Friday, October 24, 2014

SILPADA - OUR NEXT FUND RAISER !



Save the date !
Nov 9,
1 - 3 pm

Gift ideas galore, have a fun afternoon shopping for yourself or those special people on your gift list !

Remember to RSVP !

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

SMILE AT AMAZON

Do you remember Mr. Roark of Fantasy Island telling Tatoo "smiles everyone - smiles!  
SIPN is now part of the Amazon Smile Program which will donate .50% to the club for purchases you make at Amazon. 

But - you must adjust your account to make it work for the club. There are three ways you can do this,

1. Go to Google and type in amazon smile program.  The top selection on the Google listing will take you to the amazon site. The top item on that page will show the smile program, click on that. The next page will show a box on the right side of the page for you to choose your charity.  The bottom part of the box is for you to enter soroptimist north portland 

2. You can also go into your settings for your account and "choose or change my charity."  This is faster if you are familiar with your account settings.

3. Use www.smile.amazon.com as your URL instead of just amazon.com  You will still need to select your charity.

Once your account is set up with your charity selected it will stay that way until you change it. 

Now have fun shopping at Amazon and helping your club too!  Smiles everyone !

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

2014 LIVE YOUR DREAM WINNER

The link below will take you to the 10 minute video of the 2014 SIA  LIVE YOUR DREAM (formerly Woman of Opportunity award) winner, Shirlee Draper.  On our pages you can read lots of information about how we help women and children in our own area such as the Community of Hope (below).  

Clearly, searching all of the SIA organizations for just one winner of the award is a daunting task of huge proportion, but when you view this video you will agree about the decision.  Come back to this post anytime you feel the need to be inspired or appreciated for your commitment to Soroptimism. 

Click here to hear Shirlee Draper 


Monday, October 6, 2014

PRESIDENT'S CHALLENGE

From the newsletter of Community of Hope


(R) President Sharon, (L) Linda Jo Devlaminck
"Soroptimist International Portland North president Sharon Vance chose us for her President's Challenge for the rest of the year. 

They will be looking for ways to serve us over the coming months on an ongoing basis. They began with a collection for craft supplies for the ladies to use.

Thank you Sharon and all! They are having fun with the supplies!"

 

Each month club members will be advised on the types of items or things that we can do to meet the President's Challenge.  

Look for those ideas to be posted here as we help this organization reach out and improve the lives of their in-residence families.