Live Your DreamLocal Community Awards for Women
Applications for the Awards are open from Aug 1st to Nov 15th each year.
SI York Region distributes community awards to women each year. Many of the women chosen have triumphed over daunting challenges. The awards help our recipients to cultivate new skills, further their education and regain independence.
Click Here for – Awards Applications & InformationApplications are reviewed by a panel of community judges. All award winners will be notified by the end of February and are recognized at our annual Awards Luncheon in March.
Dream It, Be It:
Career Support for Girls gives girls the tools they need to achieve their education and career goals, empowering them to break cycles of poverty, violence, and abuse.
What We Do
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Although all girls face barriers because of their gender, we prioritize working with girls who have additional obstacles including poverty, unstable home lives, living in foster care, or teen motherhood. Soroptimist clubs work in partnership with girls in small groups or a conference setting to provide them with the information and resources they want and need to be successful.
There When It Matters Most
By reaching girls while they are still young, we not only can help them stay healthy and safe in the short term, but we can reduce the number of women in crisis in the future. Putting them on a path will help them realize their dreams.
Topics We Cover
- Career opportunities
- Setting and achieving goals
- Overcoming obstacles to success
- Moving forward after setbacks or failures
| Why We Do It
Far too many girls face barriers on the pathway to achieving their dreams. Obstacles such as poverty, teen dating violence, and teen pregnancy can get in the way of a girl’s ability to make her dreams a reality. Dream It, Be It equips girls to overcome their obstacles, set goals, and head towards success. |
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Making a Difference Around the World and in our Community
Since 1921 years, Soroptimist International of the Americas has been improving the lives of women and girls in local communities and throughout the world. Soroptimist programs effect fundamental change for women through economic empowerment, ending violence, and advancing gender equity. Your contribution supports Soroptimist programs—such as the Women’s Opportunity Awards—that help women to pursue their dreams.
International Projects
Every four years, Soroptimist International launches a major international project in partnership with a charity, NGO or United Nations agency. Each project is designed to be self-sustaining by the end of SI’s four-year commitment. Soroptimist members around the world join forces to give active support to the chosen project and in doing so, have improved the lives of many thousands of women and children across the globe.
Each Federation takes it in turn to propose an international project.
Local Projects in York Region
SI York Region is dedicated to improving the lives of the women and girls of York Region with local projects. Areas of focus include mental and physical health, domestic and sexual assault and economic and social development.
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