Garden City's 2009 award winners, from left: Jana Summers (Women's Opportunity Award), Judi Kieffer (Making a Difference for Women Award), and Paige Somerville (Violet Richardson Award).

Soroptimist members make a difference for women and children through service projects. The projects are dictated by the needs of each community and, as a result, are as diverse as the organization's nearly 100,000 members. Some projects are specific to our local club, and some are a joint effort among many clubs at different levels of the organization.

Click on a project name below for more information.

Garden City Club Projects

• Children’s Holiday Party
• Family Advocacy Center and Education Services (FACES)
• Financial assistance to the Garden City Police Association & North Ada County Fire & Rescue “Holiday Families in Need” and Burn Out Fund
• Annual Spaghetti Feed fundraiser
• Annual President's Project: $1,000 goes to the project of the club president's choosing. Past presidents have chosen their funds to go to the Family Justice Center, FACES, and the Boys and Girls Club among others.

 

Rocky Mountain Region Projects

• Children of Peace International
• Hands of Hope Scholarships
• International Goodwill & Understanding

• Women's Opportunity Award: for a woman who provides the primary source of
  financial support for her family and seeks higher education
• Violet Richardson Award: for a girl, age 14 - 17, who does volunteer service
• Soroptimist Ruby Award: for a woman who improves the lives of
  women and girls through her personal or professional activities
• Live Your Dream Campaign
• Soroptimist Workplace Campaign to End Domestic Violence
• The Soroptimist Club Grants for Women and Girls
• Legislative Efforts
• Disaster Recovery Fund for Women and Girls

 

Soroptimist International Projects

• Stop the Traffik
• SI Quadrennial Project - Project Sierra: A Family and A Future
• President's Annual December 10th Appeal
• Working with the UN and Other Agencies