ZONTALINES

November 2003

ZONTALINES provides information to members of the Zonta Club of Fairfax County on Club Activities.

 Articles may be sent to the editor, Laura Sims at 8608 Pappas Way, Annandale, VA 22003 or via email to lnsims@cox.net

 The deadline for submissions is the Friday following the board meeting, held on the third Tuesday of the month.

 Meeting Information

 Social time begins at 6:00 pm,

and dinner is served at 6:30 pm.  The address of the meeting location is :

     Marco Polo Restaurant
     245 Maple Avenue
     Vienna, VA

 Call (703)281-3922 for directions

 Please call the Zonta Club of Fairfax County Information line at (703) 866-7167 to ensure a reservation for guests.                                       

Consistent with club policy, members must call either Bobbee Cardillo or the reservation line by 12:00 noon on the Monday before the meeting to cancel their standing reservation or be charged for the meal.

 The Zonta club of Fairfax County meets on the first Tuesday of each month except for July and August.

 Old Cell Phones Needed

In support of our domestic violence initiative, we are collecting old cell phones to be re-issued and used at local shelters.   Forward your old cell phones to Cindi Dimetros.  Cindi can be reached at 703-255-1248 or you may turn them in to her at the next meeting,  Please include your charger.

In response to the Club’s decision at the summer retreat to focus all of our service activities this year on domestic violence, the Service subcommittee met to come up with an action plan.  It was decided that we would focus our efforts in three areas:  assisting the Fairfax County Women’s Shelter, adopting an associated transitional home in need of hands-on service, and identifying current local and national women’s issues for which we can be advocates.

The initiative will be kicked-off at the November Membership Mixer, at which we hope to have representatives from the Shelter and Bethany House, the transitional house we have offered to support.  You won’t want to miss this meeting, not only for the fun and fellowship of meeting potential new members, but also to participate in launching this new effort.  We hope it will stimulate new members to want to join us!

Please bring an umbrella (or 2) to the Membership Mixer to donate to the women and children of the Shelter.  Each month we’ll focus on a different item or hands-on project for the Shelter or Bethany House.

Join us on November 4^th for more details and don’t forget your umbrella

We have all been very busy this past month.  The Art Auction committee has been working very hard on last minute details for the event on November 1^st.  I hope you all are selling lots of tickets!!  The membership committee has worked up a wonderful program for this month’s business meeting and the service committee is moving full steam ahead on its plans to support the Women’s shelter and the transitional home. And somewhere in there a bunch of us found the time to hit Virginia Beach and attend the District 3 Conference.  I personally found the conference very inspiring and great fun to be around all those great women.  It filled me with the energy and desire to move our programs along and do some good work.  So bring a friend to the Membership Mixer and the Art Auction.  I’ll see you there.

 - - - - Connie

Zonta International Convention 2004

What’s New??!!

·            The New York City Dine Around 

To allow Convention goers the opportunity to visit a variety of New York City neighborhood restaurants and meet other Zontians from all over the world, we will offer the NYC Dine Around experience.  During five evenings, Zontians can partake of an escorted group dinners in a traditional American, Soul Food, Italian, Chinese, or Brazilian restaurant.  Pick the cuisine that appeals to you or take advantage of several different neighborhood restaurants over the course of the week.  Transportation to and from each restaurant will be provided.

·            The Marketplace 
Zonta shoppers will have the opportunity to purchase a wide variety of Zonta related items, sold by the Zonta Clubs of North America, in our extensive Marketplace.  Only clubs, not individuals, will be allowed to sell products.  Up to 250 tables of Zonta items will be displayed for your browsing enjoyment.  The profits of these sale items, which will be used to support club activities and projects, can be used as speaker gifts, souvenirs, and presents for Zontians back home

·            Open House 
We are working to offer Open House hospitality from members of Zonta Clubs and Districts all along the east coast of the United States.  Opportunities for Open House visits will be available from June 26^th to July 2^nd, before the Convention; and from July 9^th to July 15^th after the Convention.  Home stay and breakfast are included in the Open House program, and visitors are expected to pay transportation costs. 

The Silver Diner Revisited!

     Last spring we had an extraordinarily successful fundraiser at the Silver Diner at Tysons.  We were able to raise almost $500 for our Domestic Violence initiatives.  We are going to have the same opportunity this December.  We hope to be able to raise at least that amount, maybe even more working at the Silver Diner again. 

     Mark your calendars and get your aprons ready for Wednesday, December 10^th for another exciting time. We will hostess, wait tables, and deliver orders to all of the Silver Diner’s customers and all of our friends and family members whom we’ll invite to support our project.

     We will have sign up forms at the Membership Mixer on November 4th and at our holiday meeting in December for you to be a hostess, waitress or order deliverer.  Be thinking about how you want to help on December 10^th and get ready to put your name on the dotted line!

     Plan to invite all your friends and family and get ready to serve with a smile on your face! 

- - -  Anita Light

Little Bits of News

-            Marjorie Levitan is home from the hospital following a kidney transplant.  She tells Connie she feels much stronger already, but it’s going to be awhile before we see her at Zonta meetings.  Her donor is also feeling much better.

-          Mary Margaret Evans has asked for a leave of absence for the rest of the year because of her workload.