{"id":347,"date":"2015-12-16T19:56:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T19:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyjacksonville.com\/jetstream\/?p=347"},"modified":"2015-12-16T19:56:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T19:56:44","slug":"making-dreams-come-true-this-holiday-season-at-jax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyjacksonville.com\/jetstream\/making-dreams-come-true-this-holiday-season-at-jax\/","title":{"rendered":"Making \u201cDreams Come True\u201d This Holiday Season at JAX"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The “Dreams Come True” Christmas trees can be found pre-security, between ticketing and the central courtyard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Jacksonville International Airport Management Council (JIAMC) is currently hosting their annual Christmas Tree Decorating Contest for the Dreams Come True foundation in the terminal.\u00a0 The JIAMC has raised close to $60,000 for Dreams Come True since partnering with the organization in 2003.\u00a0 More than 15 children have seen their dreams come true thanks to the JIAMC and their annual contest.\u00a0 Dreams Come True is the First Coast\u2019s only locally based nonprofit organization dedicated to using the power of a dream to bring hope and joy to every First Coast child battling a life-threatening illness. The organization is not associated with any national organization and receives no state or federal funding.\u00a0 Since 1984, more than 3,000 dreams have been fulfilled thanks to the efforts of Dreams Come True.\u00a0 Children are referred by their physicians to the organization and range in age from 2 \u00bd to 18.\u00a0 There is no waiting list and no child has ever been denied a dream by the organization.<\/p>\n

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The Chik-fil-A at River City Marketplace provided a tree – complete with cows!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Transportation and Security Administration’s (TSA) patriotic tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Pet Paradise Christmas tree will give you warm, fuzzy, feelings you don’t have to vacuum up later.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The following businesses and organizations are sponsoring trees in this year\u2019s contest: Dreams Come True, Signature Flight Support, Synovus Bank, Comfort Zone Spa, Lindsey Pest Services, Chick-Fil-A at River City, Hyatt Place, River City Marketplace Parkway Shops- Ramco Gershenson Inc., HMS Host, Doubletree at Jacksonville Airport, Boston\u2019s at River City, Pet Paradise at Jacksonville Airport, Stratton and Company, 121 Financial Credit Union, Springhill Suites at Jacksonville Airport, TSA, Gator Club of Jacksonville, Prime Flight, Visit Jacksonville, Air Ground Logistic, Inc., Edible Arrangements at Duval Station Rd., Southwest Airlines, RS&H, American Airlines, Florida Blue Center, Jax Metro Credit Union, Johnson Controls, Delta Airlines, Jet Blue, JAXPORT, Silver Airlines and United Airlines.<\/p>\n

Ballots are located at the main entrance and by the trees located on the connector bridge for travelers and customers to cast their vote for their favorite decorated tree.\u00a0 Each votes costs $1.00 and all proceeds will be presented to Dreams Come True by the JIAMC at one of the council\u2019s monthly meetings following the New Year. Voting concludes on DATE. If you\u2019re traveling in the interim, stop by and cast a vote for your favorite tree!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Jacksonville International Airport Management Council (JIAMC) is currently hosting their annual Christmas Tree Decorating Contest for the Dreams Come True foundation in the terminal.\u00a0 The JIAMC has raised close to $60,000 for Dreams Come True since partnering with the organization in 2003.\u00a0 More than 15 children have seen their dreams come true thanks to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyjacksonville.com\/jetstream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyjacksonville.com\/jetstream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyjacksonville.com\/jetstream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyjacksonville.com\/jetstream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyjacksonville.com\/jetstream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/flyjacksonville.com\/jetstream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356,"href":"https:\/\/flyjacksonville.com\/jetstream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions\/356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyjacksonville.com\/jetstream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyjacksonville.com\/jetstream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyjacksonville.com\/jetstream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}