United Teams Up With Chicago Bears to Support Special Olympics
United Teams Up With Chicago Bears to Support Special Olympics
United launched the Special Olympics Service Ambassador (SOSA) Program in 2019, inviting Special Olympics athletes to work in airports as part-time employees. These employees welcome United customers, helping them locate check-in kiosks, showing them where to drop bags and also how to find TSA PreCheck lines. Beyond the lobby, SOSAs also help travelers with wayfinding, gate recovery, and assist with Agent on Demand. To-date, there are currently 18 SOSA workers at United hubs in Players work alongside airline's Special Olympics Service Ambassadors at O'Hare International Airport for the day to help drive awareness of organization's travel needs
玩家與聯合大陸航空的特奧會服務大使一起在奧黑爾國際機場工作了一天，以幫助提高組織的旅行需求意識。通過聯合的Miles on a Mission平台，忠誠度顧客能夠捐贈他們未使用的航空里程來支持特奧會的運動員。正在聯合的最繁忙的夏季旅行季節，聯合特奧會服務大使（SOSA）計劃迎接更多的旅客。
Through United's Miles on a Mission platform, loyalty customers are able to donate their unused airline miles to Special Olympics to support athletes
通過聯合的Miles on a Mission平台，忠誠度顧客能夠捐贈他們未使用的航空里程來支持特奧會的運動員。通過聯合的Miles on a Mission平台，忠誠度顧客能夠捐贈他們未使用的航空里程來支持特奧會的運動員。
CHICAGO, June 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- United teamed up with the Chicago Bears today at O'Hare International Airport to support Special Olympics, Inc. ("Special Olympics"). Chicago Bears Tight End Cole Kmet worked alongside the airline's Special Olympics Service Ambassadors for the day to help drive awareness of the organization's travel needs.
2024年6月12日，芝加哥——聯合與芝加哥熊隊今天在奧黑爾國際機場合作支持特奧會。芝加哥熊隊的緊張端（Tight End）柯勒·凱梅特（Cole Kmet）在聯合的特奧會服務大使陪同下工作了一天，以幫助提高組織的旅行需求意識。
United launched the Special Olympics Service Ambassador (SOSA) Program in 2019, inviting Special Olympics athletes to work in airports as part-time employees. These employees welcome United customers, helping them locate check-in kiosks, showing them where to drop bags and also how to find TSA PreCheck lines. Beyond the lobby, SOSAs also help travelers with wayfinding, gate recovery, and assist with Agent on Demand. To-date, there are currently 18 SOSA workers at United hubs in Chicago, Houston, Denver and Washington, D.C., with further expansions to follow this year in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The airline has also sponsored Special Olympics Plane Pull competitions, supported local volunteer events and on a global level, the Special Olympics World Games.
聯合於2019年推出了特奧會服務大使（SOSA）計劃，邀請特奧會運動員以兼職員工身份在機場工作。這些員工歡迎聯合顧客，幫助他們找到辦理登機手續的自助服務櫃台，向他們展示哪裏放行李，以及如何找到TSA快速安檢通道。除了大廳，SOSA還能幫助旅客尋找路線、恢復航班，並協助代理人提供服務。到目前爲止，在芝加哥、休斯頓、丹佛和華盛頓特區的聯合中心，共有18名SOSA工人。今年，SOSA計劃在洛杉磯和舊金山進一步擴張。聯合還贊助了特奧會飛機拉力比賽，支持當地志願活動，以及在全球範圍內支持特奧會世界運動會。2018年9月，聯合宣佈推出新一輪特奧會Miles on a Mission衆籌活動，以慶祝與特奧會結盟20週年。
Last year, 4,000 Special Olympics athletes, coaches, Unified partners, and staff from North America traveled across the country and around the globe for sport and educational development, athletic competitions and leadership events. United supports Special Olympics by providing travel to the organization while encouraging its loyalty program members to donate their unused miles through the airline's industry-leading crowdsourcing program, Miles on a Mission. In addition, United's role as a sponsor of Special Olympics' annual Capitol Hill Day events helped to ensure that 49 Special Olympics Programs from 47 states had the opportunity to participate in more than 300 vital meetings between athletes and lawmakers in Washington, DC. Since 2017, United has contributed more than $8.5 million in travel miles and cash to support Special Olympics athletes.
聯合作爲特奧會的贊助商，通過爲組織提供旅行來支持特奧會，同時鼓勵其忠誠度計劃會員通過聯合領先的衆籌計劃Miles on a Mission捐贈未使用的里程。此外，聯合作爲特奧會每年Capitol Hill Day的贊助商之一，幫助49個州的49個特奧會計劃參加了在華盛頓特區舉行的300多個重要會議，使4000名特奧會運動員、教練、統一合作伙伴和員工能夠穿越國家和全球進行體育和教育發展、運動比賽和領導力活動。自2017年以來，聯合已經捐贈了超過850萬美元的旅遊里程和現金以支持特奧會運動員。
Today's unification between United and the Bears is just the latest way the organizations have shown their support.
聯合和熊隊的統一是這些組織展示他們支持特奧會的最新方式。
Chicago Bear Tight End Cole Kmet had a hard time keeping up with United SOSA Daniel Smrokowski. "Daniel's energy was tremendous. He was moving around all day, smiling and greeting each passerby that he interacted with. It was hard trying to keep up with him! Daniel is an inspiration, I'm proud and honored to have spent the day with my new friend."
芝加哥熊隊掌握極度，很難與聯合特奧會服務大使丹尼爾·斯莫科夫斯基（Daniel Smrokowski）並肩作戰。柯勒·凱梅特（Cole Kmet）說：“丹尼爾的能量特別強，他整天都在走動，微笑着迎接所有經過的路人互動。跟上他很難！丹尼爾是個榜樣，能與他共度一天，我感到自豪和榮幸。”
The Chicago Bears remain proud supporters of Special Olympics of Illinois, a connection and bond that dates back decades and carries strong into today.
芝加哥熊隊仍然是伊利諾伊特奧會的自豪支持者，這種聯繫和紐帶可以追溯到數十年前，直到今天都堅定不移。
The Special Olympics Service Ambassadors are gearing up for United's busiest summer season ever, with 5% more customers flying the airline this June, July and August.
聯合特奧會服務大使正在爲聯合史上最繁忙的夏季旅行季節做好準備，該季節比去年增長了5％。
"I've been a part of the United Airlines team as a Service Ambassador since the Service Ambassador position was created. I'm excited to not only have support from the Chicago Bears but to also see United expand our Service Ambassador team across hubs," said Smrokowski. "As athletes who are on teams, both ourselves as Special Olympics athletes and the Chicago Bears know the importance of collaboration and communication. We use those skills in the airport to help travelers."
"自特奧會服務大使職位創建以來，我一直是聯合航空隊伍的一員。我很高興不僅得到芝加哥熊隊的支持，還看到聯合在各個樞紐擴大了我們的特奧會服務大使團隊。"丹尼爾·斯莫科夫斯基（Daniel Smrokowski）說："作爲一個在團隊中的運動員，無論是我們自己作爲特奧會運動員還是芝加哥熊隊，都知道協作和溝通的重要性。我們將這些技能應用到機場幫助旅客。"
United has been a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion for eight years in a row and has consistently earned a top score on the Disability Equality Index. According to a 2018 report by the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire, only 19.1% of people with intellectual disabilities were employed in the United States compared to 61.8% for people without a disability
聯合連續八年成爲殘疾人包容性最佳工作場所，並在殘疾平等指數上保持了最高分數。根據新罕布什爾大學殘疾研究所於2018年發佈的報告，美國僅有19.1％的智力殘疾人口就業，相比之下，未殘疾人口就業率爲61.8％。
"Employing Special Olympics Service Ambassadors is truly a gift to both our United team and our customers in airports," said Omar Idris, Vice President United Airlines, Chicago O'Hare Hub. "Through the SOSA program and business resource groups like Bridge for people of all abilities, United Airlines strives to create an inclusive and dynamic workplace environment."
"聘用特奧會服務大使不僅是對我們聯合團隊和機場旅客的特別禮物，"聯合航空芝加哥奧黑爾中心負責人奧馬爾·伊德里斯（Omar Idris）說:"通過SOSA計劃和Bridge等所有人的資源組，聯合航空公司致力於創造一個包容性和充滿活力的工作環境。"
Some of the airline's measures to improve accessibility include:
一些提高無障礙性能力的措施包括：
- Plans to improve the travel experience for customers who use a wheelchair, including a new digital filter on United.com that helps determine which aircraft can accommodate different sized chairs, and refunding the fare difference if a higher-fare flight is needed to accommodate a specific wheelchair size.
- Last summer, United became the first U.S. airline to add Braille to aircraft interiors, helping millions of travelers with visual disabilities to more easily navigate the cabin independently. United expects to outfit its entire mainline fleet with Braille by the end of 2026.
- The United mobile app was recently redesigned to make it easier for people with visual disabilities to use. The app offers increased color contrast, more space between graphics and an enhanced display and announcement of information to better integrate with the screen reader technologies like VoiceOver and TalkBack.
- United's Inflight Seatback Entertainment screens offer a wide range of accessible features such as closed captioning, text-to-speech controls, magnification, explore-by-touch capabilities, audio-described movies, and adjustable and high-contrast text and color correction. As part of United Next, the airline's historic growth plan, the carrier expects to take delivery of about 700 new narrow and widebody aircraft by the end of 2032, all of which will include the latest in seatback screen entertainment options.
- 計劃改善使用輪椅的旅客的旅行體驗，包括在United.com上設置新的數字過濾器以確定哪種飛機可以容納不同大小的輪椅，並退還票價差價，如果需要，則可用於適應特定的輪椅尺寸。計劃改善使用輪椅的旅客的旅行體驗，包括在United.com上設置新的數字過濾器以確定哪種飛機可以容納不同大小的輪椅，並退還票價差價，如果需要，則可用於適應特定的輪椅尺寸。計劃改善使用輪椅的旅客的旅行體驗，包括在United.com上設置新的數字過濾器以確定哪種飛機可以容納不同大小的輪椅，並退還票價差價，如果需要，則可用於適應特定的輪椅尺寸。
- 去年夏天，美聯航成爲美國首家爲飛機內部添加盲文的航空公司，幫助數百萬視障旅客更容易獨立地在機艙中導航。美聯航預計到2026年底將其整個主力機隊裝備完盲文。美聯航的移動應用程序最近進行了重新設計，使視障人士更容易使用。該應用程序提供更高的色彩對比度，更多的圖形間距和增強的信息顯示和公告功能，以更好地與屏幕閱讀器技術（如VoiceOver和TalkBack）結合使用。
- 這個美聯航移動應用程序最近進行了重新設計，使視障人士更易於使用。該應用程序提供更高的色彩對比度，更多的圖形間距和增強的信息顯示和公告功能，以更好地與屏幕閱讀器技術（如VoiceOver和TalkBack）結合使用。
- 美聯航的機上座椅娛樂屏幕提供廣泛的可訪問功能，如封閉字幕、文本轉語音控制、擴大縮小、觸摸探索功能、音頻描述電影和可調節的高對比度文本和顏色校正。作爲美聯航歷史性增長計劃“United Next”的一部分，該航空公司預計到2032年底將交付大約700架新的單通道和寬體飛機，所有這些飛機都將包含最新的座椅屏幕娛樂選項。 美聯航的機上娛樂屏幕提供廣泛的可訪問功能，如封閉字幕、文本轉語音控制、擴大縮小、觸摸探索功能、音頻描述電影和可調節的高對比度文本和顏色校正。作爲美聯航歷史性增長計劃“United Next”的一部分，該航空公司預計到2032年底將交付大約700架新的單通道和寬體飛機，所有這些飛機都將包含最新的座椅屏幕娛樂選項。
Visit united.com/donate today to learn more about how you can donate miles to Special Olympics and become a MileagePlus Member for free.
立即訪問united.com/donate，了解如何捐贈里程數給特奧會並免費成爲MileagePlus會員。關於特奧會國際：
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About Special Olympics International
成立於1968年的特奧會是一項全球性運動，旨在消除對智力殘障人士的歧視。我們通過體育、教育、健康和領導力計劃促進對所有人的接受。擁有近四百萬運動員、統一運動合作伙伴、一百萬教練和志願者，在超過170個國家開展三十多種奧林匹克型運動和近5萬場比賽和競賽。與我們一起參與：X，Facebook，YouTube，Instagram，TikTok和LinkedIn。詳見SpecialOlympics.org。
Founded in 1968, Special Olympics is a global movement to end discrimination against people with intellectual disabilities. We foster acceptance of all people through the power of sport and programming in education, health and leadership. With nearly four million athletes and Unified Sports partners and one million coaches and volunteers in more than 170 countries, Special Olympics delivers more than 30 Olympic-type sports and nearly 50,000 games and competitions every year. Engage with us on: X, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn. Learn more at SpecialOlympics.org
關於特奧會國際：成立於1968年的特奧會是一項全球性運動，旨在消除對智力殘障人士的歧視。我們通過體育、教育、健康和領導力計劃促進對所有人的接受。擁有近四百萬運動員、統一運動合作伙伴、一百萬教練和志願者，在超過170個國家開展三十多種奧林匹克型運動和近5萬場比賽和競賽。與我們一起參與：X，Facebook，YouTube，Instagram，TikTok和LinkedIn。詳見SpecialOlympics.org。
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