· Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens Training -- SIGG will be providing Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens for Orange County's Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) in the month of September funded by a grant from Soroptimist International of the Americas.  Other trainings are in the planning stages.

· Soroptimist Women's Opportunity Award – cash grant given annually to a woman head of household seeking to improve her economic status through education and training.

· Soroptimist Violet Richardson Award – recognizes young women between the ages of 14 and 17 engaged in volunteer action within the community and/or their school.

· Soroptimist Ruby Award for Women Helping Women – recognizes a woman in the community who is improving the lives of women and girls personally, professionally, or through volunteerism.

  Essay Contest -- open to girls between the ages of 7 and 14 to foster leadership skills and encourage them to envision their future.

· Soroptimists STOP Trafficking – SIGG partners with other area Soroptimist clubs and the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force to raise public awareness about the trafficking of women and girls, primarily for purposes of sexual exploitation. 

· Soroptimist Workplace Campaign to End Domestic Violence – SIGG participates in this annual effort to raise awareness about domestic violence as a workplace concern by placing cards with local domestic violence hotline information in local businesses and public restrooms.

· Women Helping Women -- SIGG holds two clothing drives a year to gather workplace appropriate clothing to help women who are seeking to re-enter the work force with limited means.

· SIGG also provides financial and volunteer support to Garden Grove area organizations such as:

CHOC HOSPITAL

GARDEN GROVE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL

THOMAS HOUSE FAMILY SHELTER

H.O.P.E. Caring For Kids

ACACIA ADULT DAY SERVICES

KIWANISLAND

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB

GRANDMA'S HOUSE OF HOPE

MISS GARDEN GROVE PAGEANT 

 

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INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES:

 

· Global Fund for Afghanistan - For the last three years, SIGG has made a significant donation to this organization, earmarking the funds to plant orchards for cultivation by women heads of household in rural Afghanistan.

· December 10th President’s Appeal  - In honor of International Human Rights Day, SIGG makes a financial donation each year to an international project selected by the Soroptimist International President.  The 2009 project, Hope and Dreams for Everyone, prevents human trafficking in Moldova by providing life skill education and sustainable living condition for vulnerable girls.  Mainly because of poverty, women and girls in Moldova are widely exposed to trafficking.  More information is available on the SI web site at www.soroptimistinternational.org.

 

· Project Sierra - SIGG contributes financially to this four-year Soroptimist International Project, which provides education, job training, family reunification, and crisis support resources to teenage mothers in Sierra Leone, Africa, in partnership with Hope and Homes for Children.  Learn more at www.projectSIerra.org.

 

· Mary Nyanjega Academy - SIGG sponsors two AIDs-orphan girls to attend school in Nairobi, Kenya for a year.  In 2006, SIGG's contributions enabled the completion of a project to bring running water to the school.