Service Committee Chooses local Programs from the following agencies to be Funded in 2009: Pacific Treatment Alternatives
Everett Gospel Mission
Providence Hospice & Home Care of Snohomish County
Interfaith Association
YWCA
Village Community Services
Deaconess Children's Services
Housing Hope
Volunteers of America
Monroe Gospel Women's Mission
Additional donations:
Zonta International
ZisVaw
Lester B. Pearson College
Amelia Earhart Fund
Jane Klausman Scholarship
Women in Transition Scholarship
Young Women in Public Affairs Scholarship
Our ongoing service/advocacy project for 2009 is the distribution of business cards displaying the local Domestic Violence hotline. We are asking ALL businesses to make available these cards where women would normally gather (clinics, medical offices, spas, etc.) If anyone is interested in acquiring some of the cards to distribute, please call 425-348-3501 or e-mail info@zontaeverett.
Books for Babies: In support of literacy, we will be stuffing bags with several items, including a book for a baby, to be distributed to the new mothers at Providence Hospital. The gatherings are to be held at the downtown Everett Public Library, Please call 425-348-3501 or email info@zontaeverett.org if you are interested in participating.
CEDAW letter campaign:The members of the Zonta Club of Everett are writing letters to their respective legislators to request ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. For more information see below.
SJM 8009 - DIGEST
Requests that President Bush and the Secretary of State
place the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination Against Women in the highest category
of priority in order to accelerate the treaty's passage
through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the full
United States Senate with the goal of ratification by the
United States; and that the Washington State Legislature
exhort the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to pass this
treaty favorably out of Committee and urge it be approved by
the full Senate. http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/ http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?year=2007&bill=8009
Governor Gregoire signs Proclamation In response to the Zonta Club of Everett’s request, Governor Christine Gregoire has proclaimed November 25, 2008 the Day for Eliminating Violence Against Women in Washington State.
The Zonta Club of Everett was chartered in 1929 and is affiliated with Zonta International, a worldwide service organization of business and professional executives dedicated to advancing the status of women worldwide. Zonta International has selected the eradication of violence against women of all generations as a focus locally and internationally. The Zonta Club of Everett contacted local and state officials and requested that they join Zonta’s worldwide campaign to end the violence
Violence is inflicted against women all over the world: in the United States a woman is battered every 15 seconds and 700,000 women are sexually assaulted annually; in Washington State one in five women reports being injured by domestic violence sometime in her lifetime; in Snohomish County; between July 2005 and June 2006 alone, the only confidential domestic abuse hotline in Snohomish County received 5,981 calls for help.
Violence against women disrupts and destroys lives in our homes, schools, workplaces and throughout our society. By drawing attention to this alarming and pervasive phenomenon, Zonta International hopes to reduce the numbers of women and children whose lives are damaged and improve the quality of life for all of us.
The opportunities for service are endless in our community. Through the Zonta Club of Everett and through Zonta International, we can help women and girls reach their dreams through educational opportunities, to help stop violence against women and girls, and to improve women's lives through a variety of local and international service projects. Through Zonta International, projects are in four parts of the world: Bolivia, Niger, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. We encourage our members to participate in Zonta programs at all levels. See www.zonta.org
Zonta Club of Everett Supports the GROWTH Act
Right now a groundbreaking bill that has the potential to help lift millions of women in the developing world out of poverty is before Congress. On July 10, 2007, Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) re-introduced the Global Resources and Opportunities for Women to Thrive Act (GROWTH Act, HR-2965) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Then, on September 19, it was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) (S.2069), bringing it one step closer to becoming a reality for women worldwide! The GROWTH Act is an innovative bill that, if passed, would make the U.S. a leader in reducing poverty and promoting opportunities for women and families around the world.
Zonta Club of Everett Donates to Flood Victims
The Zonta Club of Everett voted to donate $1000.00 to the Chehalis-Centralia Zonta Club for them to disperse as needed for the recent flood victims. Accomplishments for the year 2008-2009
1)CBW distribution cards
a.Our Goal: to get emergency information cards out into the community where women can find them
b.Our Accomplishments: __ members of our club continue to be committed to distributing cards at various places throughout our community; The Everett Clinic has requested that we place the cards in the restrooms of all their walk-in clinics and in the Women’s Clinic
c.Isbell has been in charge of this project and has done a great job!
2)Governor’s Seminar
a.Our Goal: to present a framework for District-wide Advocacy
b.Our Accomplishments: Suzanne Poppema gave a well-received presentation highlighting our work on the Proclamation (see 4), the Forums (see 5) and CEDAW (see 3)
3)Proclamation
a.Our Goal: to have Governor Gregoire again declare November 25th The Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
b.Our Accomplishments: the Governor signed the proclamation for 2008 helping to set the ground work for our state’s endorsement of CEDAW
4)CEDAW in Washington State
a.Our Goal: to get our state legislators to endorse CEDAW and advocate for it in Washington DC
b.Our Accomplishments: House Joint Memorial 8012 (declaring that the State of Washington supports the ratification of CEDAW and urging the president and secretary of state to make treaty ratification a high priority) passed and was sent to the White House!
5)2nd annual “Ignore No More Forum”
a.Our Goal: to educate our community about the realities of Human Trafficking in our community and around the world
b.Our Accomplishments: May 5, 2009 we held a highly successful forum with over 135 people in attendance and 3 informative speakers as well as several exhibitors who work in the area of human trafficking.We got excellent publicity for the club—including television—and several new members learned about Zonta and joined as a result of our forum.
