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Happy Holidays Everyone!
We will be having our Annual Holiday Party on Thursday, December 12th at 6pm at Pilot Pete’s, Schaumburg. Dinner is $25 per person and includes a salad, choice of Lemon Butter Chicken or Salmon, tax and tip. RSVP and pay through our “Donate” tab on our website. Bring an aviation themed gift for our Toys for Tots drive and participate in our Cookie tasting for $5. A flyer is attached.
What: Holiday Party
When: Thursday, December 12th, 6pm
Where: Pilot Pete’s, Schaumburg
How much: $25 per person
Looking forward to seeing you all there!
Our annual resume and scholarship workshop is this Tuesday, October 22nd at Lewis University. Bring your resume to receive input on format and content. In addition, we will also discuss how to put together a winning scholarship packet and if you have your essay, we will be happy to give feedback on that as well.
What: Resume and Scholarship workshop
When: Tuesday, October 22nd, 7pm
Where: Harold E White building, Lewis University, Romeoville
Scholarships are due November 12th for both Women in Aviation International and Chicago’s Leading Edge. Remember you can apply for three from WAI (and win one) and apply for both from CLE (and win one). Chicago’s Leading Edge is offering two scholarships this year, both are a $1500 award. We have one specifically for flight training and the other for tuition expenses in an aviation field. Attached are our applications and if you aren’t officially a member yet, an application for membership is also attached (it is free!).
Resume & Scholarship Workshop at Lewis University:
On October 22nd, Tuesday @ 7pm, there will be a Resume & Scholarship Workshop at Lewis University, Harold A White Aviation building. This is a great opportunity for members looking to learn about how to build a professional resume, groom their resume (if they have one already) and applying for upcoming scholarships. We hope to see as many of you out there as possible!
Mark your calendars for our Annual Membership/Chapter Meeting!
Our Annual Membership/Chapter meeting is already around the corner and the date is set for November 12th @6pm at Palmer Place in La Grange. We will have an overview of 2019 and discuss the upcoming year of 2020!
The address is
Palmer Place
56 South La Grange Road
La Grange, IL 60525
Thank you for keeping up with the emails,
We hope you enjoy the rest of your week!
We hope everyone is enjoying the last of the summer as we transition into Fall! Speaking of Fall, we wanted to send out this newsletter to share what our amazing and dedicated officers and members have been up to lately.
On September 11th:
Our members met up for a viewing of “You Are Here: A Come From Away Story” – a Canadian documentary featuring the town of Gander in Newfoundland helping 38 airliners and 6,500 stranded passengers during the tragic events of 9/11. Our members had great discussions about the documentary over dinner afterwards.
What’s upcoming!!
We have our 8th Annual Sky’s the Limit: Girl’s In Aviation Day coming up at Lewis University on October 5th, Saturday! We’re in our final stages of preparation and finalized our volunteer and attendee list! Thank you Barb Buckner and all those who have helped us up to now!!
Sky’s the Limit: Girl’s in Aviation Day is all about introducing the next generation of young women in our community to learn and explore the vast fields in aviation. We bring in professional pilots, mechanics, Air Traffic Controllers, dispatchers, operation specialists and many more to discuss the important role each career presents and share their unique stories of how they all got here.
We would to thank Lewis University for providing our venue and our corporate sponsors Signature Flight Support and Exelon for making our 8th Annual Sky’s the Limit: Girl’s in Aviation Day happen!
November 12th, Scholarship DEADLINE:
As we welcome our new Scholarship Chair- Sherry Bailey-Schutt – sschutt67@gmail.com – we would like to take this opportunity to remind candidates that meet the requirement that our 2 Scholarships (each $1,500) deadlines are approaching. For more information please visit our Chicago’s Leading Edge – Scholarship or contact Sherry.
Please reach out to us with any questions!
It is SCHOLARSHIP season! This year we are offering a total of $3000 in two substantial awards:
- $1500 towards flying or a rating
- $1500 towards educational expenses
Did you know that Chicago’s Leading Edge has been giving out scholarships exclusively to our members since 2012? And in that time we have awarded nearly $16,000 to local members! Because we offer our scholarships only to CLE members in good standing, you are eligible to apply for three from Women in Aviation International-Scholarships (and win one) AND apply for both of ours (and win one)! The deadlines are the same, November 12th, see the attached applications and contact us with questions.
If you couldn’t make the production or just can’t get enough-join us at South Barrington AMC on September 11th to see the background of this amazing story. Purchase tickets through Fandango AND if you would like to join us for dinner at Lucky Monk, 105 Hollywood Blvd, South Barrington, IL 60010 at 5pm for dinner beforehand, reply to this email.
When: September 11th 7pm
Where: AMC South Barrington 24
175 Studio Drive
South Barrington, IL 60010
Cost: $13.33
Sunday, August 25th-EAA #579 Young Eagles Rally 7:30am-1:30pm to volunteer email: youngeagles579@gmail.com
Wednesday, August 28th-Inaugural Women in Scouting fundraiser at Garlands of Barrington, 6:30pm $50 (see attached flyer)
We know it’s blazing hot outside, but we’re looking forward to cooler temps this fall so we can rock our new and improved 1/4 zips! Upon much request, we have revamped our chapter attire: The Tonal Blend 1/4 Zip Pullover is made from 100% lightweight sublimated polyester moisture management/antimicrobial fabric. Features include self fabric collar with 7″ locking zipper, thumb hole in sleeves and an embroidered Chapter logo on the front left. We are offering WOMEN AND MEN sizes.
Please order accordingly! Each 1/4 zip is $40 (2XL +$3) and payment can be made through the Fundraising Page Donate tab on our chicagosleadingedge.org website. SHIPPING IS NOT AVAILABLE. Method of pickup will be from future chapter events. In some cases, arrangement for pickup with Karyn can be made, but not guaranteed.
Order your new Chicago’s Leading Edge 1/4 zip today through our Eventbrite site!
We are taking orders now through TUESDAY, AUGUST 13th.
Due to scheduling conflicts, a few of our members that originally reserved tickets to see Come From Away can no longer attend. As a result, we are allowing any chapter members who are interested to claim these tickets. We are officially have FOUR tickets available for this event – they will be determined on a first come first served basis.
This incredible show is about a small town in Canada that took in the passengers of diverted flights on 9/11. And how the whole town and the 7,000 stranded passengers & flight crew came together over a period of tragic and confusing days…We’ve reserved a block of tickets for August 14th at 7:30pm. Our ticket block is in the front of the balcony, and tickets are $71 each. Payment will be made to the Chicago’s Leading Edge Paypal account. chicagosleadingedge.org
Respond to chicagosleadingedge.org with your RSVP if you’re interested in joining us and reserving one of our remaining tickets! Again, first come, first served!
We have an exclusive opportunity to offer young ladies ages 14+ to get a behind the scenes look at the Red Arrows, who will be in town for the Chicago Air and Water show! Participants will be bussed down to Gary to tour the Red Arrows operation and be given a briefing before the pilots depart for their performance for the show. Please reply to this email if you have a teenage girl who would like to attend.
Who: Royal Airforce aerobatic team, the Red Arrows
When: August 17th
Where: Gary airfield (transportation provided)
Why: Provide teenage young ladies an inside look at their operations
Visit their website to learn about the Red Arrows
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