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REAL ID Requirement Takes Effect May 7, 2025
/in Newsroom/by ryanewingStarting May 7, 2025, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will require travelers to present a REAL ID-compliant license or another form of acceptable identification to pass through airport security checkpoints.
Travelers who do not have a REAL ID can still fly with one of several other valid forms of identification. View the full list of acceptable IDs on the TSA website.
To learn more about REAL ID, including how to obtain one and answers to common questions, visit the REAL ID FAQ page from the Department of Homeland Security.
For TSA-specific inquiries, refer travelers to TSA Customer Service.
Travelers Aid Highlighted in Bloomberg
/in Newsroom/by ryanewingAs the holiday travel season ramps up, some Travelers Aid volunteers and staff shared their ‘secret sauce’ to navigating airports in an interview with Bloomberg’s Mary Schlangenstein.
Read more here.
TAI 2023 Soars in Philadelphia
/in Newsroom/by ryanewingBeginning with sweeping sunset views from the Pyramid Club at the opening reception both new and current members and staff connected and enjoyed some friendly icebreaker competitions and Philly-inspired appetizers!
Over the next two days, attendees engaged in thought-provoking discussions and delved into sessions and panels led by experts in volunteer management, grant writing, social enterprise, aviation, food insecurity, harm prevention, solutions to end generational poverty, homelessness, optimizing online presence for non-profits, human trafficking, guided tours and more!
Here are a few photo highlights:
Travelers Aid Airport Programs Director Shares Passion for Volunteer Programs
/in Newsroom/by ryanewingSenior Director of Airport Programs, Jane Mrosko, provides an inside, 360 view of the passion and commitment that fuels the volunteers and volunteer programs at Travelers Aid at John F. Kennedy International Airport!
Webinar Series #6 – Community Partnerships
/in Webinars/by ryanewingTAI Webinar #6 addressed the issue of community partnerships, featuring a presentation by Ceciley Bradford, MS, MBA, chief financial officer at Families Forward Philadelphia. Ceciley guided participants through the partnering process, emphasizing the importance of clarifying and communicating your need, self-evaluation, isolating your impact and leveraging your strengths.
Journeys December 2021
/in Journeys/by ryanewingMemories from the 2021 Travelers Aid International Annual Conference
/in Newsroom/by ryanewingJourneys July 2021
/in Uncategorized/byRegistration now open for TAI annual conference; Takeaways from Human Trafficking 101 webinar; Staff Spotlight on Christine Carolan
Journeys June 2021
/in Journeys/byTWA Hotel, here we come!; Upward Transitions event raises $90,000; Board Spotlight on David Fleming; Five things we love about PHL
Webinar Series #5 — Human Trafficking 101
/in Webinars/by ryanewingHuman Trafficking 101 was the subject of TAI’s fifth educational webinar, which took place on June 17 and was presented by Summar Ghia, director of Chicago’s Heartland Human Care Services’ Freedom from Trafficking Program since December 2019.