Zonta
Club of Fairfax Honors Its "Women of the Year"
On Tuesday, November 1st, the Zonta Club of Fairfax
honored six outstanding women who have made a
significant difference in our community. Nominations
were solicited from the Fairfax community for worthy
winners of our 2005 Woman of the Year distinction and
our six honorees were selected for providing significant
service in the public, private or community sectors:
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Madelyn Jennings |
Kathryn Falk |
Beth Myers |
Kathryn Falk, V.P., Government Affairs, Cox
Communications; Supervisor Penny Gross, Mason
District, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors;
Madelyn Jennings, Vice Chair, Board of Directors at The
Women's Center; Pam Michell, Executive Director,
New Hope Housing; Beth Myers, Auxiliary Police
Officer, Fairfax County Police Department; Eleanor
Spark, In-home Counselor, NOVACO Transitional Housing
Program
The event, held at the Westwood Country Club, featured
Fairfax County Board Chairman Gerald Connolly who helped
distribute the awards, along with Club President Bobbee
Cardillo; keynote speaker, Fairfax Club member and
Governor-elect of District 3, Jo Manson; and coverage
and special interviews by Channel 10, Fairfax Cable and
Cox Cable.
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Supervisor Penny
Gross |
Eleanor Spark |
Pam Michell |
The Zonta Club of Fairfax County is part of Zonta
International, a worldwide service organization of
executives and professionals seeking to improve the
lives of women throughout the world. Internationally,
there are 32,000 Zonta members in 69 countries. The
objectives of the organization are to: a) improve the
legal, political, economic, educational, health and
professional status of women; b) provide service at the
global and local level, especially toward the prevention
of violence against women and girls worldwide; and c)
work toward the advancement of understanding, good will,
and peace through a world fellowship of executives in
business and the professions.
The Zonta Club of Fairfax County, chartered in 1957,
continues to support service projects to help meet the
needs of our community. We finance scholarships at
Northern Virginia Community College and George Mason
University, and a wide range of Domestic Violence
initiatives including support to the Fairfax County
Women's Shelter. Such projects are supported by
fundraising activities, including an annual golf
tournament and beer sales at the Celebrate Fairfax Fair.
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