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Soroptimist International
of Downey support and donate time and/or financial aid
to the following organizations. |
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Disaster Fund |
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The funds raised
through voluntary contributions by clubs within the Region
are used to help both Soroptimists within our Region and in
other Regions who have suffered the effects of a natural
disaster. |
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Service Fund |
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The money in
this fund is used to award Violet Richardson and Women’s
Opportunity Awards at the Region level. Clubs make voluntary
donations to this fund so that the Region can give monetary
awards at each Spring Conference. |
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Women’s Heart Health
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The Region’s
focus for the next 2 years is the issue of heart disease and
women. Heart disease is the number one killer of women in
America and heart disease kills more women annually than all
forms of cancer combined. This focus on heart disease
encourages the Soroptimist clubs of Camino Real Region to
adopt heart health awareness as an educational and
informational service for themselves and their communities,
thus saving lives. |
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Women’s Opportunity Awards |
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Soroptimist address the economic
component that often forces women to
stay in abusive situations – and the
lack of resources available to these
women once they do leave – through its
Women’s Opportunity Awards program. This
program provides cash grants to women
who must obtain additional job training
or education to realize their goal of
economic independence. Each year more
than $800,000 is awarded through this
program. |
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Violet Richardson Award |
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Soroptimist is concerned with the
special challenges facing girls and
young women today. The Violet Richardson
Award recognizes girls for their
volunteer service to their communities.
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Disaster Relief Program |
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Destructions cause immeasurable
hardships for everyone involved, but
research shows that women suffer
disproportionately during and after
disasters. Donations made to this
program go towards helping women and
children after a disaster has occurred. |
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After the 9/11 tragedy,
Soroptimists donated About
$84,000 to 4 domestic violence
agencies in New York City. |
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For the one year anniversary of
the Tsunami disaster of 2005,
Soroptimists distributed
$130,000 in disaster relief
funds. |
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Following Hurricane Katrina
Soroptimist International of
America made a $10,000 disaster
relief donation to the Louisiana
Coalition against Domestic
Violence so that they could
continue to help women with the
basic needs such as food,
diapers, clothing and
prescriptions. In addition, the
group, which lost three shelters
and closed four others due to
the hurricanes and floods,
relocated domestic violence
victims who were staying at
shelters prior to Katrina.
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Project Independence: Women Survivors of
War |
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This is a four year project (2003 –
2007) that partners with Women for
Women International. The project assists
women in the war torn countries of
Afghanistan, Bosnia and Rwanda to
rebuild their lives. We provide training
in vocational and leadership skills and
we give loans to establish
income-generating projects through
Micro-credit Lending Programs. To date,
we have raised almost $1 million for
this project. |
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Limbs For
Life |
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This four year project, from 1999 –
2003, provided 24,500 prosthesis for
landmine victims in Afghanistan, Angola
and Georgia. |
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December 10th Appeal |
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Every year on Human Right’s Day
(December 10th), the President of
Soroptimist International selects a
project that provides direct assistance
to women in extreme need. Past projects
have aided refugees in camps in
Malaysia; provided protection and help
for women AID sufferers in Uganda and
the Ukraine, scholarships for girls in
Mongolia and Rwanda; vocational training
programs and shelter for vulnerable
women and children in Paraguay and
education and nutrition for abandoned
children in Vietnam. |
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