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The Central Dallas Ministry Work Paths program focuses on pre-employment education and training (primarily in the construction industry) for low-income individuals who may not have the skills to be self-sufficient in an occupation.  It also supports those who, for various reasons, are in a position of transition; sometimes from being homeless or even from serving some prison time. The program offers a 12-week course to low-income workers to get them ready to take the next steps toward a career so they can support their families.   Read more »

Give Time Together, the fourth annual Sabre Holdings global volunteer outreach program, brought together 2,541 employees to volunteer in their communities - making a difference on five continents around the world.

To recognize some of the most compelling blog entries here on this site, Sabre will award grants totaling $10,000 USD to help further support the organizations Sabre volunteers have worked with.

Decided by a multi-national team, the top blog entries have been selected for each $3,000 category:People, Environment, and Animals.

New this year, the best DIY (do-it-yourself) volunteer event will receive $1,000!

Read about our 2009 Finalists and vote today!

Polls close Thursday, May 28th at 1:00PM CDT.

Sabre employees in the Pacific Northwest came together to support Northwest Harvest, a Washington State based food bank that feeds anyone in need.  (www.northwestharvest.org)   Travel Network, Airline Solutions, and Travelocity were all represented; with many employees meeting each other for the first time.  One person flew down from Anchorage Alaska, one flew in from Spokane and one drove up from Portland, Oregon to join the western Washington based staff and 1 customer from Costco Wholesale Corp.  We packaged over 3000 pounds of rice and 300 pounds of bread to feed needy and hungry families throughout the state.  Northwest Harvest is not government funded so they can help anyone that asks for help.  And, during this challenging economic time, they need more support than ever! 
We’re not sure any of us would want to see another kernal of rice again, but we are sure that the over 2,000 families that will benefit from our support will be happy to have it!
This was a great event to pull employees together in a common city for the greater good.  It was great to meet our colleagues and to have a good time together, doing a very good thing

The Sabre Holdings Corporate Communications team members in Southlake, Texas selected a cause near and dear to our personal hearts – animals. We are small, but mighty, and decided to offer the most bang for the buck for the four of us to contribute to the Humane Society of North Texas, located in Fort Worth. Read more »

Fulfilling, heartwarming, energizing, worthwhile, fun, interesting, well-organized, satisfying, awesome, teamwork.

These are just some of the words that participants used to describe the Corporate Systems group working with the Grapevine Housing Authority to clean up and repair around the houses of deserving residents.

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A pan-Sabre group of folks gathered in Wheaton, IL to volunteer at St. James Farm, property part of the Forest Preserve District of Dupage County. The group continues to enjoy outdoors work and this year all hands were on deck to make the area look great for an upcoming gala event at the Farm.

The property used to be private and the owner allowed the area to be sold to the Forest Preserve District at an incredible deal. That was several years ago and it has taken some work to get the property ready to be open to the public. On May 23, St. James Farm will host thousands of people for a horse show, so the farm was in great need of a little extra TLC so that it could open to the public for this special event looking its best! Read more »

The Synxis Boston Group along with two fellow Sabre employees, volunteered for a day at the Pine Street Inn for our Give Time Together Event on Thursday May 7th, 2009. Our team was divided into two groups.  One group worked in the kitchen, slicing and dicing vegetables, making sandwiches and preparing meals to be served and delivered to 12 other shelters. The second group worked on a cleaning facilities project. It was an incredibly enjoyable and rewarding experience. We are already looking forward to volunteering here again. Read more »

Lynn Niewald - Conducted a resume writing and interview skills workshop for a group (some ex-convicts) in Dallas, Texas, USA.

Dunia Velarde - Delivered “Trust in the Tomorrow” books, donated to a cancer support organization in La Paz, Bolivia. 

Christer Svalmark - Helped a day care center with daily routines and program in Stockholm, Sweden.

Chad Howard - Organized 28 stalls for Sherwood State School fete/carnival in Brisbane, Australia.

(Santa Cruz, Bolivia) “Mi Refugio” is a place to help women with cancer. This institution began work in 2003 and has focused in Breast Cancer Prevention.

Ana Maria Coutand (Air France Representative in Bolivia) is the Institution’s President. Their principal labor is to collect money to help the poor people receive a free breast exam and treatment. This institution has made a big difference in all women with cancer in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Read more »

On Friday 8th May, a group of the SP team spent some time at the Sydney Children’s Hospital as part of our Give Together contribution. From 12.30-4.30pm, we lacquered wooden train sets, dusted and sanitised toys, packed craft kits, and upholstered mini wooden chairs in tissue paper to cover up writing that an over-enthusiastic child had kindly graffitied all over!

While we can’t say it was the most comfortable arrangement sitting on miniature-sized kids chairs at equally miniature desks with our knees up to our chests, it was fantastic that we could sit on the balcony with Mix 106.5 pumping (yes, they gave us our own radio and let us choose the station!) and spend an afternoon doing something different to our usual 9 to 5 and more importantly, something meaningful that we knew would put a smile on the face of a child who was unlucky enough to find themselves in hospital! Read more »