 5 – Admitted Free
Military Personnel – Free Admission for Active Duty Service Members with ID.
Potters for Parkinson’s BINGO
Civic Center 2nd Floor
12 noon – 3:00PM
Prizes and Surprises for all!
What a better time to stop by the Festiva Adventure Club Welcome Center in Atlantic Beach and ask how you can receive a FREE Visa card. Festiva has open houses throughout the week, and we would love to have you join us. Peppertree Atlantic Beach is one of Festiva’s family resorts. Please call 252-726-1410 or come by 1104 W. Fort Macon rd Atlantic Beach, NC 28512 to reserve your seat today!
01.23.10
This month at Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium
Feb. 6 – Sport fishing Clinic
Experienced charter captain and tournament fishermen Chris Elliott shares some techniques that work in landing bass and other hard-to-get catches. The seminar, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. in Soundside Hall, is free with membership or admission.
Valentine’s event features animal attraction
Love is in the air – and water – at the Aquarium. “Dating, Mating and Romance in the Animal Kingdom” on Saturday evening, Feb. 13, is a fun prelude to Valentine’s Day.
Couples and singles are welcome at this amorous and humorous evening all about animal attraction. See how you match up to Mother Nature with the “Mating Game.” Get the inside scoop on who’s wooing whom in the Aquarium exhibits. Enjoy decadent desserts, coffee and other treats. Wine is available for purchase.
Bring your sweetie, your friends or just yourself. You don’t have to be part of a pair to enjoy this entertaining and educational occasion, but adults only, please.
Check-in begins at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $25 per person. Advance registration is required and space is limited. Registration is now open. Please call 252-247-4003, ext. 257 to register by phone.
While you’re in the area enjoying the Crystal Coast events , why not stop by Festiva Adventure Club’s Atlantic Beach office and check us out. We will give you Visa gift cards that you can use to buy merchandise anywhere Visa is accepted or maybe you even get some ball tickets. Festiva has many different properties and vacation opportunities. Please call Festiva at 252-726-1410 or stop by our Welcome Center.
01.20.10
A Touch of Sun!
Even though it is winter here on the crystal coast, the weather the last couple of days has felt like spring. It has been sunny and in the 60’s the last two days. Kids have been out of school for the holiday of Martin Luther King Jr. and teacher workdays. People have come out of their homes to enjoy this beautiful weather. Some fun activities to do during such a wonderful time are the NC Aquarium, nature trails, bike rides or a nice stroll on the beach.
NC Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium
The aquarium is open 7 days a week from 9am-5pm.
ADMISSION: $8 adults; $7 ages 62 and over; $6 children ages 6-17. Children 5 and under
PHONE: 252-247-4003; 1-866-294-3477
DIRECTIONS: Five miles west of Atlantic Beach. From NC 58, turn onto Pine Knoll Boulevard at the stoplight, Milepost 7; turn left onto Roosevelt Drive. Signs along US 70 and NC 58 point the way.
STREET ADDRESS: 1 Roosevelt Blvd. Pine Knoll Shores, NC 28512
Difficulty: Easy
Length: 1/2 mile walk to sound – other short trails off main trail are marked.
Parking Availability: Parking available at adjacent shopping center.
Entry/Exit Point(s): Trailhead just off Hwy 58 in Atlantic Beach, across from Bojangles. Turn into Atlantic Station Shopping Center entrance sign.
Open – daylight hours.
Facilities: None available. Signage at trail.
HIKING AND WALKING Easy hiking through native maritime forest, salt marsh. Interpretive signs along trail.
VIEWING SCENERY See Hoop Pole Creek open up to Bogue Sound, both of which are estuaries – diverse bodies of water with a mixture of salt and fresh water. Observe maritime plants and shrubs as well as grasses along the estuarine shoreline.
POTENTIAL WILDLIFE White ibis, egrets, herons, snakes, raccoons, deer, turtles, red fox, migratory birds, insects, fiddler crabs
INFORMATION: NC Coastal Federation, 3609 Hwy 24, Ocean, NC 28570 252 393-8185; www.nccoast.org
Beach Wheels bike rentals here in Atlantic beach have tons of bikes and more. They offer free delivery and pickup.
Rates:
Weekly rentals- $35
3 Day Rentals- $25
Daily Rentals- $15
Free Locks
They even have beach Cruisers (Big Wide tires and wide comfortable seats)
Available For Rent: adult bikes, children’s bikes, child seats, adult tricycles, Tandems, Tag-A-Longs, strollers and more!
Call anytime 252-240-bike (2453) 1-800-504-2450
The Beach
Cost: FREE
Parking: At any public beach access
Activities: Relax and read a book, walk, or take in the sunset.
Here at the Festiva Adventure Club, we have been adding to the beautiful sunshine by giving away visa cards, airline tickets and cruises. Now, you ask me how? Well, you come by see what our vacation club has to offer and just for allowing us to spend some time with you and your family we give you some gifts to say Thanks!
Consumer advisory for Festiva owners and members
If you have been contacted by someone regarding the resale of your unit on the website listingdepartment.com, please be advised that this is NOT a Festiva affiliated company, nor can we verify their legitimacy.
We have had reports from several owners and members who have been contacted by e-mail or regular mail and we are currently investigating this company.
If you have received an e-mail from this or any other suspicious company please forward it to ownerservices@festiva.travel.
Please note that Festiva does not offer a resale program at this time. Further, if anyone from Festiva does contact you, their e-mail address will end with @festiva.travel. An e-mail from any other domain regarding your ownership or membership could be an illegitimate business and should be forwarded to us for further investigation.
For information on legitimate resale agencies and practices, please click here to read the Resale Guidelines from the American Resort Development Association (ARDA).
01.18.10
Festiva Hospitality Group creates Haiti Relief Fund
Thousands are feared dead and millions have been affected in Haiti by the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake and its aftershocks. People all over the world are doing what they can to help, but it will be a long, difficult road to recovery for the country and people of Haiti. They need all of the assistance they can get in the form of funds, supplies, water and food.
The earthquake has not only affected millions on the ground in Haiti, but has had an impact on the Festiva family as well. We have several employees and service providers at our Caribbean resorts and sailing destinations whose friends’ and families’ whereabouts are as yet unknown.
Immediate help is needed
Festiva Hospitality Group’s Charitable Fund has pledged an initial $1000 to the American Red Cross for Haiti relief. Festiva employees are able to make donations through payroll deductions. Guests can add to that by contributing a few dollars upon checking out of any of our resorts. No matter how small or large, every single donation will help whether it’s for immediate or long term needs as we cannot yet comprehend the extent of the damage.
You can also donate through the following organizations:
- American Red Cross has raised over $5 million through $10 donations. Text “Haiti” to 90999 to donate through your cell phone bill. Most wireless carriers are waiving messaging fees.
- Doctors Without Borders has treated over 1,000 victims, and an inflatable hospital with operating facilities should arrive soon.
- CARE is continuing to send emergency team members into Haiti, CARE is also distributing food.
- UNICEF has released $3.4 million in emergency funds and is focusing on the safety and care of children in Haiti.
- Oxfam will be flying in 10 tons of equipment including water, sanitation, health and shelter equipment and tools to help clear rubble in the search for trapped people.
Be wary of hoaxes
Unfortunately, there is misinformation circulating about certain organizations’ efforts and some are trying to make a profit from this terrible disaster through scams or hoaxes. Before you donate to any organization, particularly on the Internet, be sure that they are legitimate.
A Reuters article published today has tips to avoid getting scammed and useful information to determine whether a charity is legitimate. For example, be aware of e-mails sent to you from an unknown person or organization, donate to organizations rather than individuals and check out charity-watchdog group the American Institute of Philanthropy for a list of reputable organizations with specific relief operations now underway.
Rumors circulating about UPS shipping packages under 50lbs for free are not true. The UPS website explains that they have halted all shipments from individuals and local organizations to Haiti so that they can help organizations like Red Cross, UNICEF and CARE ship supplies there.
Rumors about JetBlue and American Airlines flying nurses and doctors to Haiti for free are also false. According to CNN, this hoax originated from an unknown source on Twitter. In fact, American Airlines has been sending relief flights full of supplies, food and water to Haiti. JetBlue is working with agencies such as the American Red Cross to transport relief workers to the Dominican Republic who have already been vetted by the Haitian Consulate, who then helps them get to troubled areas. At one point Thursday, the FAA halted all U.S. flights to Haiti because of lack of fuel and overcrowding on the runway.
Looking ahead
At Festiva Hospitality Group, we will continue to keep the people of Haiti and their loved ones in our thoughts. This far-reaching tragedy is deeply saddening and we will do all that we can to assist, and hope that you will too. A huge amount of help is needed right now, but there will be many long term needs as the country and its people go through a tough recovery process. If you aren’t able to help financially right now, think about saving a little every week and donating to an organization for Haiti relief in the coming months when resources may be running low.
