This young woman has an outstanding record of community service. Pictured here with award chair Kath F. and President Sandy B.
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Violet Richardson Award
This young woman has an outstanding record of community service. Pictured here with award chair Kath F. and President Sandy B.
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Women's Opportunity Award Winner
Our recipient received money to help her achieve her goal of higher education. Pictured here with her son.
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Ruby Award Winner 2013
The Haven Director Margaret Higgins (center) receives the Soroptimist Ruby Award for her work helping women recover from drug and alcohol addiction. Picture with President Sandy B. & Ruby…
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Funding Projects in the Community
We help women by funding projects in the community.
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Service Projects
Helping women and girls in the community is our main goal.
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Our Mission Statement
Soroptimist’s improve the lives of women and girls in their local communities and throughout the world.
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Life is Rich - Save the Date!
Our Life is Rich event, “Cinco de Derby” is May 4th. Come and watch the Kentucky Derby “Tucson Style” with live Mariachi band, Silent Auction, Raffle and buffet.
Women’s Opportunity Award Winner
Posted by sally on March 30th, 2013
Our recipient received money to help her achieve her goal of higher education. Pictured here with her son.
Ruby Award Winner 2013
Posted by sally on March 30th, 2013
The Haven Director Margaret Higgins (center) receives the Soroptimist Ruby Award for her work helping women recover from drug and alcohol addiction. Picture with President Sandy B. & Ruby Award Chair Linda G.
Price of Silence
Posted by sally on February 18th, 2013
Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST) is defined as “the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act where the person is a US citizen or lawful permanent resident under the age of 18. There is no requirement to prove force, fraud or coercion was used to secure the victim’s actions when they are under the age of eighteen under the United States federal law, the 2000 Trafficking Victims’ Protection Act (TVPA.)
Soroptimist International of Desert Tucson club, an international organization that works to improve the lives of women and girls locally and around the world, sponsored this 22-minute film, “The Price of Silence.”
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The film’s purpose is to alert parents, caregivers and professionals to the dangers of domestic minor sex trafficking in the Southern Arizona community. It covers the actual stories of teen victims of sex trafficking in southern Arizona. Its focus is on two paths into trafficking. One is the seduction of a naive Tucson teen at a bus stop on her way home from school. The other victim is an incest survivor from Yuma. Both were trafficked in Phoenix.
DMST is seldom discussed in Tucson which makes those under 18 all the more vulnerable as targets for predators. Although current incidents continue to appear in the news.
The film includes experts’ comment on how to prevent this crime and the role of healing in the process for survivors.
The film was aired on Access Tucson (Cox, Channel 20; Comcast, Channel 74,)from November 12, 2012 through December 10, 2012 and continues to be aired in several venues.
Funding Projects in the Community
Posted by sally on February 16th, 2013
We help women by funding projects in the community.
Service Projects
Posted by sally on February 16th, 2013
Helping women and girls in the community is our main goal.
Our Mission Statement
Posted by sally on February 11th, 2013
Soroptimist’s improve the lives of women and girls in their local communities and throughout the world.
Life is Rich – Save the Date!
Posted by admin on November 16th, 2012
Our Life is Rich event, “Cinco de Derby” is May 4th. Come and watch the Kentucky Derby “Tucson Style” with live Mariachi band, Silent Auction, Raffle and buffet.
