Helping
women and girls.
Live Your Dream Awards
Women who serve as the primary wage earners for their families and who are motivated to improve their lives by advancing their careers through education or training, can now apply for financial assistance through the The Soroptimist Live Your Dream: Education and Training Award for Women®.
Soroptimist International of Bend selects top applicants to receive the $2,000 cash awards. One of these awards is provided through the generosity of Central Electric Cooperative, Inc, whose award goes to a qualifying applicant residing in the CEC service area.
Accepting Applications through November 15
The oldest continuing
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. SI Bend was chartered in August of 1943.
The name, Soroptimist, means “best for women,” and that’s what the organization strives to achieve. Soroptimists are women at their best, working to help other women to be their best.
Soroptimist is an international organization for business and professional women 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.