1. Northwestern Region Fundraising Committee Report
Marta Page
NWR Fundraising Chair
SI of Oak Harbor

2. Dreams are wishes in your heart
College
Career
Family
Happily ever after

3. Stopped dreaming…
How do I feed my children?
How do I leave my abuser?

4. Live Your Dream Programs

5. Be a fairy godmother! Initial donation of $1,000 or more OR
Monthly Giving Program
Provide it to someone as a gift

6. Support the Laurel Society
Win a Laurel Society membership!
Buy a square or two or three!

7. Other ways to support Laurel Legacy Shop online
amazonsmile.com goodshop.com)
Founder’s Pennies
Club Giving

8. Founder’s Pennies
100% participation
Every member contributed $5.45

9. Club Giving Keep 90% of locally raised funds
Encourage 10% to SIA to fund SIA Programs

10. 10% Club Giving Formula
10% is based on net profit of local community fundraisers (not internal club fundraisers)
Example –
Club nets $10,000 from community fundraisers in
$9,000 stays local and $1,000 allocated to Club Giving for

11. What you give – comes back!
SIA funded Live Your Dream Awards-
$26,000!!
SIA funded club grants received by NWR clubs - $8,500!!
Deadline for club giving is May 31st!

12. Funding Programs

13. DUES Membership Dues Dues DOES NOT fund Dues DOES fund:
Soroptimist Programs
Dues DOES fund:
Governance
Overall Operating Expenses
Administrative Costs
associated with the day-to-day running of our organization
DUES

14. Soroptimist International of the Americas and LiveYourDream.org
Thank their official corporate sponsors for their continued support in helping women and girls to live their dreams.

15. Thank You NWR Donors! 310 Laurel Society Members up from 292 last year
Inner Circle ($25,000 or more) – 1 member
Ambassadors ($10,000-$24,999) – 3 members
Diplomats ($5,000-$9,999) – 19 members
Envoy ($2,500-$4,999) – 41 members
Attaches ($1,000–$2,499) members

16. Thank You NWR Donors! Monthly Giving – 57 members
Laurel Legacy – 53 members

17. Founder’s Pennies 84 of 86 clubs have sent in their donation
Still time – deadline May 31st

18. Club Giving
Last year 63 of 87 clubs participated with 35 at the 10% level.
So far this club year 40 of 86 clubs have participated with 16 at the 10% level.

19. Club Giving Levels Dream Catchers - $10,000 plus
Dream Chasers - $5,000-$9,999
Dream Builders - $2,500-$4,999
Dream Believers - $1,000-$2,499
Dreamers - $500-$999

20. Thank you!