A global volunteer organization that provides women
and girls with access to the education and training
they need to achieve economic empowerment.
In addition to participating in Soroptimist International programs like Dream It Be It and Live Your Dream Awards we are active in our community. We love helping women in a variety of ways. Here are just a few examples of how we support our community.
Chicks Helping Chicks
The Bunny Trail is a project of Tuscaloosa’s One Place, a Family Resource Center, which is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of local families. They serve over 18,000 people per year through after school programs, school social work, parenting and fatherhood, healthy relationship education, workforce development, and teen intervention programs. Soroptimist sponsored and decorated an egg on the inaugural trail in 2023 and again in 2024
Phoenix House
The primary mission of the Phoenix House is to assist individuals in their recovery from alcohol and drug addiction and help them return to society as productive members. SI Tuscaloosa has worked with the Phoenix House in many ways over the years. Our favorite activity is the annual Holiday Party. We gather with the women between Thanksgiving and Christmas for food, games, and quality time. We also enjoy movie nights, painting parties, and taco nights where we can get to know the residents and share stories. As you can see, our members take part in the fun too!
Stop Human Trafficking Prevention Month
We are looking forward to our 2nd Annual Human Trafficking Prevention Month presentation with our partners, the West Alabama Human Trafficking Taskforce. This is an opportunity for parents and adults working with and around children to learn more about how human trafficking works, the signs, and steps to prevent and stop our youth from being drawn in. We will have a date and time as we near January 2025.
West Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force
SI Tuscaloosa has been working with the West Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force for the past several years. Proceeds from our final Brunch and our inaugural Shop to Stop Human Trafficking event helped us in making over $30,000 in donations and helped facilitate the donation of two cars for use by the task force during their operations. These funds go towards the technology used during operations.
In December 2022, SI Tuscaloosa was honored to be recognized by the Tuscaloosa Police Department for our efforts.
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The Safe Center
While taking a tour of the Tuscaloosa Safe Center, members felt compelled to help this incredible operation working to aid women in our community who were victims of sexual assault. We noticed an space that was filled with storage items and was a landing space but had so much potential despite it's small footprint.
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Soroptimist worked to transform this small nook to be a cozy flex space where women could wait privately to meet with therapists, police officers, or with friends and family.