Breeze Airways Kindness Week 2025: $10K TomTod Donation, EVV Airport Events and New Make‑A‑Wish Partnerships

As of November 18, 2025, Breeze Airways’ multi‑day “Kindness Week” has turned from an in‑flight slogan into a nationwide community campaign, with new donations, airport activations and wish‑granting partnerships still making news.

A Growing Tradition Built Around World Kindness Day

Breeze Airways has been steadily turning mid‑November into a season of service. In press materials released this month, the airline describes its 2025 campaign as its fifth annual “Breeze Kindness Week,” a week‑long series of volunteer projects and community events timed around World Kindness Day on November 13. ^[1]

According to those releases, Kindness Week is framed as more than a marketing push: Breeze and its local partners organize hands‑on activities—food packing shifts, in‑terminal “kindness booths,” and youth programs—that invite passengers, employees and residents to participate in small, practical acts of goodwill. ^[2]

This year, the ripple effect is especially visible in three places:

Akron–Canton, Ohio, where a $10,000 gift is backing youth innovation. ^[3]
Evansville, Indiana, where the local airport has launched its own Kindness Week inspired by Breeze. ^[4]
Connecticut and South Carolina, where Breeze has just been named official airline partner for two Make‑A‑Wish chapters during the campaign. ^[5]

$10,000 for TomTod Ideas and Ohio’s Young Innovators

At Akron‑Canton Airport (CAK), Kindness Week has come with a concrete boost for middle‑school students. On November 13, Breeze and iHeartMedia’s social‑impact division iHeartImpact gathered at the airport to present a $10,000 donation to TomTod Ideas, a Canton‑based nonprofit that helps early adolescents design and launch community projects. ^[6]

According to CAK’s press release, the funds will expand TomTod’s “What If 101” programming—mentorship, design‑thinking tools and experiential learning that walk students from raw ideas to community pilot projects across northeast Ohio. ^[7]

The check presentation brought together Breeze team members, TomTod staff, local leaders and airport representatives inside the terminal. Breeze founder and CEO David Neeleman said the airline wants to support communities “on the ground” as much as in the air, while TomTod’s executive director, Joel Daniel Harris, emphasized that partnerships like this allow middle‑schoolers’ ideas “and potential [to] take flight.” ^[8]

Travel and tourism outlets picked up the story, with industry site Travel and Tour World describing the contribution as a donation aimed at “empower[ing] Ohio’s future leaders during Breeze Kindness Week.” ^[9]

Evansville Regional Airport’s First‑Ever “EVV Kindness Week”

One of the strongest signals that Breeze’s campaign is resonating beyond the airline itself is in Evansville, Indiana.

On November 7, Evansville Regional Airport (EVV) announced it would host its first‑ever EVV Kindness Week, explicitly inspired by Breeze’s plans to mark World Kindness Day. ^[10]

Inside the terminal: therapy dogs, kindness walls and local nonprofits

From November 10–14, EVV’s terminal has effectively doubled as a community hub. The airport’s media advisory outlines a full slate of activities: ^[11]

Kindness walls where travelers can post sticky‑note messages of encouragement to fellow passengers and staff.
“Kindness Ambassadors” drawn from local nonprofits, law enforcement, community groups, universities, businesses and media, greeting travelers with smiles and conversations.
Visits from EVV Crew Dogs, the airport’s therapy‑dog team, scheduled post‑security to offer comfort to anxious or stressed flyers.
A rotating set of nonprofit partners showcased each day:
- Monday: Evansville Police Foundation, FOP Lodge 73 and Cops Connecting with Kids
- Tuesday (Veterans Day observance): Honor Flight of Southern Indiana and Sanctuary on the Hill
- Wednesday: University of Southern Indiana Disability Resources and Autism Everyone
- Thursday: Borrowed Hearts Foundation and the Isaiah 1:17 Project
- Friday: United Way of Southwestern Indiana ^[12]

EVV’s director of marketing and air service, Leslie Fella, said the week grew out of the idea that airports already “connect people and places,” and that dedicating a week to kindness is a way to make those connections more human and memorable. ^[13]

Local TV outlet WFIE 14 News amplified the announcement for regional viewers, underscoring that the airport’s initiative aims to encourage everyday acts of kindness from both passengers and staff. ^[14]

Make‑A‑Wish Partnerships Take Flight in Connecticut and South Carolina

Kindness Week has also become the launchpad for two new wish‑granting partnerships.

Make‑A‑Wish Connecticut

On November 10, in Hartford, Breeze announced it has been named the official airline partner of Make‑A‑Wish Connecticut, pledging to support wish‑related travel for children with critical illnesses. ^[15]

In a press release re‑published by Connecticut Travel Today, the chapter notes that the partnership is kicking off during Breeze Kindness Week with a volunteer event where staff from both organizations will package food at Connecticut Foodshare. ^[16]

Make‑A‑Wish Connecticut president and CEO Pam Keough said Breeze shares the foundation’s commitment to “life‑changing wishes,” while Neeleman highlighted the airline’s long‑term ties to the Hartford region and its desire to “give back” in ways that directly benefit local families. ^[17]

Make‑A‑Wish South Carolina

The same day, a parallel announcement came from Charleston: Breeze is now the official airline partner of Make‑A‑Wish South Carolina as well. ^[18]

During Kindness Week, Breeze and the South Carolina chapter marked the partnership by assembling wish packets, luggage tags and friendship bracelets that will be used for future wish journeys. ^[19]

Chapter president and CEO Misty Farmer said the collaboration ensures wish travel is “filled with care and compassion,” while Breeze framed the effort as another way travel can bring families together during some of the hardest moments of their lives. ^[20]

These regional alliances build on Breeze’s earlier work with Make‑A‑Wish Utah, where the airline committed flights and fundraising support under the “Breeze for Wishes” banner. ^[21]

Kindness Booths, Postcards and Campus Pop‑Ups

Beyond formal press releases, social media posts over the past week show how Kindness Week has taken shape on the ground:

At Providence College, the athletics department shared video of a Breeze Kindness Booth where students could write postcards to brighten someone’s day—part of a campus‑wide collaboration tied to the airline’s presence at nearby T.F. Green Airport. ^[22]
Multiple Instagram reels from Breeze and its airport partners invite travelers to “stop by the Breeze Kindness Booth,” write a note, address it to a loved one, and let the airline handle the postage. ^[23]
Long Island MacArthur Airport has been promoting its own Breeze‑branded Kindness Week festivities, from in‑terminal displays to traveler engagement activities, underscoring that the campaign reaches far beyond a single hub. ^[24]
Breeze’s own posts urge followers to share how they’re spreading kindness and hint at extended fare promotions linked to the week’s theme. ^[25]

Meanwhile, travel news aggregators such as Connecticut Travel Today and The Palmetto Travel Journal continue to surface Breeze’s Kindness Week–related press releases—including the TomTod donation story—inside their November 18 news round‑ups, keeping the campaign visible to readers long after World Kindness Day itself. ^[26]

Why This Matters for Airlines, Communities and Travelers

For Breeze, Kindness Week reinforces a brand built around “Seriously Nice” service while showcasing its philanthropy in education, disability inclusion and children’s health. Press materials point out that the airline now operates more than 300 year‑round and seasonal routes to around 80 cities across the U.S., Mexico and the Caribbean, focusing on underserved markets where community investment can be especially visible. ^[27]

For airports like EVV and CAK, the campaign is a chance to use high‑traffic spaces for something besides security lines and boarding calls—turning concourses into places where therapy dogs, sticky‑note walls and youth‑led ideas share the stage with departure boards. ^[28]

And for charities—from TomTod Ideas to Make‑A‑Wish—the partnerships translate to real capacity: more funding for youth programs, more flights for families traveling for a wish, and more direct interaction with the traveling public. ^[29]

How Travelers Can Get Involved

If you’re flying through a Breeze‑served airport this week—or covering this story for your own outlet—here are simple ways to plug in:

Look for Kindness Week signage or booths in partner airports like Akron‑Canton, Evansville and others posting about the campaign. ^[30]
Take a moment at a kindness wall or postcard station to write a note to someone who might need encouragement. ^[31]
Follow and amplify local nonprofits featured during airport Kindness Weeks—whether that’s a youth‑innovation group like TomTod Ideas or a Make‑A‑Wish chapter granting travel wishes. ^[32]
Pitch local angles: From therapy‑dog teams to student volunteers, there’s ample human‑interest material that connects the global idea of kindness to specific communities. ^[33]

As November 18 unfolds, the news around Breeze Kindness Week shows how a relatively young airline is trying to embed itself in the civic life of the cities it serves—inviting passengers, partners and entire regions to see kindness as part of the travel experience, not just a slogan on the jet bridge.

Mason's Wish