- December 15, 2025
The organizers of a new Soroptimist Club announced Aug. 26 that they will hold an informational meeting at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 9 at The International House of Pancakes located at 155 Bill France Ave.
Membership is open to business and professional women, currently employed, retired or embarking, who are looking for opportunities to improve the lives of women and girls in the local community and throughout the world. The club will be part of the Soroptimist International of the Americas, an international, non-profit, volunteer organization with almost 34,000 members in 19 countries and territories.
Wanda Moore, a former club president and member of the Soroptimist International of The Greater Bremerton Area Club of the Northwest Region, will be organizing the new club. Moore recently relocated to Daytona Beach.
“Our club will offer opportunities to participate in programs that change lives, as well as to develop lifelong friendships and a network of business contacts,” Moore said in a press release. “The name, Soroptimist, means ‘best for women’ and that’s what our club will strive to achieve.”
Soroptimist projects range from helping to renovate domestic violence shelters to sponsoring self-esteem workshops for teenage girls.
