Soroptimists offering grants to help women with training, education

Women who serve as the primary wage earners for their families and seek financial assistance to continue their education or receive training can now apply for the Soroptimist Live Your Dream: Education and Training Awards for Women.

Applications are available at apply.soroptimist.org or by emailing Elise Burton, program chair, at elisemburton@gmail.com. The application deadline is Nov. 15.

The Coeur d’Alene club will provide cash to its award recipients, who will then advance to the Soroptimist Northwest Region level where they could receive up to an additional $5,000. The program culminates with three $10,000 finalist awards.

Recipients can use Live Your Dream funds to offset costs associated with attaining higher education or additional skills and training. This includes tuition, books, child care, transportation expenses or any other education-related expense.

The Live Your Dream Award provides over $2.8 million in cash awards to head-of-household women in need each year. In 52 years, more than $40 million has helped tens of thousands of women achieve dreams of better lives for themselves and their families.

Founded in 1987, the Coeur d’Alene club is part of Soroptimist International of the Americas, a global volunteer organization that provides women and girls with access to the education and training they need to achieve economic empowerment.

Soroptimist, a nonprofit that relies on charitable donations to support its programs, also powers liveyourdream.org, an online community offering offline volunteer opportunities in support of women and girls. For more information about how Soroptimist improves the lives of women and girls, visit www.soroptimist.org.