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Live Your Dream

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S Club

Live Your Dream

Live Your Dream

S Club is run through your school where we help you get set up with your officers.  The S Club can help make a difference for other teen girls.

Awards

Girl's Youth Leadership Award

Eligible applicants are young women who: 

• are currently between the ages of 14 and 18 

• have demonstrated initiative in both identifying a problem and trying to solve it 

• have had significant and noteworthy accomplishments as volunteers

Soroptimist employees and the immediate families of both are ineligible. Applications must be submitt

Eligible applicants are young women who: 

• are currently between the ages of 14 and 18 

• have demonstrated initiative in both identifying a problem and trying to solve it 

• have had significant and noteworthy accomplishments as volunteers

Soroptimist employees and the immediate families of both are ineligible. Applications must be submitted directly to Soroptimist International of Monroe County.


Deadline: February 1st, 2025

Completed applications and any supporting materials must be received by the above date. 

If you know of someone qualified for this award please contact us for an application. 

Email simonroecounty@soroptimist.net 

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Live Your Dream Award

The Soroptimist Live Your Dream: Education & Training Awards for Women program has been helping women around the world since 1972. This program provides cash grants to women who are working to better their lives through additional schooling and skills training.

This award assists women ages 18 or older who provide the primary source of fin

The Soroptimist Live Your Dream: Education & Training Awards for Women program has been helping women around the world since 1972. This program provides cash grants to women who are working to better their lives through additional schooling and skills training.

This award assists women ages 18 or older who provide the primary source of financial support for their families by giving them the resources they need to improve their education, skills, and employment prospects. 

The application period is open now through November 15. Please click on the link below for instructions on how to apply.

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Virginia Wagner Award

Virginia Wagner Award

Virginia Wagner Award

The Virginia Wagner Award is specific to those states in the Midwestern Region: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Women residing in these states who are attending college/university in pursuit of a bachelors, masters, or doctoral degree are eligible to apply. This award is granted to those women who display effor

The Virginia Wagner Award is specific to those states in the Midwestern Region: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Women residing in these states who are attending college/university in pursuit of a bachelors, masters, or doctoral degree are eligible to apply. This award is granted to those women who display effort toward education, have done volunteer work in the community, and demonstrate financial need. This award was established by the Soroptimist International Midwest Region in honor and memory of Virginia Wagner, a former Soroptimist club member and physician at Riley's Children Hospital.

The application period is open now through January 15. Click the button below to download the application. Fill in each writeable field completely, and be sure to sign your name at the bottom. Please send completed application with all supporting required documentation to the SI Monroe County Email address simonroecounty@soroptimist.net or mail to:
SIMC    P.O Box 1121     Monroe, MI 48161



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Helen Applin Award

Virginia Wagner Award

Virginia Wagner Award

The Helen Applin Award is presented to women who have been nominated for their contribution to the community through either volunteering and/or starting a program that benefits our community.  

To be eligible: 

You cannot have received this award before

You cannot be a club member or a family member of a member of Soroptimist club member.


To

The Helen Applin Award is presented to women who have been nominated for their contribution to the community through either volunteering and/or starting a program that benefits our community.  

To be eligible: 

You cannot have received this award before

You cannot be a club member or a family member of a member of Soroptimist club member.


To nominate someone for this award, please reach out to Pricilla Hutra at hphutra@aol.com



Previous Year Winners

Youth Leadership 2025 Winners

Youth Leadership 2025 Winners

Youth Leadership 2025 Winners

1st Place |  Addison Huerta

2nd Place |  Geneva Bomia

Live Your Dream 2025 Winners

Youth Leadership 2025 Winners

Youth Leadership 2025 Winners

1st Place |  Shannon Abood

2nd Place |  Angel Allen

3rd Place |  Danielle Raasch

4th Place |   Bobbie Dansard

5th Place |   Lynette Thomas

6th Place |  Christina Brena

7th Place |  Dana Lee

Virginia Wagner 2025 Winners

Youth Leadership 2025 Winners

Virginia Wagner 2025 Winners

1st Place |  Christi Rogers

2nd Place |  Tiffany Seibert

3rd Place |  Morgan Sherrard

Helen Applin 2025 Winners

The Dorothy Bomia Memorial 2025 Winner

Virginia Wagner 2025 Winners

Beth Ann Choate

Carolyn Shipp


The Dorothy Bomia Memorial 2025 Winner

The Dorothy Bomia Memorial 2025 Winner

The Dorothy Bomia Memorial 2025 Winner

Gianna LaFata


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Deadline to apply is January 15, 2025.

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