2026 Live Your Dream Awards
Meet this years recipients
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.
La’Dasia – 2020 Live Your Dream Awardee
La’Dasia’s career goal is to become a Registered Nurse on the Labor and Delivery unit. She is pursuing an Associate Degree in Nursing at Wake Technical Community College. La’Dasia was one of five siblings in a single-parent household that was frequently in and out of...
Tiffinei – 2020 Live Your Dream Awardee
The first in her family to attend college, Tiffinei is enrolled in classes at Bladen Community College and Fayetteville State University as she pursues her immediate career goal of becoming a Registered Nurse and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Her long-term goal...
Rubye – 2019 Live Your Dream Awardee
Rubye will earn her Practicing Nursing Diploma from Fayetteville Technical Community College in 2020. This diploma prepares her to take the exam to become a Licensed Practical Nurse. She will then be able to become a Registered Nurse through a bridge program offered...
News and Events
Sponsor The Next PuzzleMania
We are thrilled to report that planning is underway for our next PuzzleMania event which will be held August 10. This will be our 6th time hosting the event, and it’s been amazing to see it grow to become this diverse gathering of over 200 people. We are thankful to...
2024 Recipients of Live Your Dream Education And Training Awards For Women®
Soroptimist International of Raleigh (SIR) is pleased to announce it has selected 6 recipients—Cecilia, Shannon, Giordanna, Erica, Tamara and Mia—with its Live Your Dream Education and Training Awards for Women. Each awardee received a $2,000 cash grant and was...
Having Fun With Puzzlers!
What a turnout we had for PuzzleMania last weekend - over 180 puzzlers!! This was the 5th time we have held the event and it gets bigger and better every time! We loved to see people of all ages come out and play - with many teams in matching t-shirts! Over $5,000 was...