Living Her Dream Information

LIVING HER DREAM AWARD
Soroptimist International of Fort Collins, Colorado

General Information: Soroptimist International of Fort Collins is a volunteer service organization whose members work to improve the lives of women and girls in our local communities and around the world. The LIVING HER DREAM AWARD was established in 2006 and was inspired by the theme selected by SI/FC 2006-2007 Club President Delores Turman, ”Women and Girls Living Their Dreams”. The Winner of the award is given a check in the amount of $1,000 to help her Live Her Dream.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: PLEASE REQUEST A HARD COPY OF THE APPLICATION OR A WORD DOCUMENT FROM sifortcollins@hotmail.com or judyannw_6@msn.com.

The requirements for eligibility for the Living Her Dream Award are as follows:
• Female who has earned a high school diploma or GED
• Has a passion and plan to live her dream
• Has identified a dream and is taking steps to achieve it. Some examples are: education, job training, internship, starting a business and or working for a non-profit.
• Works for the betterment of women and/or girls


The Application Form and 2 Reference Forms must be received by January 1, 2011, at the address or e-mail shown on the last page of Application Form. The winner will be contacted by January 31, 2010. The award will be presented at the Soroptimist International of Fort Collins Awards Night on February 15, 2011.

SIFC Does Hands-on Service for Make a Difference Day

Ten SI Fort Collins representatives helped out at Homeless Gear October 23 during Make a Difference day. SIFC helped with receiving, hauling, sorting and running.  Kudos to Donna and Gene Weyer, Carol and John Clark, Bernie Fuller, Ann Rutledge, Paula Hawe, Carolyn Wade, & Judy and Allan Weaver for helping out. The folks at Homeless Gear were VERY thankful for the donations and were VERY happy to receive the sanitary products some of the SIFC members sent along.They were also VERY appreciative of the sample sized toothpastes that were donated by one member’s dentist office.

Some statistics from Homeless Gear
60% of the homeless are families and most of those are single moms with kids.
Over 900 children in the Poudre RI School District are homeless. 
The average age of a homeless person in Colorado is NINE (9).

OH Nuts! And Butter braids, too!

It’s nut time again. Yes, Soroptimist International of Fort Collins' annual nut, candy and butter braid sale of is in full swing. Our fall fundraiser is very important to our Club’s donations to worthy local organizations. The money we raised in past years helped women and girls through local domestic violence prevention and recovery initiatives including Crossroads and SAVA (Sexual Assault Victim’s Advocacy), education and career advancement initiatives including Project Self-Sufficiency, and quality of life projects including Lentz Hearing Project for Women and Girls, PVH Navigator Program, and Women’s Resource Center (dental assistance for low-income women).

We also support many very impressive global service projects through our international affiliation, such as Children of Peace (Vietnamese services for women and girls), “Hopes and Dreams for Everyone” (human trafficking in Moldova), Project SIerra (helping women in Sierra Leone), and now Soroptimists for Education and Leadership.

We offer local awards and recognitions, including Women’s Opportunity Awards (offering funds to women heads of households), Ruby Award: For Women Helping Women (formerly Making a Difference for Women), Violet Richardson Award (for teen girls engaged in volunteer activities), and our own Living Her Dream Award.

We hope you will purchase from us what you might have bought from grocery or specialty stores. Our prices are competitive and the products very fresh. We use them for client appreciation gifts, for holiday parties and baking, knowing that our purchase is supporting worthy causes.

We have samples of the nut and candy products that we would be happy to show you. We also sell butter braids, the festive loaf-style pastry that comes frozen. A real bargain at just $10 each, they can be prepared easily and come in seven flavors: Dutch Almond Crème (new), Cherry, Apple, Blueberry Cream Cheese, Cinnamon, and Cream Cheese.

Thanks for helping us support women and girls in our community.

Contact a member or email sifortcollins@hotmail.com to request an order form. Order forms must be received BY November 30, 2010.