Hispanic Youth Soar to New Heights with Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines is the official airline of the Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards.
Dallas, TX (PRWEB) June 29, 2005 -- Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) -- the
official airline of the Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards -- continues helping
Hispanic youth achieve educational success. As part of Southwest's sponsorship,
Southwest Airlines flies the national winners of the Hispanic Heritage Youth
Awards, along with their parents, to the National Youth Awards Ceremony in Miami
and the Hispanic Heritage Awards in Washington, D.C., in September.
Additionally, the winners will receive a trip home on behalf of Southwest during
their first year in college.
"What better
way to honor the students' success than by flying them and their parents to the
celebrations," said Laura Lopez, Senior Multicultural Promotions Specialist.
"Southwest enjoys recognizing these outstanding students as they takeoff to
pursue their college education."
The carrier
supports the Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards' mission to identify and celebrate
the next generation of role models by promoting academics and community
involvement. Each year, regional and national winners are selected in six
categories: Academic Excellence, Journalism, Healthcare, Community Service,
Engineering and Mathematics, and Sports. Southwest Airlines serves 11 cities
where the regional winners are selected.
Recently, Southwest Airlines announced the "Dandole Alas a Tu Exito/Giving
Flight to Your Success," the first college student travel award program, in
partnership with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU).
Through this new initiative, Southwest Airlines will provide tickets for
distribution to students with socio-economic need and who travel away from home
to pursue a higher education. Each student will be eligible for the Lanzate!
Premio Universitario/Take Off! Higher Education Award consisting of up to two
(2) roundtrip tickets for the student and/or parent traveling to/from the
university. To be eligible, the student must apply online at http://www.hacu.net and meet the
following criteria:
* Must be a student in good
standing at a two- or four-year college or university;
* A 2.5 or higher
GPA;
* All majors are eligible to apply;
* Applications must be completed
online by July 15, 2005; and
* 300-500 word essay using good writing skills
to answer one or more of the following questions:
-- What are your challenges
in working toward higher education?
-- If you could have someone travel with
you to your college or university, who would that be and why?
-- How do you
believe that obtaining air travel to the university would benefit you and your
family?
Southwest Airlines was recognized by HISPANIC Magazine for the
2005 Hispanic Corporate 100. The award focuses on Southwest Airlines' Leadership
in providing opportunities for Hispanics and for supporting recruitment,
scholarships, minority vendor programs, and Hispanic
organizations.
Southwest Airlines, the nation's
largest carrier in terms of domestic passengers enplaned, currently serves 60
airports in 31 states. Based in Dallas, Southwest currently operates nearly
3,000 flights a day and has 31,000+ Employees systemwide.
http://www.southwest.com
Contact:
Public Relations
of Southwest Airlines
+1-214-792-4847
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/6/prweb256748.htm