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About
Zonta Club of Toronto
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Chartered in 1927, Zonta Club of Toronto gave Zonta international status. Our founding members were outstanding women from varied walks of professional and businesss life. Over the years we have enjoyed the support of many important Canadians, including the Honourable Pauline McGibbon, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario; Helen De Laporte, a pioneer in special education, Mary Eileen Hogg C.M., founder of the Ontario Crafts Council and Margaret Hyndman, O.C., D.C.L. and the second female Q.C. in the British Empire.
Toronto Zontians have a long history of service to their community.
Zonta Club of Toronto meets the second Wednesday of every month at The Toronto Lawn Tennis Club, 44 Price Street, Toronto, Ontario M4W 1Z4.
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Donations in memory of Doris can be made to the Zonta Club of Toronto, c/o 41 Durie Street, Toronto. Ont. M6S 3E5 which will be used to support our local projects.
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About
Zonta International
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Zonta International is a worldwide service organization of executives in business and the professions working together to advance the status of women. There are approximately 35,000 members in more than 1,200 clubs in 71 countries.
Founded in 1919 in Buffalo, New York, USA, Zonta takes its name from the Lakota Sioux Indian word meaning "honest and trustworthy." Zontians volunteer their time, talents and energy to local and international service projects that are designed to advance the status of women.
Individual Zonta clubs extend membership invitations to local leaders in business and the professions.
Zonta supports women‘s education and leadership through several programs. The Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship Awards support graduate study by women in aerospace-related sciences and engineering. Since 1938, over US $4 million has been raised to support more than 800 scholarships.
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of Zonta International:
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(a) To provide service at the global and local level;
(b) To improve the legal, political, economic, educational, health and professional status of women;
(c) To work for the advancement of understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of executives in business and the professions;
(d) To promote justice and universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms;
(e) To be united internationally to foster high ethical standards, to implement service programs, and to provide mutual support and fellowship for members who serve their communities, their nations, and the universe.
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