Zonta Club of Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Our best projects this year!

The Zonta Club of Elizabethtown has been busy planning for the Annual Christmas Tea to be held at the historic Brown Pusey House, built in 1825, on the first Sunday in December.                   It is a festive event with great tea and goodies along with violin music played by Cathy Pryek, and a visit from Mrs. Clause sharing books and Christmas stories with children in attendance. A Non-Traditional Scholarship is awarded along with donations to local programs as part of the 16 Days of Activism.

In recognition of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Zonta Club of Elizabethtown sponsored their 6th annual Awareness Walk on Saturday Oct. 5th. Zonta members and supporters walked along Ring Rd. in front of Blue Oval and Derm Specialist offices carrying ZONTA SAYS NO to Domestic Violence, and Domestic Violence Awareness signs. The signs were then placed along the road to bring awareness and will be up during October.  Zonta members made a donation to the Springhaven Domestic Violence Program which serves Hardin and surrounding counties. Pictured from left are Jenafier Carroll, Janet Cartwright, Tiffany Ake, Springhaven Parenting Course Administrator, Natasha Woodcock, Springhaven Outreach Advocate, Linda Funk, Lee Ann Caudill, Gail Crain, and Lois Pierce.

The Zonta Club of Elizabethtown had a Door Hanger Paint Party/Fundraiser held at the First Presbyterian Church in Elizabethtown. The event was organized by new Zonta member Monica Ramsey. Linda Funk, Club President, relates, “This was our first experience with a Paint Party and the event proved to be lots of fun. Everyone was surprised at how beautiful the door hangers turned out.” The paint party raised $245.00 which will be used to support programs promoting, locally and worldwide, equality and safety for women, advocating against gender-based violence, child marriage, and human trafficking. The Club also sponsors various scholarships, primarily the Amelia Earhart scholarship to a high school senior, and the Non-Traditional Scholarship to assist women who are re-entering college or training later in life and may have added responsibilities of family and work making continued education more of a challenge financially. Also, Zonta sponsors the Young Women in Public Affairs Scholarship.

Zonta Club members worked on Disaster-Ready Bags.  It is intended for people to personalize the bags to include potentially copies of identification papers, medical cards, medication list, etc. for family members.  The bag would be ready in a disaster situation to grab and go. Considering it is often women/moms who are caring for children or older adults in the home, the Club has distributed the bags to area programs that serve a great number of women to include the health dept., Sexual Abuse Nurse Examiner Program, and Springhaven Domestic Violence Program. Pictured from left are Club members Gail Crain, Betsy Kiefer, Lois Pierce, Linda Funk, Joan Williams, and Kelly Roark.

Zonta Rose Day, March 8th, is celebrated along with International Women’s Day as a time to reflect and give tribute to women in the community and the individuals who have empowered us. The Zonta Club celebrated with a gathering at Water’s Edge, and service project to benefit girls at North Hardin High School. As part of Zonta’s effort to address what the organization terms as “Period Poverty” the Club donated feminine hygiene products to the School Youth Service Center.

 

 

 

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