Welcome to . . .

the Zonta Club of Guelph, part of Zonta International, a worldwide service organization of executives in business and the professions working together since 1919 to advance the status of women. The Zonta Club of Guelph was founded in 1979. The club invites you to visit our site to learn more about our club, our fund raising initiatives and how you can become a member.

Special Announcements/Upcoming/Past Events

International Women's Day (IWD) Breakfast -- Come help us celebrate IWD on March 8, 2012 at the Italian Canadian Club. Keynote speaker -- Janet Wilson, Eden Mills – prize winning author, artist, activist.  See our poster for further details. Fax order form.  

2012 Young Women in Public Affairs Award -- This year's deadline is February 15th.  The Guelph club is offering a $1000 award to a young woman from the Guelph-Wellington area who is pre-university or pre-college.  Please see this year's application for further details.

Birthing Kit Assembly --  The next assembly will occur on March 31, 2012. Details on location and start time to follow.

Betty Thompson Golf Classic (2011) -- Thanks to everyone who helped make our 14th annual golf classic a success!  The tournament raised over $23,000.

Birthing Kit Assembly -- The Guelph club teamed up with the Cambridge club on November 6, 2010 to assembly 1000 birthing kits. Our kits will be added to 3000 other kits from the KW, Stratford and Brampton-Caledon clubs for a total of 4000 and will be taken to Haiti by the Mennonite Central Committee for distribution in December.  

What is a Birthing Kit? One hundred and twenty million women give birth every year, 86% deliver in developing countries, 60 million of these are women who either have the assistance of a Traditional Birth Attendant or no assistance at all. Half a million women die annually, many from infection, tetanus and other complications. For every woman who dies in childbirth, around another 30 women (15 million) incur injuries and infections, many of which are often painful, disabling, embarrassing and lifelong.

Birthing Kits save lives and reduces suffering by providing for a clean birth.