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Zonta Club of Lafayette
Faith House
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Zonta
Club of Lafayette
has provided assistance to Faith House (a
local battered women's shelter) with time,
gifts and monies for sixteen years.
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Ditty
Bags - cloth bags with toiletries and
personal items for the women and children.
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Zonta Club of Lafayette has adopted a room at Faith House, The Yellow Rose Room and will maintain its upkeep. | ||||
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Zonta Club of Lafayette
Women’s Health Issues
Breast Health Symposium |
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Since 1993, the Zonta Club of Lafayette, the local chapter of the
American Cancer Society, and the Oncology Nurses from the local hospitals conduct
a Breast
Health Symposium to raise the
awareness of breast cancer and to honor
breast cancer survivors. |
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The Breast Health Symposium is held in October each year with speakers and booths presenting the latest information on breast health, prevention and research; and a Style Show is held to featuring and honoring breast cancer survivors | ||||
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Zonta Club of Lafayette Lafayette
Parish Fire Prevention Week Essay Contest |
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Since
1983 Zonta Club of Lafayette and the Lafayette
Consolidated Government Fire
Departments have worked together on
the Lafayette Parish Fire Prevention
Week Project
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To
educate the public, especially
children on fire safety in our
communities; To promote literacy
through an essay contest at parish
schools; To provide these services
to help save lives and property. |
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Since 1986 the Zonta Club of Lafayette has provided an 8-page coloring book for the fire station tours and fire education classes. | ||||
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Since 1997 the Zonta Club of Lafayette has sponsored an Essay Contest for 4th through 8th grades. The Fire Departments sponsor the Poster Contest for Kindergarten through 3rd grades. | ||||
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During the years since the 1997 awards, the
Zonta Club of Lafayette and several sponsors have donated funds to
defray the cost of the T-shirt Awards.
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T-shirts are awarded to the overall and
1st, 2nd
and 3rd place
winners of the Poster and Essay Contests
and to several of the Fire Prevention Bureau
workers. |
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The front of the T-shirts sport Lafayette beneath it while the back has the Zonta
International logo along with the
various T-shirt sponsors’ names or logos. |
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10,000
posters were distributed by the fire
department to the schools of Lafayette
parish.
Students submitted approximately
630 posters for the Poster Contests.
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120
essays were submitted to the fire
department for the Zonta Club of Lafayette Essay Contest. |
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Over 1000 children and adults were in attendance at the awards ceremony at the Cajun Dome on October 12, 2003 at 1:30 p.m. | ||||
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Zonta Club of Lafayette Literacy
Programs |
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Volunteer
Instructors Teaching Adults (VITA) |
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Reach
Out And Read - This Louisiana State University
State System Hospitals program allows doctors in pediatric clinics
to "prescribe" books for parents to read to
their children. The books are given
permanently to the parents and children, and the
Lafayette club replenishes the supply on a
regular basis. |
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Partners
in Literacy/Newspapers
in Education |
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Space Olympiad for Lafayette High School | ||||
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