zonta@bendigohighly recommended by annette m. december irene mckinna 3rd sue clarke 25th empowering...
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see you all there to share the occasion – party hats optional !! As the festive season is almost upon us I wish you all a very joyous break, and look forward to continuing the amazing work of The Zonta Club of Bendigo into 2016
Kathryn
These past few weeks have again been very successful for sharing the Zonta message. Sue Clarke and I attended Crusoe College to receive a $1200 cheque from the students’ fund-raising efforts. We where given an opportunity to talk about our grassroots projects, and highlight the work we do in the local com-munity. The students where inquisitive & engaged, and teach-ing staff keen to continue build-ing a relationship with the club. I attended the Annie North Ref-uge & Domestic Violence service annual stakeholders meeting. Our club was publically acknowl-edged for our generous & ongo-ing support. Our message of Service & Advocacy spreads, and our visibility within the local Bendigo Community received a huge boost with Zonta being given the opportunity to open the White Ribbon Day activities
alongside our city council and oth-er vested community partners. In considering what to speak about at White Ribbon day I found myself at the ZONTASAYSNO web-site……. Globally we are doing great things, it’s an interesting point of reference and I encourage you to see what other clubs are doing…. It may inspire a new activ-ity for us in 2016. At our December meeting we will celebrate the Club’s 35th Birthday ….. a real milestone!. I hope to
From Kathryn’s desk
Editor : Rosalie Lake
November 2015 Committees and Board
Zonta@Bendigo
December
Christmas
meeting
Tuesday
1 December.
The Green Olive
Warehouse (Eve Court,
Deborah Triangle)
$ 32 / 6.30 for
7.00pm
APOLOGIES &
RSVP of
GUESTS Anita P: 0417 528 416
by midday, Monday
November 30
Remember it is your
responsibility to
apologise or pay!
Please email apologies rather
than providing verbally at meet-
ings
We welcome partners to our Christmas meeting.
Be sure to let Anita know of guests attending by Monday .
Don’t forget to bring a book or child's gift .
Zonta Supports White Ribbon Day
www.facebook.com/BendigoZonta
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Calendar 2015—16
Zonta@Bendigo
Saturday November 28 ZCB Christmas market
1 December ZCB December / Christmas & 35th birthday celebration meeting
Mon 7 Dec ZC Ballarat “Importance of Being Earnest” http://www.trybooking.com/165407 (By Dec 2)
Sunday 17 January Fellowship brunch / get together from 9:30 @ The Bridge Hotel
Tuesday 2 February February meeting Supper meeting at Pam & Wes Vine’s 7:00 for 7:30
8 March (note not 1 Mar) International Women's Day Dinner / presentation of scholarships
19 March Combined Area 1&4 meeting (Save the date)
White Ribbon Day event Nov 25th
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Zonta Bendigo has had a very busy time with our fundraising and advocacy events in the last couple of months. We hope you have been publicising our last fundraiser for the year…. the Christ-mas market. It’s on Saturday 28 November …….. That’s right …. It’s tomorrow!!
The roster for the market has been sent out, but more volunteers are always welcome—especially for setting and packing up. Help us make this another very successful fundraiser.., and bring your raffle tickets if you haven’t al-ready handed them in.
Women of Achievement Award——
will be launched in Jan 2016
The criteria and procedures for the
awarding of “Women of Achievement”
has been finalised and approved by
Board.
IWD 2016 will be on the second Tues-
day of the month as that is IWD. Danni-
elle Miller is booked as guest speaker
Bendigo Business Council - Working with Leah Sertori to organise an event for schools in conjunction with IWD—tentatively on March 9. at the LTUB visual Arts centre.
Combined Rotary project is well
under way and agreement that the
event will be held at Dudley House
and the Arts precinct. 27-28 May.
Exhibitors will be able to apply and
final artists will be selected from ap-
plicants.
Fundraising
Service and Advocacy
Membership and Programs
2016 at The Bridge Hotel (cnr Bridge & Water Streets) from 9.30am. A cooked breakfast is availa-ble for $10.00 or just come for a coffee and a catch-up with no agenda other than to relax. We look forward to seeing those of you who can come along. In preparation for our next meeting on 2nd February, 2016, when we remember Amelia Earhart's in-volvement with Zonta, practise
your paper plane folding & throwing tech-nique. Your skill will be useful on the night. Click here for instructions (from the ZI web-site): https://www.zonta.org/Portals/0/images/2014%20Images/Amelia%20Earhart%20Month/how%20to%20fold%20a%20paper%20airplane.png
Sincere thanks to Paul Moran for his co-operation in regard to the use of the meeting venue, the Green Olive Ware-house, and for his support of Zonta in vari-ous ways. Best wishes to you and those you spend time with during this festive season. Enjoy some time of relaxation and I (we) look forward to another year of Zonta fellowship
There is much to celebrate at our meeting on Tuesday. We gladly welcome Sally Thomson to membership....
and celebrate Sue Brown's valuable contribution to the Club and her fellowship over the past 35 years...
along with acknowledging the Club's Charter on 30th November, 1980.
A Fellowship Brunch is planned for Sunday, 17th January,
Committees and Board [email protected]
White Ribbon Day.
Thank you to all the willing Zonta help-
ers who advocated for the elimination
of violence against women through
attending the White Ribbon Day
event..
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If you have a reimbursement please email prior to the meeting to enable it to be passed at the meeting. No need to attach the re-ceipts to the email but please bring them along on the night. A reminder the $32 fee for dinner may be direct debited into Zonta Club of Bendigo bank account prior to the meeting. Alternatively you can bring the cash on the night. If you wish to make a donation to the Toiletry Bags you may also do this online. Bank details: Bendigo Bank, BSB: 633 000 Account No. 2005817 Please identify the purpose of the deposit: —eg dinner, toiletries / polo shirt
Treasurer… finance
Governance
A brief history will be completed in readiness for our 35th anni-versary at the December meet-
ing.
Skills matrix
The committee will review the skills matrix spreadsheet so that it is current and available
for the nominating committee
Funding Policy: next policy for
review
Club History: Meeting to be or-ganised with Dr Ford at the Uni. Reviewing the current list of charter
members
Committees and Board [email protected]
TOILETRY ITEMS NEEDED
Hand cream Hairbrushes Deodorant
Don’t forget to bring a child's book or unwrapped gifts for Annie North & the Centre for Non-Violence and children's books for refugee fami-lies supported by BCHS to our De-cember meeting
What a wonderful and timely guest speaker Sergeant Margaret Singe was at our November meeting.! Have you woven some more stars to help Bendigo achieve our 10,000?? If so bring them along to the December meeting and give them to Sue Hinton.
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Fellowship snippets and club
We keep Marian in our thoughts as she continues her battle to be well again. Best Wishes to Kate as she recovers from surgery and em-barks on her chemo and radiation treatment. We are thinking of Chris as she supports her brother through his treatment.
Ann and Geoff are to going to Sydney to assist grandson Julian as he prepares for selection at a high level in Aus-tralian gymnastics, while his parents are travelling.
Our own “Dressmaker”
Fellow Zontian Joan Hooper is renowned far and wide as a mar-vellous creator of beautiful wedding gowns. Her latest creation was for Megan Kesper, fellow Zontian Debbie Kesper’s daughter. Joan also made Debbie’s beautiful dress for the wedding day. Megan married Edward at Xavier College Chapel on November 7. Megan’s lace gown was a classic design of heavily embroidered tulle with nude silk chiffon lining. The full circle skirt fell into a chap-el train, featuring a slim fitted bodice with a boat neckline, falling into a deep ‘V’ back. Soft pleating at the back of the bodice showed off the just below the waist small satin band. Fitted sleeves just below the elbow and a long 2 tier veil completed the elegant gown.
Debbie’s gown was a ruby red silk satin, featuring a waltz length full skirt. Swathing complimented the fitted bodice and was finished with a small short sleeve.
November
Isobel Harvie Collection
Belle of the Ball Showing until Feb 8 2016
You are invited to experience retrospective ball gowns and accessories dating back to the late 1800s
Kyabrum Town Hall Allan Street Kyabrum 10 am—4pm daily ( closed
Tuesdays) Adult $7, Concession $5, $14 family of 4.
Bookings / information Ph 5852 1546 Highly recommended by Annette M.
DECEMBER Irene McKinna 3rd Sue Clarke 25th
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CLUB NEWS White Ribbon Day
The 12th annual White Ribbon Day was held on Wednesday 25th November and in Bendigo is increasingly being supported and led by men—even though the organising committee is still largely women such as Vanessa Waite, Margaret Singe and members of groups like Zonta. Having president Kathryn open the ceremony was a great acknowledgement of Zonta’s commitment to ending violence against women, and we had a very visible presence on the day selling white ribbons. Our dogged determination and activism over many years, more recently joined by champions such as Rosie Battie, who ad-dressed the Victorian Parliament on the issue on Thursday, has seen a significant increase in confidence for women victims to speak out, and now some important Victorian government action. On WRD the Victorian government announced a significant funding allocation,($12million over 4 years) available immediately, which will provide grants of up to $7000 to enable women to pay for rent, relocation, clothing, school supplies etc so they can escape violent situations. The funds can also be used to improve security or safety in their homes or to cover bills and medical expenses. There is still much to be done. However, with advocates such as Luke Ablett imploring every one of us to consider what mes-sage we inadvertently send to young boys that allow them to grow up with attitudes of disrespect for women and attitudes which perpetuate gender inequality... change is nigh. There seems to be a significant shift in the community towards eradicat-ing the scourge that is violence against women, and is it heartening to see more men speaking out and stronger media focus on the issue. The ABC’s documentary “Hitting Home” and follow up Q&A was a great start! Watch it on IView if you missed it!
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CLUB NEWS
Welcome Linda Marchesani to the Zonta Club of Bendigo ,and this month, we welcome Sally Thomson. We hope you both enjoy the
fellowship and Zonta service of our very active club.