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We Empower Women
ZONTA INTERNATIONAL IS A LEADING GLOBAL ORGANIZATION OF PROFESSIONALS EMPOWERING WOMEN WORLDWIDE THROUGH SERVICE AND ADVOCACY.
District 4 is a District of “Firsts”-first Club (Buffalo) in 1919 and first International Club (Toronto) in 1927.
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Building for Our Future
Online Learning Sessions 2020
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Saturday, August 15, 2020 – Online Learning Session 4
9:00 – 11:00 AM
Registration open from August 1 -12, 2020
District 4 Membership Development
with
Sheena Poole, D4 Membership Chair
Celebrate Zonta & D4 Online!
July 4 – 8, 2020 Chicago, IL
Call to Conference Sept. 2021
Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
What’s Happening in your Area?
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D4 & Club Events
The Buffalo and Erie County Library has opened an “outdoor reading room.”
The Buffalo and Erie County Library has opened an “outdoor reading room” in a triangular green space across the street from the library. Several author’s names along the sidewalk circling the park, including Marian de Forest. Mary Vacanti, President of the ZC of...
Zonta Birthing Kits making a difference in a refugee camp in Venezuela!
Dr. Eve from Venezuela with a package of birthing kits. The Zonta Club of Kitchener-Waterloo gave her 100 in total and she is absolutely thrilled. The medical care system in Venezuela has totally collapsed - no power, water, supplies, meds. She and her husband travel...
ZC of Batavia-Genesee Plants Yellow Roses
The Zonta Club of Batavia-Genesee County has planted yellow roses in the International Peace Garden in Batavia, NY as one of the club’s Zonta International Centennial events.
Three District 4 Clubs Awarded Centennial Anniversary Grants
Zonta International announced the recipients of its Centennial Anniversary Grants. A total of US$296,271 will be disbursed to 62 community-based organizations in 18 countries, partnering with a Zonta club to improve the lives of women and girls at the local level....
Zonta International & D4 2019 YWPA Winner Amal Qayum
Zonta International District 4 Young Women in Public Affairs Scholarship July 24, 2019 The District 4 Awards Committee is very pleased to announce that Amal Qayum, submitted by Niagara Falls, Canada, has been selected as the District 4 Young Women in Public Affairs...
Z Club of North Park Secures 3rd Place
Z Club of North Park Secures 3rd Place in 2019 Emma L. Conlon Service Award Congratulations to the Z Club members of North Park Z Club! Check out their application video Found at www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ihQM7axvnU The North Park Z Club is sponsored by the ZC...
ZC of Corry Establishes Banner Over Center Street
As a Centennial project, the ZC of Corry established a Zonta Banner over Center Street. It’s big, bold and easy to read! A grand step in demystifying what Zonta is all about.
Zonta International & District 4
Mission & Vision
Misson
Zonta International is a leading global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy.
Vision
Zonta International envisions a world in which women’s rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential.
In such a world, women have access to all resources and are represented in decision making positions on an equal basis with men.
In such a world, no woman lives in fear of violence.
Various advocacy campaigns to bring awareness to ending gender violence.
Service projects such as assembly of birthing kits for women in developing countries.
Club celebrate and host special events to bring attention to women’s issues and to raise funds for local and global initiatives.
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Over 719 Members,
33 clubs,
15 Z Clubs &
1 Golden Z Club
Locally & Globally
Empowering Women
Service & Advocacy
Members in District 4 offer service and advocacy to both their local and international communities through a wide range of service projects and events. Our members regularly support functions to acknowledge International Women’s Day and Zonta Rose Day, on the 8th March, and United Nations International Day for the Elimination of violence against women, November 25th.
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