News
Women Aware celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2009! We were formally organized as an Iowa non-profit corporation in 1979. We were formed to serve the needs of displaced homemakers, a growing population in the 70's that was unfamiliar with navigating public and private services tthat would lift their family out of poverty.
Milestones:
1985 - Our first Women of Excellence banquet and awards ceremony.
1988 - Women Aware admitted as an agency member of the United Way of Siouxland.
2005 - The certification scholarship program established with United Way's Women's Power Lunch Committee.
2006 - We moved to our current offices in the Commerce Building.
2006 - We sponsored our first bike ride event, Wheeling for Women Aware.
2008 - Women Aware designated by the Waitt Foundation to administer the Waitt Single Parent Scholarship program.
Events
Women of Excellence Awards
Every year in March, we host the Women of Excellence Banquet and Awards Ceremony in March at the Sioux City Convention Center.
Start thinking now about who you can nominate and attend this annual event to honor and celebrate outstanding Siouxland women and all they do to contribute to the betterment of their Siouxland community.
Nominate Now!
Forms are now available for the March 23, 2010 banquet and awards ceremony. Forms are available by downloading from this website, or call Women Aware at (712) 258-4174 to request a packet. $40 nomination fee due with signed and completed application. Due March 2, 2010.
Nomination instructions
Nomination form
Judging criteria
Tickets are $35 each, or $280 for a table. Deadline for ticket order: March 16, 2010.
Ticket order form
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