Fund-raising Projects

Soroptimist International of Davie's
Annual Charity Golf Tournament

This annual event is the main fund-raiser for the organization.

        

The Golf Tournament, as well as other fund-raising efforts throughout the year, provide support the following service projects:

American Cancer Society's Relay for Life

• SI of Davie's Relay team participates in this annual event
• The club also hosts the Survivors' Dinner to honor local cancer survivors and their care givers
• SI Davie winner of the Governor's Service Award for their Relay for Life involvement.

EASE Foundation

• A needs-based assistance program focused on the West Broward area

Stop Human Trafficking

• Awareness campaign that targets human trafficking issues worldwide
• Targets workplaces as locations for educational opportunity

Hope Outreach

• A needs-based outreach center for the local community
• In addition to providing funds for needs of area families, SI of Davie adopts several families served by Hope at Christmas time and provides presents for the children

International President's Appeal

• "Funding the Future: Soroptimists for Education and Leadership"
• Empowering women and girls by ensuring that they have the skills and confidence to achieve their full potential
• Changing attitudes and social structures in the larger community through education and awareness raising so that women and girls can meaningfully participate in society
• Imparting leadership skills to women and girls at local, national, and international levels to ensure that women’s voices are represented in decision-making

Old Davie School Historical Museum

• SI Davie members were instrumental in saving the Old Davie School building
• The Old Davie School is the first permanent school built in the Everglades, circa 1918. Today it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and serves as a museum of local history and culture as an active community center.
• The school serves teachers and students in Broward County as a field-trip site highlighting the history of education in the area

PACE Center for Girls Broward

• Providing year-round counseling, academic and life skill services for girls 11-17
• Targets those at risk of entering the juvenile justice system, dropping out of school, or running away
• In 18 years, has served over 1,600 girls and their families in Broward County

Partners in Education

• Davie Elementary School - educational supplements to staff and students on a yearly basis

Project Sierra

• Soroptimist International's Quadrennial Project
• Helping disadvantaged women and children in Sierra Leon

Project Stable

• Farm/animal program for at risk children
• Yearly scholarship provided to a child who would otherwise be unable to attend

Violet Richardson Award

• Annual award given to a young girl between the ages 14 - 17
• Award is based on outstanding community service
• The recipient is required to show that they have identified a need in the community and then organized and implemented a plan to meet that need

Women's Opportunity Award

• Annual award given to a woman seeking educational/vocational skills to re-enter the work place
• Recipients are usually single mothers seeking to become economically independent

Wounded Warriors

• WWP Packs are filled with essential care and comfort items such as clothing, toiletries, playing cards, and more
• Severely wounded service members receive backpacks as they arrive at military trauma units across the United States.
• "Some of them come with only the clothes on their back and may be here for weeks. So, to have some personal items to make them feel like a "normal" person, makes a world of difference." USAF Nurse

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