Soroptimist International of
Greater Bremerton Area

WOMEN'S OPPORTUNITY AWARD

Helping Women Live Their Dreams!

The Women’s Opportunity Awards program assists women who provide the primary source of financial support for their families by giving them the resources they need to improve their education, skills and employment prospects.

Each year, more than $1.5 million in education grants are awarded to more than 1,000 women, many of whom have overcome enormous obstacles including poverty, domestic violence and/or drug and alcohol abuse. Women’s Opportunity Award recipients may use the cash award to offset any costs associated with their efforts to attain higher education, such as books, childcare, tuition and transportation.

In addition to providing the primary financial support for their families, eligible applicants must be enrolled in, or have been accepted to, a vocational/skills training program or an undergraduate degree program and must demonstrate financial need. 

The Women’s Opportunity Awards program involves three levels of cash awards.  The program begins at the local club-level. Soroptimist Greater Bremerton award recipients are eligible for a club-level award of $2,000. Club-level award recipients become eligible for region-level awards of either $3,000 or $5,000. Region-level award recipients then become eligible to receive one of three international-level awards of $10,000.

Since the Women’s Opportunity Awards program began in 1972, about $30 million in education grants have been disbursed to assist tens of thousands of women achieve their dreams of a better life for themselves and their families. In 2007, the Women's Opportunity Awards received the Associations Advance America Summit Award—ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership's highest level of recognition.

To Apply

Download the "writable" PDF application and program materials below. Complete the application in its entirety, then return the original and two (2) copies, along with all requested attachments to:

The Women's Opportunity Award Program
SI Greater Bremerton Area
P. O. Box 311
Bremerton, WA 98337

Postmark Deadline: December 15, 2013

Email submissions are acceptable. Submit, by email attachment, your signed, dated and completed application, including all requested attachments to: awards@bremertonsoroptimist.org

Application and Program Materials:

Application - Writable PDF   |   Reference Form - Writable PDF

 

Contact Information:
Jessica Guidry, WOA Program Chair
awards@bremertonsoroptimist.org
(360) 930-2193 mobile

Postmark Deadline:
December 15, 2013

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Meet Our Past Awardees:

2013 Awardee
Cara Jacobson
(Olympic College)

2012 Awardee
Brandy Bennett
(University of Phoenix)

2011 Awardee
Carly Anderson
(PT School of Massage)