Turn the high cost of living into a bit of a good

Accumulate AIR MILES to fly Helen and the Dunlop girls (Monica, Heather and Marlee) from Duncan B.C. to Ottawa, Ontario to visit Perry

We can all help Helen and the girls travel to Ottawa to see Perry - and it won’t cost them or us a penny!  We can contribute our Air Miles at the time of purchase to Helen’s Air Miles account.  All we need to do is show our Air Miles card, tell the cashier we want our reward  miles put on Helen’s account, then give Helen’s Air Miles account number. The cashier will manually key the number in.

Helen’s Air Miles number is:    81721906405

Jot the number down and pop it in your purse or wallet. Better still, put it on a small post-in note and stick to your own Air Miles card.

Pass the word and the number to family, friends and co-workers. Ask those stores/outlets which sponsor Air Miles to put a sign with Helen’s number at the check out suggesting people can transfer their miles at purchase to Helen.

If you don’t have an Air Miles card, there’s no time like the present:

https://www.airmiles.ca/arrow/login/Welcome

Stores which sponsor Air Miles can be found by going through the list:

https://www.airmiles.ca/arrow/SponsorDirectoryByRegionCategory?fromSponsorDirectoryForm=true&category=36&region=

I see they also have quite an online service now.

Whichever route, online or otherwise, the thing is that if we all get on board and start directing our miles at time of purchase to Helen the miles will add up in a hurry. It takes a lot for a trip, but if we collectively frequent those stores which sponsor Air Miles they will add up.  Shell sponsors Air Miles.  With the price of gas these days those would add in a hurry.  Turn those expensive fill ups into a worthy cause.

Pass the word…

And, another reminder -  Air Miles which have already been accumulated can be transferred to Helen’s account. This is more complex and the process requires contact with Helen. She can be reached at 250-748-3233.

Again, pass the word.

And, for the next few months don’t go shopping without Helen’s Air Miles number in your purse or wallet!  And where possible shop at outlets which sponsor Air Miles.

Before 31 May 2008 it will take 2850 reward miles for a return trip Victoria to Ottawa.  From June on (high season) it’s 3850 reward miles.  That means that 200 people earning 20 reward miles in one month on their purchases could fly Helen down for a visit and back.  200 earning 40 reward miles could fly Helen and one of the girls down and back.

400 people with 40 reward miles could fly Helen and all three girls!!!

Pass the word.  Put an ad in your local paper.  Stick a note on bulletin boards -at the grocery store, at church, at the office - wherever there’s a bulleting board .

Let’s make it work

The more we can do to defray the costs of travel the more other welcome financial contributions can be directed  to the every day costs of keeping the house running while Perry is in jail.