Club News

Sweepstakes fundraiser announced; only 600 tickets available

Submitted by admin on Sat, 08/08/2015 - 12:01

Soroptimist club fundraiser features 2015 Oregon Civil War or iPad mini 2

The SI LOWL club is holding a fundraising Sweepstakes by selling $10 tickets first winner's choice of either two stadium seats for 2015 OSU/UoO Civil War Game OR an IPad Mini 2 with 32G and wifi.  The second drawn winner will be awarded the remaining available prize. Only 600 tickets are available; odds of winning are 1 in 300.  Contact the club on their Facebook page  Soroptimist International of Lake Oswego/West Linn or by email to silakeoswegowestlinn@soroptimist.net.  We'll locate the best way to obtain your tickets.

Club Members and Award Winners in West Linn Old Tyme Parade

Submitted by admin on Sat, 08/01/2015 - 13:53

SI LOWL club members in Old Tyme Parade, West Linn, Oregon

Soroptimist International of Lake Oswego/West Linn marched in the 59th West Linn Old Tyme Parade on Saturday, July 18, 2015. SoroptiMister Jeff Holmes provided his 1962 Catalina 2+2 powder blue muscle car to escort club members. The club invited Live Your Dream award winners, and community grant recipients to join us.

Club Awards & Grants Night distributes $6350

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/09/2015 - 19:47

Club president Connie Kemp and Sofia Tavera

On March 4, 2015, the Soroptimist International Club of Lake Oswego / West Linn held its’ fourth annual Awards & Grants Night at Holy Names Heritage Center on the campus of Marylhurst University.  The club is comprised of residents of the general area with the mission of serving for the better for women and  girls.   Each year the club provides individual awards to young women volunteers, scholarships to single mothers attending post secondary schools and grants to agencies/organizations in Clackamas County serving women and thei

Changing Law, Changing Culture by Peter Wong

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/11/2015 - 08:32

Danielle Tudor

Peter Wong's article is posted in the Portland Tribune, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015. Our club wishes more of the public be aware of this important legislation. Danielle Tudor and Brenda Tracy, unlike many of the people who will walk the halls of the Capitol this year, say they want nothing for themselves. They actually just met a few weeks ago. But they have a few things in common. They are survivors of rape — Tudor in 1979, Tracy in 1998 — who took years to go public with their stories. Tudor did so in 2008 — although she acknowledges that she described it then as an attack, not rape — and Tracy just did so in November.

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/06/2015 - 09:02

"Imagine you are a thirteen, fourteen, fifteen-year-old, involved in your first “serious” relationship. It’s exciting, new, and so much fun. Stealing kisses, holding hands in the halls at school, trips to the mall, dates, texting each other twenty times a day, hanging out, changing your status on your social media page from “single” to “in a relationship”, in other words doing what kids do when they are in a relationship. Now imagine that your experience isn’t quite what you thought it would be. What if your partner is becoming increasingly possessive, demanding your social media and cell phone passwords, needing to know who you are communicating with, dictating who you can and cannot socialize with, telling you what you can and cannot wear? The twenty texts become fifty or more sent in rapid angry succession and your partner now expects much more from you than just hand holding and kissing. Your partner verbally abuses you, hits, slaps, or pushes you, or sexually abuses you. What if you’re relationship has become one of fear, isolation, and abuse? You are now one of approximately 1.5 million(1) teens who have disclosed being harmed by the person they were romantically involved with. You are a victim of teen dating violence."

Bunco Night!

Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/17/2015 - 10:43

SI LOWL club members took a break from committee planning for 2015 and came together for a night of laughter, camaraderie, and fellowship through Bunco.  Considerations were awarded for first bunco, most buncos, most rounds won, and biggest loser.

The work we do to help women and girls in need can be agonizing at times.  It is hard to learn of the plights Clackamas County citizens may have burdened on them.  Fellowship events revitalize the club members and volunteers that we hold so dear.

January 11, 2015 - National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/10/2015 - 10:19

Human Trafficking Awareness Day is to dedicated to raising awareness of sexual slavery and human trafficking worldwide. It started in 2007, when the U.S. Senate designated January 11th as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Although it is a U.S. initiative, the United Nations has begun to highlight this topic and working towards global awareness.

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