{"schemaVersion":"pre.site.v1","id":"70eaa7a3-2e4e-4710-a386-98cef8332227","route":"/blog/together-we-thrive","site":{"id":"e8ce061a-cd0a-4f89-b61d-e7cf0d4534dc","slug":"flying-over-time","name":"Flying Over Time","canonicalDomain":"flyingovertime.org","currentCampaign":"Spirit100"},"meta":{"title":"Together We Thrive","description":"The Spirit of St. Louis Lands in Las Vegas: Flying Over Time and the Foster Care Chamber of Commerce announce youth exhibitions, drone demonstrations, and the Spirit100 campaign.","section":"blog","publishedAt":"2026-10-08T16:47:21.309875+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T16:47:21.309875+00:00","canonicalUrl":"https://flyingovertime.org/blog/together-we-thrive","seo":{"readingMinutes":3}},"source":{"kind":"supabase","revision":"c86c5a22-d752-455c-a35c-947f8e35be61","version":1,"digest":"45b3391e8085adb69fce84ee9e28f76912646434e8bf52135e572eed0ecd8a28"},"navigation":[{"route":"/about","label":"About","order":10},{"route":"/programs","label":"Programs","order":20},{"route":"/events","label":"Events","order":40},{"route":"/contact","label":"Contact","order":50},{"route":"/media","label":"Media","order":60},{"route":"/blog","label":"Blog","order":70}],"blocks":[{"type":"hero","title":"Together We Thrive","summary":"The Spirit of St. Louis Lands in Las Vegas","eyebrow":"Press release · October 8, 2026","actions":[{"label":"Download press release (PDF)","href":"/media/documents/FOT-Spirit100-PR-100826.pdf","style":"primary"}],"variant":"archive"},{"type":"prose","markdown":"Media contact: Pace Ellsworth | pace@flyingovertime.org | 480-636-0927\n\nDate: October 8, 2026\n\nLAS VEGAS (Saturday, October 24, 2026 | 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.): World Market Center Las Vegas | Free and open to all young adults\n\nBefore the Spirit of St. Louis made history, the idea behind it was turned down. Donald A. Hall designed it anyway, and the world changed. Ninety Nine years later, Flying Over Time is bringing that foundation to create representation with accessibility for opportunity with our youth, and foster youth.\n\n## A City Gave a Day. We Are Giving It Back.\n\nThe City of Las Vegas has proclaimed October 24 Foster Care Chamber of Commerce Day. Rather than celebrate itself, the Chamber is giving every hour to foster youth, their families and the partners who stand with them.\n\n\"The city gave us a day, so we're giving the day back to our kids and our community,\" said Hunter Cain, founder and executive director of the Foster Care Chamber of Commerce.\n\n## Flight Itinerary\n\n- **October 23:** Partnered mini-expo for foster youth at CSN. We will debut the qualifications and discussions for PRE-VUE Vegas. Early Registration.\n- **October 24:** Our debut 100th exhibition model teaching the history, impact, and significance of Donald Hall and the Spirit of St. Louis, complete with original blueprints and equipment models.\n- **PRE-VUE, VEGAS:** The launch of Flying Over Time's STEM Challenge in environmental science, aviation technology and aquatic systems, with leagues for ages 14 to 18 and 18 to 24, including dedicated foster care and transitional age youth leagues, building toward a May 2027 finale\n- **DRONE DEMO CERTIFICATION:** A live drone demo introducing recreational flying and the path to an FAA Part 107 commercial pilot license\n\n## Why Your Gift Matters Now\n\nLas Vegas is the first city in the Spirit100 campaign. $19,000 opens the exhibit and puts 19 students in Roots2Wings drone classes. $27,000 funds 27 students and brings Nova Hall, grandson of Donald A. Hall, to Las Vegas to deliver the keynote in person. Forty percent of every gift goes directly to student classes.\n\n\"Not every future engineer looks like one at fifteen,\" Hall said. \"Sometimes all it takes is exposure, opportunity and one person who sees that spark.\"\n\nA new flight, for a new era. The journey toward the great centennial begins here.\n\n**Be that one person.** Give: [FlyingOverTime.org/donate](http://flyingovertime.org/donate). Learn more: [FosterCareChamber.com/WeThrive](http://fostercarechamber.com/WeThrive)\n\nPresented by the Foster Care Chamber of Commerce with Flying Over Time, in partnership with MCON and the City of Las Vegas.\n\n## About Flying Over Time\n\nFlying Over Time is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that honors Donald A. Hall Sr., designer and chief engineer of the Spirit of St. Louis, and uses aviation history to build youth pathways into STEM and aviation. Its Spirit 100 campaign leads to the 100th anniversary of the 1927 flight. Learn more at flyingovertime.org."},{"type":"cta","heading":"Download the press release","actions":[{"label":"Download press release (PDF)","href":"/media/documents/FOT-Spirit100-PR-100826.pdf","style":"primary"}]}]}