Helping
women and girls.
We are a global volunteer organization that provides women and girls with access to the education and training they need to achieve economic empowerment.
Our programs help women achieve economic independence, increasing their ability to leave behind domestic violence, trafficking, and other situations resulting from financial insecurity.
Our monthly community presentations are open to the public to help raise awareness of key issues (and the people working hard to address them!) related to economic insecurity faced by women and girls in our community.
While Soroptimist was originally formed as a women-only club, today we welcome all community members to join us in our mission. If you are passionate about the rights and well-being of the women in our community, you’ve found the right club!
Don’t have the bandwidth to invest your time in our mission? Donate today, and we’ll ensure your dollars are put to good use in supporting women who are coming out of life’s most difficult situations, into a new and brighter future. Our causes: Women’s Education, Anti-trafficking, Intimate partner Violence, the challenges faced by single mothers, and the issue of period poverty.
The longest running
women’s service organization
in Bend.
Soroptimist International of Bend, Oregon is a non-profit organization that has been helping women and children in Central Oregon for 81 years. The first Soroptimist club was formed in 1921 by a group of 80 women in Oakland, California. Soroptimist International of Bend was chartered in August of 1943.
The name, Soroptimist, means “best for women,” and that’s what the organization strives to achieve. Today, Soroptimists are community members (not just women!), working to help women and girls to be their best.
Soroptimist is an international organization for passionate community members who work to improve the lives of women and girls, in local communities and throughout the world. Almost 95,000 Soroptimists in about 120 countries and territories contribute time and financial support to community-based and international projects that benefit women and girls
Our Vision
Women and girls have the resources and opportunities to reach their full potential and live their dreams.
Our Mission
Soroptimist is a global volunteer organization that provides women and girls with access to the education and training they need to achieve economic empowerment.