DISTRICT 7
AREA 3
General Information
The Zonta Club of St Cloud places a local emphasis on education
of women and improving the lives of women in our community. To
that end, we provide local scholarships as well as financial support
to two local agencies that are all about supporting women:
Journey Home and Anna Marie's. We also provide support for
various literacy endeavors that come up - that can range from
providing funding to being a pen pal to an elementary school
student.
To raise funds for these efforts, our club has three major
fundraisers each year.
In September, we host a Golf Tournament called "Diamonds in the Rough". This is a fun (not serious) golf tournament with a jewelry show, luncheon, silent auction and lots of prizes for the participants.
In November, we put on our "Christmas House" where decorators from the area decorate a selected house for Christmas and, for a donation, people tour the house both to look at a beautiful house AND get idea for their own decorating.
In January, we have a purely service function - we bus dishes for the American Federation of the Blind Spaghetti Fundraiser. We've been doing this for more than 20 years!
In May, we have our Flower Sale. We sell coupons that are redeemable at a local greenhouse. In exchange for some volunteering gardening on our part, we get to keep part of the proceeds from the plant sales!
Naturally, these projects take a lot of time and work. But the rewards are terrific!!
Our Board of Directors meets the First Thursday of every month (except July - we take that month off!) Our members are expected to attend our Business meeting on the 2nd Thursday of each month (September thru May) and our Program meetings the 4th Thursday of each month (September thru May) -- December's program meeting tends to be a party -- after all, it is the Holidays!!
Of course, we are not just a local Club. The Zonta Club of
St Cloud is part of an international organization that spans 67
countries with over 1,206 clubs and 33,000 members. Each
individual club is grouped into an "Area" which is a geographical
grouping of clubs. Our Area happens to include all of
Minnesota and North Dakota. Each Area has an annual meeting of
the clubs- both to share information and to network - and, of
course, have fun!.
Each Area, in turn, is assigned to a "District". Again, this
is a geographical jurisdiction. Some District's encompass
entire countries - some more than one country. Our Area (Area
3) is part of District 7 which encompasses, Minnesota, North and
South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. Again, each
District has an annual meeting - usually in the Fall.
Then, every other year, there is an International Convention where
Zontians from around the world gather to do the business of the
Organization, meet one another, and have fun! The Convention
is in a different District each time. The last Convention was
in 2008 in Rotterdam, Netherlands with an attendance of over 2,000
Zontians. In 2010, the Convention will be in San Antonio,
Texas.
If you would like more information, drop a line to our membership chair - come to a meeting and meet us! We are a busy and fun group.
The
Bylaws for the Zonta Club of St
Cloud were last revised in February 2010.
The Standing Rules for the
Zonta Club of St Cloud were last revised in February 2010.
ZoNews issues are located here.
Who are our members?? Check our photo gallery. Not everyone is pictured yet, but we're working on it!
Zonta International Web Site link
Zonta's District 7 Web Site link
Who are our current officers? Check out our impressive Board of Directors.
MEMBERS ONLY SECTION: This area contains procedural and archival information relating to our fund-raisers.