News and Events

When women join together and help other women, incredible things can happen. Check out our 2024-2025 Impact Report. Download the PDF report.

Our 2025 Live Your Dream Award recipients are incredible, and their stories are a testament to the power of these grants. We've been catching up with them and are inspired to see how they're using the award to transform their lives, often going far beyond just...

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...

Above: Members of the 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...