On June 17th, 2008 SIFC had the opportunity to honor some of the many local groups that support women and girls. Local recipients of this year’s Soroptimist grant awards include:
· ChildSafe Sexual Abuse Treatment Center - Provides counseling for sexually abused children. http://www.childsafe501.org/
· Crossroads Safehouse - Provides safe haven and counseling for survivers of domestic violence. http://www.crossroadssafehouse.org/
· United Day Care Center—Provides affordable daycare for working moms or those who are attending school. http://www.uniteddaycarecenter.org/
· Women’s Resource Center—Provides access to health care to women who are medically underserved. http://www.womens-resource.org/
· Bill Lentz Hearing Aid Project—Dr. Lentz collects and refurbishes hearing aids for women who could not afford them otherwise.
· SART Peers Program—Provides training at middle and high school level on topics such as proper behavior towards members of the opposite sex, prevention of sexual assault and other teen relationship issues.
· Project Self-Sufficiency - participants in the program received over $2000 from us in the form of $20 gift certificate Mother's Day/Father's Day gifts. Project Self- Sufficiency assists low-income single parents in their efforts to become economically independent. http://www.ps-s.org/
Soroptimist International of Fort Collins is celebrating our efforts assisting women and girls, locally and around the world!
Thursday, August 21, 2008
The Importance of Soroptimist Service
I’m a Soroptimist.
I can honestly say that I make a difference in the lives of women and girls all over the world. Me. Little ol’ me….
I don’t have the training to help a child recover from the trauma of sexual abuse, but I can provide funds so that those who do can help that child. I don’t have the facility to care of lots of kids while their parents try to earn a living for them, but I can help support programs that will do that. You get the idea…
Now add me to you and 30 other women in Fort Collins and thousands in North America and almost a hundred thousand through out the world and we can make magical things happen for women all over the world.
We saw what a difference a $20 gift card made in the lives of some of the Project Self-Sufficiency participants. All of the participants had the opportunity to receive these cards because we worked together, each providing our own contribution to that gift.
SIFC has much to be proud of. We have given our time, money and talents either directly to those who need it or to organizations that can provide help. Our giving has helped those in Northern Colorado and in far off Sierra Leone—a country that many of us would have a hard time finding on a map. We have helped women in Ethiopia who have obstetric fistula, a medical problem that is practically non-existent in our country. We care because they are women like us, regardless of where they live, and we can relate to their suffering and need.
Take the time to visit the Project SIerra--A Family and a Future web site, www.projectsierra.org and see the faces of those we help. You’ll be inspired to keep up the efforts we have started. And thank you for all you do with me so that together we can help change the world.
donna
I can honestly say that I make a difference in the lives of women and girls all over the world. Me. Little ol’ me….
I don’t have the training to help a child recover from the trauma of sexual abuse, but I can provide funds so that those who do can help that child. I don’t have the facility to care of lots of kids while their parents try to earn a living for them, but I can help support programs that will do that. You get the idea…
Now add me to you and 30 other women in Fort Collins and thousands in North America and almost a hundred thousand through out the world and we can make magical things happen for women all over the world.
We saw what a difference a $20 gift card made in the lives of some of the Project Self-Sufficiency participants. All of the participants had the opportunity to receive these cards because we worked together, each providing our own contribution to that gift.
SIFC has much to be proud of. We have given our time, money and talents either directly to those who need it or to organizations that can provide help. Our giving has helped those in Northern Colorado and in far off Sierra Leone—a country that many of us would have a hard time finding on a map. We have helped women in Ethiopia who have obstetric fistula, a medical problem that is practically non-existent in our country. We care because they are women like us, regardless of where they live, and we can relate to their suffering and need.
Take the time to visit the Project SIerra--A Family and a Future web site, www.projectsierra.org and see the faces of those we help. You’ll be inspired to keep up the efforts we have started. And thank you for all you do with me so that together we can help change the world.
donna
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