Oakdale Soroptimist

Oakdale Soroptimist had so much fun sponsoring the Kids Corner at Oakdale Morning Market! Thank you to Oakdale’s Distinguished Young Woman Madison for bringing the awesome craft projects for the children! They absolutely loved them and had so much fun! 🤗

🎉 Please join us in celebrating our club’s 70th anniversary! 🎉

70 years ago today Soroptimist International of Oakdale was chartered and we could not be more proud of all the things SIO has accomplished since then. Thank you to our community for always supporting us and we can’t wait to see how much more our club can grow in the future.

Soroptimist is a global volunteer organization that provides women and girls with access to the education and training they need to achieve economic empowerment.

Thank you so much to the Oakdale Morning Market for having us as your featured non-profit of the week! If you haven’t had the chance to check out this beautiful market every Saturday through September 8-11am you need to!

Come see us this Saturday 🤩

Yesterday at our 70th Club Anniversary celebration we installed our incoming club President, Susan Merchant and Board of Directors for our 2024-2025 club year!! More to come on that celebration soon🥳🎉...

We were honored to have in attendance representatives from the Modesto Gospel Mission who were awarded a $25,000 check on behalf of Soroptimist International of Oakdale for their Hannah House shelter project!

This amazing project will not just provide a safe haven for women and children in Stanislus County but will also help change lives through outreach programs aimed at fostering independence and self-sufficiency for the growing number of women and children facing homelessness in our communities.

The Soroptimist Mission is to provide women and girls with access to the education and training that they need to achieve economic empowerment and this donation will help us serve so many women and children for years to come!

If you want to support our organization or join us, please message our club directly at www.sioakdale.org or any Soroptimist member! You can also send a message on this page👍.

This Saturday, 5/25, come out and see us at the Oakdale Morning Market organized by Love Oakdale!

Love Oakdale
Oakdale Morning Market
Soroptimist Sierra Pacific Region

That’s a wrap for Motor Madness 2024!

We just want to thank you to all of you who took the time to come out and support not only our club but also all the projects we do throughout the year. All the money made from this event helps fund our scholarships, donations and all the events we head up through the year to provide economic empowerment to women and girls throughout our community.

If you have any pictures from the event we would LOVE to see them! Feel free to post them in the comments below or tag us in your posts!

MOTOR MADNESS 👠 & Wheels is TONIGHT & we have tickets left so you can BUY 🎟️at the door👍

We've got the goods T O N I G H T...
Amazing Door Prizes🤩, Raffles 💙Mystery Box🎁, 2 Gun Raffles and of course the amazing food, beer and wine🍻🥂🍷🤩 not to mention our G R A N D Prize!!!

Come have FUN with us TONIGHT at 6pm Madness-Heels ‘n Wheels

Oakdale Soroptimist

👠 HEELS N WHEELS 🛞

Attention ladies and gents, tis that time of year where Oakdale Soroptimist hosts their motor madness fundraiser! This year has some new and exciting changes that I can’t wait to share with yall!

🎟️ $75/person, each ticket admits one person
⏰ 6pm
🗓️ Saturday April 27th
🍽️ hearty d’oeuvres made by SIO members

The event date was moved to April this year and we know it’s the same day as Love Oakdale so it’ll be easier to remember the date! Our event is in the evening so there is more than enough time to volunteer to love on the community then get ready for a fun event to enjoy drinks, dancing, raffles, live auctions and a DJ!

The GRAND PRIZE DRAWING!
‼️ each ticket grants you one entry into the drawing for the top door prizes as well as the chance to win the grand prize!

🏆 “What is the grand prize?” 🏆
This year you have the chance to choose:
* $10,000 cash 💰
* $10,000 towards a Harley Davidson 🏍️
* Golf cart ⛳️
* (2) E-Bikes 🚲

^^^YOU DONT HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO WIN^^^

Tables are limited so I recommend to get your tickets now! Sponsorship tables are available for $1,000 or $75/person.

⚠️ this is a 21+ event ⚠️

Get your tickets by contacting the number on the flyer or your local Soroptimist member!

Celebrating national women’s day with some of our Soroptimist members while sippin on some coffee, bagels and muffins at Seed 2 Cup Coffee ☕️

The name Soroptimist was coined from the Latin ‘soror’ meaning sister and ‘optima’ meaning best. Creating the meaning behind soroptimist to be ‘best for women’. Today we celebrate national women’s day showing our praise and thankfulness for all the women that we have had encounters with in the past and currently.

Being a member of Soroptimist not only means celebrating and supporting our community but just celebrating women in general.

Today we ask you to comment and or tag a woman or women in your life that has inspired you, raised you, or just someone you are thankful for 💙

Thats a wrap for DYW 2024 for the class of 2025!

All the hard work, practice and repetition has finally paid off for these eight inspiring women. This years DYW class of 2025 include; Kimberly Espinoza Belmonte, Jordan Birchall, Memphislynn Carr, Montserrat Garcia, Maddie Hammond, Madison Mattos, Leah Sales and Emma Weber.

During their competition they were judged on academics, public speaking, fitness and talent. We, Soroptimist of Oakdale are beyond impressed and proud of each of these girls for not only taking the step to do this program but for working so hard and leaving with forever memories and friendships.

The pictures include the ‘has beens’ revealing who their ‘little sisters’ are, lots of pep talks from member Nancy Lily, visits from Mayor Cherilyn Bairos, behind the scenes preparations and lastly the awards ceremony. The girls were awarded with the individual scholarships first then the top five winners were presented their scholarships by last years top five winners. Our top five placed winners include 5th place, Maddy Hammond, 4th place, Jordan Birchall, 3rd place, Leah Sales, 2nd place, Emma Weber, and first place…our DYW class of 2025 representative is Madison Mattos! Congratulations Madison!
Madison will now go on to compete at state level representing Oakdale and if she wins at state she will go on to compete at national level.

Thank you all for attending our event and thank you for coming out to support these girls!

We wish to thank our 2024 Dream Participant Sponsorship Donors for their generous support of our projects and programs!

We wish to thank our 2024 Dream Maker Sponsorship Donors for their generous support of our projects and programs!

What is DYW?
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DYW (distinguished young women) is a performance made up of junior year high school girls who have the opportunity to perform in a showcase for scholarships towards their college of choice. They rehearse for awhile learning an opening dance number, a fitness routine, a personal talent performance, prior academic performance grading and lastly their spoken word presentations. Prior to the performance the participants get graded on their academics which is added into their final score. Then throughout the night they are watched by judges who will score them on the rest of the evening. This event is more than just dancing. It is about creating new relationships and new bonding opportunities with the other participants. Most of these girls aren’t close friends with each other until they all meet in DYW. At the end of the final day, they are leaving with all brand new strong friendships.
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The participant awarded first place and the face of dyw for the following year will go onto represent Oakdale and complete at state level. The winner of state goes onto represent California and compete at national level. Each level giving them more and more scholarship opportunities. Does only one girl get scholarships? No! There are awards/scholarships for each category giving each girl the opportunity to win a scholarship.
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This event is put on by Soroptimist International of Oakdale and what used to be called junior miss is now DYW. What is also amazing about this event is that last years participants (the has-beens) get to help the current year girls with choreography, tips and tricks to the event as well as join them during a performance or two. The has-beens also get to hand out the awards at the end to each winner, sort of passing on the baton to the next era of DYW.
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These girls has worked so hard and we cannot wait to have the community, friends and family of the participants come tomorrow evening to watch all their hard work pay off. This is more than just a showcase, it’s a bonding experience and a life changing opportunity to junior year girls to prepare for their future and create lasting friendships along the way. We hope that the community can come out to support these girls tomorrow February 24th at 7pm, doors open at 6:30pm.
Good luck girls!!

Did you know Soroptimist of Oakdale has a tiktok account?!? Well if you didn’t, go check out our first video posted on our new tiktok account!

Our first video is a great one, listen to our DYW class of 2025 get mic’d up during their rehearsal this evening talking about their experience so far, their talents and of course the girls had to do some TikTok trendy jokes. The girls have one more dress rehearsal and then the big day is this Saturday! Doors open at 6:30, event starts at 7pm and tickets can be purchased through a current DYW participant or at the door.

Please go check out our new titkok page give a like and a follow and stay turned for more trendy content💙
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Thankful to have gotten a handful of Oakdale Soroptimist ladies to come together and share some support for Mayor Cherilyn Bairos 💙

Even though some had to leave before this picture was taken we are proud to call you mayor and friend!

We had a lovely time getting together to decorate our SIO tree 🎄

Each member brought their creativity and enthusiasm and while we poured up some hot chocolate we went to work! Showcasing the iconic blue colors we decided to add in some of our personal flare by printing out and laminating some photos of members and events we’ve done over the past couple years!

Make sure to stop by and check out all the adorable memories we got to showcase on our tree at the light up a life event this Saturday! We also had a lovely time hanging out with each other and sharing some laughs, we are ready for the holidays, are you? Comment below something you’re looking forward to as we make our way into December ❄️

Attention girls in their junior year of high school!
It is time to register for our Distinguished Young Women, the deadline is January 1, 2024! Apply with the link http://www.DistinguishedYW.org or give 209-607-7605 a call or text!

We can’t wait to celebrate and start working on our DYW program and we welcome all junior year girls to apply and come out to explore all the DYW program has to offer! It is a fun way to grow bonds with other girls your age and grade and learn the many categories that go into the program and try your shot at many scholarship opportunities!

Feel free to comment below with any questions or again call or text the number above.

A little over 2 weeks to go until we have our Sweet Christmas Holiday Luncheon We are counting down the days! Not only will there be tons of raffle prizes for the live auctions and silent auctions but we will also have a dessert auction with desserts donated and made by our very own SIO members!

Here are some of the items that will be available for one of the raffles! Only more to come!

🎟️ TICKETS 🎟️

Contact your closest Oakdale Soroptimist member or call 209-845-1056 to purchase your tickets while they still last!
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Happy Friday!

This part week several members of SIO got together and heated up those glue guns and tapped into their inner most creative minds and created the centerpieces for the Sweet Christmas Holiday Luncheon. Each centerpiece is uniquely made and beautifully designed to be the center of attention for each table. During the luncheon each table will have a small game to play with the 8 seats at their own table and the winner of the game gets to go home with the centerpiece!

🎟️ Tickets 🎟️

Tickets are still available but going fast! Make sure to reach out to your closest Soroptimist of Oakdale member to purchase through them or contact 209-845-1056. $40/each or $350/table (no reserved seating first come first serve)

⚠️ Info ⚠️

When: Wednesday December 6th
Time: 11am-1pm
Location: Bianchi Community Center 110 s 2nd Ave

We can’t wait to share this lovely holiday tradition with the community for yet another year, we hope to see you there! Please comment below with any questions and share/tag your friends and family to come enjoy our ‘sweet’ luncheon 🍬

Good afternoon!
November is blowing by and coming up on the first Wednesday of December is our annual Holiday Sweet Christmas Holiday Luncheon!

We look forward to many events we host throughout the year but this is one of our most merriest of them all. The video of the gnome tree is one of the raffle prizes along with many other fabulous prizes. It is not too late to get your tickets but we recommend getting ahead of the game before ticket sell out!

Tickets are $40/person or $350/table. There are no reservations seating is first come first serve. Tables as a whole are limited for the $350 price so if you are planning on buying a whole table again we recommend sooner than later.

Your ticket includes your catered lunch as well as some drink variations. We take the holiday of Christmas and double it and set it up inside our local community center. To obtain tickets reach out to your closest Soroptimist of Oakdale member or reach out to the number listed on the flyer.

This is a great way to spread the holiday cheer while having it during the day! Why wait until Christmas Day to dress up when you can not only support our non profit but make it a fun day to spend some quality time with your local community.

We hope to see you there!

Photo Booth pt. 2 (final part)

Please refer back to the original post for all the thank yous and recognitions!

See you next year!