One of our friendship link clubs, SI Annecy sent anniversary greetings to our 100th Anniversary Celebration on October 3.
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Dolphine Anyango sent greetings from Soroptimist International of Kisumu, Kenya on the event of our club's 100th Anniversary celebration. Thank you, Dophine, for this wonderful video!
The Oakland Club installs and thanks our elected 2021-22 year officers for their upcoming service: President Carolyn Bolton, Vice President Karen Levin, Treasurer Sheila Wang, Secretary Kay Taylor, and Delegates Joyce Hooks and Jacqueline Cisneros."Yes We Can" is President Carolyn Bolton's theme for the club's new year July 2021-June 2022. Our annual officer installation event last Saturday was especially joyful as it was our first in-person gathering since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis. Past President Portia Stewart (left) and re-installed President Carolyn Bolton, hosted the event.
SI Oakland is proud to participate in Alliance for Girls, a coalition of Bay Area organizations that focus on helping women and girls. Members Portia Stewart and Jan Medina participated in their last conference.
Our annual "Steps to Success" Shoe Project event was cancelled due to coronavirus, but the Soroptimist Oakland Club members found a way to make a difference in the lives of East Oakland elementary school students. Many of the students at the two schools where we provide the mentoring project can't participate in online learning opportunities because their families don't have computers. Soroptimist of Oakland-The Founder Club is proud to have donated 60 Kindle Fire tablets to help fill that gap. Please consider making a donation to the Shoe Project.
We're excited to announce our new member Jacqueline Cisneros (center)! Here's Carolyn Bolton (left) installing her at our 1/23/20 meeting with her sponsor and sister Khadija Fredericks. Welcome, Jacqueline!
Girls Inc. of Alameda County and Soroptimist International of Oakland - The Founder Club have partnered up to provide mentorship and guidance to high school aged seniors applying for college admissions and scholarships. Through the Girls Inc. National Scholarship Program, best known as GINS to the applicants, Girls Inc. members are able to apply for national scholarships to help defer the rising costs of education. Six SIO-TFC members have taken an active role, each partnering with one girl: Bertha Dorsey, Leanne Davis, Katharine Miller, Portia Stewart, Kay Taylor, and Sheila Wang, Mentorship includes a weekly meeting between Mentor and Mentee at the Girls Inc. of Alameda County headquarters in Oakland. Guidelines for mentorship include reading, revising, brainstorming and advising in the creation of a scholarship application submission. There are four essays, each weighted differently and comprise over six pages of submission. Our young mentees have been busy writing, and our enthusiastic members have been busy reading! President Portia Stewart remarked, "I found working with the girls at Girls Inc. to be extremely rewarding and a chance to bond with a young woman grateful for our experience and help. I've offered club's assistance for this project again next year. It was rewarding and the best way to lead is by example. First draft submissions are due by 6pm Friday, November 2nd. We look forward to hearing about the continued successes of our already bright and successful future leaders! See what great work Girls Inc is doing here: https://girlsinc.org/ On September 5, 2018, our club had a wonderful evening with guests from the Soroptimist Club Milano Fondatore, who were celebrating their 90th Anniversary.. Cheryl Poncini and her committee did a tremendous job organizing the event. Our talented member Patricia Costello and her husband Aurelio Mucci generously served as translators for the evening. Several members of our sister club SI El Cerrito were present as well as District Director Elise Balgely. We enjoyed food, wine, and the exchange of gifts. We are extremely grateful to our Italian Soroptimists for their visit and friendship.
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