Soroptimist International of Grosse Pointe

LIVE YOUR DREAM AWARD

The Live Your Dream Award is a unique education award for women who provide the primary financial support for their families. The Live Your Dream Award gives women the resources they need to improve their education, skills and employment prospects. A candidate must be the primary financial support for her family and be working toward a college / technical degree and have financial need to be eligible for this award.

 Recipients may use the cash award to offset any costs associated with their efforts to attain higher education, such as books, childcare, tuition and transportation. 

VIRGINIA WAGNER EDUCATIONAL AWARD   

Sponsored by Rebecca Palen, President & Founder of             H3-Hope, Healing & Health, INC  

The Virginia Wagner Educational Award honors a woman who is enrolled in a university degree program (i.e., bachelor, master or doctorate), shows effort toward scholarship, has done volunteer work in the community and/or school, and has financial need. She does not need to be the primary financial support for her family.

RUBY AWARD

The Ruby Award is given to women helping women and recognizing them for having significantly improved the lives of women and/or girls.

MADELINE COLAVITO CONTINUING EDUCATION AWARD

The Madeline Colavito Continuing Education Award offers additional financial support to our award recipients as they pursue their educational objectives.

PROGRAMS

Dream It, Be It: Career Support for Girls. This program gives girls the tools they need to achieve their education and career goals, empowering them to break cycles of poverty, violence, and abuse. 

 The Mentoring for Success Program aims to help our club's award recipients achieve their educational and career objectives. Award recipients are paired with a Soroptimist member who acts as a mentor, offering emotional and instrumental support, as well as opportunities for networking. 

 Human Trafficking Awareness 

Raising awareness about human trafficking has been a significant focus of Soroptimist International of Grosse Pointe (SIGP). We are actively engaged in educating our communities with the goal of terminating this multi-billion-dollar criminal industry. 

Positive Images (PI)

 Positive Images Inc. is a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit therapeutic recovery community for substance use disorders. This women’s residential rehabilitation organization is located in Detroit.               

Soroptimist members donate gifts during the holiday season, arrange useful and fun items for Mother's Day gifts, and supply personal hygiene kits to women upon intake for PI.  

Contact us to learn about other projects we support!

 Soroptimist is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that relies on member-initiated fundraising, private donations, corporate support, and foundation grants to fund programs that help women and girls worldwide. 

There are many ways to support Soroptimist International of Grosse Pointe. You can make an in-kind or financial donation, become a member, or volunteer your time on one of its service projects. 

Every contribution makes a difference!