The holidays are upon us and no matter how you celebrate,  Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, remember that it is truly more rewarding to give than to receive.  I ask that you consider making Soroptimist and/or Founder Region Fellowship, your charity of choice. Even the smallest of donations will be used to help the many women and girls who need us the most.I wish you the best and merriest of holida...  Read More

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2023 District Meetings.  It was wonderful to see so many of you come out and enjoy the presentations and be with members of other clubs. The “BEE” themed decorations were beautiful and the Fellowship baskets were very impressive. Speaking of Fellowship, Founder Region Fellowship did well on their fundraising drawings and the Fellowship Board continued to sell...  Read More

At our annual region conference in May, 2024 we will be electing officers and directors for the Founder Region and Fellowship boards.We are seeking nominees for Governor-elect, Region Secretary, Region Treasurer, and one Director from each district. We  also be electing our Founder Region Fellowship President, Treasurer and one Fellowship Director from each district . Clubs are to submit their nom...  Read More

The BUZZ  is all about the 2023 District Meetings happening in October. By now you should have received the Call to District Meeting via email. There are links to the information and registration. Be sure to send in one registration as a club; the more in your hive attending, the livelier we will bee!We are excited to be in Ukiah, Richmond and Guam this year. Region leadership will present updates...  Read More

The Soroptimist International Convention was held in Dublin, Ireland last weekend and I was fortunate to have been in attendance with  over 1700 Soroptimist members from around the world. I was able to meet many members from so many countries – Iceland, Australia, Germany and more. I had a nice conversation with two members from SI/Kisumu who expressed their gratitude to Founder Region, and SI/El ...  Read More

Congratulations to your newly elected officers. I have been fortunate to be able to attend a few of your club installations. I cannot attend all that I have been invited to, but I appreciate all the invitations and I wish all of your boards and clubs much success in the upcoming year.It was great to see many of you in June at Leadership Training. It was nice to have members from around the region ...  Read More