Garden City's 2008 award winners, from left: Tara Shepps (Women's Opportunity Award), Jeannine Smith (Making a Difference for Women Award), and Collin Veenstra (Violet Richardson Award). Not pictured: Jeri Hough ((Women’s Opportunity 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.

Click on a project name below for more information.

Garden City Club Projects

• Women's Opportunity Award
• Violet Richardson Award
• Making a Difference for Women Award
• Children’s Holiday Party
• Family Advocacy Center and Education Services (FACES)
• Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure
• Blood Drive with the Red Cross
• Soroptimist Park
• Garden City Police Association & North Ada County Fire & Rescue “Holiday Families in Need” and Burn Out Fund
• Annual Spaghetti Feed fundraiser

 

Rocky Mountain Region Projects

• Governor's Project: Children of Peace International
• International Goodwill & Understanding

• Soroptimist Workplace Campaign to End Domestic Violence
• Domestic Violence Grant Initiative - This one time grant funded three $30,000 domestic violence projects that support women in a sensitive and sustainable way.  The projects are in the Philippines, Paraguay, and Ecuador.
• The Soroptimist Club Grants for Women and Girls
• Legislative Efforts
• Disaster Relief Fund for Women and Girls

 

Soroptimist International Projects

• SI Quadrennial Project - Project Sierra: A Family and A Future
• Project Five-O
• December 10 Appeal
• Working with the UN and Other Agencies