The United Bank Card, Inc sponsored air show team will be flying its first season in honor of the Make-A-Wish Foundation to promote its efforts on behalf of children with life-threatening medical conditions.
Lancaster, PA (Thursday, December 2, 2010) –Heavy Metal Jet Team, sponsored by United Bank Card, Inc, will be dedicating its first season on the North American air show circuit in 2011 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The team’s members and United Bank Card representatives will be working with local Make-A-Wish® chapters at the air shows and other venues where the team will be appearing to raise awareness of the organization’s work and promote its efforts to grant wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions.
The founder and CEO of United Bank Card and one of the pilots for Heavy Metal Jet Team, Jared Isaacman, is a long-time supporter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, completing two round-the-world flights, including one record-breaking flight, to promote the organization as well as raise funds to grant wishes.
“It’s exciting to have the opportunity for Heavy Metal Jet Team and United Bank Card to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation in such a large public forum as the air show industry,” Isaacman said. “Since air shows are family-oriented events, it just seemed right for Heavy Metal Jet Team and United Bank Card to also promote a worthy cause like the Make-A-Wish Foundation that touches the lives of so many children.”
Heavy Metal Jet Team and United Bank Card will work closely with event organizers and the Make-A-Wish Foundation at each venue to highlight the nonprofit organization’s mission. The five-ship jet team’s pilots and crew members will also be available for speaking engagements and appearances on behalf of the Make-A-Wish Foundation during 2011. Scheduling for the team for the 2011 air show season will begin at the International Council of Air Shows annual convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, December 6-8, 2010.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Founded in 1980 when a group of caring volunteers helped a young boy fulfill his dream of becoming a police officer, the Foundation is one of the world’s leading children’s charities, with 64 chapters in the United States and its territories. With the help of generous donors and nearly 25,000 volunteers, the Make-A-Wish Foundation grants a wish every 40 minutes and has granted more than 200,000 wishes in the United States since its inception. For more information about the Make-A-Wish Foundation, visit wish.org and discover how you can share the power of a wish®.
Heavy Metal Jet Team is a dynamic five-ship jet team led by Jerry “Jive” Kerby with featured performer Dale “Snort” Snodgrass. It is fully sponsored for 2011 by United Bank Card. The full team roster will be announced on Monday, December 6 when the team’s Web site goes live at the start of the International Council of Air Shows’ convention. To inquire about the booking the team and for more information, please contact LM Sawyer at 813-964-6259 or lunar@flyjivefly.com
United Bank Card is a premier payment and transaction processing organization based out of Hampton, New Jersey. As founder and CEO, Jared Isaacman has led United Bank Card from a fledgling start-up in his parent’s basement ten years ago, to a 10 billion dollar payment processing company serving business owners around the nation. Ranked by the Nilson Report as one of the largest payment processors in the United States, United Bank Card currently handles the merchant accounts for over 130,000 business locations. It is consistently recognized as a leader in innovation, United Bank Card is a five-time consecutive Inc. 500 company (2005-2009) and was ranked on Deloitte’s 2008 “Technology Fast 50” list. For more information on United Bank Card please visit www.unitedbankcard.com.
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