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What is Zonta?
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Zonta International is a worldwide organization of executives in business and the professions working together to advance the status of women.
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What does Our Local Club Do?
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Chartered in 1930, Zonta Club of Burlington, Vermont, through its diversity of members, provides opportunities to improve the status of women along with developing mutually beneficial relationships with other executives and professionals. Our club contributes time and money to local, District and International projects that provide a wide variety of services to women in our communities and around the world. With 79 years of service in the Burlington area, our membership today includes professional women in teaching, human resources, real estate, accounting, financial investment services and social work, as well as distinguished long-standing members now retired in their field. Our Zonta contacts are a network connecting us to a broad group of business associates not only locally, but nationally and internationally as well.
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What are some of the Zonta Club of Burlington's local service projects?
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Locally, our club has given time and/or financial support to The Battered Women’s Shelter, the Breast Cancer Action Group, Fletcher Free Library, Lund Family Center, Polar Express, Ronald MacDonald House, The Salvation Army, Sara Holbrook Center, The Sarah Cole House, the Stern Center for Language and Learning, Vermont Public Television and Vermont Women’s Mentoring Program. We also contribute to the Young Women in Public Affairs Scholarships of Zonta International.
Our signature event is a fund-raising adult spelling bee to benefit the Champlain College Single Parent Scholarship Program. This event is now in its thirteenth year.
Recipient of the funds raised through the March are Women Helping Battered Women, and Women’s Rape Crisis Center. (WHBW will use their funds to buy educational kits to be used in schools to work with children around the issue of trauma; WRCC plan to spend their funds on a camping retreat for women who have been victims of sexual assault.)
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What are some of the Zonta International service projects?
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Zonta International supports and administers several different international service projects and/or programs. Each biennium Zonta International sponsors international programs in association with agencies of the United Nations that work to advance the status of women. Most of the programs are in developing nations and are selected by the Zonta International Board and approved by the Zonta International membership. To learn more about Zonta International's International Service Projects for the current and past bienniums visit the Zonta International Web Site for at www.zonta.org
Zonta International also administers several international scholarship programs including: the Amelia Earhart Fellowship Program which provides post-graduate fellowships to women in the fields of aeronautics and aeronautical engineering; the Jane M. Klausman Scholarship Program which provides college scholarships to women in business; and the Young Women in Public Affairs which offers recognition and scholarships on the district and international level for outstanding young women who are making a difference in their world through service.
In addition many Zonta clubs sponsor Z and Golden Z Club Programs that provide mentoring and support for young high school and college aged women. Additional information regarding these and other Zonta International Programs can be found on the Zonta International web site at www.zonta.org.
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When and where does the Burlington Vermont club meet?
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Our club meets at 5:30 pm each third Wednesday monthly (with some programmatic exceptions) in the conference room at Pizzagalli Construction Company in South Burlington, Vermont. Contact Nancy Shambaugh at mtntops@comcast.net.
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Am I eligible for Zonta membership?
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Membership is Zonta International is by club invitation to individuals working in a decision-making capacity at least 50% of a normal workweek.
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How much time does Zonta membership take?
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Zonta Clubs are service clubs and each club votes on local service projects and fund raising activities. Our members are asked to attend monthly club meetings and scheduled committee meetings, and to participate in club service projects. In addition, there are opportunities to attend district workshops and conferences, and a week-long biannual international convention.
Our monthly meetings generally last 90 minutes, including a speaker presentation and refreshments.
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Who's Who in the Zonta Club of Burlington Vermont?
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Officers and Directors
| President: |
Nancy Shambaugh |
| Vice President: |
Tina Kurrelmeyer |
| Treasurer: |
Kimberly M. Pinkham, CPA, CFP |
| Secretary: |
Jennifer Smith |
| Directors: |
Barbara Gay, Gail Lang |
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How do I find out more?
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Contact Nancy Shambaugh, Zonta Club of Burlington President and Membership & Hospitality Chair, mtntops@comcast.net.
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