Highway Cleanup is in Sight

On Saturday, October 2, 2010, members of Soroptimist Intl of Pasco-Kennewick (SIPK) will cleanup a one mile stretch of Hwy 395, north of Pasco. One of the six areas around which Soroptimist provide service is Environment. As a way to pitch in and keep our local environment looking good, SIPK dons conspicuity vests and work gloves, then picks up trash along the highway. The stooping and bending help us keep our girlish figures! Start time 8:30 AM at the Country Mercantile, Highway 395 and Crest Loch Rd., Pasco.

Kennewick Historic Home Tour Served by Soroptimist Volunteers

On Saturday, September 25, members of Soroptimist Intl of Pasco-Kennewick partnered with other local volunteers to act as docents for the East Benton County Historical Society's 4th Historic Home Tour, "Kennewick Through the Decades." The tour presented some of the finest homes of Kennewick's first five decades. Nearly 500 history buffs and nosey neighbors toured the homes.

Current displays at the museum include:
Jay Perry Gem Point Collection
Arrowheads and Native American stone tools

Petrified Wood Floor
The EBCHS Museum entryway features a petrified wood floor from Gordon Maxey's home in Maxey's Trailer Court.

Hanford / White Bluffs
Photos and information on the area from the late 1800s to 1940s.

Military
The display covers from WWI to the present and revolves around local veterans and memorabilia.

Soroptimists Walk to Raise Funds and Awareness to Child Trafficking

Stop Child Trafficking (SCT)Now!

On the weekend of October 2-3, 2010, thousands of individuals in communities across the United States and Canada will participate in SCTNow Walks to raise funds and bring awareness to the issue of child trafficking.

You are invited to play a vital role in saving the life of a child by joining a walk team on Saturday, October 2nd @ 1:00pm. Help in the effort to raise awareness and funds to support SCTNow's bold new approach that addresses the demand side of child sex trafficking.

Ruby Awardee, Barbara Puigh to speak at SIPK Program Meeting

Barbara Puigh, president and acting executive director of Elijah Family Homes, a nonprofit that serves families that don't qualify for state assistance, said it has provided subsidized rent for eight to 10 families at a time, but that's a small fraction of the numbers looking for help and a place to stay. And it also has a waiting list, with about six families on it.

You can hear Puigh speak when you attend SIPKs noontime Program Meeting on Tuesday, September 28, 2010. All business and program meetings are held at the Clover Island Inn, Kennewick, Washington.

Benton City Daze Breakfast Buffet Success

Led in the kitchen by Amber we really left a lasting impression in Benton City (BC) when we served approximately 200 at the BC Community Center during their 27th annual BC Daze celebration.
The crew started at 5 am and never stopped moving until noon. It takes alot of motion to prepare and refill a breakfast buffet and SIPK members did it with our usual energetic, get-the-job-done style.
We helped fill a void in the BC Daze schedule and socked some bucks into the treasury to improve the lives of women and girls.
Beautiful. Simply beautiful. Thanks to all!!

SIPK to Serve Benton City Daze Community Breakfast

On Saturday, September 11, 2010 be sure to git on down to the Benton City Community Center located at 806 Dale Ave., Benton City, Washington. Soroptimist Intl of Pasco-Kennewick is gearing up to serve a down-home and down-right favorite community breakfast for Benton City Daze 2010. Pancakes, biscuits and gravy, sausage links and scrambled eggs will be available from 7 to 11 am. Come early and then make your way over to 9th Avenue and watch the Benton City Daze parade at 10. If early doesn't work, stop over for breakfast after the parade and then enjoy the rest of the old-fashioned fun and games all day long and into the night when Crashworx will perform from 7 to 11 pm at the Dale Ave. Street Dance!! In between all the food and foot stomping will be a flag raising to commemorate Patriot Day, the highly acclaimed Little Miss Benton City contest, Arts & Crafts and a Variety Show at City Park, a Skate Expo at the Skate Park, Bingo and loads of fabulous Old-fashioned Carnival games at the Park N Ride north of the vet clinic on 9th Ave. at Dale.

As is tradition, there will be much fun and frolicking at the Jr. Rodeo grounds, too!

Wee-oh! Don't miss the fun and festivities for the whole family.

District 3 Meeting‏ Call to Conference

The Call has been published. Go to soroptimistnwr.org to download the material. Looks like a rocking good time has been created! Hope to see you and yours there!