Every holiday season, Atlantic Aviation’s Adopt-A-Family program reminds us what’s possible when compassion meets community. In 2025, that spirit reached new heights.

This holiday season, 14 Atlantic bases and Atlantic Corporate came together across the network to support families facing extraordinary challenges. From providing holiday meals and gifts to offering something far deeper - hope. Our teams once again proved that Atlantic Cares is more than a promise. It’s commitment.

While many of the families we supported asked to remain private, we want to share the stories to inspire others to do the same.

More Than Gifts: Creating Moments That Matter

Across the country, Atlantic teams went beyond shopping lists and wrapping paper to create unforgettable experiences.

At one location, a mother of six, who had recently lost her own mother and primary support system, was invited to the FBO with her children for a full airport experience. With help from airport partners, tenants, and a local limo service, the family arrived in style and spent the day touring aircraft, stepping into a cockpit, and experiencing aviation up close. What began as a plan for grocery gift cards turned into a day filled with wonder, laughter, and memories the family will carry long after the holidays.

At another base, a family visiting regularly through Angel Flight West for medical travel became the focus of the Adopt-A-Family effort. The team worked closely with the mother to thoughtfully fulfill wish lists for all seven family members. Employees gathered to wrap gifts together, and leadership joined the team on a 4-hour drive to personally deliver the presents. The surprise, gratitude, and joy made the journey more than worth it.

When Support Goes Even Further

In several communities, the need extended beyond holiday gifts. The Atlantic teams responded in extraordinary ways.

At one location, two retired crew cars became life-changing gifts. One was donated to a grandmother raising her grandson, whose unreliable vehicle posed daily safety risks. The second was given to a single mother of five navigating sudden life changes and financial strain. In both moments, the surprise revealed tears, disbelief, and deep gratitude. Reliable transportation didn’t just make the holidays brighter - it restored independence and opportunity.

In Alaska, where flooding displaced families and resources were stretched thin, a family with five children, many with complex medical and developmental needs, received holiday meals, shoes, bicycles, and gift cards. For the parents, it was their first experience of a traditional holiday meal as adults. For the children, it meant comfort, stability, and the simple joy of being kids during the holidays.

Opening Our Doors, and Our Hearts

Some teams transformed their FBOs into spaces of celebration.
One family temporarily living in a motel was invited to spend Christmas Day at the FBO, complete with a tree, holiday décor, donated catering, and time to open gifts together. Another team welcomed a grandmother, mother, and four children to open presents at the base before delivering the remaining gifts to their home, ensuring the magic continued under their own tree.
Across locations, teams also organized grocery shopping trips, coordinated donated meals, and partnered with local organizations, schools, churches, and nonprofits to identify families and meet real needs in thoughtful, personal ways.

A Network Effort, Powered by People

From wrapping gifts and shopping late into the night, to coordinating transportation, meals, and surprises, hundreds of Atlantic team members played a role in bringing this program to life. Local partners, including caterers, outreach organizations, airport authorities, tenants, and vendors, also stepped up in meaningful ways, proving that generosity grows when communities unite.

As one Atlantic team member shared, “Days like this are a great reminder of why we do what we do.”

Thank You for Making the Holidays Brighter
To every Atlantic team member who shopped, donated, wrapped, packed, delivered, hosted, drove, coordinated, or simply cared, thank you.

Above all, this season was about the families who opened their doors, shared their stories, and allowed Atlantic to be part of their holidays. Their resilience, gratitude, and trust are what made this program so meaningful and serve as a powerful reminder of why community matters.

This is the heart of Atlantic.
This is Atlantic Cares.

This year’s Atlantic Adopt-A-Family was made possible through the collective efforts of the following Atlantic and teams: Anchorage, AK (ANC), Bakersfield, CA (BFL), Birmingham, AL (BHM), Carlsbad, CA (CRQ), Farmingdale, NY (FRG), Kalispell, MT (GPI), Morristown, NJ (MMU), Oxford, CT (OXC), Philadelphia, PA (PNE), Santa Monica, CA (SMO), Thermal, CA (TRM), Aurora, OR (UAO) and Atlantic Corporate.