October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. An estimated 10 million people per year are physically abused by an intimate partner, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Many of the women we serve through our Live Your Dream Awards, our Dolly Wakeham Memorial Grant and Dream Beyond Programs, our Day of Empowerment and our […]
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On January 28, 2021, Surf City Soroptimists of Huntington Beach hosted an evening with Deidre Pujols to bring awareness to Modern Day Slavery. Deidre Pujols, philanthropist and founder of Open Gate International, an Orange County-based global non-profit organization that equips people from vulnerable life situations with culinary arts and life skills to continue their journey
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Janice Van Mullem, a homegrown Huntington Beach girl, joined Soroptimist International of Huntington Beach in October, 2020. Why? Because a friend of hers, a Soroptimist in northern California, told her about the organization and our mission…..Because she believes in women’s empowerment…And because she wants to improve the lives of women and girls. Janice holds the
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Sometimes it’s not who you know but how long you have known them. Many years ago, Ellie Nixon and Linda Gallagher told Mickey all about Soroptimist International of Huntington Beach and our mission but, it wasn’t until this September (2020) that she actually joined us…and we are so excited that she did! What pushed Mickey
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month! Did you know that over half of Live Your Dream Awards recipients identify as survivors of abuse? Thanks to the compassionate support of people like you, Soroptimists and those who believe in our mission to improve the lives of women and girls, 97% of these women are now living
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Sometimes something small can have a great impact. Our club was blessed with a member who has since passed away but left a small trust fund for us. Her name was Dolly Wakeham and from what I have been told; she was a spitfire. I don’t know much about her except that she worked
The last four months have definitely thrown a curve in everyone’s life. We can’t really visit face-to-face with friends. We cannot hold fundraisers in person. Our Dream It, Be It Program with Olive Crest is on hold. Even the Huntington Beach 4th of July parade, the biggest west of the Mississippi, was cancelled. We have
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Surf City Soroptimists of Huntington Beach believe in improving the lives of women and girls and live it by focusing on service. The following was compiled by our VP of Service, Leslie Miller, with a little help from her team leaders, Cathy Standiford (DIBI), Mary Chiappetta (Human Trafficking) & Terry Rose (Live Your Dream). Dolly
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This past year, Soroptimists of Huntington Beach focused on Soroptimist International of the Americas’ 4 Pillars: Fundraising, Membership, Program and Public Awareness. Despite Covid-19, here are our goals and accomplishments: ProgramsGoal: Strongly encouraged to participate in SIA’s Dream Programs: LYD, is an Education & Award for Women and Dream It, Be It, career support for
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Watching the NeighborsByCathy Standiford My neighbor carefully paints the edge of her car’s trunk with white outbecause the too-small-to-notice scratch interrupts her well-manicureddesire for perfection Another neighbor tosses water balloons across the spring lawn to her daughterbecause the beaches are closed and they yearn to feel the surprise ofwater splashing on skin My elderly neighbor
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