Give Her Wings Awards Evening
We hope you can join us for one of our favourite events of the year on Wednesday, April 12th, 2023! Join us for an evening of inspiring stories, delicious sweet and savory nibbles and refreshing drinks as we celebrate amazing women in our community. Over half of our Live Your Dream Awards recipients are survivors […]
SI TriCities Acknowledged for Club Giving
Soroptimist International of the Americas recently acknowledged our club for the Club Giving contribution made to the main organization. This ongoing support provides women and girls with access to the education and training they need to achieve economic em
Meet our Dream it Be it Keynote Speaker – Kirsten Anderson
Dream It Be It (DIBI) is a Career Exploration – 1-Day Conference for Teen Girls on October 21st at Centennial Secondary School (Coquitlam) We welcome our keynote speaker Kirsten Anderson motivating us to – “Choose Your Own Adventures” Though some call her a Playologist, she is an international speaker on the power of playfulness to […]
Give Her Wings Awards Evening
It’s here! And it’s in-person. It’s the 2022 Give Her Wings Awards Evening, where we celebrate amazing women in our community. We hope you can join us in not only honouring these award winners but also in helping us raise much-needed funds to continue our awards programs and our many other programs that help women […]
Supporting our Sisters in Ukraine
“For these seven days of war, for me – it’s like seven years.” Tetiana Machabeli, Soroptimist International of Uzhhorod, Ukraine. Article was written by: Chari Grant, Governor-Elect Western Canada Region, Soroptimist On March 3, 2022 I attended a Zoom meeting hosted by Soroptimist International of Sweden that addressed what Soroptimists around the world could do […]
SITC is proud to participate in Period Promise
Soroptimist Tricities is one of the community partners this year supporting this United Way initiative! As a club, we have the power to empower those that do not have regular access to menstrual products by raising money and collecting product that will be delivered to community partners like Share. Unfortunately more than a quarter […]
2021 Award Winners!
While the awards event was virtual, we still got to celebrate our awesome award winners! We had over 40 applicants across the categories this year – all amazing women. Here’s this year’s winners, as selected by our judges.
Meet our 2021 Live Your Dream Winner – Jessa Turner
We are so thrilled to introduce you to our Live Your Dreams Award Winner – Jessa Turner. This Soroptimist signature award is for women who are the primary head of household and support their families while enrolled in post-secondary education. Jessa is an amazing woman who has overcome tremendous challenges to become a student at […]
Tru Earth – A “Tru” Partner
Support Your Community & Mother Nature! We are incredibly excited to announce our newest fundraising initiative in partnership with Tru Earth®. 20% of every purchase made through https://fundraising.tru.earth/soroptimisttricities will be donated to Soroptimist International of the TriCities, in support of our local programs for women and girls. In addition, Tru Earth® has generously donated 6,600 laundry strips to our clients at Bea’s […]
Give Her Wings 50/50 Raffle – Tickets on Sale Now
We all know that 2020 has been a challenging year! Soroptimist International of the TriCities has worked diligently to keep offering our many programs in creative ways. We’re hoping you can support us keeping our programs (like Warm Place for Women, Bea’s Kloset, and our scholarships) running by participating in our 50/50 raffle draw. Why […]
An open letter to our Covid19 grantors from the Club President
A deeply heartfelt thank you to Sunrise Rotary Club, Port Coquitlam Foundation, Coquitlam Foundation, TD Bank and the Red Cross for their financial support of the work of the Soroptimists of the TriCities. It was so incredibly generous of these organizations to sponsor and grant us funds to ensure we can continue to offer Warm […]
With sadness, we share the passing of our beautiful Soroptimist sister Marion Annand
Marion Elsie Annand was a charter member of Soroptimist International of the TriCities when it formed in 1999, helping the club grow into the strong community organization it is today. Marion always had a smile on her face and a twinkle in her eye, as she greeted every new member with open arms. It didn’t […]