Club email: siedmonton@soroptimist.net
Club website: www.siedmonton.org
Soroptimist International Edmonton is honored to be one of the first clubs to be chartered in Alberta.
Soroptimist International of Edmonton was chartered in 1936, and since then has contributed to the well being of our community and communities throughout the world.
We have supported the Women’s Emergency Accommodation Center, Compassion House (a home away from home for women under going treatment for cancer), Candora Society, WINGS of Providence (shelter for women), Women Building Futures Society, Alberta Cancer Foundation/The Weekend to End Breast Cancer, and E4C School Lunch Program.
We annually participate in Soroptimist International of the America’s three award programs (Live Your Dream: Education and Training Award, Dream It Be It: Career Support for Girls, and the Ruby Award: For Women Helping Women), as well as international projects such as Project Sierra, the Project Five-O and the December 10th President’s Appeal. We have been host to several Soroptimist conferences, to Soroptimist guests from other countries, and have Friendship Links with clubs in England and Japan.
Programs
Ruby Award: For Women Helping Women
SI Edmonton is seeking nominations from business or volunteer organizations. The purpose is to recognize and honor a women who works to improve the status of women in our society.
Violet Richardson Award
SI Edmonton is seeking applications. The Violet Richardson Award is a recognition program for young women ages 14-17 engaged in volunteer action within their communities or schools.
Live Your Dream: Education and Training Awards for Women
The Live Your Dream: Education and Training Award is our major service project. The financial awards improve the lives of women by giving them the resources they need to improve their education, skills, and employment prospects.
Funding Recipients
Funds are allocated by the Fund Disbursement Committee on the merit of their support of the Soroptimist mandate.
International Funding Recipients
Project Sierra (Sierra Leone)
Agape Orphanage Foundation (Malawi)
Ongoing Projects
Domestic Violence Initiatives: In 1994, Soroptimist International of the Americas formally adopted the prevention of domestic violence as a major focus. Currently, Soroptimists participate in an annual event designed to focus attention on domestic violence as a workplace concern.
Soroptimist International of Edmonton strongly advocates against Human Trafficking Campaign as a sponsor of The Alberta Symposium on Human Trafficking (Red Deer, October 2007).
Life Members
Life Membership is bestowed upon members for long and meritorious service.
Date Joined & Member
1961 – Guynelle Allen
1964 – Julia Satanove
Friendship Links
S.I. of Bath, England; S.I. of Great Britain and Ireland; S.I. of Nayoro, Japan; and S.I. of Saitama, Kawagoa, Japan
Over the years we have met with members from all of these clubs, mostly at International Conferences, but also as Grants of Friendship whereby they visited us here in Edmonton.