Dream Donors
Support Our Dream Programs
Become a Dream Donor and support our most critical programs.
Live Your Dream Awards. Soroptimist Raleigh has granted over $123,000 to women in our local communities through the Live Your Dream: Education and Training Awards for Women. This year we granted a total of $16,000 to ten Triangle-area women.
Live Your Dream Plus. In this program we follow up with our awardees for a year or more, mentoring them to provide ongoing support both non-financial as well as financial.
Dream It, Be It. Through a series of workshops or a conference-style event, Raleigh Soroptimists support teen girls by providing the tools they need to achieve their education and career goals, empowering them to break cycles of poverty, violence, and abuse.
EmpowerHer Awards. Lauched in 2024, our new EmpowerHer Award expands our capacity to honor local women who are continuing their education to support their families. In 2025, we gave a total of $5,000 to 15 women.
Help us to continue this giving by donating directly to these programs. There are eight levels of sponsorship.
❑ VISIONARY—$10,000
❑ DREAM MAKER—$7,500
❑ CHAMPION—$5,000
❑ ADVOCATE—$2,500
❑ BENEFACTOR—$1,000
❑ PARTNER—$500
❑ CONTRIBUTOR—$250
❑ FRIEND—$100
All levels are recognized on our website. Donations of $500 or more are acknowledged at our events. All donors are invited to our annual Live Your Dream Awards event, where we present the awards and hear from the awardees.
Ready to commit? Download our pledge form, or click below to send us a message. Learn more about what we accomplished last year by reading our FY24-25 Impact Report.
We celebrate and recognize our 2024-2025 Dream Donors
CHAMPION—$5,000 to $7,500
ADVOCATE—$2,500 to $4,999
Jeralyn Friedli
Ron and Nancy McFarlane
BENEFACTOR—$1,000 to $2,499
Carolyn Leith
Terri & Mike Craig
Gift in Honor of Charter Members
Donors: Diane Cardamone, Linda Drummond, Shirley Hall, and Patricia Witt
PARTNER—$500 to $999
Patricia Lynch
Betty Dillard
Carolyn & John Skowron
Marianne & Brian Breneman
CONTRIBUTOR—$250 to $499
Gwen and T.Y. Baker
Carole Guld
Audrey & Roger Mark
Mark & Lelia Poteet
Joyce Rothchild
Barbara Swartz
FRIEND—$100 to $249
Isabel Bellamy
Gerry Bowles
Amy Germann
Gaye Mays
Donate In-Kind Products or Services
Opportunities to provide in-kind products and services vary during the year. Please contact us for more information.
We celebrate and recognize our 2024-2025 In-Kind Donors.
Bailey’s Fine Jewelry: Fundraising partner for the Live Your Dream Awards event since 2010
Laser Image Printing and Marketing: Programs and display placards for the Live Your Dream Awards event since 2023.
Jerry Dillard Photography
Jerry Dillard Photography: event photography for the Live Your Dream Awards event since 2018