Atlantic Canada International Air Show’s charitable sales campaign gets ready for take off

Make a wish and fasten your seatbelts. The Atlantic Canada International Air Show is returning and as planes lift off at the former Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Summerside on Aug. 27 and 28, so will a major ticket sales drive to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation in Atlantic Canada.

Not only will ticket sale proceeds go to the charitable foundation, which grants wishes to children with life-threatening conditions, but a prize of two plane tickets to anywhere on WestJet’s regular schedule has been provided by the sponsoring airline. Only the first 5,000 tickets sold will be automatically entered into the draw for this prize. However, all tickets, which can be bought on Air Show Atlantic’s website and at co-sponsor Mark’s Work Wearhouse’s Maritime locations, will help support the foundation.

This year will be the first air show at CFB Summerside since the beginning of the ‘90s. Its theme will focus on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the base, which was originally created as a flight school during the Second World War.

The Atlantic Canada International Air Show takes off on Aug. 27 and 28 at Canadian Forces Base Summerside. For a full list of demonstrators and planes, including some from the Canadian Forces, visit airshowatlantic.ca


— RJ Vandrish