United Airlines Checks In with Older Californians to Ensure Well-Being

United Airlines is teaming up with Listos California – a campaign by the Governor's Office of Emergency Services that helps vulnerable Californians prepare for disasters – to help address the significant health risks faced by older state residents isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Approximately 300 of the company's employees in Los Angeles,San Francisco and San Jose will dedicate their time to make tens of thousandsof wellness calls to vulnerable Californians each week, checking in on themwhile providing a much-needed personal connection during this time of crisis.

United is a founding partner of this innovative SocialBridging Project, which is being launched in partnership with CommunityEmergency Response Teams (CERT) trained volunteers affiliated with local publicsafety agencies, and gerontology students at California State University,Sacramento. Governor Gavin Newsom recently called for support connecting witholder residents through his "Stay Home. Save Lives. Check In."initiative, led by the California Department of Aging.

The announcement is an extension of a broader partnershipbetween United and the state of California, including efforts to provide free,round-trip flights for doctors, nurses and other medical professionals fromacross the country to help treat patients in this time of unprecedented need. Unitedhas flown more than 100 healthcare volunteers into and out of California toareas most impacted by COVID-19 since the partnership was launched.

Beyond the free medical flights and its involvement in theSocial Bridging Project, the airline's employees have also volunteered atemergency distribution sites; have donated dental kits, ear plugs, eye shades,hygiene items, socks, tissues, amenity kits, food, and pillows; operated cargocharter flights to moved PPE, medical equipment, mail and other general cargo,and operated repatriation flights returning nearly 17,000 people home who werestranded abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic.