Help Us Fund Live Your Dream Awards for Women in Our Community

We are raising $20,000 to fund our 2027 Live Your Dream Awards for women in our community.

Each spring, we strive to provide a minimum of five meaningful awards to local women who are pursuing education or career training while serving as the primary financial providers for their families. These women are working toward greater stability, stronger employment opportunities, and brighter futures for themselves and their children.

These are not symbolic awards. We believe the minimum award should be $2,000 because support at that level can make a real difference. It can help with tuition, books, childcare, transportation, supplies, certification costs, or other expenses that often determine whether a woman can keep moving forward.

Applicants go through a thoughtful and well-vetted process. Award recipients are selected by local professionals who are not members of our organization, helping ensure that decisions are fair, community-based, and focused on the women whose lives can be most impacted by this support.

We have seen the impact firsthand. Past local recipients have gone on to become nurse practitioners, build stable careers, support their families, and create brighter futures. One recipient was homeless with a newborn during COVID when she received her award. Today, she is thriving and is one of our biggest advocates.

The impact of these awards does not stop with one recipient. When a woman is able to continue her education, grow her career, and build greater stability, her children see what is possible. They see perseverance. They see education valued. They see a parent working toward a future with more choices. In that way, each award has the potential to create generational impact, strengthening not only one woman’s life, but the lives of the children and families who are watching her lead the way.

Our local awards are part of Soroptimist’s Live Your Dream Award Program, a major global program that has helped women pursue education, training, and career opportunities since 1972. Across the program’s history, more than $49 million in education awards have been distributed to 47,000 women working to build better lives for themselves and their families.

A gift to this campaign is both deeply local and part of something proven. You are helping women right here in our community take their next step toward stability, education, confidence, and opportunity, while supporting a trusted program with more than 50 years of impact.

Your one-time or monthly gift helps fund awards that matter.

Together, we can help women live their dreams.

To learn more about the application process, requirements, and impact please visit our website www.situscaloosa.com

Live Your Dream 2027