FUNdraisers and Service Projects

The members of Soroptimist International Oceanside-Carlsbad work hard all year to raise money for local organizations that benefit women and girls. The money raised during one fiscal year is distributed at the end of the following fiscal year at the Community Service Awards Luncheon. In 2010, we will award more than $21,000 to local organizations.

Our annual projects include (please click the links to the right for information about that project for the current fiscal year):

Wine For Art: Annual wine tasting event at the Oceanside Museum of Art. Proceeds go toward art scholarships for Oceanside and Carlsbad high schoo seniors. Usually held in the fall.

Dirty Deeds: A fun little fundraiser, held during a program meeting in the fall, where members auction their skills and services to other club members and guests. Examples: Painting a room, airport taxi service, handicrafts, homemade goodies.

Salad Luncheon: The club's oldest event. Members make a variety of salads for this weekday luncheon, which is attended by a lot of "movers and shakers" in Oceanside and Carlsbad. Usually held in the early spring.

Project CEO: One of the club's newest "hands-on" service projects, Project CEO involves gathering business clothes and presenting educational workshops so that women can get back into the workforce on an equal footing. This project will be in May this fiscal year.

Ruby Awards Luncheon & Fashion Show (formerly the Making A Difference Luncheon): A Saturday luncheon where the Ruby Awards are presented to a local woman who makes a difference in our communities. Club members participate in a fashion show to music that they choreograph themselves, while wearing the latest fashions from local boutiques. A definite "don't miss" event among women-in-the-know who live in the Tri-City area. Usually held the latter part of June.

2009-10 Dates for
FUNdraisers & Service Projects

October 18, 2009:
Wine For Art

November 6, 2009:
Dirty Deeds

March 11, 2010:
30th Annual Salad Luncheon

May 15, 2010:
Project CEO

June 4, 2010:
Community Service Awards

June 26, 2010:
Ruby Awards Luncheon
& Fashion Show
(formerly Making A Difference Luncheon)

 

Service Projects
In addition to our FUNdraisers, we do "Hands-On" service projects, some of which have been:

Human Trafficking Walk in Vista
This is a project led by our sister club, SI Vista. Soroptimist International of the Americas also is very involved in exposing and ending the sex trafficking of women and girls, which happens right here in our communities.

Habitat for Humanity
See photos of our group building a small condo development in Carlsbad