Programs
We have a lot planned for the 2009-10 year:
Women’s Opportunity Award
Women’s Opportunity Award is a grant awarded to female heads of households who need additional skills, training and education to enable them to upgrade their employment status to re-enter the workforce so they can provide adequately for themselves and their families. Find out more »
Violet Richardson Award
Honouring Young Women for Volunteer Action. This new award was launched at the SIA Federation Convention in Hawaii in July 2000. The Violet Richardson award recognizes young women ages 14-17 engaged in volunteer action within their communities or schools. The award is given to young women whose volunteer activities make the community and world a better place. Find out more »
Ruby Award (formerly Making a Difference for Women)
Acknowledging women who are working to improve the lives of women and girls through their personal or professional activities. Their efforts help to promote the issues that are important to the Soroptimist organization. Honorees are women who have worked in extraordinary ways to benefit women and girls. Examples of the type of work honored include: spearheading an effort to open a domestic violence shelter, working to secure health services for low-income women, starting a mentoring program for at-risk girls, or lobbing companies to provide on-site child care. Find out more »
YWCA, Hamilton
We provided $20,000 in financial support to the YWCA of Hamilton Encore Program.
Friends For Success
This YWCA program collects and provides clothing, shoes and handbags for women less fortunate who are reentering the work force and have no clothing to even go to their first job interview. Our club collects clothing twice per year.
Community Garden in Ancaster
Alma's Garden in Ancaster
In 2007, we planted and maintain a garden at the Ancaster Community Cetre in memory of our late Soroptimist sister, Alma Hodges. The garden is maintained by Crimson Leaf Landscaping and watered/weeded by the women of SI-DAF. Find out more »
Wesley Urban Ministries
Their youth housing project offers the street-involved or homeless youth (ranging in age from 16-21 years)access to safe, affordable, one-year housing with on-site support programs to aid the youth in building the skills necessary to reach their ultimate goal. Our club is sponsoring the start-up costs for new residences in the female pod and providing supplies for the life skills demonstrations offered in the residence.
Drummond House
They provide a transitional home for women and children who are in need of temporary accommodation. Drummond House is the first project of Eagle’s Nest Association of Waterdown Ontario. Debra Tigchelaar had a vision to have a “home” for women and their children during a time of distress. They are in need of women mentors to share their expertise.