Spirit Airlines donates $10,000 to JDRF

Miramar, Florida, 2013-04-24 — /travelprnews.com/ — In February, as one of Spirit Airlines’ many efforts of giving back to the local communities it serves, the airline launched its online Spirit Destination Give program in Houston. Spirit teamed up with a variety of organizations in the Houston area to generate awareness and support for five worthy causes, including AIDS Foundation Houston, Alzheimer’s Association, Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston, JDRF, and Susan G. Komen for the Cure Houston. Spirit vowed to give a $10,000 donation to the organization who received the most votes. As soon as voting opened, the votes started rolling in.

Today, Spirit officially announced the winner and presented the $10,000 donation to JDRF’s Houston Gulf Coast Chapter Executive Director Molly Naylor.

“We hope this donation will assist JDRF in their continued commitment in research to cure, better treat and prevent type 1 diabetes,” said Michael Pewther, who oversees Spirit’s corporate giving efforts. “We are proud to help generate awareness and support for all of the Houston organizations who participated in our Destination Give program. We thank all who voted and we encourage everyone to continue doing what you can to support your cause of choice.”

“We were thrilled to find out that we had won the Spirit Airlines Competition,” said JDRF’s Houston Gulf Coast Chapter Executive Director Ms. Naylor. “Spirit’s contribution to JDRF research will move forward our efforts to improve the lives of all children and adults living with type 1 diabetes as we pursue a cure for the disease. With the incidence of type 1 diabetes increasing at 3-5% a year, finding improved treatments and a cure is more critical than ever.”

About Spirit Airlines
Spirit Airlines (NASDAQ: SAVE) empowers customers to save money on air travel by offering ultra low base fares with a range of optional services, allowing customers the freedom to choose only the extras they value. This innovative approach grows the traveling market and stimulates new economic activity while creating new jobs. Spirit’s modern fleet, configuration and other innovations enable Spirit to burn less fuel per seat than competitors, making Spirit one of the most environmentally-friendly U.S. carriers. Spirit’s all-Airbus fleet currently operates more than 200 daily flights to over 50 destinations in the U.S., Latin America and Caribbean. Visit Spirit at www.spirit.com.

About JDRF
JDRF’s mission is to improve lives and cure T1D. JDRF is committed to discovering, developing and delivering research advances that cure, better treat and prevent T1D. Since its founding in 1970 by parents of children with diabetes, JDRF has awarded more than $1.6 billion to diabetes research. Our reputation as a highly effective research organization with remarkable efficiency in directing donor dollars toward curing, treating and preventing T1D spans four decades. JDRF continues to be the world’s leading nongovernmental funder of diabetes research. Past JDRF efforts have helped to significantly advance the care of people with this disease, and have expanded the critical scientific understanding of T1D. JDRF will not rest until T1D is fully conquered. More than 80 percent of JDRF’s expenditures directly support research and research-related education. JDRF has made a bold impact on the research landscape by setting the agenda for T1D research worldwide. JDRF doesn’t just fund basic science, but takes scientific developments and translates them into cures, treatments, drugs and therapies. JDRF is the go-to organization for T1D research. We play a unique role in setting the global direction of T1D research by partnering with the academia, the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, venture capitalists, government entities, and other foundations. These strategic relationships ensure that JDRF and its partners are aligned and working toward a common goal of curing, treating and preventing T1D. Each year, JDRF’s unwavering commitment to funding the best in T1D research has earned it high marks from the scientific and business media, and from charity watchdogs.

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Misty Pinson
Director, Corporate Communications
mediarelations@spirit.com
954-628-4827

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