Charity Distance Festival Raises Over $800

May 25, 2021 | Events, News

WOW! After over a year of zoom meetings, masks, and social distancing it was incredibly special that we could host our first ever (but certainly not our last) fundraising walk/run. With options to run/walk wherever you wanted (“virtual”) or participate “in...

2021 Live Your Dream Award Recipients

Apr 13, 2021 | News

Soroptimist International of Raleigh, a local club of the global volunteer organization Soroptimist® that economically empowers women, awarded four recipients—Bertha, Kayla, Latisha, and Shanetta—with its Live Your Dream: Education and Training Awards for Women. Live...

Keeping Membership Active & Growing In A Pandemic

Mar 11, 2021 | News

For any volunteer group, growing and retaining membership membership is challenging – but especially so during a pandemic. For Soroptimist Raleigh this was no different. We asked our membership committee chairs Sarita Harkness and Pat Lynch to talk about how...

Celebrating Safely with the Christmas Angels

Dec 17, 2020 | News

On December 5, the Soroptimist Christmas Angels gathered, outside one member’s home, in small staggered groups and fully masked, in order to collect all the gifts and do a bit of socially-distanced celebrating. Oh the challenges of 2020! This year, we were...

Thank You For Our #GivingTuesday Success

Dec 2, 2020 | News

Wow! Thanks to your incredible generosity, this year’s #GivingTuesday was an amazing success! We exceeded our goal and raised a total of $1,450. Because of your support, we can help women improve their lives. We invest in women’s education because it transforms...

Live Your Dream: Spotlight

Nov 23, 2020 | News

To help others see the impact of these awards, we wanted to share an in-depth story of one or our Live Your Dream award recipients. Meet Star, a budding urban planner and mother of two who received her award in 2019. A New Start In 2017, Star fled an abusive...