(Joplin, MO) – Soroptimist International of Joplin is currently accepting applications for Live Your Dream: Education and Training Awards for Women®. Deadline is November 15, 2025.
The Soroptimist Live Your Dream: Education and Training Awards for Women® provides women who serve as the primary wage earners for their families with the financial resources to offset costs associated with their efforts to attain higher education or additional skills.
Recipients can use the award for tuition, books, childcare, carfare, or any other education-related expense. Each year, over $3 million is provided in cash grants to over 2300 women in need, many of whom have overcome enormous obstacles, including poverty, domestic violence, the death of a spouse, or substance abuse.
Since the program’s inception in 1972, more than $45 million has helped tens of thousands of women achieve their dreams of a better life for themselves and their families—leading to stronger communities, nations, and the world.
The Live Your Dream Award® starts at the club level, where award amounts vary (minimum $1,000). Club-level recipients then become eligible for region-level awards granted in each of Soroptimist’s 29 regions. The first-place region recipients then become candidates for one of three $10,000 finalist awards.
Applications are available here, or by contacting Kristine Gustfason, Award Chair, at 417.624.5500, ext. 118 or kristine@joplinclinic.org.
The deadline to apply is Saturday, November 15, 2025, and applicants must include written statements from two references.
Soroptimist International of Joplin is part of Soroptimist International of the Americas, a global volunteer organization that provides women and girls with access to the education and training they need to achieve economic empowerment. Soroptimist, a 501(c)(3) organization that relies on charitable donations to support its programs, also powers LiveYourDream.org — an online community offering offline volunteer opportunities in support of women and girls.
Reference:
Kristine Gustafason, Award Chair
Soroptimist International of Joplin
417.624.5500, ext. 118
kristine@joplinclinic.org
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