One Plane Away Delivers the Goods
Story by Tracey Skehan, Journey - Lakehead University Alumni
Parents and caregivers sometimes struggle to find essentials such as clothing and diapers for their children.
It was this realization that spurred a 15-year-old girl to start the non-profit that would become One Plane Away. It's an organization that delivers care boxes to babies born in Nunavut—including children living in 25 fly-in communities accessible only by air or water.
Caris Madsen was a grade 10 student in Nunavut's capital city of Iqaluit when she first had the idea for the non-profit.