Airport Festival planned for June 16

The Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce, The North Houston-Greenspoint Chamber of Commerce, and The Humble Area Chamber of Commerce are excited to announce the 25th Anniversary IAH Bush Intercontinental Airport Festival on Saturday, June 16th at the Continental Airlines Hangar, from 12 noon until 4 PM.
In addition, our annual scholarship award luncheon will be held at Wyndham Greenspoint on Thursday, June 14th. Last year 12 deserving scholars were awarded $1500 college scholarships! This year we are also pleased to fund our 6th annual scholarship in memory of news reporter, Barbara Olson, who died in the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon.
The IAH Bush Intercontinental Airport Festival will be held on Saturday, June 16, 2007, noon-4:00 p.m. at the Continental Airlines 777 Hangar, Building E at 4849 Wright Road. This family-centered event is a fun and educational way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

Admission is $10 for adults in advance, $15 at the gate and children 3-12 years is $5. The ticket price includes food tickets good at the food and beverage booths.
This year’s festival theme is “IAH-Houston’s Silver Lining”. Popular attractions include static displays of F-16s, a C-130, the Fed-Ex Wide-body, the Hurricane Hunter, helicopters and antique airplanes from the Lone Star Flight Museum.
Pilots will be on hand and families can climb inside to see the inner workings of these aviation marvels. Children will enjoy games sponsored by Texas Children’s Hospital, Search and Rescue dogs, the mounted Airport Rangers and lots of prizes. The Art Cars, EMS vehicles, food and beverage vendors and musical entertainment will also be on hand. Sponsoring corporations and local organizations will showcase their organizations in the Expo Area. Each hour there will be drawings for prizes, including trips donated by airlines to destinations around the world.
Corporate sponsors for this year’s event include Continental Airlines, the North Harris Montgomery Community College District, Aramco, Centerpoint Energy, HNTB Engineers, Texas Children’s Hospital, and All Right Parking. Countless organizations and volunteers will also be supporting this year’s event.
For more information or to order event tickets, contact the Chamber nearest you: Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce at 281-440-4160; the Humble Area Chamber of Commerce at 281-445-2128 or the North Houston Greenspoint Chamber of Commerce at 281-442-8701. Tickets are also available at these Continental Federal Credit Union locations: inside IAH at gate C-45, downtown at 500 Jefferson, Suite 250 and at the Continental Reservation Center, 900 Grand Plaza Drive at Beltway 8 and Ella (use the Veteran’s Memorial exit). It should be noted that this is a rain or shine event.