Who We Are



WELCOME to SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL of LODI SUNRISE !

President Marcia Pothast

Club Mail: P.O. Box 1732, Lodi, CA 95241-1732
Meetings: Second Thursday 6:30 p.m., Fourth Thursday 6:30 p.m.
Janet’s Richmaid Restaurant, 100 S. Cherokee Lane, Lodi.


For more information email us at silodisunrise@soroptimist.net



Standing: Liz Kass, Mary Olah, Dorothea Madamba, Paula Straw, Cindy Chan, Marcia Pothast, Courteney Price, Judy Dolyniuk, Susan Goad, Maxine Crow
Sitting: Mena Lee, Jillian Gomez, Bobbe Blair Xenos, Brenda Kosaka.


"Improving the lives of women and girls, in local communities and throughout the world"

The name, Soroptimist, means "best for women," and that's what the organization strives to achieve. Soroptimists are women at their best, working to help other women to be their best.

Soroptimist is an International organization for business and professional women who work to improve the lives of women and girls, in local communities and throughout the world. Almost 95,000 Soroptimists in about 120 countries and territories contribute time and financial support to community–based and international projects that benefit women and girls.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

2011-2012 Board of Directors



Marcia Pothast President

Maxine Crow Director

Susan Goad President Elect

Liz Kass Treasurer

Paula Straw Corresponding Secretary

Judy Dolynuik Recording Secretary


Sunday, June 5, 2011

2011 Relay for Life


Member and survivor Brenda Kosaka with her nephew, grandson, and daughter.


















Members Liz Kass, Dorothea Madamba and Mary Olah at opening ceremonies.
















After a day of steady rain, the relay for Life participants were rewarded with a beautiful rainbow.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

2011 SPR Conference


Marcia Pothast, Mary Olah, Pam Barghoorn and Maxine Crow at the conference.
Mary Olah having a good time.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

2011 Awards


A joint awards event was held with SI Lodi on March 22 to present our Women's Opportunity Awards, Violet Richardson Awards and Ruby Awards. The winners are pictured above. Congratulations to all these wonderful ladies.

Friday, February 11, 2011

STOP Human Trafficking Workshop - Free Event

STOP Human Trafficking Workshop
Free Event

Saturday, March 5
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Temple Baptist Church

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Kate Macek
Women’s Center of SJC
(209) 941-2611
kmacek@womenscentersjc.org

Local Women’s Organizations to Host
2nd Annual STOP Human Trafficking Workshop

LODI – Local women’s organizations are working together to host the 2nd Annual STOP Human Trafficking Workshop, free and open to the public. The event will take place on Saturday, March 5 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and will be held at Temple Baptist Church. For free tickets to the event please contact Co-President of Soroptimist International, Bev Lacy at 209-334-5389 or e-mail her at silodi@soroptimist.net. Free tickets will also be available at the door.

The program speaker is Kay Buck, Executive Director of the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST) in Los Angeles. The mission of CAST is to assist persons trafficked for the purpose of forced labor and slavery-like practices and to work toward ending all instances of such human rights violations. The workshop is intended to instill knowledge in the public, promote advocacy for victim’s rights, and draw the community to action. Come and learn what you can do to help stop the violent trading of human lives.

At the event, there will be two vendors selling items handcrafted by women escaping the life of sex trafficking. Also, tickets will be sold for door prizes. All proceeds will directly benefit organizations that work to stop human trafficking. This event is co-sponsored by the Women’s Center of San Joaquin County, Soroptimist International of Lodi Sunrise, Soroptimist International of Lodi, and the Lodi branches of the Salvation Army, Business and Professional Women’s Foundation (BPW) and American Association for University Women (AAUW).
Soroptimist is an international organization for business and professional women who work to improve the lives of women and girls, in local communities and throughout the world. Almost 95,000 Soroptimists in about 120 countries and territories contribute time and financial support to community-based and international projects that benefit women and girls. For more information on Soroptimist International of Lodi Sunrise, please visit http://www.lodisunrisesoroptimist.org or Soroptimist International of Lodi, please visit www.lodisoroptimist.org or for the international website, www.soroptimistinternational.org.
The Women’s Center’s mission is to provide a wide range of supportive, educational, and crisis intervention services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, enabling them to regain control of their lives. Last year, the agency reached more than 22,000 women, children and men through crisis intervention and outreach and prevention programs. For more information, please visit www.womenscentersjc.org.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Installation




Installation for the 10/11 Soroptimist International of Lodi Sunrise was AWESOME!! Thank you all for coming, thank you to Susan for lending us your backyard and organizing it all and thank you to everyone who helped. I know it was a joint effort and everyone played a part. That is what makes our club so great!
Special thanks to District III Director Nancy for doing the Installation and the last minute fill in for me and doing the Induction of our 3 (yes, 3) new members!!! Thank you to Terry, Bernadette, and Merry for coming to celebrate with us. Merry if it wasn't for you I wouldn't be in Soroptimist, and I can't thank you enough.

Welcome Cheri, Debbie, and Mary........you have joined an awesome group of women doing important work, we're thrilled to have you all. Thank you to the rest of the board for agreeing to go on this journey with me, it's going to be a lot of work, but it's also going to be fun! I promise!

And thank you to Maxine, and the rest of the 09/10 board for giving us a good example of how to do the job we all signed up for. I love and appreciate all of you so much. Lastly, thank you Pete, for supporting me all the way through this and doing all you do without complaint. I wouldn't be able to do anything without you, and I wouldn't want to.



President Pam

Saturday, April 3, 2010

7 Members Attend Women's Center Luncheon

Attending the Women's Center Luncheon were Kyomi Hoxie, Brenda Kosaka, Maxine Crow, Bev Gabrielson, Bobbie Xenos, Jan Honey, Liz Kass and Marcia Pothast. Kyomi is a former and hopefully future member. All are pictured below except for the amazing photographer.





Keynote speaker was Michael Prichard.