Rancho Cordova Mayor Siri Pulipati presented the Soroptimist International of Rancho Cordova and Gold River Club with a proclamation honoring Women’s History Month. Photo courtesy of Soroptimist International of Rancho Cordova and Gold River

RANCHO CORDOVA, CA (MPG) – Rancho Cordova Mayor Siri Pulipati presented the Soroptimist International of Rancho Cordova and Gold River Club with a proclamation honoring Women’s History Month during the March 17 City Council meeting.

The proclamation recalled the origin of Women’s History Month and the Soroptimist organization, as well as celebrated the club’s accomplishments helping the community’s at-risk women and students during its more than 15-year history.

Soroptimist is an international nonprofit organization that seeks to improve the lives of women and girls through programs leading to social and economic empowerment. Photo courtesy of Soroptimist International of Rancho Cordova and Gold River

Since the Rancho Cordova/Gold River club’s founding in 2009, members have helped give hope, support and empowerment to almost 2,000 Folsom Cordova Unified School District homeless and at-risk students in 15 years; to more than 1,500 domestic violence survivors through the making and giving of Comfort Kits over 12 years; presented more than $30,000 in Live Your Dream cash awards to 39 head of household women who are working on completing higher education over 13 years.

More than 4,500 women and girls in total have been served during the club’s 15-year history.

In 2024 alone, the club has knowingly saved one female veteran from committing suicide through our holiday stockings for veterans’ “mission” and received medical services at the VA Northern California Healthcare System in Mather. The club also last year facilitated the rescue of a woman and her 6-year-old daughter and referred another trafficking survivor to a local organization for mental trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment.

A March 17 proclamation recalled the origin of Women’s History Month and the Soroptimist International of Rancho Cordova and Gold River Club. Photo courtesy of Soroptimist International of Rancho Cordova and Gold River

Soroptimist is an international nonprofit organization that seeks to improve the lives of women and girls through programs leading to social and economic empowerment. The name, Soroptimist, means “best for women” and that’s what the organization strives to achieve. Soroptimists are people at their best, working to help other women to be their best. To receive more information about Soroptimist International of Rancho Cordova and Gold River, how to become a member or learn how to volunteer, email siranchocordova@soroptimist.net or call club Vice-President Sheryl Longsworth at 916-833-1218 or visit soroptimistranchocordova.org.