 Zonta Paul Volume 78 Issue 9 March, 2005 |
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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. . . . .President's Message: Greetings from the southwest! I will be returning to St. Paul March 26 and looking forward to attending the Area Meeting in mid-April. The Minneapolis Zontians have planned an interesting day for us. We received a letter of appreciation and a check for $61 from the Ten Thousand Villages manager. Carole and I joined their staff for a "shopping night for Zonta" in early December. We received 20% of the sales for that evening and it will be added to our convention fund. Thank you Carole for joining me, it was a fun night. Marge has been busy working on the Jane Klausman program and Lolli on the Young Woman in Public Affairs program. We will be looking forward to hearing about/from them at our April meeting. Thank you and your committees for working on these two programs. Our slate of officers for the 2005 - 2006 year are to be presented at our March meeting. Please consider how you would like to participate during the upcoming year. Please let me know if you have a contact with the Park Square Theatre. Think spring and sunny days! Romelle |
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Visit Zonta St. Paul at our Website http://www.zontastpaul.org
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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
Neighborhood House
American Association of University Women
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Happy BirthdayMarj - March 17 Evelyn - March 22 Shirley - April 12 Romelle - April 28 |
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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. Update - Lou helped Evelyn get registered! |
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Click on Minnesota Women's Consortium in "Web Sites to Remember" and Check out the current events issues. |
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Service Projects - Update Our recipient organizations for 2004-05 are Northwest Youth and Family Services, Club 100 - MN Visiting Nurses, and Women's Advocates, Inc. The following is information relating to Northwest Youth and Women's Advocates: Northwest Youth and Family Services offers "group for girls coping with anger" NYFS is offering a group for girls who are coping with issues related to anger. The group is designed to provide information about the anger process and to help participants learn coping skills and alternative behaviors. Topics include: recognizing anger triggers, noticing body warning signs of anger, identifying and discussing the underlying causes of anger, finding ways to manage anger at home, school and in social settings. This group will meet 5 to 6 p.m. on Monday evenings April 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2 and 9 at NYFS, 3490 Lexington Ave. N. in Shoreview. Cost is $75. Scholarships are available for those who qualify. For more information or to register, call Judy Baldwin at (651) 486-3808 ext. 3431.
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Women's Advocates, Inc. There are volunteer activities available which work toward building community involvement and awareness through: Projects in the shelter Helping shelter residents Collection drives for items needed by the shelter Outreach and information dissemination. In order to volunteer at Women’s Advocates, a person must complete an application and then go through an orientation and a criminal background check. The background check is conducted through the state of Minnesota and can take anywhere from 2 to 6 weeks. Volunteer opportunities are currently only available Monday – Friday. For additional information, please call the Volunteer Coordinator, Molly Gillin, at 651-726-5203 or send an email to mgillin@wadvocates.org
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Neighborhood House
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Membership Meetings:February 22, 2005: Our meeting in February (February 22, 2005) was held at Josephs's, located at 140 South Wabasha. 651-222-2435, St Paul, Minnesota 55107. We had a great turnout and were happy to see many of our Minneapolis Zonta Sisters. Our speaker was Karen Sigsbee, Amelia Earhart Scholarship Winner for 2000 who spoke about mentoring girls in the sciences. Thank you Dorothy for the delicious menu selection! March 22, 2005 Our March meeting will be at Joseph's in St. Paul. Please call Dorothy if you are unable to attend. Members were excused for February due to misunderstanding about the policies. It is important that Joseph's has an accurate count for our dinners. DINNER COST: Monthly dinner meal cost has been changed to $20.00 in order to enable Dorothy to have more choices to select our entree from. DINNER ATTENDANCE: Members are to call Dorothy if they are unable to attend 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. If you are unable to attend due to last minute circumstances, you will be billed for that meeting. |
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MINNEAPOLIS ZONTA CLUB - HOSTING SPRING AREA 3 MEETING: The following are the details for the event and tentative program: April 15-16th, 2005 at the Marriott Courtyard, conveniently located near the Minneapolis Airport and the Mall of America. Tentative Event Registration: $90 per person The registration form is enclosed with your newsletter. Friday, April 15th - Dinner on your own. Sample one of the fabulous restaurants at the Mall of America 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Seminar Registration and Hospitality Refreshments at the Marriott Courtyard; Musical entertainment provided by Timeline; Area 3 Club Merchandise and Raffle Ticket sales (Minneapolis Club has the following items for the raffle: Silver Coffee Set, Coffee Basket, Wine Basket and more! ) Saturday, April 16th 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast 9:15 - 9:30 a.m. Welcome from the Minneapolis Club - Joann Hanson 9:30 - 9:45 a.m. Opening message from Dist. 7 Governor - Linda Jacobsen 9:45 - 11:00 a.m. Speaker: Sue Keirstead, Associate Professor of Medicine and Physiology at the University of MN and member of the Stem Cell Institute 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. Break: Raffle winners announced 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch and Speaker: Susan Craddock, Associate Professor of Women's Studies at the University of MN on AIDS in Africa 1:00 - 1:15 p.m. Break: Door Prize winners announced 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 Speaker: Gloria Perez-Jordan, Executive Director of The Jeremiah Program of Minneapolis SPEAKER BIO: Professor Keirstead is part of a team of researchers in the Stem Cell Institute studying the function and capabilities of bone marrow derived and embryonic stem cells. The goals of these projects are to determine the usefulness of these cells as models for developmental biology as well as their therapeutic potential. SPEAKER BIO: Professor Craddock is currently working on a project examining the implications of medical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnological relationships for global patterns of disease and geopolitics. Drawing from feminist science studies, postcolonial theories, and bioethics, Craddock explores the role of clinical trials, patent regulations, and the medical neglect of major global diseases in generating debates over resource equity, valuations of human life, and definitions of gender and race. SPEAKER BIO: Gloria Perez Jordan is the Executive Director of The Jeremiah Program, a broad-based collaborative community initiative based in Minneapolis, and aimed at assisting low-income single women and their young children. The program's mission is to help its clients move from economic dependency to economic self-sufficiency through education, employment and life-skill training. For additional information please email inquiries@zontaminneapolis.com |
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American Association of University Women, St. Paul, Minnesota Fund Raiser American Association of University Women, St. Paul, Minnesota AAUW is sponsoring a concert on April 9th as a fund raiser to help keep them in the College Club. The event features a one-woman play written, produced and acted by Stephanie Wendt, concert pianist and radio host, entitled Clara's Visitor. It is a play based on the life of Clara Schumann and features music of Clara and Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms. The play brings Clara out from the shadow of her husband and reveals the intriguing relationship between Clara and her nighttime visitor. The performance will be at Sundin Hall, Hamline University, Saturday, April 9th, 1 p.m. and tickets are $35.00. Please let Marj know if you would like tickets. AAUW has been a faithful supporter of Zonta St. Paul for many years at both the Global Event and our Poinsettia Sales Event. I was listening to MPR one morning and they were talking to Stephanie Wendt about the play and I found it to be intriguing. Let's help support our friends at AAUW! We can try to coordinate transportation for those interested in going. See you all on March 22nd. |
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