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Special Event
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Quilt Raffle a Huge Success!
Draw date was June 20th at our annual Golf Tournament at Heron's Landing Golf Club in Peterborough.
Proceeds will go towards our programs of service.
Stay tuned for more information on our 2010 tournament.
SATURDAY OF SERVICE
On Sat. Feb. 28th, 2009 members of our club participated in two community events. One groups painted and assembled furniture for a meeting room at the Women's Health Centre in downtown Peterborough. Another group prepared lunch for the hungry at St. John's Anglican Church. These hands-on opportunities were a great way to contribute directly to the betterment of our community while having fun as a team.
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Schedule of Upcoming meetings:
Wed., Jan. 7, 2009
Wed., Feb. 4, 2009
Wed., Mar. 4, 2009
Wed., Apr. 1, 2009
Wed., May 6, 2009
Wed., June 3, 2009
Meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month at the Royal Canadian Legion on Lansdowne St. W. Dinner is served at 6:30pm and the business meeting follows at 7:30. Meetings generally adjourn at 9:00pm. During the summer months (July and August), no business meetings are held to accommodate members’ summer plans.
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Service Programs
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"To improve the lives of women and girls in local communities and around the
world." Soroptimist International is an international service club whose
membership is comprised of business and professional women. Program focus is "the
best for women".
Many of our service
projects are evaluated based on this focus. Those listed below are some of the most
recognizable in our community and for our membership. In addition to local
service projects, SI Peterborough sponsors two annual awards, where winners
at the club level are given the opportunity go on to compete at Regional and
Federation levels. These awards are the Women's Opportunity Award (WOA) and the
Violet Richardson Award. Please contact us for further information.
"Hang Out With Us"
SI Peterborough's Environment Committee works this project to advocate, educate and encourage each of us to "hang out" our laundry instead of always using our precious electrical resources/appliances. "Hang out with Us" and help save our planet!
And many more...
SI Peterborough actively supports many other organizations within our community such as the MS Society (members staff many of the selling locations during the annual Carnation sales blitz Mother's Day weekend), Casa Maria, Trent Valley Literacy, St. Joseph's at Fleming, and KAIROS, to name but a few.
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Fundraising
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Christmas Tea and Bazaar
A Christmas Bazaar and Tea was held at the Lion’s Centre in Peterborough on Saturday, November 21, 2009. Poinsettias, baked
goods, crafts, and jewelry were sold. The tea room was as popular as ever, offering a large variety of sweets, cookies, and
sandwiches. Thank you to all who visited, and to all club members who volunteered to make it a huge success. Together we
raised over $3000.
Festival of Trees
Each year, the Peterborough Club supports the efforts of the Festival of Trees organizing committee by decorating a special
Christmas tree to be auctioned at this event. Money raised at the Festival of Trees goes to the local regional hospital
foundation and the local Hospice. Our 2009 tree was decorated under the creative direction of Gisela Schubert using wine
charms. Hundreds of visitors attend this event in November each year, to listen to live entertainment, participate in
Christmas activities and wonder at the beautiful trees and decorations. For more information, go to:
www.pfot.org
Soroptimist's Golf for Health Tournament
SI Peterborough has been supporting the PRHC Foundation for several years and has donated over $40,000 to community health initiatives for women. Construction at the new hospital is now underway, and we were pleased to continue to support this project with revenues from our Annual "Golf for Health" tournament, held in June.
This tournament's success is due in large part to the support of our local business community who purchase sponsorships and donate prizes and of course to the large number of golfers who return year after year to support us. In September of 2008 we were able to present
cheques to the Canadian Mental Health Association, and the local Women's Health Centre. Thanks to all the volunteers, sponsors, and participants!
President's Appeal 2008
At our regular business meeting, President Marney highlighted this year’s President’s Appeal. The goal is to raise funds for women who are recovering from Fistula surgery. The appeal is in partnership with the Hamlin Fistula Relief and Aid Fund, and will raise funds to support surgical corrections of fistulae, which may occur during childbirth. Women with fistulas suffer rejection, isolation, and shame. For more information on the project, check the links below:
www.soroptimistinternational.org/html/president_s_appeal.html
www.fistulatrust.org
UNICEF Collection
Each year, SI Peterborough coordinates many aspects of the local Hallowe'en UNICEF program through the schools in the local public school board, and with the "counter box" program through local businesses in the month of October. This year, UNICEF embarked on a new strategy, eliminating the collection box program in favour of the new “Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF” program. Children are encouraged with this new program to raise money amongst neighbours, family, and friends to purchase symbolic bricks. Participating schools keep track of money raised with posters of a school on which paper bricks with students’ names are placed. Participating students receive a bright Halloween candy bag in recognition of their efforts.
This program has been coordinated by our club for many years and is one of our most successful and worthwhile projects.
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