Young Women Making a Difference

YOUNG WOMEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE AWARD

Presented annually to young women who have demonstrated initiative by identifying a problem and trying to solve it and/or have achieved noteworthy accomplishment as volunteers, the Young Women Making a Difference Award is actually two awards in one.

In addition to a cash award, typically $500, to each award winner, we also award $500 to the organization for which they volunteer.

To be eligible for consideration, applicants

• must be between the ages of 14 and 18
• must make a difference through volunteer action
• must live in Saratoga County
• may not be a relative of a Soroptimist

In the spirit of Violet Richardson Ward, the founder of Soroptimist International, the Young Women Making a Difference Award favors applicants whose voluntary actions are of benefit to women and girls.

Application forms are available in the fall and due by year-end, with awardees honored in May.

For more information, e-mail makeadifferencesaratoga@gmail.com.

Anabelle Brueggemann was the 2023 winner of the Young Women Making A Difference Award. It recognized her work with Stories for Success, a non-profit that provides children’s books to new parents at Saratoga Hospital. Annabelle, now a sophomore at Lafayette College, recently updated SISC on her many activities and accomplishments.

“Stories for Success and this award opened many doors for me and gave me a foundation of experience and interest in working with my community that has been so useful at college,” she said.