2027 Live Your Dream Awards
Applications now being accepted!
Soroptimist Raleigh: Empowering Girls & Women
Soroptimist Raleigh is a local club of Soroptimist International. Soroptimist is a global volunteer organization that provides women and girls with access to the education and training they need to achieve economic empowerment. The name, Soroptimist, means “best for women,” and that’s what the organization strives to achieve. Soroptimists are women at their best, working to help other women to be their best. Our Dream programs are at the heart of what we do.
Our Programs
Live Your Dream
This award aids women who are the primary wage earners for their families and are seeking to improve their economic status by gaining additional skills, training and education.
Live Your Dream Plus
In our “Live Your Dream Plus” program we follow up with our awardees for up to three years, mentoring them to afford ongoing support both non-financial as well as financial.
Dream It Be It
Dream It Be It targets girls in secondary school who face obstacles to their future success. It provides girls with access to professional role models, career education and the resources to live their dreams.
Real Stories
These are the real stories of recipients of the Live Your Dream Awards. We hope they will encourage you to take the steps to achieve your dreams, big or small.
Shanetta – 2021 Live Your Dream Awardee
Shanetta is pursuing her bachelor’s degree in food and nutrition from Meredith College while working part-time and raising two children. She decided to pursue her degree after the death of her spouse. She needed to prove to herself, and to her two young children, that...
Kayla – 2021 Live Your Dream Awardee
Kayla is pursuing an Associate Degree of Nursing at Wake Technical Community College while working part-time and caring for a young child. She plans to complete her degree in December 2021. Growing up, Kayla saw the challenges of a parent battling a chronic illness...
Bertha – 2021 Live Your Dream Awardee
Bertha is pursuing an associate degree in business administration at Durham Technical Community College while working full-time and raising two children. Bertha had her first child at a young age and decided to pursue her degree while pregnant with her second. She...
News and Events
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,...
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...
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...