{"id":205565,"date":"2026-10-06T13:26:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T20:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=205565"},"modified":"2026-10-06T13:26:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T20:26:35","slug":"soroptimist-international-of-calaveras-county-to-offer-cash-grant-to-women-seeking-financial-assistance-for-educational-or-training-expenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=205565","title":{"rendered":"Soroptimist International of Calaveras County to Offer Cash Grant to Women Seeking Financial Assistance for Educational or Training Expenses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Angels Camp, CA\u2014 Women who serve as the primary wage earners for their families and seek financial
\nassistance to continue their education or receive training can now apply for the Soroptimist Live Your
\nDream: Education and Training Awards for Women. Applications are available at
\nwww.soroptimist.org\/lyda-appy or by emailing momamia892@gmail.com. The application deadline is
\nNovember 15.<\/p>\n

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Soroptimist International of Calaveras County will provide cash awards to its award recipients ranging
\nfrom $1,000 to $4,000, who will then advance to the Soroptimist Sierra Pacific Region level, where
\nrecipients could receive up to an additional $5,000. The program culminates with three finalist $10,000
\nawards.<\/p>\n

Recipients can use the Live Your Dream Award to offset costs associated with their efforts to attain higher
\neducation or additional skills and training. This includes tuition, books, childcare, transportation, or any
\nother education-related expense.<\/p>\n

The Live Your Dream Award provides over $3 million in cash awards to head-of-household women in need
\neach year. Since the program\u2019s inception in 1972, more than $40 million has helped tens of thousands of
\nwomen achieve their dreams of a better life for themselves and their families. A study conducted by The
\nFels Institute of Government, a research and consulting organization based at the University of
\nPennsylvania, confirmed the efficacy and impact of this program. It improves the recipients\u2019 quality of life;
\nbuilds their confidence; strengthens their self-determination and makes them want to, in turn, help others.<\/p>\n

Helping women in this way has the demonstrated effect of leading to stronger communities, nations, and
\nthe world.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1947, SI Calaveras County\u2019s club is part of Soroptimist International of the Americas, a global
\nvolunteer organization that provides women and girls with access to the education and training they need
\nto achieve economic empowerment. Soroptimist, a 501(c)(3) organization that relies on charitable
\ndonations to support its programs, also powers LiveYourDream.org\u2014an online community offering offline
\nvolunteer opportunities in support of women and girls. For more information about how Soroptimist
\nimproves the lives of women and girls, visit www.soroptimist.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Angels Camp, CA\u2014 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 www.soroptimist.org\/lyda-appy or by emailing momamia892@gmail.com. The application deadline is November 15. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":205566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7,20,4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advertising","category-communities","category-featured","category-life-style","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/766072093_1375632711208794_8773617432900253851_n.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=205565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205567,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205565\/revisions\/205567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/205566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=205565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=205565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=205565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}