Let’s PULL Together a Great Team of Volunteers!

The Orbis Plane Pull is less one month away and we need to PULL together a team of volunteers. Feel free to sign up your friends and family to volunteer as well.

Orbis is an international non-profit organization that provides the world’s only Flying Eye Hospital. For more than three-and-a-half decades, The Flying Eye Hospital has been a call to action for better eye care around the world. Wherever it lands, it raises awareness, creates change and rallies supporters - local governments, global organizations, philanthropists, and the general public - to join the global fight to end avoidable blindness.

We have the opportunity to assist with this worthwhile event by volunteering in a number of fun and entertaining ways! 

When: Saturday, June 22, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Where: FedEx Ramp, Calgary International Airport, 24 Aero Dr NE, Calgary, AB T2E 8Z9

Why: Because 80 per cent of people who face blindness suffer conditions that could be prevented, treated or cured and 90 per cent of all visually impaired people — 253 million people — live in places where it can be difficult to get the right treatment. Supporting the Orbis plane pull means helping people get access to lifesaving treatment.

What:  The following volunteer opportunities promise a busy day full of fun:

• Registration - First point of contact with attendees and signing them into the event
• Pull Zone – Zone with the 757 pull plane where teams get ready to pull the plane
• Fun Zone/Sports Zone – Inflatables for attendees to play on and entertain themselves throughout the day
• Games Zone – Café area with tents and chairs for people to hang out/eat in, as well as play some fun lawn games
• Teddy Bear Eye Hospital – Colouring station for kids and opportunity for them to learn more about taking care of their eye health

All volunteers will receive a t-shirt and lunch!

Volunteers will also have an opportunity to pull the plane at the end of the day.

Join Team YYC's Plane Pull Volunteer team and find out more about Orbis at orbis.org. Let's help Orbis reach its goal of $230,000 to fight unnecessary blindness.