Saturday, October 14th, 2017
The Grand Hotel at Bridgeport, Tigard, OR
6 p.m. gaming starts
Get your tickets from Eventbrite or contact silakeoswegowestlinn@soroptimist.net for your closest club member to buy a ticket from.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/casino-royale-extraordinaire-an-elegant-fun...
Help us change the lives of women and girls by being a sponsor for our upcoming debut fundraising event this October. Our Casino Royale Extraordinaire evening will be filled with intrigue, smooth-rhythmic flippin' cards, wafting scents of fruity cosmos and the sweet sound of winning! This event, along with other fundraising efforts, provides women and girls a variety of cash grants, assistance with surviving domestic abuse and uplifting, life-affirming in-kind donations. To do this, we count on sponsorships from people such as yourself and businesses like yours. We welcome and are thank
Have you heard of the Soroptimist International Live Your Dream: Education & Training Awards for Women Program? Watch this video for more information. Write us at silakeoswegowestlinn@soroptimist.net if you'd like more information about our 2017-18 awards. Applications accepted July 1 through November 15, 2017. We have three (3) cash grants available this year! $3,000 / $2,000 / $1,500.
Grab your dinner at Chipotle in Clackamas Town Center Monday 4/24 and Pay it Forward to exploited children
Clackamas, Lake Oswego, Milwaukie have all been in the news in recent years for youth recruited for sex trafficking; the communities forever altered with the knowledge that predators are in their purview.
SI Lake Oswego / West Linn
Presents Recipients of our
Live Your Dream Education & Training Awards for Women Award
Please Join us in celebrating our annual Awards Ceremony
Wednesday, March 8, 2017, 6 p.m.
Holy Names Heritage Center
Near Marylhurst University Campus
This year, please consider assisting local non-profits in achieving more of their goals and expanding their mission.
Soroptimist International of Lake Oswego/West Linn participates in a variety of programs by Soroptimist International. Our budgets are determined by the amount raised at our annual Harvest Festival, Holiday Greens sale, and viaOneHope wine tastings.
On Tuesday, club members Gail Holmes, Linda Ramey and Pam Banning visited the Wilsonville Arts & Technology High School campus. Working with Principal Saskia Dressler and counselors, the club introduced the opportunity running after school on campus between December 2016 and January 2017. Soroptimist International offers a free curriculum for clubs provide to their communities. Modules include
The club members invite like minded people to join our 2016-17 club in the coming month. The new fiscal year starts July 1st. Opportunities exist for volunteers in social media/pubic awareness, program development, membership orientation/retention, Live Your Dream awards, Dream It*Be It Career Outreach for Girls program and community outreach.
Soroptimist International of Lake Oswego/West Linn completed their first "Dream It*Be It" program, in conjunction with Arts & Technology High School in Wilsonville.
This is a new program for Soroptimist International, developing Career Support for Girls. This seven session course was prototyped with three young ladies. It provided the girls with access to professional role models, career education and resources to live their dreams. The topics included career opportunities, setting and achieving goals, overcoming obstacles to success and how to move forward after setbacks.
Ready to Begin a New Life?
The Soroptimist Live Your Dream Awards program (formerly the Women's Opportunity Awards) has been helping women around the world since 1972. This program provides cash grants to women who are working to better their lives through additional schooling and skills training.
You are eligible to apply if you are: