Eastern Idaho Ninety-Nines

08/08/2026

Look at these adorable welcome gifts! 🌷 Big thanks to MD Nursery in Driggs for donating planter pots, wildflower seeds, and Poppy & Pout lip balms (locally handmade in Idaho Falls!) for our upcoming Northwest Section Meeting attendees. We are Grateful for community partners who show up for the Ninety-Nines!

MD Gals, You are amazing! ✈️💗 Our 99s are going to love these!

08/07/2026

✈️ Congratulations to our newest Private Pilot! ✈️

Huge congrats to Ella, one of our student pilot members on passing her PPL checkride! She got it done while home for summer break, finishing up her certificate with just enough time to pack her bags and head back to college.

From student pilot to Private Pilot — and now off to continue her studies in Aviation and Aerospace Science. We're so proud of you Ella and can't wait to see where your aviation journey takes you.

Congratulations! The Eastern Idaho ladies are all cheering you on. 💙

07/29/2026

07/29/2026

07/23/2026

Just 1 day left! 😎✈💟

Tin Cup is our chapter's primary fundraiser each year, helping us inspire young girls to dream of flight while supporting women of all ages pursuing their aviation goals.

To give you a sense of the impact your generosity has had, last year's Tin Cup funds helped us send the Teton Valley High School aviation teacher Mrs Hymas, to the AOPA STEM symposium, we launched the "Valley to the Sky" literacy program delivering aviation-themed books to local teachers for their classroom libraries, bringing real aviators into the classroom and sparking a love of flight in young readers. Tin cup funds also helped us provide scholarships to support women pursuing careers in flight, along with other projects throughout the year.

If you've been meaning to give, now is the time. Every dollar donated during this period qualifies for a share of matching funds from challengers, so your gift goes even further.

Click here to donate now---> https://tincupchallenge.org/nonprofits/eastern-idaho-chapter-of-the-ninety-nines

Thank you for standing behind our chapter and our mission.
We're grateful for your continued friendship and support. 😎✈💟

07/19/2026

What a day! 🧡✈️
Yesterday's Tin Cup Challenge brought out the best of our community: sunshine, generosity, and a whole lot of joy at Driggs City Park. Huge thanks to everyone who stopped by the Eastern Idaho 99s booth to learn about women in aviation, grab a sticker, or take on the giant Jenga tower, and of course, the real MVP of the day? Our airplane play structure. Turns out kids and their snow cones can't resist a good pretend flight! It was a popular spot at our booth all morning.

To the volunteers who showed up early, wore the shirts, and shared why this cause matters: thank you. And to the Community Foundation of Teton Valley for putting on this incredible event year after year, we're so grateful to be part of it.
This is exactly why Tin Cup matters: neighbors learning about neighbors, and a community deciding together what to invest in. If you missed us at the park, you can learn more about the Eastern Idaho 99s at our website www.idaho99s.org/eastern.

Tin cup giving period is open until July 24:
https://tincupchallenge.org/nonprofits/eastern-idaho-chapter-of-the-ninety-nines

Thank you !

07/17/2026

Tomorrow is Tin Cup Day! 🎉

Join us at Driggs City Park 9am-noon for the Tin Cup Fundraiser, our main fundraiser of the year! Come learn about the Eastern Idaho 99s and other local nonprofits, and help us make a difference.

What is Tin Cup, you ask?
Tin Cup is Teton Valley's biggest community giving event, where the community gathers at Driggs City Park each year. Since 2008, it's raised over $30 million for local nonprofits, with donations directly benefiting the causes people care about most. Donations made during Tin Cup are matched by generous local businesses and individual donors, so your gift goes even further. More than 60 nonprofits come out to share the work they do year-round to make this valley a better place to live, work, and play — including us!

Every dollar counts, and if you would like to support the work we do, this is the best time to give.

click here ---> https://tincupchallenge.org/nonprofits/eastern-idaho-chapter-of-the-ninety-nines

We are grateful to be part of this wonderful and supportive community. Hope to see you there!

07/17/2026

This is our gal!
Look how far you have come Julie, in such a short time too, we are so proud of you! Thank you for sharing your aviation journey.

2026 AE winner Julia Polasik of the Eastern Idaho 99s, Northwest Ninety-Nines finished her valuable Mountain and Canyon Flying course that will assist her to be a safer pilot in the back country.

On finishing the training, Julia commented:
"I went from being scared to make an emergency canyon turn on day 1 to being comfortable flying through the canyons and mountains in Idaho’s backcountry at low AGLs by the end of the course. That includes making stabilized approaches into backcountry airstrips in nonstandard patterns, and even getting unexpected tailwheel time in a Super Cub when my Cherokee didn’t have quite enough power to pull off the backcountry airstrip takeoffs. I couldn't be more grateful to have been given this once in a lifetime opportunity!"

Congratulations, Julia, for expanding your skill set and becoming a safer pilot!

07/16/2026

We are excited for Terry in her new role as President and looking forward to her visit to Teton Valley next month!

06/26/2026