Community Service

Serving Our Community:
Soroptimist International of La Conner

Our Programs: The programs we support make a difference in our local community.

Volunteer Student of the Month: We honor local students who contribute to their school and community as volunteers. Articles appear in the town’s newspaper, La Conner Weekly News, for the community to take pride in their accomplishments too.

Awards and Scholarships: Helping women and girls achieve their goals and honoring those who make a difference in our community.

Human Trafficking Awareness Day January 12, 2012

Bringing awareness to the mission to stop human trafficking.

Our Programs

As a local organization, we know that the programs we support must make a difference in our local community, and we are committed to seeing that happen via the following programs: Domestic Violence Prevention October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. But awareness and resources for help are needed every day of every month. Here in Skagit …

Regional

Soroptimist International of La Conner is part of the Northwestern Region of Soroptimist, which includes clubs in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Northern Idaho, and Montana. The name Soroptimist means “Best for Women” and that is what this organization strives to achieve. Each club uses its time, talents, and energy to improve the lives of women and girls in their respective communities through programs that lead to social and economic empowerment.

National

Soroptimist International of the Americas is committed to:

The belief that all women deserve to lead full and productive lives
Women helping women
International diversity and fellowship

SIA ’s major project is the Live Your Dream Award, a major educational program to assist women who are primary financial support for their families, by giving them the resources they need to improve their education, skills and employment prospects.

Other programs include the Dream It, Be It: Career Support for Girls program, the Stop Trafficking Project, Soroptimist Workplace Campaign to End Domestic Violence, and the Violet Richardson Award.

Learn more about Soroptimist International of the Americas.

International

Soroptimist International was founded in 1921 as a global volunteer service for women with almost 66,000 members in 118 countries worldwide. Soroptimist International also offers Associate Membership and E-Clubs.

Soroptimist International has special consultative status at the Economic and Social Council at the United Nations which gives it a voice on important discussion papers and allows them to attend the Commission of the Status of Women in New York each year to where the Soroptimist International President leads a delegation.

Please contact us for more information on joining Soroptimists, and making a difference!

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