Sat, Jun 11, 2011
Nonprofit Focuses Efforts On Introducing Young Girls To
Aviation-Related Occupations
Girls With Wings, Inc. has announced their 5th Annual
Scholarship Program. The application packet requires an essay with
photo stating why the applicant believes she is a role model for
Girl With Wings, to include her motivation, inspirations and future
plans. Applicants must not have yet received a private pilot's
license but have completed her solo. Entries are to be received
between July 1st and July 31st, 2011.
At least two scholarship winners will be selected and eligible
for $1000 to be used toward flying lessons. The fund is currently
$2600 – and the option of an additinal scholarship is a
possibility. The awardees agree to submit three updates with
pictures taken during flight training and a final essay summarizing
how the scholarship helped her, what she learned and her intent to
continue her work as a Girls With Wings role model.
Last year’s winners were Janice Hernandez, a student of
aviation management at Mt San Antonio College/Southern Illinois
University, and Rose Bridges, an Air Force ROTC cadet at Florida
State University. They are both on the GWW message board and their
final essays are available on the GWW website.
Girls With Wings, Inc., is a nonprofit organization that focuses
its efforts on introducing young girls to their role models in
aviation-related occupations. Website activities and inspirational
stories of women involved in various fields of aviation will
motivate girls to pursue their own skyward adventures. Fundraising
for outreach activities is done through the sales of Girls With
Wings merchandise designed to let everyone know, “Yes, Girls
Can Fly!” While some may view some of our products as just
t-shirts, we believe that it is in fact a statement about the
potential of girls to be intimately connected with Aviation (and
other Science, Technology, Engineering and Math based fields) from
the time they are born.
Girls With Wings is a nonprofit organization using aviation to
entertain and educate girls about their limitless opportunities for
personal growth via an interactive website and presentations to
girls groups and organizations. The scholarships are funded through
private donations.
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