It's definitely time to celebrate last year's accomplishments as we look forward to our 2009-2010 club year. Our local Soroptimist group successfully raised funds to donate over $12,000 to efforts improving the lives of women and girls. We proudly donated $9600 to local efforts and individual. And, we did out part on the global scene by donating $2400 to efforts beyond Colorado.
Locally:
$3900 was distributed to northern Colorado women and girls in the form of Women's Opportunity Awards, Living Her Dream Awards, and Violet Richardson Awards, AND
$5700 was distributed between
$1000 went to the SIA Club Campaign in honor of Wendy Stine, SIFC's 2009 Making a Difference for Women recipient, AND
- Lentz Hearing Project for Women and Girls,
- Project Self-Sufficiency (PS-S),
- PVH Health Systems Soroptimist Navigator Program for women dealing with cancer,
- Women's Center of Larimer County for their Dental Assistance Program,
- Sexual Assault Victim Advocate Center (SAVA) for their SuperGirls program, and
- Crossroads SafeHouse for their new facility.
$1000 went to the SIA Club Campaign in honor of Wendy Stine, SIFC's 2009 Making a Difference for Women recipient, AND
$1400 was distributed between
- SI Project SIerra, Hands of Hope Scholarships for girls in Uganda,
- Little Rose Project with Children of Peace,
- Trees Water & People for Justa Stoves in Central America and Haiti, and
- Children of Peace International for Remaking a Life--Capacity Building Workshops.
