SOROPTIMIST
INTERNATIONAL
OF MARIN COUNTY

Making A Difference for Women Award

The Soroptimist Making a Difference for Women Award acknowledges women who are working to improve the lives of women and girls through their personal or professional activities. Their efforts help to promote the issues that are important to the Soroptimist organization.

Honorees are women who have worked in extraordinary ways to benefit women and girls. Examples of the type of work honored include: spearheading an effort to open a domestic violence shelter, working to secure health services for low-income women, starting a mentoring program for at-risk girls, or lobbing companies to provide on-site child care.

Program Structure

The Women Making a Difference Award honors women who have made outstanding achievements in their professional, business or volunteer activities. Awardees have demonstrated exemplary character, integrity and leadership; and, have been visible and vocal in their field. Their activities relate to at least one of the following areas: economic and social development, education, environment, health, human rights/status of women, and international goodwill and understanding. Local Club Awardees are nominated for regional recognition.

Soroptimist International of Marin County is honored to have had two of our recent Women of Distinction awardees receive the regional award. In 2002 District Attorney Paula Kamena received the regional award at conference in Hawaii. In 2004 Deborah Santana, writer, vice-president of the non-profit Milagro Foundation and Chief Operations Officer of the New Santana Band, received the award in Guam.

Interested applicants can contact Soroptimist International of Marin County at P.O. Box 150704, San Rafael, CA 94915-0704 or call 415-456-2853 or e-mail our Awards Chair, Evelyn Deane.