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Donate your miles

Our commitment to the community helps us build a better future for everyone. We invite our customers to participate in improving our communities.

Mileage Plus Charity Miles Program
Since 1996, our customers have partnered with us to generously donate more than 1 billion miles to meet the urgent travel needs of children, families, humanitarian aid workers and volunteers. Now, you too can get involved!

We invite you to support select nonprofit organizations with whom we partner through the Mileage Plus Charity Miles Program. Through the program, Mileage Plus members can donate a minimum of 1,000 miles. Your help will enable us to provide air travel for families, patients or staff traveling for treatment, research and disaster response. We encourage you to make a difference by supporting our program members.


	Donate a minimum of 1,000 miles to any one of the groups listed below:

	Airline Ambassadors		The Muscular Dystrophy Association

	The American Red Cross		The National Cancer Prevention Fund

	American Cancer Society		Operation USA

	AmeriCares		ORBIS International

	Conservation International		Real Options for Kids (ROCK)

	The Dream Foundation		Ronald McDonald House Charities

	Eagle Mount		Rotary International
	Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation		The Salvation Army

	Feeding America		Sarvodaya USA

	The Fisher House		Shriners Hospitals for Children

	Guide Dogs of America		Seacost Science Center

	The Hospital for Sick Children		Special Olympics

	Iowa Homeless Youth Center		TRIO
	The Make-A-Wish Foundation		The U.S. Olympic Team
	New Ballet		Youth Orchestra of the Americas


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Or, donate by phone: 1-800-421-4655 (Mileage Plus Customer Service)

If you're an organization wishing to participate in the Charity Miles Program, please review our Charity Miles Guidelines.







Airline Ambassadors provides humanitarian aid to children and families in need as well as international relief and development to underprivileged communities throughout the world.	The American Red Cross has been the nation's premier emergency response organization since 1881, offering neutral humanitarian care to the victims of war as well as devastating natural disasters.	The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy and service.







AmeriCares is an international relief organization ensuring that medicines, medical supplies and aid reaches individuals in need wherever they are, whenever they need it.	Conservation International works to conserve the Earth's biodiversity and to demonstrate that human societies are able to live harmoniously with nature.	The Dream Foundation is the first national organization granting dreams to terminally ill adults in order to enhance the quality of their lives and the lives of their families.







The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation seeks to prevent pediatric HIV infection and to eradicate pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs.	Feeding America provides low-income individuals and families with the fuel to survive and even thrive. As the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity, network members supply food to more than 25 million Americans each year, including 9 million children and 3 million seniors.	The Fisher House supports America's military in their time of need, providing “a home away from home,” enabling family members to be close to a loved one during hospitalization for an illness, disease or injury. Donate miles to The Fisher House.







Guide Dogs of America is an international guiding eyes program dedicated to providing guide dogs free of charge to blind and visually impaired men and women from the United States and Canada so that they may continue to pursue their goals with increased mobility and independence.	The Hospital for Sick Children provides the highest quality rehabilitative and transitional care for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults with special health care needs and their families in a supportive environment that respects their needs, strengths, values and priorities.	The Make-A-Wish Foundation has enriched the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions through its wish-granting work since 1980.







The Muscular Dystrophy Association is a voluntary health agency—a dedicated partnership between scientists and concerned citizens aimed at conquering neuromuscular diseases that affect more than a million Americans.	The National Cancer Prevention Fund raises funds to support comprehensive programs of research into cancer prevention and control and to educate the public to the opportunities of cancer prevention and control through community programs of education, research and behavioral change.	Operation USA helps communities alleviate the effects of disasters, disease and endemic poverty throughout the world by providing privately-funded relief, reconstruction and development aid.







ORBIS International is a nonprofit humanitarian organization dedicated to blindness prevention and treatment in developing countries.	Ronald McDonald House Charities is working to better the lives of children and their families around the world by creating, finding and supporting programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children. Donate miles to Ronald McDonald House Charities now.	Rotary International is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world.







The Salvation Army helps more than 33 million Americans each year obtain the basic necessities of life—food, shelter, and warmth.	Sarvodaya USA applies the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement's holistic principles to community development in the United States.	Shriners Hospitals for Children is a network of 22 pediatric hospitals in the U.S., Canada and Mexico providing cost-free, specialized care for orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries and cleft lip and palate.







Special Olympics is dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive and respected members of society through sports training and competition.	Transplant Recipients International Organization is an independent, not-for-profit, international organization committed to improving the quality of life of transplant candidates, recipients, their families and the families of organ and tissue donors.	The U.S. Olympic Team supports United States Olympic and Paralympic athletes in achieving sustained competitive excellence and preserving Olympic ideals, thereby inspiring all Americans.





Youth Orchestra of the Americas (YOA) Led by Artistic Advisor, Plácido Domingo, is a multicultural, world-class symphony orchestra of 100 gifted young musicians, ages 18 and 30, from more than 20 countries of the Western Hemisphere. Musicians are selected through a rigorous audition process at local, national and international levels. The finest musicians are chosen to participate on full scholarship to allow for the greatest diversity possible. Each July, the musicians gather for a 2-week residency to participate in master classes and rehearsals of diverse and challenging repertoire in preparation for a 3-week concert tour in multiple countries of the Western Hemisphere, and beyond. Over 10,000 youth have auditioned and more than 700 participated in YOA to date.	Eagle Mount creates therapeutic recreational opportunities for people of all ages and disabilities. Through "Eagle Mount", persons with special needs are challenged to achieve the previously unthinkable in skiing, ice skating, swimming, horseback riding, golfing, and more. Children with cancer are given the freedom of normalcy by participating in one of three summer camps. Through the use of nature, activities, equine therapy and just good old outdoors opportunities and fun… children and adults are offered life-changing opportunities and the grip of their personal disability on their life is loosened… so everyone has the chance to "soar like eagles."	Iowa Homeless Youth Centers (HYC) works to eliminate homelessness among children, youth and young mothers in Polk County. With citizen support and assistance, IHYC helps homeless individuals and families live independently and attain self-sufficiency.





New Ballet Ensemble, Inc. goals are to train community students regardless of family income to a professional or pre-professional level in order to produce dancers from the Memphis area; to produce dancers from a racially and socio-economically diverse background in order to truly represent the population of the city of Memphis.	Real Options for City Kids (ROCK). mission is to nurture the healthy development of children by listening attentively to their needs and by providing opportunities to those who might not otherwise have access. Real Options for City Kids aims to promote the positive development and long-term success of the youth that it serves through a combination of in-school and afterschool learning enrichment, sports and fitness, leadership training and outdoor adventure opportunities.	The Seacoast Science Center is a place for families and students to learn about coastal environmental history through "connections to nature through personal learning experiences in the natural sciences." They provide engaging and interactive programs and exhibits. There are seven very different habitats surrounding the center. Their exhibits and programs are designed for all ages, from pre-K to adults.


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