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Let’s Go Cardinals!

Published October 21st, 2011 in Airport, Community, Sponsorships | 3 Comments →

If you’re a Cards fan we don’t need to tell you about the Happy Flight phenomena, but we can certainly show you how we’re celebrating it at Delta in St. Louis!

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In my job as an ACS (Airport Customer Service) Performance Leader in STL, I work with other agents to ensure you move smoothly from curbside to planeside. So why am I writing this blog? Among my team, I’m known as “the Cardinals guy.” And well, I took my vacation to coincide with the World Series, so I could focus all my energies on cheering for the Cards! So you can only imagine how excited I am about seeing all of the action here at Delta.

The Cardinals have, without doubt, the best fans in all of baseball…and for good reason.  It’s easy to support a team that is made up of individuals with not only the highest level of talent but also the highest level of character.  They are smart, focused, and maybe most importantly, they themselves are true fans of the game! As a long time Delta employee, I can see why we’re proud sponsor of their organization, and I’m glad we could help make you part of the CARDINAL NATION.

Matthew Smith

Airport Customer Service, Performance Leader- STL

Celebrate Your PRIDE With Us!

Published October 7th, 2011 in Community, Sponsorships | 2 Comments →

October is LGBT History Month which was originally meant to coincide with National Coming Out Day on Oct 11 and the first LGBT march on Washington that was held in 1979. It also marks a celebration of Pride in our hometown of Atlanta this weekend with employees showing their rainbow colors during our two day festival and Pride parade!

Other significant days in October for the LGBT community now include Spirit Day on Oct. 20, where people around the country wear purple in support of LGBT youth and Ally Week, a week in which allies against LGBT bullying are acknowledged.

Every year Delta employees proudly march in Pride parades and volunteer at festivals across the globe. Here’s a photo from last year in NYC (one of my favorites)!

This month reminds us here at Delta of all the ways our colleagues have helped us continue to build and expand our strong relationships with the LGBT community around the world. From offering domestic partner benefits to our employees to supporting Pride celebrations, GLAAD Awards, amfAR and more, our roots in the LGBT community run deep.

Just like many of our customers, we’ve been there waving a rainbow flag to proudly show our support throughout the years. We hope to see you this weekend, and look forward to serving you on your next Delta flight very soon. And if you have a vacation or special trip coming up, remember to check out delta.com/gaytravel for some great ideas!

In Pride,

Paul Skrbec

Secretary, Delta Gay-Lesbian Employee Network

Delta Dugout 2011 Is Getting Closer With A Mets Road Trip Giveaway!

Published May 9th, 2011 in Social Media, Sponsorships | No Comments →

It’s been a beautiful spring in NY and baseball excitement is in the air. We’re proud to be the official airline of the NewYork Mets and the New York Yankees and we’re throwing the ultimate baseball party again this year in NYC—Delta Dugout.

Delta Dugout is more than a party, it’s an experience. And we’d love to invite you to join us! That’s why we’re giving away amazing trips and flights right here in social media.

Last week, we kicked off Delta Dugout with a Mets Fantasy Camp giveaway. We loved your responses; some of you really had us laughing out loud! But there could only be one lucky winner. Congrats @TylerLahti for sharing this winning tweet:

We hope you and your friends have a great time showing off your baseball skills at Fantasy Camp.

Delta Dugout Mets Road Trip Giveaway

This week, we’re doing it all over again with a new contest and a new prize! One lucky winner and a guest will get their pick of any Mets away game (subject to availability) and we’ll provide roundtrip tickets, accommodations and tickets to the game!

Entry is simple, fun and easy. You can enter by tweeting a picture of yourself to @Delta showing off your Mets pride, wearing your favorite Mets away jersey. Tweeting a picture is simple and easy using YFrog or TwitPic.

And the hits keep on coming!  Over the next 2 weeks, Delta will be offering our fans and flyers the opportunity to win even more prize packages.  For more information, stay tuned right here on the blog, follow us on Twitter at @Delta, “Like” Delta on Facebook and be sure to RSVP to the Delta Dugout event on Facebook.

Delta Dugout Event Information

Delta Dugout is ultimate 3-day baseball experience, taking place at Madison Square Park in NYC, May 20-22. Come down to meet Mets and Yankees players, test your skills in the batting and pitching cages and watch the games live on a JumboTron. We’ll have tons of giveaways, like tickets to games and travel on Delta. RSVP to Facebook Event page for updates, schedule of events and more giveaways.

Annika S.

NYC Sponsorships

Delta Turns Pink—It Must be October!

Published October 1st, 2010 in Community, Sponsorships | 2 Comments →

Here at Delta during the month of October, you’d be hard pressed to walk 5 minutes without seeing something pink. Pink plane, pink lemonade, pink uniforms, pink jelly beans, pink iPhone app and more! In fact, if you found yourself in Terminal T at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport yesterday morning, you may have noticed a gatehouse swarming with more than 100 energetic women decked out in their finest pink dresses, T-shirts, and yes—even glittery pink cowboy boots.

These women, all Delta employees and breast cancer survivors, were preparing for the departure of a special charter flight from Atlanta to Detroit and Minneapolis on Delta’s pink 767-400 airplane. Delta CEO Richard Anderson and other executives joined employees for the pink plane charter flight, which celebrated the group’s resilience and also kicked off Delta’s 6th year of fundraising for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

As employees deplaned in Detroit and Minneapolis, their colleagues greeted them with thunderous applause, cheers, and tears. During the flight, survivors mingled and celebrated their personal triumphs over the disease by sharing their stories on the PA system and in journals that were passed around the airplane. More than anything, the survivors said the memory that will stay with them is the indescribable feeling of connecting with other members of their Delta family who have been through a similar battle.

How can you help? Here are a few ways customers can support Delta’s BCRF efforts during the month of October:

  • Pink Lemonade: As in past years, Delta flight attendants will don limited-edition pink dresses and pink uniform accessories, and you can order pink lemonade onboard all flights with 100% of the proceeds going to the BCRF.
  • Jelly Beans! New this year is the opportunity to purchase BCRF-branded pink Jelly Belly ‘Sport Beans’ onboard.
  • Facebook: Starting Oct. 7, Facebook users can create their own virtual pink lemonade stand on Delta’s Facebook page to share their stories, honor loved ones and donate to the BCRF.
  • Text: Donate $5 to the BCRF by texting “DRINKPINK” to 27722 (standard text rates apply).
  • iPhone App! All this month users of Delta’s free iPhone app can help fight breast cancer. Each time a user downloads the app or uses it to check in for a flight, Delta will donate 100 miles to the BCRF, up to one million miles.

So what exactly have we done for BCRF here at Delta? In the first five years of the campaign, Delta raised $2.5 million for the BCRF, including $1 million in 2009. To date, Delta’s donations have funded the work of nine research projects dedicated to prevention and finding a cure for breast cancer.

Be sure to check out our video of the day’s events and view more photos on our Facebook page!

How will you help Delta take flight for the fight against breast cancer this year?

Rachel Welford

Specialist, Corporate Communications

Delta Celebrates an Atlanta Braves Icon

Published September 17th, 2010 in Sponsorships | No Comments →

Delta has been a partner of the Braves since the team moved to Atlanta in 1966, and for more than half of the time since then, current Braves manager Bobby Cox has been at the helm. And after 25 seasons, Bobby will be retiring as one of the most successful managers of all time.

I wanted to take this opportunity to share a special moment we had with the team’s iconic manager here at our headquarters in Atlanta yesterday. Whether you’re a Braves fan or pour your heart into another team, all of our Delta customers and true baseball fanatics can’t help but love this story.

Yesterday, when the Braves arrived at Delta for their last regular season charter flight of the season, they got quite a surprise! Hundreds of Delta employees were gathered to thank Bobby for his service and wish him farewell.

The Braves charter aircraft was decorated with a temporary #6 decal – the same uniform number Bobby wears – and local celebrity chef Kevin Rathbun catered the flight. Delta presented Bobby with lifetime Platinum Medallion status and two BusinessElite tickets to any destination that Delta serves – that’s 367 destinations in 65 countries on six continents.

From one Atlanta icon to another, Delta sincerely thanks you, Bobby, for all of those years. You’ve been a joy to watch and your teams have been fun to root for. We’re thrilled to support the 2010 Braves and we’ll be cheering them on in their late season playoff push.

Go Braves!

Michelle G.

Manager, Corporate Sponsorship Marketing

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