This is such a cool idea, I wanted to mention it. My friend (and co-author on WordPress 2 Visual Quickstart Guide), Maria Langer, is a writer and helicopter pilot in Arizona. She's written about a great programme in the US — YOU Can Become an Aviation Angel:

Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum (TAM) is a non-profit organization with the following mission:

The mission of TAM is to encourage youth involvement in aviation as an alternative to drugs, gang violence and other self-destructive activities. The program offers elementary, middle, and high school students the opportunity to work one-on-one with qualified tutors, mentors and aviation staff five days per week. The program requires that students maintain above average grades and stay out of trouble. We have concluded that their newfound interest in aviation and relevant historical events improves their overall academic performance as well as their behavior in school.

TAM does this by offering flight school programs that are partially funded by corporate contributions and the contribution of member “angels.”

And back on the Internet tools topic: go watch the Google videos embedded on their Home and other pages. Since they're targeting young people they also have a MySpace page, plenty of large, interesting images, active and dynamic features on their pages, photo albums, and, of course, an RSS newsfeed.

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