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Membership
The Club is growing and
now has almost 30
members from a mix of
ages and backgrounds, women who are singles, mums and grandmothers.
The membership of our
Club covers a diversity of professions, including:
- academics and teachers,
- pharmacists,
- lawyers,
- accountants,
- small business owners, and
- consultants.
There is a strong sense of caring and support among members, meetings are always full of laughter, yet somehow we also manage
to get through our business and discuss the important issues at the same time.
Please feel welcome to contact us if you would like
to help the Club in any way.
If you would like assistance from the Zonta Club of Armidale, please download
an application form here:
PDF version
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Zonta Club of Armidale
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Set mid-way between Sydney & Brisbane in northern New South Wales, Armidale is home to
a major regional university, a hospital & a TAFE campus |
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The Zonta Club of Armidale was chartered in 1976. It celebrated its 30th birthday in splendid style at the Cotswold Gardens Inn in June 2006. We are a dinner Club and meet on the fourth Wednesday of the month, at 6pm. If you would like to visit the Club, please contact the Club at: armidale@zontadistrict24.org
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Latest News |
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Armidale Zontians had lots to celebrate on Australia Day:
- The Club's nominee for
Young Citizen of the Year, Peta Jeffery, was announced winner. Peta has demonstrated a commitment to the community as well as
displaying outstanding academic, sporting and leadership qualities.
 The
Armidale Dumaresq Citizen of the Year was Rosemary Leitch, whose
philanthropic and general contributions to the area are legendary.
Rosemary, the only female Mayor to have served Armidale, has also been an
Honorary Zontian and continues to support Zonta in many ways, including
hosting in her home Gilbert and Sullivan concerts organised by Zonta to
raise funds for a school residence for a female teacher in Bhutan and Zonta
International projects. - The Senior Citizen of the year was Judy Grieve, a
charter member of Zonta Armidale, and a recent guest speaker at a dinner
meeting. The awards were presented at an outdoor function at Armidale Race
Course, and were attended by many Zontians celebrating Australia Day and
honouring these worthy award recipients.
Read about other recent activities in some local press coverage!
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The Club in action
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 Members of the Zonta Club of Armidale are very active and provide support to both international and local projects to further the mission of Zonta International.
Some of the recent projects that Armidale Zonta has been involved in include:
- Armidale’s own “Zonta e-girls Workshops” – an exciting opportunity for year-10 girls throughout the New England region to spend a fun, hands-on day learning about careers in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) engineering field directly from a range of inspiring female industry mentors.
- The establishment of the Zonta Club of Armidale Science, Mathematics and Engineering Scholarship which aims to promote, encourage, assist and reward the participation of young women in tertiary courses or training in advanced science, mathematics or engineering. Kiara Olrich, the 2008 winner of this Award, is shown above with Helen Gee, who coordinates the Award for our Club. Read the press rlease about Kiara here.
- The “Zonta Birthing Kit Project” - to date the Zonta Club of Armidale has assembled over 4,800 birthing kits which have been sent to Laos, Afghanistan and Papaua New Guinea.
- The club particularly embraces the Young Women in Public Affairs Award program, encouraging young women to enter public affairs and policy-making fields.
- Providing Christmas gifts to local women in need.
Latest news: One of our ways of keeping in touch is our famous Club newsletter - read the latest edition here |
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Science, Maths and Engineering Scholarship 2009
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Download the documents for 2009 here:
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