Zonta Club of Northern Beaches was formed in 1977.
Club#: 762 / Area 1 / District 24
Meetings are a dinner meeting held on the fourth Monday of every month, starting at 7pm and concluding by about 9.00pm.
ZCNB supports local and global projects which advance the status of women.
Who We Are
The Club was charted as the Zonta Club of Warringah in 1975 with 14 Charter Members when Maggie Vale, a member of Sydney1 Zonta Club and senior staff member of Fairfax who lived on the Northern Beaches, invited local business women to join her in a local Club. Sydney1 became the new club’s sponsor, organiser and mentor. Maggie Vaile was the first President, and the Guest of Honour at the Charter was Lady Helen Cutler, the wife of the Governor of NSW. In June 2003 the Club changed its name to its current name, the Zonta Club of Northern Beaches Inc.
Long term members include Jenny Cole-Clark who remained an active member from 1975 to 2007, 32 years, and the Club’s longest serving member Ana Deleon who has been a member since 1977, 44 years!
The Club charted the Mackellar Girls Campus Z-Club in 2014.
What We Do:
Every year since our Charter, the club has advocated for the advancement of the status of women through numerous fundraising and advocacy events.
The Club’s first fundraiser was held at Avalon Theater in 1975 to support the victims of Cyclone Tracy. Since then, the Club has long term ongoing projects including its October Advocacy Dinner, an International Women’s Day Breakfast, and Australia Day Breakfast. All events are widely supported by the community.
The Club has raised money to buy a Guide Dog; and funded a Water well in Sri Lanka; provided overseas financial support to a school in Kenya and currently to two school girls in the Solomon Islands.
Service projects have addressed the Zonta priorities of health, education and economic self-sufficiency of women and girls. Some of the service projects include sewing over 2,500 Breast care Cushions, fundraising and packing over 57,400 Birthing Kits, providing Kitchen Starter Kits for women moving to new units at the refuge. The Club supports women and girls through education and work skills grants under the motto:
“Educate a woman and you educate her Family. If you educate a girl, you educate the future”.
The Club has an active campaign to encourage applicants for the Zonta Young Indigenous Achievement Award and the Zonta Young Women in Public Affairs Award.
In 2015 representatives of the Club joined the Northern Beaches Domestic Violence Network and they are now the Secretary for the Network.
In addition, we support Zonta International service projects by sending a proportion of funds raised to Zonta International to support self-help programs worldwide, in partnership with organisations like UNIFEM and UNICEF.
In 2019 the Club was honoured to be awarded the International Women’s Day Pittwater Women of the Year Award by the Hon. Rob Stokes, for the Club’s ongoing commitment to the community.
How We Operate
The club gathers for service, advocacy, fellowship or governance through the following:
*Special events
*Fundraising events
*Formal club meetings
*Formal board meetings
Our Club Board and Committees
For most of its history the Board of the club has comprised: President, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer/ Service Chair, Secretary, and three Directors. The three Directors usually represent a committee. Currently we follow the ZI standing committees and all other club business are run on a project/portfolio basis.
Our Club has the following committees:
Advocacy, Service, Status of Women, Z-Club, PR, IWD, Membership, and Breast Care Cushions.
