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Monday Dec 03 2012
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Soroptimist Opportunity Awards empower women

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Soroptimist International South Placer club member and first Opportunity Award winner Latanya Hampton-Johnson sorts donated women’s business attire for her new nonprofit, Working Women’s International. “Now that I am a member, the club recently adopted my nonprofit organization as their primary club project,” Hampton-Johnson shared. “They believed in me when they gave me the grant and they still believe in me now.”
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Soroptimist International South Placer club member and first Opportunity Award winner Latanya Hampton-Johnson.
Teresa O'Hanlon/Placer Herald
Latanya Hampton-Johnson works with her sons, Christian and Jayden, and her brother Charles Hampton, Jr. to organize clothing donations for her new nonprofit organization, Working Women International. “It is very special to be the first recipient of the (Opportunity Awards) grant and now a member of Soroptimist International South Placer,” Hampton-Johnson said.
Teresa O'Hanlon/Placer Herald
Latanya Johnson of Rocklin, surrounded by sons Christian, 14, and Jayden, 4, and her brother, Charles Hampton, Jr. makes her volunteer effort a family affair. “I dream of being the voice of women who are left behind or forgotten about, the helping hand for women who are struggling to make it day to day,” shared Hampton-Johnson, the founder of the nonprofit organization Working Women International.
Teresa O'Hanlon/Placer Herald
Soroptimist International South Placer club member and first Opportunity Award winner Latanya Hampton-Johnson sorts donated women’s business attire for her new nonprofit, Working Women’s International. “Now that I am a member, the club recently adopted my nonprofit organization as their primary club project,” Hampton-Johnson shared. “They believed in me when they gave me the grant and they still believe in me now.”

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