Every Donation Counts

Jun 30

At just 15 years old, Taylor, one of our Women Build Planes team members, made a heartfelt contribution to our program that speaks volumes about the culture we’re creating at Habitat for Aviation. This summer, Taylor worked at a snack stand and rather than keeping the tips she earned, she chose to donate them to support our Women Build Planes initiative.

Taylor’s generosity is a testament to the sense of belonging and community we foster here—where every participant feels like an essential part of something bigger. Her donation has a big impact on our efforts to break down barriers for women in aviation and is a reminder that every bit of support, no matter the size, helps propel our work forward building planes and building confidence.

Thank you, Taylor, for showing us that true investment in a cause comes from the heart—and for reminding us that we’re all in this together!

Beth White

Education Possibilitarian, Artist, Writer, Doula, Mentor, Aviatrix, Breast Cancer Survivor, Pilot-in-Command at Habitat for Aviation

In the spring of 2022, Beth White emerged from a 10-month battle with breast cancer with an idea: to create an apprenticeship program at Franklin County State Airport where youth work alongside adult mentors servicing conventional and electric aircraft. A pilot and airplane mechanic apprentice herself, and with family roots in the trades, Habitat for Aviation provides an taxilane for world learning opportunities for youth and adults who love to work with their hands to enter the FAA’s apprenticeship certification track. Each day she puts systems in place that make real John Dewey’s philosophy that we “learn best what we live” – a deep throughline from her time at Antioch University New England and as Regional Director for Big Picture Learning. Each learning experience is grounded in relationships, relevance, and practice. In October, 2023, Habitat for Aviation launched its Women Build Planes program, where an all-female team of Modern Day Rosies is building an airplane at Franklin County Airport, in northwestern Vermont, to show folks everywhere that despite the fact that only 2.6% of airplane mechanics are female, women BUILD, FLY, and FIX airplanes.

Every Donation Counts

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