{"id":10242,"date":"2018-03-13T21:27:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T21:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=10242"},"modified":"2018-03-13T21:27:27","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T21:27:27","slug":"two-aviation-organizations-close-the-gap-through-joint-scholarship-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/aviation-education\/two-aviation-organizations-close-the-gap-through-joint-scholarship-campaign\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Two Aviation Organizations Close the Gap through Joint Scholarship Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Rachelle,
Rachelle, with I Hart Flying<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two nonprofits, separated by more than 2,000 miles, east to west coast, recently launched a joint scholarship effort to bring attention to the gender gap and lack of diverse talent in aviation, specifically pilots.<\/p>\n

Through a creative joint effort, east coast\u2019s Liftoff Learning and west coast\u2019s I Hart Flying Foundation have teamed up to offer flight scholarships over a 6-week themed \u2018scholarship showdown\u2019 social media campaign. With the lack of qualified pilots looming over the aviation industry, both organizations, founded on the mission to advance youth in aviation and flight training, refused to sit by and not act. Liftoff Learning and I Hart Flying realized breaking down silos and working together is one of many ways to partner and grow talent of diverse aviation and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) professionals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was given the gift of flight in 2010 which steered my passion for aviation,\u201d shared Rachelle, founder of I Hart Flying, based near Pasadena, Ca. I Hart Flying – especially given March is Women\u2019s History Month and having celebrated International Women\u2019s Day on March 8 \u2013 aims to offer more access to young women who wish to fly, have the dream of becoming a pilot, yet resources are limited. Rachelle is an accomplished aviator who currently holds a commercial single-pilot jet type rating, having flown general aviation, corporate and military aircraft, warbirds, and rotorcraft. With philanthropy at her core, \u201cNow I have a chance to pay it forward for more young women to explore the joy of flying with fellow partners, donors and aviation enthusiasts joining our efforts!\u201d Rachelle already completed outreach events and secured several key partners across the industry such as the Experimental Aviation Association (EAA), Bose Corporation, JetAviva, Base Turn and Aviation Life clothing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited at the opportunity to bring the gift of flight to young people who may otherwise find pursuing a pilot’s license an unattainable goal,\u201d expressed Liftoff Learning\u2019s founders. \u201cThrough this scholarship, we hope to inspire a diverse group of aspiring aviators to follow their passion.\u00c2\u00a0 By documenting and sharing the journey to becoming a certificated Private Pilot we hope to help more than just this year’s scholarship winner gain their wings.\u201d This growing organization, based near Richmond, Va., uses mixed-media, interactive, hands-on personalized experiences to attract youth into STEM and aviation programs.<\/p>\n

Today marks the official launch date for these two high-energy aviation organizations to excite youth, provide financial opportunities for young people through scholarships, allowing them to realize their dream of flight. Each organization have set scholarship criteria and application details, made available on their websites. It\u2019s expected final recipients will be selected in April or May 2018, with flight training to follow shortly after the scholars are announced publically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two nonprofits, separated by more than 2,000 miles, east to west coast, recently launched a joint scholarship effort to bring attention to the gender gap and lack of diverse talent in aviation, specifically pilots. Through a creative joint effort, east coast\u2019s Liftoff Learning and west coast\u2019s I Hart Flying Foundation have teamed up to offer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation-education"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/I-Hart-Flying__School-Outreach.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10245,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10242\/revisions\/10245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}