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Soroptimist International is an international women's
organization for
business and professional
women who work to improve the lives of
women and girls, in local
communities
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Almost 95,000 Soroptimists in 120 countries and territories
contribute time and financial support
to community-based and international projects that benefit women and
girls.
There are 3,000 Soroptimist International clubs. |
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The
Golden West
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serves
the geographic area of:
San Bernardino and Riverside Counties of California;
Arizona,
except Yuma County,
New Mexico and
El Paso County in Texas. |
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There are 58
Clubs in the Golden West Region. |
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Soroptimist members belong to
local clubs which determine the focus of
volunteer work in their communities. Club
projects can range from renovating domestic
violence shelters and providing mammograms to
low-income women, to sponsoring self-esteem
workshops for teenage girls. |
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Soroptimist clubs also
offer their members opportunities for friendship with other
professional and business women in their communities and
leadership training.. |
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If you are interested in Soroptimist
membership
Read more...... |
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Soroptimist Club Projects |
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Link here to read
about Golden West Region
Club Projects
Region clubs have partnered with other organizations or
created programs in their communities
to assist women and girls. |
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Ten GWR clubs have joined
together to establish and support these
residential recovery
homes for alcoholic and chemically dependent women.
Soroptimist House of Hope. |
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Soroptimist Club Award Programs |
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Women's Opportunity Award
To apply
for the cash
grants to assist women entering or re-entering the workforce
go to the
SIA website for
the application and to see if you are eligible.
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The Soroptimist Ruby Award
honors women who
have worked to improve the lives of women and girls through
their professional and/or volunteer work.
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Soroptimist Projects |
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Soroptimist's
campaign against Sex Trafficking:
Slavery is a harsh reality for millions of people the
world over who find themselves trapped in an exploitative and abusive
system, bought and sold like objects, and treated with no dignity or
human decency.
Read more..............
Soroptimist International has joined the 'Stop the
Traffik’ Coalition.
‘STOP THE TRAFFIK’ is a global movement against the
trafficking of people. It has more than 1,000 member organizations in 50
countries and a grass roots following of ordinary activists around the
world. |
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Soroptimist International Projects |
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Soroptimists worldwide have overwhelmingly chosen to
join together to use our tools of
Awareness, Advocacy, and Action to empower
women and girls through the long term topic of Education and Leadership.
Read more........ |
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Soroptimist
International
2007–2011 Quadrennial
Project |
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Project Sierra
In Partnership with
Hope and Homes for Children |
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Transforming the lives of deprived women and children
in Sierra Leone, West Africa. |
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What the Project
Accomplished: |
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129
young mothers caring for and providing for their
babies independently having completed their
education or vocational training. |
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200 families have
been stabilized. |
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48 former street children
reconciled with their families. |
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Project
SIerra was a four year partnership between Soroptimist
International and
Hope and Homes for Children
that transformed the lives of deprived women and children
in Sierra Leone, West Africa.
Visit the Project Sierra website for more..... |
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To read more about Soroptimist
International, our worldwide projects
and our associations
with the
United Nations -
Link Here |
Please Visit the
SI and
SIA websites for all current information on programs
and forms, other
than Golden West Region's. |
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GWR Members: For GWR Forms,
Publications and Meeting Notices go to
Members Only
(Members Only is a password
protected area of our site.) |
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