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OUR JMK Winner Lauren Hanley Wins D12 & International Award
We are so excited to announce that our Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship winner has been recognized at both the D12 and Zonta International level! Lauren Hanley was one of 37 other women from around the world to be awarded the presigious International honor. In addition to our $2000 award, Lauren will receive $1000 from District 12 and an additional $5000 from Zonta International.
Lauren graduated from CU Boulder in May with her BA and is currently pursuing her MBA at the Leeds School of Business. Congratulations Lauren we are so proud of you.
President’s Monthly Letter
“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”
Mother Teresa
What an amazing month.
So many highlights to report, but the best of all is that our Foothills Club JMK winner has been named the D12 and Zonta International winner. What an honor for Lauren Hanley and our club! A big thank you to our Scholarship Committee for all of their hard work sifting through over 60 applications…it paid off! You selected a powerful young women who will now receive a total of $8000 in financial support from our club, D12 and Zonta International, wonderful support as she continues her MBA at the Leeds School of Business at CU.
But this is just a small peek at what’s gone on this month! We have all been hard at work commemorating Domestic Violence Awareness Month by joining forces with community partners, using our voice through local advocacy. Our Beth Haynes Award presentation was an inspiration and it was an honor to have so many Zontians attend in support of our domestic violence prevention community. Thank you to Sheila King for her powerful Guest Opinion in the Daily Camera on October 20 entitled “This month, raise awareness to prevent domestic violence.”
And there is lots of other work going on behind the scenes. We are planning for our all-important fund raising through Colorado Gives and Zing for Zonta, our Z Clubs are growing and they are learning how to have an impact on their community through service and advocacy and our scholarships are ramping up. The Service Committee is growing our library program too. Catherine Bailey recently set up an arrangement with the Bookworm in Boulder to give us all of their extra childrens, teens and adult books. And the book team is back in business, delivering books to our food banks all around the county. Such great work that has an important impact on helping to improve family literacy.
So much work is underway but the teamwork and friendships that are percolating beneath all of these accomplishments is inspiring. We are getting stronger and stronger together and we are having a great time doing it and we are feeling great joy as we support women in our community. For years the Zonta Foothills Club of Boulder County has perhaps, been one of Boulder’s best kept secrets…now word is getting out…And we will celebrate the impact at our upcoming business meeting when we will induct a new group of members.
Thanks for all you do for Zonta, for women in our community and for one another.
— Pam
IMPORTANT DATES
November Business Meeting - Thursday, November 9. Social time from 5:30-6 pm along with optional light dinner. Business meeting begins at 6 pm.
Members of the DA’s Domestic Violence Acute Response Team will be our guests to talk about domestic violence statistics in our state and the importance of Zonta Says No to Violence Against Women. Valmont Presbyterian Church, 3262 61st St. Boulder.
Pantherz ZClub meeting- Every Tuesday from 4-5 pm at Boulder High School. Let Marta, Tommie, Claudia or Gaby know if you would like to attend.
Member Profiles Due- Tuesday, November 12. Please return your completed profile to Kay as soon as possible but NOT later than the deadline.
RESCHEDULED!!!! Z Club Induction Ceremony - Tuesday, November 14, 4:30-6:30 pm Boulder High School Library 1604 Arapahoe Ave. Boulder CO.
Diaper and Feminine Hygiene Drive with Z and Golden Club - Saturday, November 18 time TBA. Located at the north Boulder Safeway, 3325 28th St, Boulder, CO 80301. 2-hour shifts available.
Next Business Meeting (Holiday Party) - Thursday, December 14 at the home of Tommie Atanasoff Dinner 5:30 - 6:00 Meeting 6:00 to 7:30.
Share-a-Gift - Saturday, December 16 . 8-noon. Boulder Location TBA More information to follow.
FLASH NEWS
Zonta says no for Domestic Violence awareness month
Beth Haynes Winner Honored
Our club members were honored to join our criminal justice community to award Boulder Sheriff Detective Mike McKinley the 2023 Beth Haynes Memorial Award. McKinley was recognized for his work investigating and arresting former Hygiene Fire Department captain Kamron Barnaby, who is accused of sexually assaulting a number of women in the department. He is recognized for gaining victims’ trust to get evidence needed to make the arrest.
When receiving the award, Detective McKinley said “To be recognized in her (Beth Haynes) name … it’s really hard to put into words. I’m very grateful and humbled to be recognized this year.” DA Michael Dougherty also spoke, recognizing McKinley and emphasizing the importance of this DVART team which works tirelessly even in the face of inceased Boulder County DV cases.
A new addition to this year’s ceremony was the Beth Haynes Golden Shield Award given to three Boulder officers who bravely handled a DV case taking direct fire from the perpetrator and were honored for saving the life of the victim.
Finally, Special Recognition Awards were given to a number of community advocates and volunteers, including Soledad Diaz who, while working with our partners at SPAN (Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence) built a strong partnership with the DVARTS team.
Congratulations all and thank you for Building a Better World for victims in our community.
You Rock, Claudia Ibarra
At our October meeting, Gaby Lopez passed the rock to our newest member, Claudia Ibarra, who has been a steadfast mentor to our Z Clubs for the past few years. We are so proud of all that she brings to our club and to the future Zontians who she inspires. You Rock Claudia!
Educatez Scholarship Committee
Bev Sears Climate Action Scholarship Applications Coming!
There is still time. The deadline is Monday, November 6th so if you know a woman attending CU Boulder who is working to protect the planet or working on climate actions to improve the lives of women and girls, let them know about our newest scholarship, The Bev Sears Climate Action Scholarship. The application is currently available on our website.
We welcome any member interested in sitting on the selection committee for this award. The committee will be meeting soon and we plan to announce our winner in mid-December.
Zonta EducateZ Scholarship Committee - Nancy Rowe, Michelle Médal, Jan Cheney, Kim Prosser-Noonan, Catherine Bailey
Membership Committee
Membership News
By now you have received the survey from Kay Meyer who is updating our Foothills Member Booklet. Please complete the questions and send it back to Kay as soon as possible.
The Membership Committee will be hosting a training for members who would like be mentors for our new members. Sometime after the first of the year, we will meet with new members and their mentors to review our “New Member Booklet”, highlight our club and our activities.
Finally, its name tag time! Colleen Farrell has been reaching out to members to confirm how they want their name to appear on our new club badges. If you haven’t heard from Colleen give her a call or drop her an email to let her know your preferences.
Zervice Committee
BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS!
Our Zonta Book drive, the first Zervice Committee project of the year, is still going strong. Please continue to ask everyone for new or gently used children's books, teen books and adult books for our libraries at Emergency Family Assistance Association (EFAA), Community Food Share (CFS), Sister Carmen, and the
Our Center (which only needs adult books). A BIG thank you to the Z Club for conducting their own book drive in Boulder High School! The bins are filling up.
Great news! Catherine Bailey has worked out an agreement with The Bookworm in Boulder. They are calling her every 2 weeks to pick up children’s,teens, and adult books - many are almost like new! October’s collection from the store is 160 kids books and 37 adult books with more on the way. Finally, similar to the arrangement we have with Anthem in Broomfield we are hoping to have an arrangement with Balfour Senior Living in Longmont for book donations. They are advertising for us on their internal TV network; we expect this will be a good source for adult books.
As a note of interest, last Wednesday when we were at the Justice Center, for the Beth Haynes award, we confirmed that our library is still in the entrance of one of the courtrooms for family and custody trials. While it has the old signage, it is still going strong. We started this library over 8 years ago to give the children something to read while they waited for their parents going to court. We will be updating the signs and refreshing the books soon.
“Zervice” Projects Planned - MARK YOUR CALENDARS
We will work together with the Z and GZ Clubs on the following projects:
Z Club Induction
NEW DATE Z Club new member Induction Ceremony and officer Installation, November 14th at 4:30 PM, in the BHS Library, please bring an appetizer to share, cake and drinks will be provided
Donation Drive for EFFA and CFS
Diaper and Sanitary product drive for EFAA and CFS on Saturday, November 18th. Shift sign up sheet will be available at the November business meeting.
Books for the Holidays
In early December, we will gift wrap our books for families at Community Foodshare. Date TBA but it will be on a Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. More info and a sign up will be available soon. Please save medium and large gift bags and gift wrap for this event.
It’s Share-a-Gift!
It’s our tradition. Share-A-Gift is back and we are ready to joinour Z Clubs. Save Saturday, December 16th. More information & sign up to follow.
Zervice Committee - Co-chairs: Marta Lindrose and Cheri Magin, Kim Prosser-Noonan, Joan Siebenaler, Catherine Bailey
Zonta EducateZ Committee
Induction Rescheduled
Because of some internal conflicts, The Pantherz Z Club has resceduled their induction ceremony for Tuesday, November 14 in the BHS library. We hope that you can attend and please bring a appetizer to share. (Catherine’s layer salad is always welcome.) Zonta District 12 Governor, Bridget Masters, will join us to induct our new members and install our officers. Golden Z alum and past member Karla Trajillo will be the keynote speaker at the event. Karla is a police officer in Lafayette and was nominated for the Beth Haynes Award in 2022.
Z Club Speaking Out Against Violence
Attendance at the Pantherz Z Club meeting is consistentlyaround 20 to 24 students and their projects are going well. The Zonta Says No to Violence Against Women silhouettes are now hung in the school library
and their book collection boxes are placed around school and filling up quickly!
Finally, the Z Club is getting involved with advocacy. Thank you to Advocacy Committee members, Ranelle Randles and Sheila King, for speaking to the Club about ways to use their voices through Zonta. They signed club members up for Fast Action Fridays and highlighted the work of the Zonta USA Caucus.
Zonta EducateZ Committee - Tommie Attanasoff, Michelle Carpenter, Sheila Cohen, Gaby Lopez, Claudia Ibarra, Sheila King, Pam Malzbender, Marta Lindrose.
The FUNdraising Committee
Start Thinking Colorado Gives Day - December 5, 2023
Thank you to our Board for writing over 65 thank you notes which together with our 202-23 Annual Report will be sent to our donors.
From where ever they are in the world, your friends and family can donate on Colorado Gives Day and fund the Zonta Foothills Foundation's mission to Build a Better World For Women and Girls. CGS is a perfect option for those who live too far to buy a Zing ticket. Ask your friends to include us on their giving list!
Never Too Early to Start Planning
…and speaking of Zing. The FUNdraising Committee has distriuted our Zing promotional materials and access to the Google Sponsorship spreadsheet to the
membership. They are asking that everyone pick a few business names to contact or add names. Many donors require a 5-6 month lead time so we need to get on it. But it isn’t hard; many requests can be done ON LINE! Please help. The list will be circulated at our November meeting. Remember…
Zing will be held on Friday, March 22, 2024, at the Dairy Arts Center.
We have contracted with Front Range Catering.
Erica Sodos has agreed to be our emcee again.
Emails have been sent to 3 possible judges, we will update everyone when we have heard back from the candidates.
This year we will have two prizes: a Judges Choice Prize and an Audience Choice Prize - each one winner will receive $500!
We are looking into software packages to help with Check In, Silent Auction, Audience Voting and Check Out. We want an enjoyable and smooth experience for our guests.
The fundraising process includes everyone because this is how we raise funds to maintain our scholarships and programs. We need you to help us find Zing sponsors, donors & TALENT because we all want to Build A Better World For Women and Girls through our scholarships, service and advocacy.
The FUNdraising Committee- Chair Marta Lindrose, Colleen Farrell, Catherine Médal, Nancy Rowe, Kathy Israelson
The Advocacy Committee
Advocacy in Action
There is lots going on in the Advocacy front.
Advocacy Chair Ranelle Randles and committee member Sheila King, met with members of the Boulder High School Pantherz Z Club this month to give them an overview of Zonta Advocacy. They highlighted the importance of advocacy and discussed our work locally nationally and at the internatonal level to support women and girls through action.
Zonta US Women’s Caucus CSW 68 Advocacy Statement
In preparation for the upcoming Commission the Status of Women at the United Nations March 11-22, the Zonta US Caucus has prepared this statement draft as the framework for our advocacy. (See button below.)
The Caucus reports that the UN theme for the session concerns gender and poverty, and they have highlighted some of the most important issues, i.e. the gender pay gap, unpaid childcare, lack of access to banking, girls' education, lack of health care, and land inheritance customs.
“Zonta Says No” Online Summit
On 6 -8 November 6-8, join Zonta International for a three-day virtual summit. Sessions will feature keynote speakers, panel discussions and practical workshops to raise awareness of your Zonta Says NO actions.
US$10/day or US$25 for all three days.
News:
Michelle Medal invites us to this fascinating event:
Please share this event that is happening next week with our members. My department chair is the organizer, and I will be there in person. It is open to the public and you can join on Zoom, but you need to register.
Into the Anthropocene: Is it "The End of the World as We Know It?" at CU Denver. Thursday, November 9, 11:00 - 12:15. In person or via Zoom.