Our Annual Membership meeting will be held November 10th at 7pm via Zoom. Email chicagosleadingedge@gmail.com for login information. Hope to see you there!
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The 2020 Scholarships are due November 10th! Women in Aviation International is giving out over one hundred different scholarships. See all the opportunities here: https://www.wai.org/education/scholarships. Chicago’s Leading Edge is offering three $1500 awards; one for Tuition, Flight Training, and Maintenance. All three applications are attached as well as our Membership application, which is required. You may apply for three scholarships from WAI and win one AND apply for two from CLE and win one. We will be holding our annual Scholarship and Resume workshop virtually this year! We will use Zoom and you can submit your resume ahead of time for live feedback. Chicago’s Leading Edge is proud to be awarding three $1500 scholarships this year; one for flight training, one for maintenance training, and a third for general tuition. One of the great benefits of being a member of Women in Aviation International and Chicago’s Leading Edge is that you may apply for three scholarships from national (and win one) and apply for two from CLE (and win one). Applications and a chapter membership application are attached as well as this link to WAI scholarships. Scholarship applications are due November 10th. When: October 6, 2020, at 7 pm Who: Anyone interested in feedback or tips on resumes and scholarship applications. Where: Zoomhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84472299674?pwd=Mlp4ZG4wSXlKSTFEanlwQ1JtZWlkZz09 Meeting ID: 844 7229 9674 Passcode: 390764 How: Submit resume to this email address by October 1st and sign in to the session at 7 pm on the 6th Sherry, our Scholarship chair, will be discussing resumes, and Maureen, our President, will provide tips on scholarship applications. See you there! Secondly, we’ll hold elections for the positions of Vice President and Secretary via Survey Monkey that will run from Oct. 6-15, 2020. Join us in voting for our new leadership!  Countdown to Sixth Annual Girls in Aviation Day! As a chapter, we’ll be promoting GIAD to local groups and handing out the backpacks (contents pictured below) on September 26th. We are asking you to spread the word along with the flyer. The pick-up locations for backpacks and t-shirts are: North First Presbyterian Arlington Heights, 302 N Denton Ave, 10am-4pm South Oak Lawn Library, 9427 Raymond Ave, 10am-4pm  Chicago’s Leading Edge is now accepting officer nominations for the positions of Vice President and Secretary. Each position includes a two year term and new officers will receive training from the outgoing VP and Secretary. If you would like to nominate yourself, please respond to this email and tell us which position you’d like to run for and include a short biography. We encourage every member in good standing to consider running for a leadership position. Serving our membership in any capacity is an opportunity to both learn and mentor. It is an opportunity to lead and fulfill our mission of encouraging and advancing women in all aviation career fields. Your contribution will make a great difference in someone’s life, career and in our industry. Below is a brief overview of the open positions. If this sounds interesting to you, don’t be shy about nominating yourself. Vice President
Secretary
“In these difficult times, we hope all our members are faring well. If your career feels on hold, we want to suggest that you use this time to polish your resume and increase your competitive edge for when opportunities arise again. Chicago’s Leading Edge will soon be announcing $4500 in scholarships and Women in Aviation International has announced their offerings: https://www.wai.org/education/scholarships. The announcement on the various scholarships will be made on August 1st, 2020. All applications are due November 10, 2020 and the awardees will be announced in December, 2020. We will hold a Virtual online Resume/Application session soon and send out a reminder to the members who want to participate. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, events for May, June and July have been canceled. We’ll keep you updated on the status of fall events when we can. Thank you all for your continued support! If you have news for the Chapter newsletter, please email chicagosleadingedge@gmail.com Happy Monday Everyone! April is National Volunteer Month and Chicago’s Leading Edge has some great volunteer opportunities! We are looking for help with the following events. If something piques your interest, please let us know! Volunteering is a great way give back to the aviation community and a fun way to represent Chicago’s Leading Edge!
Thanks in advance for all your hard work!
The 2020 fundraiser is scheduled for February 20, 2020 at Fitz’s Spare Key’s in Elmhurst. We’ll have a great trivia night with tons of silent auction items! There are also many food and drink specials! There is a $10 cover charge at the door and donations are welcome. All proceeds from the event will go towards funding scholarships and outreach events to assist and encourage young people in aviation careers. |
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