Greetings sister Zontians,

Zonta’s year is off to a great start. We had a successful 20th anniversary Golf Tournament and participated in the Out of the Darkness walk in September; we awarded the 2014 Klausman Scholarship to Elizabeth Fitzgerald and learned about women’s nutrition from Nancy Dell at our September meeting; we are planning Soldier On events, preparing for the Fall District Conference to be held in Springfield later this month, the Founder’s Day Celebration on November 10th and the 2nd annual International Marketplace on December 8th!

As the Board lines up other priorities for 2014-2015 we encourage you to let us know your ideas for speakers and events. We also ask you to propose projects for the Service Committee to consider. The form for that purpose is at zontaqv.org/resources.

We have a special guest for our October dinner meeting. Milagros Johnson, Director of the Springfield Mayor’s Office of Consumer Information, will enlighten us on issues of identity theft and scams, and how to protect ourselves from potentially becoming a victim. Please invite friends or colleagues who would be interested in this topic. Guest counts should be reported to me by October 15th.

Also, please be sure to bring items for the two baskets we are assembling for the Fall Conference: Chocolate & Wine and Holiday Celebration are the themes.

At the installation in June, we were reminded that each of us is an integral piece of the larger puzzle. Your efforts—large and small—are critical to our overall success as a club. Thank you for your teamwork.

Janet DaSilva, Co-President
dasilvaassoc@msn.com   323-4906