Soroptimist International Talbot County

12/13/2022

What a lovely time we had at our holiday party at Cari Corey's home on Sunday. Happy holidays!

10/31/2022

Ready to work on a Habitat Choptank house!

10/18/2022

03/31/2022

Congratulations on your 2022 Women to Watch recognition!!! We knew it!!

12/20/2021

Great SI TC Holiday party! Vicki, Wendy and Debbie from SI K&QA were there. Great food, friendship and Tricky Tray! The $310 proceeds from the Tricky Tray were donated to SI K&QA in memory of Louise Skinner! Thank you Cari for your hospitality!!!

10/23/2021

Congratulations, Judi Loscomb

The 36th annual Festival of Trees has announced that local businesswoman and graphic designer Judi Loscomb will be this year’s Festival Artist. Judi has been part of the graphics team for the festival for the past 35 years and is pleased to be able to design this year’s poster. She said she was inspired by the vision suggested by festival chairs Leslie Ware and Midge Menzies and by the title “A Winter Wonderland.”

10/23/2021

Soroptimist International of Talbot County in Search for 2022 Awards Applicants

Soroptimist International of Talbot County is seeking applicants from Caroline, Dorchester and Talbot County women and girls for their two annual awards. The first award is the Live Your Dream: Education & Training Award for Women program. This program provides a cash grant to a woman who is working to better her life through additional schooling and skills training. To be eligible for the award, you must be a woman with primary financial responsibility for yourself and your dependents and attending an undergraduate degree program or a vocational skills training program.

The other award is the Violet’s Dream Award. This award provides a monetary award and honors young women between the ages of 14 and 17 who make the world a better place through their volunteer efforts. The award winner’s volunteer organization also receives a donation. It honors Violet Richardson, president of Soroptimist International’s first club in Oakland, California in 1921. Violet Richardson was a woman of action, whose determined spirit and sense of personal responsibility were demonstrated by her lifelong commitment to volunteering in her community.

To apply for these awards, please contact Suzanne Coleman at [email protected]. The deadline for receiving the application is November 15, 2021. The awards will be distributed to the winners in March, 2022.

10/12/2021

Next Saturday is the freedom brunch set at the Sail Winds Park in Cambridge Maryland. Harriet's house is a non-profit raising money to combat human trafficking which is the biggest money crop in the world. It's right here under our noses and we don't even realize what's going on but we all can agree that it's horrendous. The victims which are mostly women and children live of life where they don't even know if they will survive.

I hope that if you can't give your time that you will give a small donation for we are raising money to rehab a house that was donated and it needs a lot of repair before it is even livable. We cannot disclose the exact location of the house but it is in Cambridge Maryland. Human trafficking is using our waterways besides our roadways.

Let us band to gather to stop this modern day slavery that still exists in the United States of America today.
I pray that you can help and I thank you for even a $5 donation.

If you cannot make the event but still would like to make a donation, there is a block to donate (scroll down on right)
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10/12/2021

Celebrating International Day of the Girl!

In December of 2011, the United Nations General Assembly officially declared October 11 as International Day of the Girl.

Since then, October 11 has been honored around the world as a monumental day to call attention to the injustices that young girls experience across the globe while also celebrating the achievements and progress made to advance gender equality.

While it may seem easy to grasp the meaning behind International Day of the Girl, it’s important to understand the full context. There are 1.1 billion girls in the world. That means 1.1 billion minds of intelligence, hearts of compassion, and lives of potential. However, lack of opportunity, inadequate investment, and inequality create a world in which girls are deprived of their basic human rights and a world that never really reaches its full potential because of it.

According to the United Nations, 12 million girls will be married before the age of 18, and 21 million will be pregnant as teens in developing countries. Millions of other young girls will be denied access to education, technology, healthcare, and basic fairness and rights in day-to-day life. These issues, among others, stand at the forefront of what International Day of the Girl was designed to bring attention to with the belief that awareness, advocacy, and action can create change.

Although there are still significant strides to be made to improve the livelihood and rights of girls, movements like International Day of the Girl make a significant difference, and there are numerous ways Soroptimists can get involved to help empower girls everywhere. This year’s theme for the special day is “My Voice, Our Equal Future.” Let’s seize the opportunity to be inspired by what adolescent girls see as the change they want and the solutions they are leading and demanding across the globe.

We believe that girls can be anything they dream, sometimes they just need someone to show them the way. Soroptimists can directly impact the lives of young girls when they invest in helping them set and achieve their dreams.

Show your support by sending a motivational message to girls! By sending a message of encouragement to girls, you remind them that their hopes—and struggles—are valid. Show girls that there are people who believe in their power. Offer a kind word of advice or simply share an inspiring quote you love.

Let’s stand together this October 11 as we look to empower the 1.1 billion girls across the world that inspire us al

06/28/2021

Year end June gathering! Fun was had by all!