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Soroptimist Raleigh’s latest news and events.

Catching Up With Chef Netta

Catching Up With Chef Netta

Our Raleigh club has a special program called Live Your Dream Plus. This program connects each Live Your Dream Award recipient with a club member to provide connection and support. We enjoy hearing about our awardees' successes and achievements - and we love being...

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Celebrating the end of a club year

Celebrating the end of a club year

Above: Members 2025-2026 Soroptimist Raleigh board during the installation ceremony. In June, Soroptimist members and guests gathered at Cantina 18 in Raleigh to mark the final meeting of the club year with an evening of connection and celebration. The night featured...

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Talking Careers at Mount Vernon

Talking Careers at Mount Vernon

Earlier this month, Soroptimist members and colleagues gathered at Mount Vernon Middle School for our 2nd Annual Career Fair. This year's event included 13 volunteers and 26 students (mostly 8th graders). The volunteers represented a wide range of careers including...

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Graduation News

Graduation News

We're so pleased to share graduation news from two of our Live Your Dream Award recipients! 2025 LYDA recipient Orrie graduated on May 10 from the Dental Assisting program at Wake Technical Community College. Upon graduation, Orrie completed the required examinations...

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2025 Live Your Dream Awards

2025 Live Your Dream Awards

Soroptimist International of Raleigh (SIR) members, supporters and friends gathered on Saturday, March 22 for an awards luncheon to celebrate the 2025 recipients of the Soroptimist Live Your Dream: Education & Training Awards for Women®. This year, a total of 10...

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PuzzleMania VII speed puzzling fundraiser raises $12,000

PuzzleMania VII speed puzzling fundraiser raises $12,000

We had a wonderful turnout for our 7th PuzzleMania speed puzzling fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 1. Forty teams of four raced to complete the 500-piece Route 66 puzzle, kindly donated by MasterPieces, and team Over Puzzled finished in a record time of 22 minutes and 6...

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Live Your Dream Award Recipient Earns Degree

Live Your Dream Award Recipient Earns Degree

Congratulations to Tamara Moore, one of our 2024 Live Your Dream Award recipients, on earning her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from NC Central in December 2024.  Tamara had already put herself through four years of college while working worked full-time,...

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PuzzleMania VII: Feb 1st

PuzzleMania VII: Feb 1st

Join us at our 7th PuzzleMania fundraiser benefiting local women and girls through Soroptimist International of Raleigh Dream programs. REGISTER TODAY AT EVENTBRITE >> What is PUZZLEMANIA? Only the most popular fundraising event for Soroptimist International of...

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Holiday Angels 2024

Holiday Angels 2024

Soroptimist members gathered together on Saturday, December 7 for the annual Holiday Angels brunch. This tradition is a great time to catch up with other members and reflect on the past year. Club members also got together and purchased gifts from the wish lists of...

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