The
Zonta Club of the Conejo Valley
Area meets on the 3rd Tuesday
of each month,
at 6:30 pm, at the Hyatt Hotel’s
main restaurant, 880 South
Westlake Boulevard, Westlake
Village, California.
For information call (805)
492-4827. |
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Our
Projects and Activities |
Ongoing
2007 |
Westminster Free Clinic, and its Youth Mentoring Program Westminster Free Clinic, founded in 1994, is a grass roots health care provider that is driven and empowered by volunteers and supported by the Zonta Club of the Conejo Valley Area. It offers basic non-invasive health care, at or near locations where large nmbers of uninsured people live or are marginally housed. Physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, and other medical professionals volunteer their time at the clinic and teens also assist with the program. Teens interested in a career in health care, work closely with doctors, nurses, chiropractors, physical therapists, dentists, pharmacists, health educators, counselors, and case managers. The enthusiasm and energy of the teens is contagious and patients and adult volunteers alike look forward to seeing them. Everyone learns from each other, and the doctors say they like volunteering at the clinic because of the student training component.
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Nov 2006 |
2006
Zonta Tea is a Success The
Zonta Club of the Conejo Valley
hosted its annual Victorian
Tea and Silent Auction November
5th, at Rancho de las Palmas
in Moorpark, California.
Tea co-chairs Tricia Scribner,
and Mary Lou Miller stated
that nearly 120 guests attended
and several wore some type
of vintage clothing, jewelry,
or victorian hat. Net proceeds
from the Tea totaled about
$13,000 and will go to support
the club’s service programs
and projects including, a
Transitional home for battered
families, scholarships, Young
Women in Public Affairs, Make
a Wish , Westminister Health
Clinic, Literacy, and Big
Brothers/Big Sisters Mentorship
Project
Once seated, guests delighted
in finger sandwiches, teacakes,
delicate flaky mini buscuits
with clotted cream, preserves
and lemon curd. Our guest
speaker Dr. Barton Goldsmith,
addressed the topic of overcoming
life’s challenges sprinkled
with amusing anecdotes. This
year a live auction was also
added with unique items like
one of a kind jewelry, and
a dessert of the month that
Club members create and deliver
to your home monthly. View
the Photos |
Nov.
2006 |
Simi
Valley Eclipse Soccer Club Donation Zonta members volunteer
their time, talents and money
to International, national and
local programs aimed at furthering
women's education, leadership
and youth development. The Simi
Valley Soccer Club, Eclipse,
is one such local program to
which $1,000 was donated to
help fund the club, as well
as participation by attending
their games to help mentor the
girls.
"The Simi Valley
Eclipse Soccer Club wishes
to thank the Zonta Club
of the Conejo Valley Area
for your consideration of
support. Your support will
provide many of our local
youths the opportunity to
be involved in competitive
soccer while enhancing their
emotional and physical strengths.
SVSC strongly believes in
the development of our local
youth and their future."
~ Mike Borio, Club Manager
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Nov.
2006 |
The
DUEL LITERACY PROGRAM II,
is designed to support At risK,
English Language Development
students currently enrolled
in the fourth and fifth grades,
and their families, by purchasing
the next generation of the LeapFrog
Interactive Technology to promote
and sustain literacy in our
second language students. This
program helps families improve
their lives and communities
by supporting parents who do
not speak English or who have
limited English proficiency
to read with their children.
The program is being expanded
from its origin in 2001 to include
students in the upper elementary
grades. Our club's generous
$1,200 donation made this program
possible at Justin Elementary
School in Simi Valley, California. |
Sunday
Nov. 6, 2005 |
Holiday Boutique,
Silent Auction & Champagne
Bistro open at 12:30 pm
Tea to be served at 2:00 pm.
$55 per person. Comedic Guest
Speaker will delight. Seating
is limited - Please reserve
early All Proceeds go to improving
the status of women and children |
May
6 , 2006 |
Special Kids Day
- Want
to Volunteer? To Find Out
More, Click Here |
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Photos
from the 2003 Installation Dinner |
May
03 |
2003
Conejo Valley Days Special Kids
Day, Information & Photos
from the Event |
Jan
03 |
Photos
from 2003 Amelia Earhart Luncheon |
Nov
02 |
Photos
from Zonta Club of the Conejo
Valley Area Olde English Tea |
Oct-02 |
Thousand
Oaks City Council Presents Proclamation
to Zonta Club of the Conejo
Valley....proclaiming October
to be "Domestic Violence
Awareness Month" |
Sept-02 |
Thousand
Oaks - Westlake Village Regional
Chamber of Commerce
Business Expo Trade Show This
was not only a time to show
off what Zonta has to offer,
but was also a great time to
network with the other Chamber
member businesses! |
Jul-02 |
Women's
Advocacy Committee Report
Council on Domestic Abuse
(CADA)
The County’s most comprehensive
nonprofit social services
agency, Interface provides
counseling, education, shelter
and treatment services for
abused children, battered
women and their children,
high-risk and homeless youth,
troubled individuals and families
in crisis |
Jul-02 |
Call
To Protect: Wireless Phones
For Domestic Safety
Over the last 1.5 years Zonta
Club of the Conejo Valley has
collected over 1000 cell phones
to contribute to the Call To
Protect Program |
Jun-02 |
November
2002 Olde English Tea Preparation
Committee Chairs have been established.
Jump right in and join one or
more committees and come on
out to help to put it all together. |
Jun-02 |
Winners
announced for the 2002 Re-Entry
Scholarships |
Jun-02 |
Martha
Desch Scholarship Award
Three scholarships to women
seeking to acquire additional
education and skills in order
to return to employment after
being out of the paid work force
to care for their families. |
Jun-02 |
2002
Installation of Officers
America the Beautiful was
the theme of our Installation
of new officers for the 2002-2003
term by Past Governor of District
IX, Mary K. Sherman. Each
of the new board members received
a historic document from American
History as they took the oath
of office. |
May-02 |
Special
Kids Day at Conejo
Valleys Days
Special Kids Day is an annual
event for disabled children,
coordinated with our area
schools and sponsored by the
Zonta Club of the Conejo Valley
On one special morning in
May, the CVD Carnival Site
will be open only for these
handicapped and disabled children
providing them with the opportunity
to enjoy an participate in
the carnival festivities |
Apr-02 |
2002
- Winner of Young Women
In Public Affairs Award
This year's recipient of the
2002 Young Women in Public Affairs
Award is Katie Winningham,
a senior at Oak Park High School |
Apr-02 |
Rae
Ross Award Winners
With her unexpected passing
in January of 1993, Memorial
funds were given to Zonta so
that we might do something as
a lasting tribute to Rae Ross.
The Zonta Club of the Conejo
Valley elected to honor Rae's
memory by creating this special
award, the Rae Ross Award. |
Apr-02 |
Zonta
Club of the Conejo Valley
- Actively Supports Literacy
The Literacy Committee
of the Zonta Club of the Conejo
Valley Area, last month,
sent $500 to Justin School
for the purchase of many of
these literacy materials so
desperately needed |
Apr-02 |
Applications
being accepted for the Jane
Klausman Scholarship Award
Jane Klausman bequeathed funds
to Zonta International to set
up scholarship in her name to
be offered to women in third
or fourth year business studies
at four-year universities. The
women are required to write
an essay, provide references
from 3 professors and be enrolled
and in good standing at their
school |
Oct-01 |
Winner
of the Jane Klausman Scholarship
Award
Tuesday, October 16, 2001 our
club presented the Jane Klausman
Scholarship Award to Yuna
Kim, a student in the business
School at Pepperdine University. |
Jun-00 |
Battering
Victims to Get a Home
With the major monetary gift
from The Zonta Club of the Conejo
Valley, a social service agency
is poised to open a home for
battered spouses hoping to forge
a life on their own. |
Jun-00 |
About
Amelia Earhart
A year after Amelia's disappearance,
in 1938, Zonta International
established the Amelia Earhart
Fellowship Awards for women
pursuing graduate degrees in
aerospace-related sciences and
engineering. More than US $4
million has been invested in
this program to date, awarding
808 Fellowships to 522 women
from 51 countries |
May-00 |
Special
Kids Day Report
Volunteers pull out stops for
350 kids to enjoy carnival. |
May-00 |
Conejo
Valley Inter-Service Club Awards
Luncheon
Five service and volunteer groups
were recognized for their achievements
Thursday at the 30th Conejo
Valley Days Inter-Service Club
Luncheon at the Hyatt Westlake
Plaza. |
Oct-99 |
80th
Birthday of the Zonta International
Club
On 8 November 1999, Zonta International
will celebrate 80 years of efforts
to advance the status of women
worldwide. Today Zonta is an
international service organization
of 30,000 business and professional
executives in 1200 clubs and
70 countries around the world.
Each Zonta club selects, funds
and participates in community
projects fundamental to women's
advancement such as those that
promote economic self-sufficiency,
political equality, aging, access
to education, health, nutrition,
and the eradication of violence
against women and children. |