Nov/Dec 2021 Zonta Club of Cincinnati Vol. 5 Issue 27 |
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From the President 2020 - 2022 Melanie Hoffman |
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Fellow Zontians, I am so excited for the start to the new year! I am so proud of what we have accomplished this biennium and excited to see what we will be able to accomplish in the remaining months. At the start of the biennium we talked about many goals for the upcoming years that we would like to accomplish. Little did we know that after the January strategic planning session Covid 19 would hit us and we would have to adapt our club immensely to continue the great work we do. It has been a great reminder for what I already knew that Zontians are resilient. Although, I am very thankful to be back in person and seeing you all at our membership meetings I am also proud of the adaptation we had within our membership. We had major goals within the biennium including fundraising and number of impacted lives. Overall we have been able to not only virtually adapt our membership and come back to in person meetings but impact a significant number of people and I am excited for what we have done as a club and what we will do in the future. Thanks, Melanie |
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Announcing the Kendra Scott Fundraiser |
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September - We filled 25 bags for New Life Furniture Bank with basic household items. NLFB delivers an entire household of furnishings to families overcoming homelessness, domestic abuse, extreme poverty and other devastating circumstances. |
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October - Purse Project - We collected donated gently used purses and filled them with personal care items donated from club members and the purses were donated to North Fairmount Community Center. |
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November - Families Forward Holiday Giving Program Thanks to all who brought in gifts for girls ages 5 -12. |
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As a result of an advocacy effort during NAIDM, club members Connie Kingsbury and Jane Wiehe met with Nan Cahall, the Southwest District Director for Senator Rob Portman to garner his support for eliminating the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment and share the 100+ signatures of support from Zontians collected at NAIDM. Nan welcomed learning more about Zonta and bringing attention to the ERA issues. For more details, visit https://zontausa.org/advocating-for-era-with-sen-portman-of-ohio/ |
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Zonta 16 Days of Activism starts on November 25. For more details visit https://zontasaysno.com/ |
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Founders Day - Rescheduled for April 2022 |
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Save the date for our April 28, 2022 Membership Meeting where we plan to honor long-time member Norma Clark. Norma has been a Zontian for 65 years! Let's all come to honor Norma for her long-time service and commitment to Zonta's mission. |
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November 18 Membership Dinner Meeting |
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Our speaker at the November meeting was Deborah Mariner Allsop, Executive Director of Families Forward. Deborah talked on the mission of Families Forward which is to make kids better citizens by helping them connect with their schools, families and the community. |
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October28 Membership Dinner Meeting |
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At our October meeting, speaker Ayanna Morgan, spoke about the work of Cradle Cincinnati who's mission is to measurably improve preconception health, pregnancy health and infant health in order to reduce preterm birth and infant mortality in Hamilton County. |
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September 23 Membership Meeting |
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Our speaker, Jill Keefe from New Life Furniture receiving a thank you gift from Melinda Hepfner. |
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Melinda Hepfner presenting the President's Pin and Gavel to current President Melanie Hoffman. |
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Connie Kingsbury, Area 2 Director, installing our newest member, Cindy Ross, at our September meeting. |
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Meet our new member, Cindy Ross! Welcome to our newest member, Cindy Ross. Cindy is an Advanced Project Test Engineer at Siemens PLM. She also has 2 children Emma, who is a sophomore at Miami University, and Brendan, who is a senior at Milford High School. |
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She has two pets. Maggie is a 10 year old lab/Pointer mix and Tom is a 1.5 year old cat. Both are from the League for Animal Welfare where Cindy has volunteered for over 5 years. Besides volunteering and watching her son's Rocket League tournaments, Cindy has been spending her extra time recently learning to speak Spanish. Cindy is also a niece of our beloved member, Donna Seitz. When asked why she wanted to join Zonta, she said "I have always felt a responsibility to contribute to society. In college I became familiar with the slogan "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" and felt it stated what I had always felt. I have belonged to both Key Club in high school and Alpha Phi Omega in college which are both service organizations. A few years ago I was also looking for a way to connect with more professional women. I knew my Aunt Donna had been very involved in Zonta and that the organization could join my two goals of contributing to society and being able to make more of the connections I desired." |
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Sept - Dec Birthdays Candas Stacy - Sept. 9 Lori Burkhardt - Sept. 18 Ann Schlinkert - Sept. 22 Lisa Lamping - Oct. 3 Melanie Hoffman - Oct. 5 Glenda Carota - Oct. 20 Cindy Ross - Oct. 30 Karen Crumley - Nov. 6 Melanie Mauglin, MD - Nov. 20 Mary Clare Hill - Nov. 23 Cathy Bruckert - Dec. 1 Gretchen Webb - Dec. 11 Ronda Deel - Dec. 16 Mary Jane Watson - Dec. 18 |
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Zonta's Mission and Vision |
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MISSION Zonta International is a leading global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy. VISION Zonta International envisions a world in which women's rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential. In such a world, women have access to all resources and are represented in decision-making positions on an equal basis with men. In such a world, no woman lives in fear of violence. |
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