Soroptimist International of Grass Valley
Soroptimist International of Grass Valley

Dress A Girl and Dress A Dude Project

Soroptimists of Grass Valley (SIGV) once again is creating simple dresses and shorts for the “Dress A Girl Around The World” (DAG) and “Dress A Dude” (DAD) projects. The organizations sponsoring these projects organizations feel that sex-traffickers are discouraged from kidnapping young children when they see the boys and girls dressed in a garment that someone has lovingly sewn for them. It signifies that someone watches over and cares for them.

 

Over the past three years Soroptimists of Grass Valley has been the spearhead behind these projects here in Nevada County.   They have gathered clothing, lovingly sewn by people predominantly in Nevada County, and presented them to several organizations to take on their mission trips to third world countries.  To date, over 1500 dresses and 800 shorts/shirts have been taken to children in rural villages of Eastern Uganda, to orphanages In Kenya and Cambodia and to a medical clinic that serves as a half-way house for sex-trafficked women on the Thai/Burma border. It is very exciting to see the efforts of so many back here in Nevada County affecting so many around the world.

 

 

Soroptimist International of Grass Valley meets the first Thursday of the month at 5:15pm .  Please see the Calendar page for more info on where we are meeting and on other special events we have through out the months.

 

 

If you would like to attend a meeting, please contact us at sigrassvalley@gmail.com or just drop in!