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PROGRAMMINGSIA PROGRAMS

GOVERNOR’S ROLESR. DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM SERVICES LORI

BLAIR

Program

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The Program Department

July 16-17, 2012

Program Manager Lauren Gray, Program Assistant Nadia Washlick and Senior Director of Program

Services Lori Blair

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The Renaissance Campaign

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PROGRAM

MEMBERSHIP

PUBLIC AW

ARENESS

FEDERATION

FUNDRAISING

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Women’s Opportunity Awards In 2011-2012:

74 percent of clubs participated.

More than 1,200 women were honored with the award.

Nearly$1.6 million in awards were given.

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Women and Girl Focused Projects

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99% of clubs reported conduct a women and/or girl focused project.

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Teamwork

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Outcomes-Based Evaluation Output: The number of women and girls

reached and the amount of money given away each year

Outcomes: How and to what degree the lives of women and girls were changed as the result of our programs

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Soroptimist Club Grants for Women and Girls

Goal: To improve the lives of women and girls in local Soroptimist communities.

In the 2010-2011 club year, 97% of the clubs reached their stated goals.

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Soroptimist Disaster Grants for Women and Girls

Goal: To ensure that women and girls have the resources they need to prepare for or recover from a disaster.

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Soroptimist Project Matching

Goals: To improve the lives

of women and girls in local communities.

To match Soroptimist clubs that need support for their local projects with clubs that have support to give.

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The Rocky Mountain Region will support SI/Yerevan, Armenia’s project “Preventive program against cervical cancer”

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Violet Richardson Award Goal: Through

recognition of their volunteer efforts, girls will continue to be active volunteers.

100% of survey respondents were still volunteering.

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2010-2011 federation finalist Allyson Ahlstrom in front of her organization,

Threads for Teens.

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New Girl-Focused Project

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We will research and design a new program that creates real change in the lives of disadvantaged girls.

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Women’s Opportunity Awards

Goal: Through increased education, women will secure employment that provides an improved standard of living for themselves and their dependents.

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2010-2011 federation finalist Lisa Boyd and her daughters.

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Women’s Opportunity Awards 97 percent of survey respondents

reported increased self-esteem and self-confidence.

69 percent earned a degree or certificate.

80 percent reported an improved standard of living for themselves and their families and

88 percent reported serving as a role model for their dependents.

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Women’s Opportunity Awards Increase club participation Increase the number of women honored

at the club-level Provide additional support to award

recipients Provide support to newly chartered clubs  Increase at-large awards  Engage the Live Your Dream community Survey club-level recipients

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What Can Regions Do?

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1. Focus on the Women’s Opportunity Awards

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2. Model Behavior to Shape our Future

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3. Encourage Club-Level Focus on Women and Girls

The Brazil Region translated and printed the new “Girl Power” Model Program Kit

so their clubs could benefit from the resource.

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Resources

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Program Chairs

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Responsibilities include conducting program evaluations, critical reading of new resources and reading and scoring club grants.

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Program Chairs Make presentations at district and

region meetings on programs to support Shaping the Soroptimist Future through increased collective impact.

Work with the Women’s Opportunity Awards region chair to strategize about increasing and or maintaining participation.

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Program Chairs

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Invite your program chair to the region board meetings to give updates and presentations on program.

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Senior Director of Program Services, Lori Blair

lori@soroptimist.org

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