BOUNTIFUL — The Women’s Opportunity Award gives women money to offset costs of higher education and the Soroptimist International Club of Bountiful is looking for applicants.

Each year, the club looks for personal stories of women working toward dreams, having courage and determination and overcoming obstacles to make their lives and the lives of their families better. The award is geared toward women who are the primary breadwinners in their families. These women can be single mothers or have husbands who can’t work due to disabilities or other causes.

Applicants must be enrolled in some kind of training. That can be vocational or technical training programs at a night school or technical college. The applicant may also be in the process of completing an undergraduate degree from a college or university. Whatever the case, this person must also be head of the household, meaning her family financially depends on her.

The award pays for the cost of things like books, child care and transportation. It is to encourage women to continue with education and help offset the costs of working full time and going to school full time and is geared toward helping the woman gain an education.

The deadline for any applications is Friday, Jan. 16. For more information, call Joy French at 292-3033 or Jan Wray at 792-6731.

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