SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL of SOUTH PENINSULA
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS

During July of each year, the service committee of SI South Peninsula reviews all requests for donations, and decides where the funds will go and how much the reserve will be. Our regular service project recipients are:

• Salvation Army: In addition to donating money, we participate in several hands-on activities. We pack food baskets during the holidays, help with their annual golf tournament, provide chaperones for their special summer programs, help with their fundraisers, and several club members serve on their Board of Directors.
• Kainos Training Center: This is a work center and residential home for mentally challenged adults. We donate money for their operating expenses and training programs.
• Shelter Network: We donate money, which has been used to landscape a new house, as well as for their operating expenses.
• Center for Domestic Violence Prevention: We donate money, which has been used for their children's art program, and providing new clothes for women returning to work.
• Project READ: We sponsor and participate as a team in their fundraising event, a Trivia Bee.

Our continuing hands-on service project is with our local adolescence shelter home, YFA Daybreak. We “adopt” them at Christmas and have provided backpacks full of clothing and personal hygiene items, as well as gift certificates for movies and food. In addition, we donate any extra food from our events.