It’s been one year since we were all devastated by the Camp Fire that destroyed Paradise, California and surrounding areas. I am so proud that we were able to raise over $100,000 to help women and girls in the area recover. We know that the dollars were well spent since they went through our two…
Our first fall district meeting is in the books! I am on the flight home from Las Vegas and feeling energized about this last year of the biennium. The interaction with other Soroptimists around the region is my motivation. I love being a part of the Region Leadership team. It fills me up to go…
As our new club year’s start, here is my wish for your club: I wish that you find the friendship and bonding that can come with a group of women working together towards the same goal and mission of helping women and girls. My most memorable version of this experience was felt working on our…
I know I don’t blog enough to have anyone read this on a regular basis, but I am compelled to share my experience at the moment and I am going to commit to writing on a more regular basis in the final year of my biennium! As I write this, I am in Kuala Lumpur,…
Nearly all clubs could benefit from more members. If we have more members, we can help more women and girls! Membership is one of our four ‘pillars’ of the organization: Successful clubs have all of these elements working. Each is reliant on the other. Since we are talking about membership: If you don’t have good…
S.O.L.TOne of the many awards that we have at the region level is the Blanche Edgar Award for S.O.L.T., which stands for Soroptimist Orientation and Leadership Training. The award is for clubs that have programs that show innovation in educating their members. Applications are due March 1 to SOLT_evelynholland@soroptimistsnr.org While S.O.L.T. sounds a little old…
I am new to blogging, but I do realize that if you do not do it consistently, no one will read it and I am GUILTY!! So if you are reading this, THANK YOU! But regardless, I am feeling Thankful this Thanksgiving day: Thankful for family and friends that I am sharing this day with……
I am a firm believer in learning something new all the time. If we are stagnant and not willing to learn new things and look at things differently, then we start to wither. Of course, as I ‘mature’, I occasionally question the practice of putting more information into my brain for fear of other important…
Our new club year has officially started and the Fall District Meetings are underway! Our first meeting was District 1, which is far northern California. What a great group of women!In addition to all the information from Region representatives, they had a great presentation on trafficking from Linda Lucena. She brought to our attention two…
Well, that’s a strange title. You might be thinking “She’s lost it! I am NOT getting a tattoo!’ No, I haven’t ‘lost it’, nor am I getting a tattoo. I had an epiphany! I was listening to the radio today while driving and heard an interview with the University of Minnesota football coach. He was…