by Rich Pickett | Apr 29, 2014 | Bahamas travel, Flying, Greater Good
A Little Background In 2010, over a span of 3 weeks, with the generous support of aircraft owners who gave me access to their planes, friends who helped financially, and those that helped with flying, I was able to make over 70 flights in support of earthquake relief...
by Rich Pickett | Jan 18, 2013 | Greater Good
Powerful images captured by Robert Caplin From vimeo: The following are some random video clips taken from my brief trip to Haiti with an organization called Corporate Aviation Responding in Emergencies (C.A.R.E.) which is a group of volunteers from the business...
by Rich Pickett | Mar 3, 2010 | Greater Good
USA Today covered furloughed professionals in a variety of occupations and what they’re spending their free time on. Rich Pickett, chief information officer at San Diego State University, is a pilot who used furlough and vacation days to fly earthquake relief...
by Rich Pickett | Feb 17, 2010 | Greater Good
Cross-posted from San Diego State University’s blog: Our time helping in Haiti, while very intense, was a small snippet of what is being provided by thousands of individuals and organizations helping that country. Everyone we met had a common goal, that is...
by Rich Pickett | Feb 9, 2010 | Greater Good
The Chronicle of Higher Education’s blog posted a short interview of our relief efforts in Haiti. The San Diego State University chief information officer has been flying people and supplies back and forth to Haiti since last week. Now, as he talks to a reporter...
by Rich Pickett | Feb 8, 2010 | Greater Good
I’ve posted some lengthy recounts of my time in Haiti over the past week flying relief missions to Port au Prince, Jacmel and other areas of Haiti. You can read all the posts over on San Diego State University’s blog. Below are some excerpts from my...
