It’s fitting that five years after our boy slipped the surly bonds of earth, Calder’s name once again adorns a graceful Boeing 727. This plane that we affectionately call Awesome Onewill be publicly displayed at Miami International Airport. The 727-223 registered as
Thank you for being #AWESOME Thank you for unleashing your #Awesome at The Caleb & Calder Sloan Awesome Foundation’s House of Awesome 3 at Promax! It was a trifecta of giving! Our Party with a Purpose packed 2,500 backpacks full of supplies for LA’s homeless kids. The raffle generated over $2,000 in
Caleb and Calder Sloan’s Awesome Foundation returns to the 2019 Promax Conference on Thursday, June 6, to stuff backpacks for homeless kids in Los Angeles. In its third year, the House of Awesome will host conference attendees as they pack backpacks full of school supplies and write inspirational notes for kids accompanied by a
The tragic death of a boy electrocuted in a North Miami swimming pool in April has raised alarm among parents — and now water safety experts are warning families to take extra caution as kids get revved up for Memorial Day weekend and summer vacation. Calder Sloan, a vivacious and athletic 7-year-old, died
TALLAHASSEE On a warm day last April, exactly one week after his seventh birthday, Calder Sloan plunged into the pool behind his North Miami home. He raced underwater toward the light in the deep end, as he had done dozens of times before. But when he reached out his arm and touched his
PromaxBDA and Caleb and Calder Sloan’s Awesome Foundation invite attendees to this year’s conference in New York City to come stuff pencil packs and do some social good all while having fun on Thursday, June 14 at the Midtown Hilton. Volunteers will assemble packs full of school supplies for homeless school children,
We went immediately into survival mode, dodging our way through crowds of people at Miami Beach’s Pride Weekend to drive to the hospital to face the unfathomable. Words cannot explain what it’s like walking into a morgue to see your lifeless son. And only being given a short time to kiss his by
DEAR FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY: As many of you know Carla, Caleb, and I and our family lost our incredible, big hearted, and brilliant 7-year old son Calder “Mr. Awesome” Sloan on Sunday. He passed away due to a tragic and bizarre accident. Calder was an AvGeek from the beginning. He
Thanks to so many of you, Spirit Airlines and Lufthansa Technik, The Puerto Rico Care-Lift,distributed over $225,000 worth of hurricane relief supplies to the people of the battered island of Puerto Rico, with the last of the supplies being delivered last week. You made a huge difference in giving these suffering Americans hope and sustaining
