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Program Overview
General Information
Soroptimist International of the America’s Major Project
Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity Awards
The Women’s Opportunity Awards program was established in 1972 to assist women with primary financial responsibility for their families to obtain the skills training and education necessary to improve their employment status and standard of living for themselves and their family. During the 2009-2010 club year, more than US $1.5 million in club, region, and federation funds were awarded to more than 1,000 women in SIA’s 19 member countries and territories. The women receiving these financial awards may use them for any costs associated with their educational efforts, including tuition, books, child care, and transportation.
Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity Awards resources
SIA Projects that Benefit Women and Girls
Soroptimists STOP Trafficking
The goal of the Soroptimists STOP Trafficking project is to raise awareness in the general population about sex trafficking. To that end, Soroptimist has developed a card that provides information about the sex trafficking of women and girls. The information is provided in a simple and powerful way that will encourage readers to get involved to help end sex trafficking. The cards are designed to be handed out at any time of the year, but especially on December 2nd the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery and/or January 11th the National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness (U.S. only). Soroptimist encourages clubs to report on their anti-trafficking projects. Project report forms are due at SIA headquarters by April 1, 2011.
Soroptimists STOP Trafficking resources
Soroptimist Workplace Campaign to End Domestic Violence
This campaign is an ongoing effort to raise awareness about a little addressed domestic violence issue: domestic violence as a workplace concern. The federation provides information and materials for clubs to use to participate in the program. The materials include copy-ready hotline cards with the recommendation that clubs distribute them in women’s rest rooms in a workplace setting. The campaign takes place on November 25th, the International Day to Eliminate Violence against Women. SIA also offers Domestic Violence Workplace Guidelines, containing information and instructions for members and clubs to implement domestic violence policies in their workplaces.
Soroptimist Workplace Campaign to End Domestic Violence resources
Soroptimist Club Grants for Women and Girls
The Soroptimist Club Grants for Women and Girls are awards given to Soroptimist clubs to start or continue projects in their communities that improve the lives of women or girls, in accordance with the mission of SIA. This
year $175,000 in funds are available. The deadline for proposals is March 17, 2011.
Soroptimist Club Grants for Women and Girls resources
Soroptimist Disaster Grants for Women and Girls
The Soroptimist Disaster Grants for Women and Girls provides grants ranging from $1,000 to $20,000 to assist women and/or girls prepare for or recover from disasters or acts of war. Clubs or regions can submit an application for a disaster grant at any time.
Soroptimist Disaster Grants for Women and Girls resources
Soroptimist Violet Richardson Award
The Soroptimist Violet Richardson Award is a recognition program for young women ages 14-17 engaged in volunteer action within their communities or schools. The award is given to young women whose activities make the community and world a better place.
Soroptimist Violet Richardson Award resources
Soroptimist Ruby Award: For Women Helping Women
The Soroptimist Ruby Award: For Women Helping Women recognizes and honors the first federation president, Ruby Lee Minar. A ruby is also a deep red gemstone associated with wisdom, importance, vitality, strength, vivacity, power and love: all words embodying the strong and compassionate women who are our award recipients. The Soroptimist Ruby Award honors women who have worked to improve the lives of women and girls through their professional and/or volunteer work.
Soroptimist Ruby Award: For Women Helping Women resources
Soroptimist Teen Dating Violence Bookmark
The teenage years are an exhilarating time for adolescents as they explore what it means to be in romantic relationships. Unfortunately, a pattern of relationship abuse sometimes develops casting a shadow over the enticing glow of young love. Teenagers are especially vulnerable to dating violence because they don’t always have a clear understanding of healthy vs. unhealthy relationships. To help raise awareness among teenagers about teen dating violence, Soroptimist has created the Soroptimist Teen Dating Violence Bookmark. Clubs can personalize the bookmarks, print as many as needed and distribute them in schools and/or at other teen-centered locations.
Soroptimist Teen Dating Violence Bookmark resources
Soroptimist Club Matching Project
Throughout SIA, members address a variety of unique issues facing the women and girls of their communities; for women and girls have different needs and challenges depending on where they live. The Soroptimist Club Matching Project will link two clubs together—a club that needs help with a project and a club that would like to supply the help. There are many times clubs consider giving time and resources to help women in other countries but cannot always be sure how the donations are spent. This project allows Soroptimist clubs to work together to confront the needs of women and girls in countries far away from their own.
Soroptimist Club Matching Project resources
Club Recognition Project
Soroptimists Celebrating Success!
Established in 1993 at the Soroptimists Celebrating Success! meeting in Dallas, Texas, this annual awards program is a best practices program that recognizes successful club projects that improve the lives of women and girls and that promote Soroptimist as an organization with that mission. Categories encompass the four areas the SIA Strategic Plan: program, membership, fundraising and public relations. Region finalists are judged by SIA’s Board of Directors who select the federation finalists. Entries are due to headquarters by January 20, 2011.
Soroptimists Celebrating Success! resources
More program resources
White Papers
As a way to help club members become more educated about issues facing today’s women and girls, Soroptimist provides white papers on various women and girl focused topics. The white papers are a summation of the most current research available and also provide resources for gathering more information. There are currently fourteen white papers available that address the following issues: health, violence against women and girls, work, trafficking, education, disaster recovery and women and poverty.
Soroptimist White Papers
Soroptimist Model Program Kits
To minimize research and development time needed to establish and maintain club projects, Soroptimist has developed a series of model program kits addressing issues facing today’s women and girls. Model program kits are designed to provide guidance in planning and implementing projects by offering club members project ideas with proven methods and resources for achieving success. There are currently eight model program kits available that address the following issues: health, violence against women and girls, mentoring and one-day projects.
Soroptimist Model Program Kits
S Club and Sigma Societies
Friendship Links
Soroptimist International Projects
For more information about all SI projects, visit the SI website at www.soroptimistinternational.org.
Project SIerra: A Family and a Future Project SIerra partners Soroptimist International with Hope and Homes for Children to transform the lives of some of the most deprived women and children in Sierra Leone by providing support to young mothers, assisting children living on the streets and working to assist the most vulnerable families in the country. For more information, visit the Project SIerra website at www.projectSIerra.org.
December 10th Appeal Every year, the Soroptimist International president appeals to all Soroptimists to make a small sacrifice and donate funds saved to a specially designated project that will assist women. The selection of the new 2010 December 10th Appeal will be announced soon. More information is available on the SI web site at www.soroptimistinternational.org. Donations, earmarked for the appeal, can be sent to SIA headquarters.
Soroptimist International Projects resources
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