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Soroptimist Raleigh: We Empower 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 service projects collaborate extensively with women’s groups, governmental agencies, educators, international and statewide coalitions, and concerned citizens. In terms of our local service projects:
Live Your Dream
The Soroptimist Live Your Dream: Education & Training Awards
for Women program is our signature service project. 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. With our Live Your Dream Plus program, our awardees know that there is a network of women who are ready to help in any number of ways.
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
Here are a few stories of some recipeints of the Live Your Dream Awards. Perhaps they will encourage you to take the steps to achieve your dreams, big or small.
Shont’e – 2015 Live Your Dream Awardee
Shont’e is a student at Mt. Olive University, Washington NC. Her immediate career goal is to obtain a Bachelor Degree in criminal justice so that she can help individuals who have made some wrong choices get a fresh start in life. Her long term career goal is to...
Elaine – 2015 Live Your Dream Awardee
Elaine is currently working towards her Associate Degree in Nursing at Wake Tech Community College. Her long term goal is to attain a Bachelor Degree in Nursing, specializing in Labor and Delivery. Elaine has wanted be a nurse since she was a child growing up in a...
Mariam – 2015 Live Your Dream Awardee
Mariam and her family fled Syria and came to the U.S. seeking safety and security. Although she earned an Associate Degree in Civil Engineering in Syria, her credentials are not recognized here. Determined to provide for her family, she essentially started her...
News and Events
Member Spotlight: Linda Drummond
Linda Drummond was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada . She is the second of 7 children, and there was not a lot of money, but her mom made sure all the kids got dance and piano lessons. Linda was an accomplished Highland dancer and parlayed this skill into college money...
Celebrating 35 Years of Service
Soroptimist International of Raleigh (SI Raleigh) is thrilled to be celebrating our 35th anniversary this month! Since our founding in November 1987, we have collaborated with other women’s organizations, governmental agencies, educators, and international and...
Remembering Peng Mok
Soroptimist International of Raleigh was saddened to hear of the passing earlier this year of Peng Mok, Cary resident and longtime friend of the club. We first got to know him when he became a significant sponsor of our Live Your Dream Awards program in 2013. He was a...