Every Month District 5 Features two Clubs. This month, Ashtabula & Greater Columbus are Featured
Zonta Club of Ashtabula
Zonta Club of Ashtabula kicked off its busy club year on August 14, with a gathering at Baci Winery in Madison, Ohio. More than 20 members and guests enjoyed the refreshments and conversation on a beautiful summer evening. Later that week, Zonta was a sponsor of the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Conference organized by the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Home Safe, and our own Zonta Ashtabula member and D5 Treasurer, Linda Coblitz, who provided an overview of Zonta’s work in the community and our efforts to combat sexually based violence.
(left-SART team; right-Ann Pean, Elaine Swanson, Katrina Port). We were excited to install Katrina Port, a former Zonta Ashtabula scholarship recipient, and employee at Andover Bank, at our first membership meeting in September.A future meeting will include a tour of the new patient tower at ARMC. Several members are looking forward to attending the District 5 Governor’s Conference in Lousiville, KY, Oct 18-19. Each year, we host an International FairTrade Fair to benefit artisans of One World Market. It takes place November 8-10 at the Austinburg Town Hall, 2794 OH-307, Austinburg, OH. It’s a wonderful opportunity to purchase artisan crafts and holiday gifts, sample coffee and hot cocoa, and enjoy food from local food trucks.
The November 11 meeting will focus on Emergency Preparedness, presented by Louisville Zontian Angela Brokmann, who is also Chair of the Zonta USA Climate Caucus. Finishing November, we will launch 16 Days of Activism-Zonta Says No to Violence (against women & girls) with the Lighting of the Ashtabula Lift Bridge. Dinner follows at Bridge Street Tavern. We are an active and busy Zonta club welcoming new members. Please feel free to visit our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=zonta%20club%20of%20ashtabula%20area or contact me directly at annpean@sbcglobal.net .
By Ann Pean, Club President
Zonta Club of Columbus
The Columbus Zonta Club is active almost all year round! Recently, two events were of note:
A service event just occurred last weekend, performed by many club volunteers who sorted seasonal clothing donations to benefit the women at Sanctuary Night, a safe space for vulnerable women. Zonta collected over 50 bags of clothing donated by the Otterbein College Thrift Shop and then carefully sorted them for warmer women’s apparel.
This summer, the Zonta Club of Columbus hosted a very special evening of information sharing and advocacy with our fellow Zontian, Katrin Bizilya from the Zonta Club of Uzhhorod in Ukraine. Katrin told us about life in Ukraine since the war erupted and the wonderful things the Zontians in Ukraine are doing to ease the suffering of others in her country. She also expressed her gratitude for the support they have received from Zontians worldwide.
Our club is always looking for new members! Please learn more about what we do at https://www.zontacolumbus.org or contact me at finefrocks@yahoo.com
By Susan Finefrocks, Club President
Top- Katrin Bizilya and Columbus Club; Bottom-Katrin & D5 Gov. Kimm Hrdlicka-Tigges
Bottom: Columbus Club Sorting for Sanctuary Night
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