Deadline: Applications are due each year by November 15. Award recipients will be notified between January and June. Not all applicants will be
selected for awards. Applications can only be submitted to one club. Your application will be reviewed by a panel of judges, but all information will
remain confidential and will not be shared without your prior permission.
Step 1: Determine if you are eligible
You are eligible if you:
• Provide the primary financial support for yourself and your dependents. Dependents can include children, spouse, partner, siblings and/or parents.
• Have financial need.
• Are enrolled in or have been accepted to a vocational/skills training program or an undergraduate degree program.
• Are motivated to achieve your education and career goals.
• Reside in one of Soroptimist International of the Americas’ member countries/territories (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia,
Ecuador, Guam, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, United States of America, Venezuela).
• Have not previously been the recipient of a Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity or Live Your Dream Award.
• Do not have a graduate degree.
• Are not a Soroptimist member, an employee of Soroptimist International of the Americas or immediate family of either.
Step 2: Tell us about yourself
Fill out the award application telling us about yourself. Your information will be kept confidential and shared only with the evaluators unless you give
us written permission to use your story to publicize the program. You must use Adobe Reader—a free download—to fill out the form. If you do not
use Adobe Reader, your answers will not be saved.
• Select the “Hand Tool” that appears as a small white hand.
• Move the “Hand Tool” and click on the area where you want to type.
• A cursor will appear and you can begin typing to complete the application. (Note: You will not be able to change the type size. Please limit your
answers to the space allotted.)
• Once all parts of the form are completed, select “Save As” from the “File” menu and change the file name (for example, “LYDApplicationLG,” where
LG are your initials.) Click “Save.”
Step 3: Ask people to tell us about you
You will need two different people—who are not related to you—to fill out the reference forms you received with this application. Please email this
form to your references and request they email the forms back to you when completed. Only two references will be accepted. Please use the form and
do not submit reference letters.
Step 4: Submit your application
Attach your application and two reference forms to an email and send to the contact person listed below by November 15. Incomplete applications or
applications received without reference forms will not be considered.
Soroptimist Club Name:
Region:
Club Contact Person:
Telephone: Email Address:
Address:
City: State: Postal Code:
Questions
Check out the Live Your Dream Award Frequently Asked Questions at http://www.Soroptimist.org/awards/DreamAwardsFAQforApplicants.pdf. If you
still have questions, contact the person listed above or Soroptimist headquarters at siahq@soroptimist.org.
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Begin your application on the next page now! We wish you the best of luck in achieving your educational and professional goals.
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education & training awards for women
YOUR
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Formerly the Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity Awards
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209-586-3222 -or- 209-586-6129
