By Doris Cheek
Next steps with the our 2012 Katherine Matthews Young Women in Public Affairs scholarship for high school girls showing commitment to volunteerism and leadership are as follows:
February 15: Completed applications are due to the Zonta Club of Columbia
March/April/May: Applications are evaluated, winners are notified, and awards are given
June/July 1: Winner information is sent to District 11.
Next steps with the Vivian Hudson Jane M. Klausman Scholarship for college women pursuing business degrees are as follows:
January: Application is available on line at the Zonta International website
February: Applications are distributed to the business schools in our area
May 1: Applications are due to the club
May/June: The club evaluates applications and award the winners.
July 1: Deadline for winner info to be sent to District 11.
We will be asking Zontians to help read and evaluate applications and possibly to help interview the top applicants prior to the July 1 District deadline. Detailed information about both scholarships is available on the Zonta International website.
Our contact person at the SC Justice Department identified a family they needed to ‘be available’ as witnesses in a court case that would take some time to prosecute. The family needed just about everything.
Zonta of Columbia jumped at the chance to purchase and collect needed items for this worthy cause. Outfits for each member of the family, toys, blankets, and food items were brought together quickly and with some thoughtful organization.
We received an official letter from the District Attorney thanking us for this valuable contribution.
Dottie Munsch, Ellie Dagle, Coretta Bedsole visit
with Vivian Hudson earlier this quarter.
These last few months have been punctuated with some great events: our Bowlathon, the meeting at Sanibel Island, and another Flea market event to supplement our charitable giving.
I am especially thankful to our members for the quick and generous response to the ‘family in need’ identified by the SC Department of Justice. Our continuing attention to these and other trafficking meetings and events sends a message to our elected officials and others that their actions matter and we are ready to do what is needed to ensure policy and laws are updated to meet these new times.
We have a new subcommittee to work on identifying a new annual fundraiser.
Enjoy Zonta by continuing to play your part in helping each of the committee chairs and attending events.
We will all have the opportunity to attend the district meeting in September and I urge you to make it – if at all possible. Not only is it being held in an amazingly beautiful area, but also where a club has led the way in the work against Human Trafficking.
Clockwise from left: Runette Louthian, Libba Patterson, Coretta Bedsole, Dottie Munsch, Barbara Scott, Doris Cheek, Ina Edens, Judy Barnes, Dena Feagin, Deborah Cornelison, Ann Maletic, Doris Clevenger, MJ Hassell.
The Zonta Club of Columbia hosts an annual fundraising event titled Bowling for Zonta. Through this event, the Club raises money which will benefit several community service projects. The Zonta Club of Columbia offers two annual scholarships to women (one on the high school level and another on the college level). The Club also works with Killingsworth Home (a transitional housing program for women in crisis), the Women’s Shelter, Human Trafficking, Palmetto Aids Life Support Services (PALSS), and The Women’s Community Residence as well as other projects which are designed to improve the status of women and girls.
