GAMBINOS FUNDRAISER SEPTEMBER 29, 2026 Please join us for dinner on September 29th at Gambino’s! Encourage friends & family to eat there or order takeout that night between 4 & 9 pm. Our September Social will be in the side room starting at 5:30 pm. Hope to see you there! Remember: A portion of all sales goes towards our mission of improving the lives of women and girls in our Hutchinson community!
NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE 2026-2028 BIENNIUM We are so pleased to introduce the Board of Directors for the 2026-2028 Biennium. From left to right: President Mary Jane Green, Vice President Nicole Rogers, Treasurer Deana Novak, Recording Secretary Dora Dutschmann, Directors Nancy Fure & Joan Brown and Past President Jane Holzrichter. Not pictured: Corresponding Secretary Krystina Oliver.
JANE HOLZRICHTER WINS 2025 OUTSTANDING CLUB MEMBER AWARD It is with great pleasure that we got to award our very own Madam President, Jane Holzrichter, with the 2025 Soroptimist Outstanding Club Member Award! Jane is very knowledgeable, determined, organized, positive, motivational, passionate, collaborative, and so much more! We are so grateful and blessed to have such an OUTSTANDING leader as our President! Thank you so much, Jane, for all you do for our club and for our community!
COMMUNITY IMPACT AND LIVE YOUR DREAM AWARDS PRESENTED AT MARCH SOCIAL Congratulations to our Community Impact Award winners: Kensley Keast and Hannah Kahn (not in attendance)! And congratulations to our Live Your Dream Award winners: Sara Collins and Karrie Self! We are so grateful to provide these women with funds for continuing their education and can’t wait to see them succeed! At Soroptimist International of Hutchinson, our vision is that women and girls have the resources to reach their full potential and live their dreams.
2026 WOMENS SHOW AND HEALTH FAIR A MAJOR SUCCESS Check out all of our photos to experience the excitement of the day!
INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY 2026 Today, we celebrate the strength and resilience of women everywhere! At Soroptimist International of Hutchinson, our vision is that women and girls have the resources to reach their full potential and live their dreams. Together we hope to create lasting change for the women in our community. Join us in celebrating the amazing women who inspire us and others every day!
MOMMY & ME DANCE: THANKS, PHOTOS, AND MORE! We had a wonderful night at the Mommy & Me Dance! Thank you to all the moms and grandmas who joined us last night for our Mommy & Me Dance! We hope you all had as much fun as we did.
THANKS TO OUR DANCE SPONSORS Our sponsors for this year’s Mommy & Me dance helped us create a memorial evening for everyone involved! Be sure to visit these businesses and thank them for their support of women and girls in the Hutchinson community, These wonderful businesses sponsored our dance in February 2026. Melanie Collins with Edward Jones Horizons Child Advocacy Center McPherson Theater 620 in the Mix Ad Astra Radio Eagle Radio Heartland Credit Union National Credit Adjusters Don’s Custom Floral Hutch Auto Body Mavericks Nutrition Color by Design Big G’s Barbershop First National Bank Inspire Mortgage – Randy Hamilton Rock Solid Supplements Brickhouse Boutique Cris Corey – State Farm Insurance Advance Termite & Pest Control Sunshine Meadows Retirement Community Zenith Life Coaching Fee Insurance The Alley of Hutchinson Midwest Superstore Weber Auto Glass, Bomgaars Please consider sponsoring our Mommy & Me Dance for February 2027. Proceeds will benefit women and girls in our community.
“DJ 620 IN THE MIX” JOINING US AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR OUR MOMMY & ME DANCE We’re so excited to have DJ 620 In The Mix joining us again this year for our Mommy & Me Dance! He’s ready to get the party started and keep it going! Grab your tickets before they sell out!
SI HUTCH CHRISTMAS PARTY AND CHRISTMAS WISHES We had a great time at our annual Christmas party! We hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
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Please join us for dinner on September 29th at Gambino’s! Encourage friends & family to eat there or order takeout that night between 4 & 9 pm. Our September Social will be in the side room starting at 5:30 pm. Hope to see you there! Remember: A portion of all sales goes towards our mission of improving the lives of women and girls in our Hutchinson community!
Soroptimist celebrates Founders Day on October 3, which acknowledges the day in 1921 when the first club in Alameda County, California, called to order its first business meeting.
On December 19, 2011, United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/170 to declare October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child, to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world.
Halloween is the eve of All Saints' Day, formerly called All Hallows and Hallowmass. Halloween is traditionally associated with customs such as bonfires, masquerading, and the telling of ghost stories, old Celtic practices that mark the beginning of winter. People of all ages wear costumes, eat candy, and attend parties and dances. Children participate in trick-or-treating, going from door to door in search of candy or other treats.
A federal holiday observed the fourth Thursday in November by act of Congress (1941), it was the first such national proclamation issued by President Lincoln in 1863, on the urging of Mrs. Sarah J. Hale, editor of Godey's Lady's Book. Most Americans believe that the holiday dates back to the day of thanks ordered by Governor Bradford of Plymouth Colony in New England in 1621, but scholars point out that days of thanks also stem from ancient times.
Human Rights Day is observed every year on December 10th the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The most widely celebrated holiday of the Christian year, Christmas is observed as the anniversary of the birth of Jesus. Christmas customs are centuries old. The mistletoe, for example, comes from the Druids, who, in hanging the mistletoe, hoped for peace and good fortune. Comparatively recent is the Christmas tree, first set up in Germany in the 17th century. Colonial Manhattan Islanders introduced the name Santa Claus, a corruption of the Dutch name St. Nicholas, who lived in fourth-century Asia Minor.
A federal holiday in the United States, New Year's Day has its origin in Roman times when sacrifices were offered to Janus, the two-faced Roman deity who looked back on the past and forward to the future. It is usually celebrated with parties the night before. On January 1, some people institute lifestyle changes known as “New Year’s Resolutions.”
Valentine's Day is a day for expressions of romantic love. Originally a pagan festival, the holiday eventually was recast as a Christian feast day in honor of St. Valentine - but there are at least three different early saints by that name. How the day became associated with romance remains obscure, and is further clouded by various fanciful legends.