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10 - SIA UpliftHER webinar

14 - District 6 FDM

15 - SNR Endowment Grant Application due

21 - District 5 FDM

28 - District 4 FDM

30 - $150 SIA Late Fee for unpaid 2024-'25 dues

Reminder: Club Presidents-Send current club roster and committee member list to your club members & District Dir.

Reminder: Live Your Dream Chairs/Club Presidents - Ensure that LYD Club Chair logs into the LYD application portal

5 - District 3 FDM

26 - District 1 FDM

Well, it’s still over 100 degrees hot here in Southern Nevada, but you know what, Fall is on the way, and I can’t wait! It is truly my favorite time of year! As we get ready for all our Region’s Fall District Meetings, I am already drafting my second board meeting agenda for the end of October! Don’t forget the deadline for our Club Endowment Grant Applications is due September 15^th so the Region Board can vote on them at the upcoming October Region Board meeting. Here’s the application ENDOWMENT GRANT APPLICATION LINK . This can also be found on our Region Webpage under Member Info Tab/Forms.

SDR Early bird registration winner: Atlantis Spa Day certificate- Amy Louis, SI Chico

1st timer: FREE Registration for Conference 2025: Stacy Delaney SI Rancho Cordova/Gold River

1st timer: Atlantis stay certificate - Linda ‘Mo’ Turner SI Pahrump Valley 

50/50 winner: $375 winner - Annemarie Vincent SI Folsom/El Dorado Hills

Lastly, I wanted to remind you all that SIA has an exciting new member engagement initiative called Soroptimists UpliftHER! Hear all the details during an exclusive webinar on September 10 at 8 p.m. (ET). The webinar will feature live interpretation in all languages. Plus, a recording will be emailed to all registrants and available on our YouTube channel. Be the first to hear this exciting news! REGISTER HERE. Thanks for the read and until next time…Let’s Make those Dreams SOAR! 

Well, I am happy to have my first Soroptimist Development Retreat under my belt as your new SDR Coordinator and I learned lots from it! I hope you, who were able to attend, enjoyed the workshops, meeting your new District Director and other Soroptimists as well as the overall experience of being immersed in Soroptimist, Sierra Nevada Region. I know I did! (Of course, after the initial nervousness of coordinating the event with the confidant Governor Stacey guiding me!).

Next up…the Fall District Meetings are upon us, and they will be chocked full of information from our Governor Stacey, Region Board members and Federation chairs. So, please register for yours today! If you cannot attend your own District’s, then you are most certainly welcome to register for any of the other five scheduled. You will see the Calls attached to this e-blast. I look forward to seeing you at the meetings.

When: September 14, 2024

Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Where: Carson City Plaza Hotel Event Center, 801 S. Carson City, NV 89701

Registration Fee: $45.00. Includes Continental breakfast and lunch buffet

District 6 Friday Night Social: September 13, 2024, TBD

Call and Agenda for District 6 Fall Meeting

When: September 21, 2024

Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Where: Glenshire Club House,15726 Glenshire Dr, Truckee, CA

Registration Fee: $42.00. Includes continental breakfast, snacks and lunch

District 5 Friday Night Social: Sept. 20, 2024, Susan Horst's home, 12978 Dulzura St, Truckee, CA

Invitation to District 5 Fall Meeting

Theme: “We Rise by Lifting Others” and “Be the Difference Today”

When: September 28, 2024

Time: 8:30 am – 2:00 pm

Where: 5945 Horseshoe Bar Rd., Loomis, CA 95650

Registration Fee: $45.00. Includes continental breakfast, snacks and buffet lunch

District 4 Friday Night Social: Sept. 27, 2024, Light dinner @ Peggy’s Home, 7399 Surette Ln, Loomis, $15

District 4 Fall Meeting Call

Theme: “Hit a Region Knowledge Home Run” and "The buSy beeS of DiStrict 3"

When: October 5, 2024

Time: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

Where: CSD Wackford Community Complex, Poppy Room, 9014 Bruceville Rd, Elk Grove, CA 95758

Registration Fee: $45.00. Includes Continental breakfast, snacks, and lunch. Register by 9/30/24.

District 3 Friday Night Social: October 4, 2024, 5:30pm, Brick House Restaurant, 9027 Elk Grove Blvd Ste 100, Elk Grove, CA 95624. Please indicate District Social attendance when you register for the District meeting.

Call and Agenda for District 3 Fall Meeting

Theme: You “GROW” Girl

When: October 26, 2024

Time: 9:30 am – 2:00 pm

Where: Hotel Diamond, 220 W 4th Street, Chico, CA 95928

Registration Fee: $45.00. Includes lunch

District 1 Friday Night Social: October 25, 2024: At 5:00 pm please join us for a free tour of the Chico History Museum, 141 Salem St, Chico, CA.  Afterwards we will meet across the street at Madison Bear Garden, 316 W.2nd St, Chico, CA, at 5:30 pm for no host drinks & food. If you can, come early and shop the charming downtown Chico district. A curated map of downtown merchant supporters will be emailed to registrants a few days prior. Discounts and other specials will be available all weekend.

Call and Agenda for District 1 Fall Meeting

The Endowment Fund is a grant program that will give up to $1000 to qualifying applicants/clubs. Clubs can be eligible for the grant no more than 2 times for the same project. The grant is for a new project or a continued project. The funds for the grant are raised from the raffle ticket sales of gift baskets that are donated from our region clubs and raffled off at the Sierra Nevada Region conference. The application is available on the Sierra Nevada Region website.

The Endowment Committee consists of 4 region members who will review the applications for completeness and then vote whether or not to approve the request before submitting the grant applications to the Sierra Nevada Region Board of Directors for final approval. There is still time to get your application in for the September 15th deadline! If you can't get it in by then, still apply to be eligible for the March 2025 deadline. If you received a previous endowment grant, you must submit an Endowment Grant Impact Report to be eligible to apply for a new grant.

The Endowment Committee and the SNR Board members look forward to dispersing these funds. I encourage all clubs with new programs to apply for this Endowment Grant. If you have further questions, please feel free to contact me at  endowment@soroptimistsnr.org.

We have got something super special thanks to the brilliant forethought of Governor Stacey: The Sierra Nevada Region YouTube Channel! Expect a new video to be presented with many of the upcoming e-Blast publications.

Presenting: CANVA by Babette Maiss. This presentation featuring our Social Media Mogul herself introduces everyone to the benefits of the CANVA design system. Follow along and learn how to improve your Social Media posts with interesting and colorful graphics. Be sure to follow along with SIA as they provide us with Social Media templates as well.

Please access the roster on the SNR website. It is updated monthly at the beginning of the month, so a fresh new one is posted! Thank you to the website team! And thank you to all the clubs that have sent in their updates.

It’s that time of year again when we start getting excited about the Live Your Dream Awards. The online Live Your Dream Awards application system will be open to accept applications on Aug. 15, 2024. If you’re wondering why we no longer call it the “application portal” our new database has a member portal for member resources. The terminology has been changed to avoid any confusion. SIA staff will now refer to the application portal as the Live Your Dream Awards online application system. 

In the meantime, Club LYD chairs can sign the confidentiality agreement which is linked here.

liveyourdream@soroptimistsnr.org