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2022 - 2023 Club and Foundation Annual Report

May 31, 2023

Our club has 34 members of which 14 have over 25 years of service to Zonta and the Club. On September 18, 2022, the Club celebrated its 100th Anniversary with an open house hosted by the Society of Woman Geographers. There were over 50 attendees, consisting of DC Zontians, past club Zontians, District 3 board members, visiting Zontians from other Districts, service projects executives, and friends. To celebrate our 100 years as a Zonta Club, a special Centennial Committee was formed to plan the event, set up a special website and produced a cookbook. Our club members and friends contributed their favorite recipes for morning treats, snacks and appetizers, soups and salads, entrées, and desserts for the Zonta Club of Washington, D.C. Centennial Recipe Book.

Key accomplishments of the Club and Foundation were:
1) Fundraising $4,444 from our annual Holiday Card program and proceeds from Lynch Creek Farms fundraiser.
2) Contributions of $11,500 to six service projects benefiting women and girls.
3) Approving and disbursing undergraduate scholarships totaling $25,000.
4) Approving and disbursing Virginia Longest nursing scholarship totaling $3,000.
5) Approving and disbursing Edith SeVille Coale medical scholarships totaling $41,500.
6) Supporting our first undergraduate scholarship awardee from Gallaudet University with ASL Interpreters for our annual November scholarship event.
7) Zonta Says No, 16 Days of Activism social media posts on FaceBook, Twitter, and Instagram.
8) NGO CSW67 Parallel Event Women in STEM Closing the Digital Gender Divide, Amplifying Women's Voices.
9) Sponsoring the annual Amelia Earhart program on January 11th (Amelia Earhart Day) with the Zonta Club of Fairfax, with guest speaker Dr. Erin May from Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.
10) Collecting nearly $2,000 from Zontians and friends to donate to Ukraine Zonta Clubs helping their communities.
11) Receiving the Zonta International District 3 Certificate of Achievement Public Relations/Communications Large Club Award for its dedication to promote Zonta through its website and social media platforms.

Rosa Goldsmith, President, Zonta Club of Washington, D.C. and
Marilyn Brekka, President, Zonta Club of Washington Foundation