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New Flight Charters sponsors Race Across America (RAAM) cycling team

New Flight Charters, a nationwide leader in private jet charters, is sponsoring its charter manager Kelan Poorman and Team Oceanside for the 2019 Race Across America (RAAM) to benefit its local community.

A former career Oceanside Police Department officer and spokesperson, Kelan is riding with the Oceanside Police Officers' Association team benefiting the local nonprofit, Oceanside Police Canine Officers' Association, which helps enable multidisciplinary police K9 training, care and community work.

The race started on June 15th and is the longest endurance bicycle race in the world. It is considered the "World's Toughest Bicycle Race." The race began at the pier in Oceanside, California and will end in Annapolis, Maryland.

As a team, they will race 3,000 miles, cross 12 states and 350 communities. They will climb over 170,000 feet through the Sierras, Rockies and Appalachian mountain ranges. Unlike the world-renowned Tour De France, this is not a stage race; they will ride 24 hours a day, sleeping an average of two hours a night until the race is completed. They hope to finish the race in six days.

Funds raised and donated will go to Oceanside Police Canine Officers' Association. Police K9s require a wide array of specialised equipment for both training and active duty that enable the officer and canine partner to excel at their tasks and to do so safely. Most of the canines are multidisciplinary and require specialised schools and training to maintain these skills which may include tracking, narcotics detection, article searching, officer protection and S.K.I.D.D.S. (SWAT K9 Interacting During Deployment School).

As the most-accredited charter service in the U.S. and an Inc. 5000 four-time honouree, New Flight Charters also takes the lead in corporate responsibility and gives back through its community support programme.

With its success and a belief in corporate accountability, New Flight Charters acts to support the local communities where its employees work. Through its corporate community support programme, New Flight Charters benefits select local charity and nonprofit organisations each year in time, talent and resources, to further a programme goal of helping build strong, healthy and safe communities.

Many receiving help from New Flight Charters are local nonprofits benefiting children. "Youth are a hub and a moving influence in a community. In a large way they are the future of that community," remarked New Flight Charters president Rick Colson. "What better way to make an impact there now and in the future."

Contributing to local communities through successful nonprofit organisations since 2004, New Flight Charters has given many thousands of dollars in resources, and hundreds of hours in hands-on service.