For more than 15 years, the Zonta Club of Macarthur has been working for to advance the status of women in our area and around the world.

Members of the Zonta Club of Macarthur work to support international and local projects to further the mission of Zonta International, by improving the health, education and well being of women.

The Club supports a women's refuge in our local area to assist women find a new life after experiencing domestic violence.

We meet on the fourth Wednesday of the month for dinner. If you would like to visit the Club, please email us at: macarthur@zontadistrict24.org

The Club in action

Supporting District Projects

The Club supports District 24 service projects by conducting community workshops to:

• Assemble Zonta birthing kits for distribution to women in developing country to assist them in having a safer childbirth.

• Finishing off, packaging and distributing breast care cushions to women who have undergone surgery for breast cancer.

As well as actually assembling the birthing kits, an important part of advancing the health status of these women, is making our community more aware of the issues faced by women in other places, so talking about the birthing kit project is part of what we do.

Awards
The Club’s breast care cushion project has been greatly enhanced by the work of the students in the fashion and design faculty at Macquarie Fields Campus, South Western Sydney Institute of TAFE NSW.

Each year, the Club presents a perpetual trophy to the outstanding student in the fashion and design course at Macquarie Fields Campus, TAFE NSW.

An encouragement award is also presented to a student in this course.

For the first time in 2009, the Club presented a local university student undertaking business studies, with a Jane M Klausman Award.