3 Donate Time for Departing Airline Staff

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Jon Wee and Owen Morse of The Passing Zone and Steve Rizzo have joined together to impart optimism and empower staff at a soon-to-close American Airlines call center in Windsor, CT. The private event for the 500 employees of the American Airlines call center will be held September 8 at 7 p.m. at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville. All costs associated with the event have been sponsored.

The event, themed Don’t Stop Believin’ brings together five industries that have been hit by the current economy in an act of mutual support. Rizzo learned of the pending closure from the workers at the Windsor call center; he decided he should help the departing workers find opportunity and optimism through this difficult time. He called upon his friends Wee and Morse of The Passing Zone to assist him and enlisted the aid of Diane Goodman, owner of Goodman Speakers Bureau.

The event will convey the message that in times of economic distress, opportunities don’t disappear, but simply manifest in new and different ways.

"These are trying times," says Steve, "It's time we all look at the big picture and ask ourselves what it is that we can do to help each other." The message: "Pay it forward.”

For additional information, or to arrange coverage, contact Darby O’Brien, 413-533-7045, darbyo@darbyobrien.com.