President’s Monthly Letter-

We are on our way…

Wow, this is probably the most comprehensive Flash edition ever. Sit down and take your time to read through it from beginning to end. We are all climbing our mountain together and today is our day.

Thanks to each and every one of you; all of the team work from our summer planning and action is paying off and we are on our way to an amazing year. Thank you to everyone for helping us to finalize one of the most empowering budgets that our Zonta Foothills Foundation has ever had. From the Club Committees, to the Finance Committee (with old and new Treasuers), to each individual member, we have created and approved a budget that will both empower and inspire us to support women and girls both locally and around the world!

Now we look ahead to building on this momentum. As you read you will see how much great work is underway. From scholarships to Z Clubs to service and advocacy activities we are helping women all around our community and are making a difference. The great news is that our Boulder friends and neighbors are taking notice and we have a number of potential members who will be joining us for meetings and activities in the next few weeks. We are growing! I hope you will share the excitement. Invite friends to Zappy Hour or our many fall events. There is alot going on and its inspiring. Everyone can play a role if they would like to.

Here’s to our 2023-24 year…we are off to an amazing start.

— Pam

IMPORTANT DATES

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.

66th Zonta District 12 Conference - September 15-17. Join us and learn about our District and Zonta International. See Info Below.

“Zappy Hour” - Thursday, September 21, 6 pm at the home of Marta Lindrose. Who will you invite? We will be sending out an invitation shortly.

Silent Witness Silhouette Making at Front Range Community College - Monday September 25, noon-2 pm. Join us to help our partners in the Feminist Club create their silhouette display to commemorate Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October) and Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women. We need volunteers. Meet at Longmont Campus.

Beth Haynes Award Selection meeting - Thursday, September 28th 8:30-11 am. Join us as we host members of the Boulder District Attorney’s Domestic Violence Response Team and other first responders as they review the nominees for our prestigious award. We get to listen as they nominate the officers who made a difference supporting victims of domestic violence. Then join us for the award ceremony…

Amy Bonomi Speaks at Front Range Community College - Tuesday, October 3rd Former Member Dr. Amy Bonomi will be returning to Boulder for a special talk at Front Range. This is all part of the college’s Domestic Violence Awarness Month activities. We are proud of the partnership we have built with FRCC. Please join us! (Description of Amy’s talk below.)

Beth Haynes Award Ceremony - Wednesday, October 25. 2-4 pm. Boulder County Justice Center, 1777 6th St, Boulder, CO 80302.

FLASH NEWS

District 12 Conference

Click here for your Call to Conference packet.

Using her five-stage model developed through listening to hundreds of hours of jail calls between abusers and their victims, Dr. Bonomi will illuminate the subtleties of how abusers tamper with and manipulate their victims to recant. Dr. Bonomi will put the audience directly in touch with what abusers say, how they say it, and how victims respond.

Educatez Scholarship Committee

• Working to protect the planet,

• Working on climate actions to improve the lives of women and girls,

• Pursuing an undergraduate degree in engineering, environmental-related studies, natural resources, conservation, climate sciences, and any other subject areas impacting climate action.

This application is currently available on our website. Contact the Scholarship Committee if you are interested in being on the selection committee for this award. Applications are due November 6th, with review and finalist choice to be made by the first week of December.

Lauren Hanley will receive our club’s $2,000 award and go on to compete with other club winners at the District 12 level. Lauren is a recent CU Boulder graduate with a degree in International Affairs and a minor in Leadership Studies. She is pursuing her master’s in Business Analytics at the Leeds School of Business this fall.

Our second place winner is Trisha Tyagi, a rising junior at CU Boulder who plans to pursue her MBA and work in the private equity sector. In addition, she is President of the Leeds Student Government (LSG) at the Leeds School of Business. Trisha will receive a $2,000 award from our club.

Our third place award winner, Erin Johnson, will receive a $900 scholarship. Erin is an MBA candidate at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is also a Graduate Intern at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

Lauren Hanley Trisha Tyagi Erin Johnson

Zonta EducateZ Scholarship Committee - Nancy Rowe, Michelle Médal, Jan Cheney, Kim Prosser-Noonan, Catherine Bailey

Service Committee

Community Foodshare (CFS), Sister Carmen, and the Our Center in Longmont - they only need adult books. A separate email went out to the membership with a sample script of what we need and how to ask. Once we restock we will ask for volunteers to make book deliveries once or twice a month to our libraries. More to follow. 

Based on club and Z Club input The Zervice Committee decided that as a club, we will work together with the Z and Golden Z Clubs on Service Projects like the Zonta Silhouettes at Front Range Community College (FRCC) on September 25th, the book gift wrapping at CFS and Share-A-Gift in December. More service project information will be available as soon as the Z Club finalizes their schedule.

Zervice Committee - Co-chairs Marta Lindrose and Cheri Magin, Kim Prosser-Noonan, Joan Siebenaler, Catherine Bailey 

Membership Committee

Speaking of new members, let’s get ready for Zappy Hour. We have so many community members who want to learn more about us. So invite your friends, pickle ball opponents, colleagues, next door neighbors, to join us on Thursday, September 21st. Marta Lindrose will be hosting. Please share the invite; forward it to anyone you think might be interested in learning more about our club and our dedication to building a better world for women and girls in our community and around the world.

In other membership news, Kay Meyer is updating the member profile book, so look forward to a new copy coming around the end of the year. New name tags will be ordered for all members. We received a member donation that will help pay for them. Colleen will be asking members how they want their names to be displayed.

This year we will again hold our business meetings at the Valmont Community Presbyterian Church, 3262 61st St. Boulder. Colleen and Ann will be contacting members prior to the meetings to get their meal orders. Meals will be $20 and members can bring their own meals or not eat if they prefer. We will be eating at 5:30 and the meeting will start at 6.

Membership Committee - Co Chairs Ann Hodgson and Colleen Farrell, Amanda Elsnes, Catherine Médal, Kathy Israelson, Kay Meyer

Zonta EducateZ Committee

BHS hosts a student club fair on September 13 where we will have a table and our members will be there introduce themselves to the students. So next week, members will be finalizing their signs and banners, and preparing for the new member ice cream social on September 19th. In addition to recruitment, the club is starting to get involved with advocacy. They are signing up for Fast Action Fridays and learning about ways to support the Zonta USA Caucus.

Finally, they are taking to social media. Check out the video our new officers made for Panther TV. Its great fun! They have posted it on their Instagram page along with this flier which is hanging around the school.

It's been a busy fall so far but also exciting to see so much enthusiasm for the Z Club. This is shaping up to be another record year.

Zonta EducateZ Committee - Tommie Attanasoff, Michelle Carpenter, Sheila Cohen, Gaby Lopez, Sheila King, Pam Malzbender, Marta Lindrose.

The FUNdraising Committee

• Zing will be held on Friday, March 22, 2024, at the Dairy Arts Center.

• Our caterer will be Front Range Catering again - menu is TBD

• Erica Sodos has agreed to be our emcee again

• Some possible names for Judges are being discussed by the committee BUT we would like input from our membership and are asking them to make suggestions

• Prizes for the talent show winners will be changed, there will be 2 prizes: a Judges Choice Prize and an Audience Choice Prize - each one will receive $500

• We are looking into software packages to help with check in and check out, the silent auction and audience voting, all so it will be an enjoyable and smooth experience for our guests

• Out club fundraising process includes everyone in the club and we are asking everyone to help to find sponsors, donors & TALENT

• New promotional materials will be available in a couple of weeks so everyone will have what they need to begin the process of finding sponsors, donors and talent

The FUNdraising Committee- Chair Marta Lindrose, Colleen Farrell, Catherine Médal, Nancy Rowe, Kathy Israelson

The Advocacy Committee

There will be additional opportunities to discuss the strategic plan and ask questions at the upcoming district conferences.

She is seeking Colorado Zontians who would like to build a state coalition and help lead this effort. There are many resources and lessons learned that will help inform this work. You may be aware that several years ago,  Colorado did pass Child Marriage legislation, but the End Child Marriage advocates do not consider it a good bill, because it allows exceptions for children under 18 to be married. The goal is a no exceptions bill. Please let Pam or I know if you are interested in being part of this work.For text alerts here

TEXT ACTION FOR USA -TEXT “ZONTA” TO 50457 #FASTACTION

The Zonta International USA Caucus has been hard at work.  Read the new advocacy bulletin here.  If you are attending the North American Inter-District Meeting, be sure to attend the Saturday morning session to hear Bobbee Cardillo's report about USA Caucus activities.  For more details about the USA Caucus successes and how you can become involved, attend the USA Caucus meeting on Friday from 4 - 5 pm.  It is an exciting time to be an involved Zontian!
 
 If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at ranellerandles@aol.com.  
 
Your D12 USA Caucus Delegate,
Ranelle Randles

Grace Commons Church in the heart of Boulder. We need transportation help for two of the women. One woman lives in Lafayette (Aziza has two children going with her) and one lives at Baseline & 39th Street in Boulder (Maryam will have a 1 1/2 year old with her). The women really enjoy attending, learning a new language and culture as well as having time together.  It is exciting to watch them blossom as they learn a new language and gain self-confidence.

Zonta members Elizabeth Freedman, Sara Gillespie, Sheila Cohen and Ann Hodgson have volunteered to join other community members in driving the women to and from class when available. Additional drivers are needed! Car seats & instructions on how to place them are provided. Please consider volunteering to help these refugee women in our communities. If you’d like to participate, please contact Elizabeth Freedman at  freed007@comcast.net or 303-888-2850 for more information. 

Advocacy Committee - Chair Ranelle Randles, Elizabeth Freedman, Sheila King,Sara Gillespie

Zonta news!

A Message From President Ute Scholz

Zonta Says Now…We all Need to Take Action: “The climate crisis is a fossil fuel crisis…”

• Increasing climate change awareness and its gender-related consequences.

• Including gendered climate change advocacy actions in our advocacy plans.

• Supporting the inclusion of women at the national and local tables of decision-makers on environmental sustainability.

• Promoting girls’ education, the inclusion of climate literacy in schools, and girls’ participation in STEM studies to increase gendered scientific and technical contributions to climate change mitigation.

• Advocating for national policies that consider women’s economic opportunities and ensure their full and equal participation in the economy.

As you read ahead about Zonta's commitment to achieving gender equality through climate action, I encourage you to consider how you, as an individual, can contribute to these efforts. Your own actions and voice matter! Please keep an eye out for a survey coming to your inbox by the end of this week. I encourage you all to respond so that we can continue to say NOW to a better world for women and girls.