Local Service Projects
Young Women in Public Affairs Award, March of every year
An award of $500 is made to a promising young woman in a local secondary school for her use in pursuing plans for a career in public service. The award recipient competes for an additional $500 award from Zonta District 12 and if successful may compete for another $1,000 awarded by Zonta International.
Full Circle Alternatives, 2001-2004
A contribution of $1,500 was made to this residential program for women recovering from addictions to drugs and alcohol. They remained at full capacity for most of last year and have a waiting list. They offer the abused and chemically addicted woman a safe and sober home based on 12-step recovery.
"When a woman walks through our door, shamed and beaten by the disease of alcoholism and drug abuse, she enters a safe and sober home filled with hope, experience and the solution to make her whole again."
"What we could not do alone, we can do together." - Deb Hallisy, Executive Director, Full Circle Alternatives
InterCept, 2001-2007
"InterCept is a teen mentor training program that helps seriously at-risk adolescent girls make healthy like choices to: stay in school through high school graduation, remain sexually abstinent, refrain from drug, alcohol and tobacco use, avoid delinquent behavior and teen pregnancy. It works!" - Kathy Stevens, Director of the Women's Resource Agency, program sponsor
The Mighty Muse Writing Project for Women, 2002-2004
The Mighty Muse Writing Project for Women is dedicated to promoting self-expression, artistic excellence and social justice through the healing and transforming power of words. It promotes word-craft through writing workshops and also through publication and public readings.
Mighty Muse serves all women, but through programs such as Full Circle, The Women's Resource Agency, Community Alternatives and others it especially serves women who are challenged by immense problems such as domestic violence, homelessness, substance abuse and incarceration. It also serves young women through programs such as Intercept.
In Mighty Muse workshops women share their writings safely in trusting, confidential groups that truly encourage. Publication and performance can then serve social justice.
Educational Seminars, 2001
An example being the Transitions Workshop, sponsored by AAUW, with which we assisted. The program focused on women returning to school and the challenges of juggling work, family and academics.
Linen for Women August 2001
Collection of useful household items for use by women and their children staying at the domestic violence safehouse.
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© 2007 Zonta International
© 2007 Zonta International
