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!
