February 2012 Newsletter Part II - Cheektowaga

DISTRICT 4 EVENTS:
I. FUNDRAISERS: 1) The Zonta Club of Niagara Falls presents.... "My Funny Little Valentine" Breakfast" Thursday, February 9, 2012 Americana Conference Resort & Spa 8444 Lundy’s Lane, Niagara Falls Doors Open: 6:30 a.m; Breakfast: 7:00 a.m.; Tickets $35 Each Breakfast, Door Prizes, Entertainment, Auctions & Laughter Galore! BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND FOR OUR 5TH ANNIVERSARY MEG SOPER, Comedienne and Motivator 2) Zonta Club of Buffalo Raffle How’s your luck so far for the new year? For $20.00/ticket you have the opportunity to win three prizes
from the Zonta Club of Buffalo drawing. The odds are very good.
The prizes are: First Prize - a basket currently worth $2500 of hotel accommodations, plays, theater
events, dinner vouchers at restaurants such as Templeton Landing, Left Bank, Millennium Hotel, sport
paraphernalia, etc. 2nd Prize - delivery of $30.00 worth of groceries from June 30th to October 30th;
3rd prize - a Kindle. Please let Irene Majchrzak know at [email protected] and she can
send tickets to you!
3) Kathleen Mary House The 6th Annual KATHLEEN MARY HOUSE NIGHT OF LAUGHTER will be held on Saturday,
March 3rd, 2012 from 7:00-11:00 PM at the Sts. Cyril & Methody Macedonian Hall, 4785 Lake Ave. in
Blasdell. The event will feature the comedian Nic Siracuse, and will include entertainment, food,
drinks, premium item raffles, 50/50 splits, and theme baskets.
2. FIRST CELEBRATION AND MEMORIAL FOR AASIYA ZUBAIR HASSAN: Come join the community as Aasiya is remembered and mark the First Anniversary of the Southtowns
Family Justice Center. Enjoy a tribute to Aasiya, fine food, cocktails, an array of local boutique vendors,
luxurious basket raffles and silent auction.
The FJC will be honoring two Zonta Clubs with an award (given to an organization whose work on
behalf of the FJC has helped to save lives). Kudos, Zonta Clubs of Hamburg-Orchard Park and of
Cheektowaga-Lancaster!
February 9, 2012
5:30 p.m.
The Orchard Park Country Club
4777 South Buffalo Road
Orchard Park , New York 14127
Tickets $35.00 Contact Phyllis ASAP
3. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATIONS: 1)
Zonta Club of Hamilton II Sunday, March 4th, 2012 1:30pm. to 3:30pm. Michaelangelo Conference Center 1555 Upper Ottawa Street, Hamilton, Ontario Tel: (905) 575-­‐9955 International Women’s Day Tea Fundraiser Emcee: Annette Hamm, CHCH TV Guest Speaker: Rose Handy “Building a Successful Company from Scratch-­‐-­‐from a Shelter” 2) Zonta Club of Kitchener – Waterloo Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 5:30pm in the Crystal Ballroom of the Walper Terrace Hotel, 1 King Street West, Kitchener Keynote Speaker: Dr. Dawn Harvard, President of the Ontario Native Women’s Association will speak on the historical struggles and continued challenges in advancing the status of Aboriginal women in Canada. 3) Zonta Club of Oakville Thursday, March 8, 2012 Oakville Conference and Banquet Centre 2515 Wyecroft Road, Oakville Keynote Speaker: Michele Landsberg -­‐ “One of Canada's best known social justice activists” 4) Zonta Club of Brampton/Caledon Thursday, March 8, 2012 7:30 A.M. – 9:00 A.M (hot breakfast) Turnberry Golf Club, 10100 Heart Lake Rd., Brampton WOMEN’S LEGAL, EDUCATION AND ACTION FUND (LEAF) Presents Women’s Rights are Human Rights 4. HABITAT WOMEN’S BUILD: The next general meeting for the Habitat Women Build will be February 16th, our club meeting night.
"Roof Raiser", a fundraiser will take place at Statler City on March 23rd.
The homeowner' name was revealed - Modeste Sahingejeje is from Brundi and has a 24 year old
daughter and two sons ages 19 and 9. She has already completed 245 hours toward her home. We are
hoping that she will be working along side of us to complete her 500 hours.
Everyone working on the women build is asked to go to the www.habitatbuffalo.org website and
complete the safety course. My understanding is the course is under "Volunteer Up" on the website.
You have to create an account with a password to complete it. The more people that complete the
safety course, the better our insurance premium will be.
Habitat will have all the necessary tools that will be needed, so there is no need to bring your own. All
that is needed is your enthusiasm and good sturdy work shoes! However, if anyone feels inclined, the
most used tools are your own gloves, sunscreen, a 25 ft tape measure, lots of pencils, a right angle
square and a dry wall knife. If you do bring tools, make sure you label them as they get legs as soon as
you bring them on site. There will be a schedule of workshops set up by the next meeting.
The fundraising committee is looking for donations. It appears that Donna Ketchum Coletta is going to
each of the Zonta organizations in our region for monetary donations and then there will be one
donation from the Zonta region. However, if anyone wants to individually donate, they can contact me.
We are already selling tickets and have a registration flyer on the next page. So make as many copies
as you like and please spread the word. Let’s get the Statler main ballroom for free. We would like to
make the promise that all money raised (except for printing which is minimal) will go directly to building
the house.
Women build t-shirts ($10) and a chance for a week vacation in the Smokey Mountains ($10) will be
sold at the meetings as well. If anyone wants one, they can contact me and I can bring to the next
Zonta meeting. I will continue to keep you informed.
Nancy Peacock
ZONTA LINKS: Zonta International: http://zonta.org Zonta District 4: http:// http://zontadistrict4.org/ Zonta Club of Cheektowaga-­Lancaster: http://zontacheektowaga-­lancaster.org