 Zonta Paul Volume 78 Issue 8 February, 2005 |
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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. . . . .Greetings from the southwest. I am sorry I won't be with you for the February joint meeting with the Minneapolis Club. Please greet them for me. It sounds like a very interesting program and I hope everyone is able to attend to hear our speaker and greet our sister Zontians. Please be sure to let Dorothy know if you will be attending each dinner meeting. Joseph's Grill has been very flexible; however, as professional women we do need to meet our commitment to both Dorothy and them! Thank you, Dorothy, for calling each member for our last meeting dates. We shouldn't expect Dorothy to call each of us, so please let her know whether or not you will be attending. Has everyone who has e-mail registered with our International Headquarters? Thank you, Lou, for offering to assist anyone who needs help with this. I recently saw a fleece blanket made with only one thick piece of material. I will make one like this and bring it back with me. It looked really nice and could be more cost effective. Please check your calendar for April and add the Area Meeting the 15th and 16th! The Minneapolis Zontians may be ready to share some info about it at our February meeting. I hope you will join me in attending. I can be reached by e-mail, my home phone, or here through March 1. Romelle |
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Web Sites to Remember: Zonta International http://www.zonta.org Zonta District 7 http://www.zontadistrict7.org Minnesota Visiting Nurse Agency Club 100 http://www.mvna.org/club_100.htm. Women's Advocates, Inc. http://www.wadvocates.org
Minnesota Women's Consortium
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Happy BirthdayMarj - March 17 Evelyn - March 22 |
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At our January meeting, Susan Anderson from Club 100 gave us an update on how our grants were used and thanked us for the holiday baskets. Club 100 has sponsors for its families, but often times there are families who are not registered in time to receive holiday gifts. Our baskets were a very special treat for those families who would otherwise have gone without. For more information go to their web site at Minnesota Visiting Nurse Agency Club 100 Donna Moores, from Women's Advocates, Inc. brought information and talked about their programs and the impact they are having on helping families. There are opportunities for us to do hands on service with their residents. For more information go to their web site at Women's Advocates, Inc.. The following was in the Club 100 newsletter last month: THANK YOU, THANK YOU: we adopted 98 families for the holidays this season. You are all wonderful and generous beyond my wildest expectations. A special thank you to Zonta International, St Paul Chapter, for the Christmas bags; to Christ Lutheran Church in North St Paul, for their annual holiday toy drive; and to the volunteers who staffed the booth at Har Mar. You made it possible to meet the needs of those last minute referrals. The families and their nurses are grateful! |
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Zonta International Service Contribution: The members voted to allocate $500 for ZISVAW in addition to the $1,000 already approved in our budget. The $1,000 contribution was approved for $500 to general international projects and $500 for Amelia Earhart Funding. As a local Club, we approved $500 for the Young Women in Public Affairs Award and $500 for Jane Klausman Scholarship. |
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February 22, 2005: Our meeting in February (February 22, 2005) will be at Josephs's, located at 140 South Wabasha. 651-222-2435, St Paul, Minnesota 55107. This will be a joint meeting with the Minneapolis Club. Our speaker will be Karen Sigsbee, Amelia Earhart Scholarship Winner for 2000. March 22, 2005 Our March meeting will be at Joseph's in St. Paul. MEMBER DINNER POLICIES: DINNER COST: The membership also discussed the price for the monthly meals. It was decided to raise the monthly dinner meal cost to $20.00 in order to enable Dorothy to have more choices to select our entree from. |
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At our January meeting, the members agreed to call Dorothy to confirm attendance at the upcoming meeting. The members also re-affirmed the Club's policy of billing members who had committed to attending the meeting for the cost of the dinner. Therefore, if you are not able to attend the upcoming meeting, please remember to call Dorothy no later than that the Friday before the monthly meeting date. If you do not call, it will be assumed that you are attending and you will be billed for that meeting. |
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Zonta Rose Day March 8, 2005 
All Zontians worldwide are encouraged to commemorate Zonta Rose Day/International Women's Day in whatever manner is appropriate in their countries and areas, utilizing the symbol of the yellow rose. The objectives are to: (1) Increase the visibility of Zonta International and Zonta Clubs around the world, (2) Promote recognition of International Women's Day and issues affecting women, (3) Promote support for local and international service projects, and (4) Build a sense of unity and commitment to our mission through shared activity on this day. |
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Zonta International wants all members to register on-line at their web site. You will need to set up a password and member ID. If you have not registered with the Web site, please register now. Lou has agreed to help if you need assistance in getting registered. Just give him a call. |
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The following information is on Zonta International Website and relates to the Zonta International's issues and programs: Millions of people around the world are denied fundamental freedoms simply because they are women. On every hemisphere women face serious obstacles in obtaining equal education, health care, legal rights and employment. 70 percent of the world's 1.3 billion poor are women. Two-thirds of the illiterate adults in the world are women and two-thirds of the children not in school today are girls. 60 million women who should be alive today are "missing" because of violence associated with gender discrimination. Every year an estimated 4 million women and girls are bought and sold worldwide. Every month of every year, over 40,000 women in developing nations die from pregnancy related causes. Through education, service and advocacy programs Zonta International works to overcome these challenges and to advance the status of women worldwide. |
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Young Woman in Public Affairs Award: The Young Woman in Public Affairs award deadline is February 28th. Lollie has graciously agreed to take charge of this award for us. If you know of a qualified applicant, please direct them to Lollie or our Website. |
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Minnesota Women's Consortium - Website is http://www.mnwomen.org/ Check out the current events issues. |
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The following is an excerpt from the Women's Consortium (February 5, 2005) BULLETIN #943 REPORTER #796 Legislative Brown Bags The state budget will have a big impact on women, children, and families. Governor Pawlenty gave his budget address last week, calling for increased education funding but reducing access to health care MinnesotaCare) for many low-income people. By one estimate, 27,000 Minnesota adults without children would lose access to health care. Early childhood education & child care. Brown Bag attendees noted that the governor?s proposed funding method would require more E-12 funding at the local level, with increased local levies. Child Care Works reports that the governor?s budget proposes a $70 million cut in child care over the next two years ? on top of the $86 million cut in the past biennium -- and a continued freeze of reimbursement rates to providers. See action alerts on reverse. More info: www. childcareworks.org. Other health and human service issues were reviewed by Programs like MFIP, the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP), have been deeply cut in recent years, with reduced assistance to families with a member receiving federal SSI disability funds and reduced time for training programs. These cuts make it more difficult than ever for families to escape poverty. The greatest challenge of the day is to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us. -- Dorothy Day Action Alerts From Women's Consortium Web Site: Child Care Works urges you to call your Minnesota representative and senator immediately to make sure they are aware of the deep cuts proposed by the governor. Let them know how this might affect you personally, your child care business, or a business in your community that depends on employing low-income working parents. The Older Women's League asks you to write your U.S. Senators and Representatives about the facts of Social Security privatization. They say, The cost of the privatization plan to taxpayers is estimated to be at least 2 trillion dollars. www.owl-mn.org. YWCA of Minneapolis asks you to make personal contact with your state legislators and encourage focus on the future, not the short term, in budget decisions, and to invest in proven programs that help Minnesotans succeed in the economy, like affordable programming for at-risk youth. See you all on February 22nd. |