Soroptimists accepting applications for Live Your Dream Award

Soroptimists are optimists – and with good reason, especially in La Conner.

Members of the local chapter daily express appreciation for the widespread community support received for their multiple service projects. Their global volunteer organization provides women and girls access to education and training needed for economic empowerment.

“It’s totally amazing what we get in donations,” Diane Goetz, co-president with Margaret Hillard of La Conner Soroptimists, said of the merchandise stocked at the chapter’s Vintage La Conner thrift store.

Goetz and Hillard, in a sit-down interview with the W...