Soroptimist International of Upper Pinellas COunty

Soroptimist International of Upper Pinellas County is located in Pinellas County, Florida which includes Clearwater, Largo, Belleair Bluffs, Belleair, Oldsmar, Pinellas Park, Safety Harbor, Tarpon Springs & St Petersburg.
We are on the west coast of Florida . Beautiful white beaches are in our county.
We meet the fourth Tuesday of each month except for December. In December we hold a Christmas Party. In June we join with the other 3 clubs of our area for a joint installation of officers. Our meetings are held at the Sam Seltzer's Restaurant, Clearwater, Corner of Belleair Road and US HWY #19.
We have a social hour & dinner from 5:30 until 7:00. The meeting begins promptly at 7:00 PM. Our meals are ordered individually from the menu. You are invited to join us if you are interested in becoming a member or are a visiting Soroptimist from another area. . You may email your reservation here or just drop in if you are in the area.

CLEARWATER - The Soroptimist International Club of Upper Pinellas will host its 34^th Annual Women Honoring Women Luncheon on Saturday, March 26^th, from 11 am to 2 pm at the Clearwater Country Club.

This year’s honorees include Shirley Long in Philanthropy, Sgt Denise Nestor for Law Enforcement, Patti Hanks for Social Services, Cathy Wagner in Business, Wanda Fyfe for Community Service and Tracey Arehart for Volunteerism. These women make Clearwater and Upper Pinellas County a better place to live by their contributions to the community

Cost is $25 and proceeds will benefit the Women on the Way program at St Petersburg College to help mature students return to the workforce through educational scholarships.

Call Betsi at 734-3730 or Mel at 785-3339 for more information or to buy tickets.

Each year we honor Outstanding Women from our community. Page down to view last year's homorees.

THE WAY WE WERE!! 2008 - 2009
This year held sadness for us. In February we lost our President Mary Louise Scussell.
Excerpt from our President Susan's Letter: The passing of President Mary Louise, ironically on President’s Day, was a sad day for us and she will long be remembered among all those whose hearts she touched. Our club has received many cards, letters and emails of condolence from across Southern Region. SI Upper Pinellas has long been ‘recognized’ across the region, but the sight of Mary Louise in Key Largo explaining the adventures of Jose Gaspar will be a very long-lasting memory for all of us and will bring a smile to many, many Soroptimists. Though her illness took her in a very short period of time, her impact on many people will remain a part of SI Upper Pinellas’ history. We will miss you. -02/16/2009 Just a little while later our Member Martha Gray lost her husband, Don. Our Vice President Susan Kinney Lowell took over and did a great job keeping our club together through all of these trials.
Below are some of our projects and accomplishments for this year "Decision 2008:Cast Your Ballot For Soroptimists" Our club hosted the District II Meeting on October 10th and October 11th. Our Betsi was District II Director. This was her meeting. We participated in the December 10th President's Appeal. We donated $100 to SIA Foundation.
We also held a Fun Christmas Party just for us We supported a woman and her children at Women on the Way at Christmas Time.
Women Honoring Women We held our Women Honoring Women Luncheon just a week after the death of our president Group Picture of our club members with Southern Region Governor Nidia at our "Women Honoring Women" event . Women Honoring Women Committee Report from Chairwoman Phyllis Cloman Women Honoring Women was a wonderful success this year. Our honorees were Barbara Bourland, MD, who has pioneered support for women with breast cancer, from starting the local Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, to establishing a program providing mammograms to women who cannot afford one. Pat Gerard, the mayor of Largo, has long supported women and families through her work in domestic violence and family services in addition to her efforts during her political career. Jane Hussar continues to be an amazing volunteer, supporting a variety of causes in Pinellas County and Safety Harbor. Sandra Lyth has worked in support of a variety of women’s causes, and currently is working to stamp out human trafficking in our community. What a group of outstanding women! We couldn’t do this report without including one other outstanding woman: Mary Louise Scussel. Her untimely passing shocked all of us, and occurred just days before WHW. How true to her spirit was the attendance at our event of her children and their spouses - and they even donated a large basket for the raffle. We had 103 individuals attending our event. While this is not held as a fund-raising event, we earned a ‘profit’ of $1232.88! Our Women Honoring Women Honorees
We donated Dress clothes, accessories and undergarments to "Dress for Success" in Tampa. They provide clothing for women to go on interviews for jobs. This was a project close to the heart of one of our Soroptimists.
We donated a Coach bag with lots of goodies for the raffle at Southern Region Conference. Most clubs brought one. Southern Region made $1245 selling raffle tickets. We had three members attending.
In May we awarded 2 Woman's Opportunity Award Scholarships to Deserving Women attending St Petersburg College. Our awards were $1000 and $800. We also selected a Making A Difference for Women Honoree. We gave $150 to her favorite Charity, The Haven. We awarded $100 to our Violet Richardson Award Young Girl Winner and also $100 to the Life Forces Cultural Acts Academy where she volunteered.
The Awards Banquet	Our WOA Winner
Sharon from Women on the Way	Our Making a Difference for Women Award.
Our President
	Our Violet Richardson Winner and Guests
We donated $1456.92 to Women on the Way Emergency Fund at St. Petersburg College.
In June we joined with the three other Tampa Bay Clubs to install officers.
President Susan giving report of our club	Installation of Directors
Installation of Secretaries	Installation of the Gals who guard our money
Installing the VP's. Hopefully future President's	Installation of those hard working gals, The Presidents
Our 2009-2010 Club Officers From left to right, Linda Taminini - Treasurer, Susan Kinney Lowell - President, Mel Chase - Director Phyllis Cloman - Vice President, Pat Arbutine- Secretary Not Shown, Marsha McGrath - Director, Terry Sue Turner -Delegate, Karen Curry - Delegate

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