Soroptimist of Tahoe Sierra fundraiser Saturday: Find out where donations go

Many people donate both money and auction items to the Soroptimist of Tahoe Sierra club for their annual Elegant Evening which occurs on Saturday, April 21. What many don't know is where those donations go. There was question recently in the community about donations, so the club wanted to clear up any misunderstandings.

The club recently created a diagram to better explain where each penny goes as they don't have must left over funds after they issue scholarships, grants and other forms of financial support.

Last year’s Elegant Evening funds went to provide:

• 43 cash grants and scholarships: Most Improved Students, Women on Their Way Awards, Violet Richardson Awards, and Ruby Awards.
• 50 middle school students participating in Junior S Club.
• 500 Middle School students and adults participating in Drug Store Project.
• 50 Mother’s Day baskets created for shelter and women in need by our Junior S Club.
• Partial funding for training of 600 Kenyan Youth in self-defense and AIDS awareness.
• 17 Micro-Loans for Kenyan Women to establish their economic self-sufficiency.
• 2 Batwa Pygmy youth, full scholarships to attend school.
• 3000 books for youth grades K—8 in Lake Tahoe for summer reading.
• 50 backpacks for children in need.
• 35 students weekend nutritional assistance.
• 50 Bread and Broth clients.
• Assistance to underwrite purchase of diapers, and funding for a nurse assisting with pregnant high school girls
• The BATS, Bringing Art to the Schools, program to our elementary sites.
• Water Quality Day: survey of water quality in Lake Tahoe.
• 100 dresses made for “Dress a Girl Around the World, made by members but supplies provided by you.

Funding and member assistance to : CASA El Dorado, 80 Senior Project students, Coalition for the Homeless, Choices for Children, Lake Tahoe Education Foundation, Choices for Children, 40 member Club Literario, 80 students for Kindergarten Welcome, Barton Baby Book Bags, Family of 4 transitioned from homeless through
St. Joseph’s Land Trust, 2 student scholarships to Camp Buck (living with diabetes), grant to Awaken Reno (anti-human trafficking program), 2 scholarships for TECH TREC (Girls and Science), Lake Tahoe Wildlife Center, and the Sugar Pine Foundation.,Our success of stretching our project dollars, reaching as many women
and youth as we can, is dependent on our involvement, and careful scrutiny of each project.

visit their website at www.sitahoesierra.org to find out more about their support of the community and of those around the world.

For tickets to Elegant Evening, or to find out how you can bid on unique silent auction items from home: http://sitahoesierra.org/elegant-evening/