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Hello Zontians!I'm so happy to be seeing the sunshine a little longer each day! Please see below for future dates!!
We have one ZING coming up on MONDAY!! February 26, we will be meeting at TAVERN ON MAIN (the old Diamond Jim's location) for dinner at 5:30 pm! Please let me know if you have any questions! Here are upcoming dates for you! FEBRUARY 26, 2024 (ZING) - Tavern on Main, 5:30 pm dinner together! FEBRUARY 27, 2024 (BOARD MEETING) - Grape Beginnings, 5:30 pm MARCH 5, 2024 (Lunch) - Midland Country Club 12:00 pm. FUN Budget Review GIVING: TBD MARCH 5, 2024 (MEMBERSHIP MEETING) - Grape Beginnings, 5:30 pm MARCH 8, 2024 (FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE) - Pizza Sam's, 12:00 pm MARCH 12, 2024 (MISSION MEETING) - Grape Beginnings, 5:30 pm MARCH 14, 2024 (ZING) - Pendulum Lounge, 4:30 - 8:00 pm (come and go as you are able) Please RSVP to NORA STRAIT ([email protected]) PERFOMER: David Paul Britton Music is a mix of pop hits, classics, Motown, country, blues and jazz No cost to attend! Snacks and drinks available for purchase MARCH 19, 2024 (Dinner) - Midland Country Club 6:00 pm (icebreaker starts at 5:30 pm). DOW GARDENS - Flower Arranging event! Carolynn Paten is coming back to do a flower arranging demonstration! There is an opportunity for you to bring home an arrangement for $10. More information to come! GIVING: TBD APRIL 2, 2024 (Lunch) - FUN Budget vote, present slate of officers APRIL 16, 2024 (Dinner) - Auction! (More info below) MAY 7, 2024 (Lunch) - Vote on board & bylaws nominations GIVING: TBD MAY 21, 2024 (Dinner) - Homeowners, Scholarship/Grant Recip's GIVING: TBD JUNE 4, 2024 (Lunch) - Board Induction Reminder, if you can please RSVP (yes or no) the Friday before each meeting, that would be helpful!! You don't have to wait for the email to come out either, you can RSVP whenever you know if you will or will not be able to join! Just email [email protected] If anyone would like to become a committee chair at some point in the future, please reach out to the current committee chair, there are opportunities to learn and grow to be chairs. Being a chair is a great way to get to know others better! If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me! If you have anything you'd like to share, or if you need any help, please let me know! Lindsey McMacken [email protected] (574) 370-6266 ZONTA AUCTION The purpose of the April Auction is to raise funds for two things; educational opportunities for members and advocacy activities. With the funds, the club is able to send out delagates for district conferences and internationals conventions. This inlcudes registration fees and travel expenses. The club will reimburse registration fees for any and all members who attend the Fall Conference, Spring Workshop, Covernors Summit and International Convention and the North America International District Meeting (NAIDM). The auction is a fun night for members and friends! This year's auction will focus on fun activities and services that members can provide for members! Also, this year we are bringing back donations! If you have anything in your house you think would be great in a basket, please bring the items to the next meeting! Or, contact Lindsey McMacken and we can arrange a pickup! For experiences, please think about what you like to do and think others might be interested in too! Here are some ideas: Cook a meal, cheesecake, break or soup! Offer to paint a room, clean a closet, weed the garden. The goal is to raise $5,000! LINKS SECTION: Zonta Information Sheet Zonta Club of Midland Zonta Club of Midland Facebook page Zonta Club of Midland Networking page (private) Zonta District 15 Zonta International Hello Zontians!
I hope you all had a great end of December of a Happy New Year! I feel like I'm still trying to get into the swing of things this year! I've had to travel for work already, and am so looking forward to seeing all of you at the dinner meeting on Tuesday!! Thank you all who were able to take meals to Sandy Weimer! She and her family were so thankful for them! If anyone is having an upcoming surgery, or another reason they would need or want dinners (or any other help), please let me know! We have a great 2024 planned, please look forward to what is coming up for our Business and Dinner Meetings! All the meetings will be at the Midland Country Club... JANUARY 16, 2024 (Dinner) - Annemieke DeWilde - "Stay Healthy and Energized the Whole Day." GIVING: Care Giving Network. Please bring the following; mittens, hats, gloves, hand warmer packets, scarfs, coffee, tea and hot cocoa. ICE BREAKER: Balanced Pilates Demo - What do you do to stay healthy? Favorite Healthy Food or Favorite Exercise FEBRUARY 6, 2024 (Lunch) - Beth Miler - Principles & Benefits of Pilates ICE BREAKER: Bring a wrapped small ($10 or less) Valentine Gift to share. These will be collected when checking in and one will be placed on each chair. Members will get the gift where they sit FEBRUARY 20, 2024 (Dinner) - Sharon Mortensen - Life balance through connections MARCH 5, 2024 (Lunch) - FUN Budget Review GIVING: TBD MARCH 19, 2024 (Dinner) - TBD GIVING: TBD APRIL 2, 2024 (Lunch) - FUN Budget vote, present slate of officers APRIL 16, 2024 (Dinner) - Auction! MAY 7, 2024 (Lunch) - Vote on board & bylaws nominations GIVING: TBD MAY 21, 2024 (Dinner) - Homeowners, Scholarship/Grant Recip's GIVING: TBD JUNE 4, 2024 (Lunch) - Board Induction Reminder, if you can please RSVP (yes or no) the Friday before each meeting, that would be helpful!! You don't have to wait for the email to come out either, you can RSVP whenever you know if you will or will not be able to join! Just email [email protected] If anyone would like to become a committee chair at some point in the future, please reach out to the current committee chair, there are opportunities to learn and grow to be chairs. Being a chair is a great way to get to know others better! If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me! See you all on Tuesday! If you have anything you'd like to share, or if you need any help, please let me know! Lindsey McMacken [email protected] (574) 370-6266 LINKS SECTION: Zonta Information Sheet Zonta Club of Midland Zonta Club of Midland Facebook page Zonta Club of Midland Networking page (private) Zonta District 15 Zonta International We had such a great time volunteering with the Midland’s Open Door for the 5th Saturday! Costco donated multiple van loads of goodies that we helped to unload, plus served guests some great shepherds pie and cake!
Welcome to our four newest members April Richards, Eliana Rosen, Ann Bienman and Marilyn Zank!
October Social Meeting highlight: Thank you to The Menu Manager for making our wonderful dinner and giving a demonstration about how to make savory waffles (holy moly, they were good)!! And thank you to Trinity Lutheran Church for hosting us!
 Zontians are thrilled to have contributed to ending child marriage in Michigan! Read this great article from the Midland Daily News!
 Congratulations to Zonta member Becky Wieland on being inducted into the Michigan Senior Olympics Hall of Fame!
The Zonta Club of Midland hosted the Intercity dinner tonight with over 70 members of the Zonta clubs of Midland and Saginaw, Northwood Golden Z Club, and the Midland High Z Club along with honored guests. Members with 15 or more years of service were recognized with certificates and roses.
We wrote postcards to Michigan senators and representatives in support of pending bills to end child marriage in Michigan and played a new trivia game called Mind the Gap. Thank you to everyone who came out tonight!  Four new members were inducted during the November business meeting! Welcome to Alison Baldree, Ann Gaydos, Teresa George and Kate Hessling.
 The Zonta Club of Midland is pleased to announce that the Zonta Homewalk will be held in December with in-person and virtual tour options. The in-person tours will be December 4th and 5th, 1-5 pm, and the virtual tours will be available December 4th – 31st. One ticket provides access to both! The 40th Homewalk celebration includes five spectacular Midland area homes including one that was featured in the very first tour. The 2021 event has the flexibility of in-person and virtual tours so that everyone can participate. Zonta is partnering with Tridge Media Productions for the home videos which will include home information and history that may not be available during the in-person tours. The virtual tours will be great as a standalone view as well as a supplement for those who visit the homes. Tickets and more information available at ZontaClubofMidland.org.
Tickets are available from any member or purchase online! The Zonta Club of Midland members enjoyed our October meting last night with a special presentation by Katherine Redwine from the League of Women Voters. Katherine provided an update on the redistricting process in Michigan and the impact it will may have on future elections.
Fellowship also provided a timeline of the women's suffrage movement that members shared as part of the icebreaker and introductions. Last on the agenda was a chance for Lisa Miner, member and friend to everyone, to practice her pageant introduction. Though she was a little surprised, because she forgot she had requested to be able to do it, she stood up and NAILED IT! Well done Lisa, it was very moving to hear the passion that you feel for Zonta, Self Love Beauty and your desire to help improve the lives of women in so many ways. We were all so captivated that none of us took photo!  We had a great meeting last night with special guest Hannah Klaffer, current president of the Midland High Z Club. This summer Hannah attended the National Student Leadership Conference in Washington D.C. where she participated in the international diplomacy camp and she gave us an overview of her trip and her takeaways. She is going places and the club is happy to have helped support her on this trip!
Pictured: Jennifer Chappel, Zonta Club President, Hannah Klaffer, Midland High Z Club President, and Rachelle Ferman, Zonta Club 1st VP and Hannah's proud mom! The Zonta Club of Midland offers annual scholarships to women of all ages pursuing career goals that will positively impact the status of women. Funds to support the scholarships are raised through the Annual Zonta Homewalk held in December. Zonta is pleased to announce this year’s scholarship recipients, recognized at Zonta’s May meeting: Alisha Arnold (Davenport University – Nursing), Alison Sanford (Delta College - Dental Hygiene), Emily Montgomery (Central Michigan University – Graduate Student in Education Counseling), and Alicia Wietfeldt (Davenport University – Nursing).
Each recipient receives a scholarship in the amount of $2,500, which may be used at any post-secondary educational institution for tuition, books, cost of certification, or vocational education. Scholarships are awarded based on financial need, work/life skills, community service/extracurricular activities, GPA/GED, honors/awards, and references.  Our first meeting back in person! We inducted the board for 2021-2021 lead by President Jennifer Chappel and welcomed new member Brenda Hage.
We look forward to another great year of service under the direction of these fine leaders! The Status of Women in Service Committee of the Zonta Club of Midland has selected eleven area organizations to receive service grants in 2021. Recipients include Adventist Community Services; Affordable Housing Alliance of Midland County; Care Giving Network; Community Mental Health for Central Michigan; Family & Children’s Services of Mid-Michigan; Helping Hands Dental Clinic of Midland; LifeClinic Community Resources; Midland County Habitat for Humanity; Self Love Beauty; Shelterhouse of Midland and Gladwin Counties; and Midland Young Life.
A total of $11,000 in service grants will contribute towards helping local women and children with a variety of needs. Assistance will range from the funding to pay for transportation to medical care facilities, funding for on-line prenatal health programs for mothers, to purchasing supplies for the upcoming “Women Build Week” through Midland County Habitat for Humanity, co-pays for dental care, purchase of feminine products, funding for low income housing, and funding for programs and conferences to support women’s support efforts. |
