Elegant Gourmet Etc. Coupon Book sale
On Friday, October 25th, we kicked off our sales season for the Elegant Gourmet Etc. Coupon Book sales. In 1984, we began this fundraiser. To date, we have raised more than $634.000 for our community. Over these years we have funded many projects and scholarships. This year’s top three sellers were Connie Panike, Margo Petersen-Pruss and Tammy Gallagher.
Our books are available from club members as well as:
- Angeles Furniture
- Jim’s Pharmacy
- Airport Garden
- Blackbird Coffee House
- Imagine it Framed
- Odyssey Bookstore
- Sequim Shoe Repair
NEWS RELEASE:
Live Your Dream Award
Port Angeles, WA – Soroptimist International of Port Angeles (Noon Club) #111116 is
seeking applicants for the Live Your Dream Award in the amount of $1,000-2,000. The cash award may be used to offset costs associated with efforts to attain higher education, including tuition, books and fees, childcare, and transportation. Recipients of the Live Your Dream Award may also be eligible to receive region-level awards that are granted through Soroptimist’s 28 geographic regions.
Soroptimist is an international volunteer organization for business and professional women who work to improve the lives of women and girls in local communities and through-out the world.
Eligible female applicants must live in the Port Angeles area, must have financial need, have primary financial responsibility for supporting her family, have a 2.5 GPA or better and attend or be accepted into an undergraduate degree program or a technical skills training program. Please apply online by searching: live your dream awards.
While not mandatory, unofficial transcripts, preferred, please send to Sally Pearson at sallypearson61@gmail.com. For more information, call Pearson at (360)797-3575.
Application deadline is November 15, 2024.
GEM Awards
The GEM Award honors women who through their professional or personal efforts have worked to improve the lives or those who live in our community, especially women and girls. She also inspires and encourages others. Friends, family and/or co-workers nominated these women to receive the award.
Port Angeles, Washington
Port Angeles lies at the foot of the green, forested Olympic Mountains, on the shoreline of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Olympic National Park extends into the city limits along Hurricane Ridge Road and covers hundreds of thousands of acres in the mountains to the south. With 18,397 people living in its limits, it is the major seaport of the Olympic Penninsula.
On June 19, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln ordered the establishment of a lighthouse and military reserve, which brought about the settlement of Port Angeles.
Soroptimist International of Port Angeles, Noon Club
We are Soroptimist International of Port Angeles, The Noon Club (SIPA) with 35 members was chartered in February 1944 (SIPA History). It is a club dedicated to community service and it has always accepted responsibility for its share of many civic projects with financial contributions and active support.
When women help other women, amazing things happen! Our clubs and members breathe life into education and empowerment programs and truly come together to make a difference for women and girls worldwide. We have 37 members who meet the first three Fridays of the month at Joshua’s Restaurant at noon, visitors are always welcome. We often have programs presented by leaders of the Port Angeles and Clallam County communities. These are interesting and informative and stimulate much discussion. Visitors are always welcome at our meetings.
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SUPPORT SOROPTIMIST
Club application, an invite to lunch after they fill out inquiry type form that would go to us.
SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL LINKS
Soroptimist International Northwestern Region
Soroptimist International Of The Americas
Soroptimist International GLOBAL
