Community Service
Community Service Awards are another way that Soroptimist International of Stuart exhibits their core values of improving the lives of women and girls and gives back to the community. The community is asked to submit grant request that meet the mission of improving the lives of women and girls. The request must identify the objectives of the project, define the particular problem or condition in the lives of women and girls that the funds will address, the level of support requested and the anticipated outcomes. The volunteers on the Community Service committee review each of the requests and determine how the funds will be rewarded.

In 2007, the following community agencies received funding from Soroptimist International of Stuart.
• Martin County Healthy Start Coalition, Inc. Beds 4 Babies Project was awarded $3750.00 to purchase 50 cribs for eligible families. The project was in response to increased infant deaths that occurred when a baby was sleeping in an adult bed or other non-crib furniture.
• Hope Center for Autism was awarded $1000.00 to purchase materials and curriculum supplies for their Jensen Beach Center.
• PACE Center for Girls was awarded $1000.00 to be utilized in their Martin County programs.

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Here are the awards offered:

This is an annual Soroptimist International of Stuart award designed to assist a woman who is the main support for her family and hopes to pursue additional education to improve the lives of her family. The applicant is asked to complete an application including an essay describing her career goals and how education and/or skills training will assist her in accomplishing her goals. Volunteer judges from the community are asked to score the applications. The award winner is given the opportunity to compete for additional scholarships within our Southern Region.

This annual award is given to support young women and the organization for which they volunteer. The young women is required to submit an application detailing the organization in which they volunteer and how they have contributed to the organization. The applicants are scored by volunteers and the young woman and her organization receive a monetary award.

The Soroptimist Making a Difference for Women Award is designed to honor women who work to improve the lives of women and girls through their personal or volunteer efforts or through professional avenues. Although, not Soroptimists, their work helps promote the issues that are important to Soroptimists. Examples would be a woman who helps to establish a domestic violence shelter; starts a mentoring program for at-risk girls; or lobbies her company to provide on-site child care. The award begins at the local level and goes on to region and then federation levels. The recipient will be invited to accept her award at Soroptimist’s biennial convention or other federation meeting.

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