JAMESTOWN, NY -- The Zonta Club of Jamestown will be assembling birthing kits in early May to send to Third World or underserved countries. Zonta is requesting donations toward their project of the following goods: unopened boxes of medical gloves, quart-sized ziplock bags, bar soap, gauze pads, and old suitcases on wheels. Monetary donations ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY -- The Zonta Club of Jamestown welcomed four new members (pictured left to right): Julia Garsteki Derkovitz, Lisa Schmidtfrerick-Miller, Megan DeAngelo and Debra Tibbitts. Julia Garstecki Derkovitz is a freelance writer, focusing on articles about parenting children with special needs. A contributing writer for The Jamestown Gazette, ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY -- In this blessed holiday season, "Lily's Hope" by the Women of Zonta, has received a very generous anonymous donation of $1,000 for wigs and supplies. Lily's Hope is housed at the WCA Hospital Cancer Treatment Center at Jones Memorial Hospital and provides free wigs, hats, turbans and scarves to women who are going through cancer ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY — Prendergast Library has added new books and DVDs about pregnancy, birth and infant care to its collection with support from Zonta Club of Jamestown. “This will help women make use of Prendergast Library to access current information that will affect their health and that of their children,” said Director Catherine Way. ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY — The Zonta Club of Jamestown offers 4 scholarships and one award every year to area woman continuing their education. Two scholarships are provided through the Chautauqua Regional Community Foundation. They are the Anne Crowe Scholarship and the Verna Nelson Scholarship. $1,000 were given to each of the three scholarship winners: ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY — The Zonta Club of Jamestown held it's annual dinner, May 18th at Roberto's. Suzanne Olson was inducted as a new member along with Cheryl Evan and Ellen Munella, who were inducted earlier this year. The installation of the new officers and board members was conducted by the visiting Zonta District 4 Governor, Bonnie Crogan Mazur, ... Read More

When students enrolled in the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES (E2CCB) School of Practical Nursing first heard about a local effort to help women undergoing treatment for cancer, they knew they had to help. The effort, which was spearheaded by the Zonta Club of Jamestown, recently came to fruition with the grand opening of Lily’s Hope, a ... Read More

The Zonta Club of Jamestown wishes to make local women aware of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign which began November 25th.  The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence Campaign is an international effort begun in 1991. It originated from the first Women’s Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Center for ... Read More

The Zonta Club of Jamestown is proud to announce their winners of the 2010 Nell Newton, Mary Bargar and Young Women in Public Affairs Scholarships. Kelsey Fredrickson is the recipient of the $1,000 Nell Newton Scholarship which is presented to a young woman entering education with a goal of business as her profession.  Currently ... Read More

The Zonta Club of Jamestown recently honored four women with their Women in Leadership Awards. Pictured above are back row, l. to r., Janet Forbes and Jade Boice, front row l. to r., are Lorraine Walker and Lyn Harris. The Zonta  Club of Jamestown recently presented Women in Leadership Awards to four women in the community. Receiving the ... Read More