Please join us as we celebrate and honor our YWL Awardee, Lithra Sankari!
The Zonta Club of Morristown Area
Cordially invites you to join us as we celebrate and honor our
2025 Young Women in Leadership Awardee Lithra Sankari!
The Event is being held at: The Florham Park Diner
182 Ridgedale Avenue, Florham Park, NJ
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
6:30 – 8:30pm
Cost for the evening is $40, which includes dinner. Any additional donations support Zonta and its mission to improve the status of women locally and internationally through service and advocacy. Please book through our website, or, email: zontamorris@gmail.com
Young Women In Leadership Announced!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Zonta Club of Morristown Area Zonta Young Women in Leadership Award Recipient Named MORRISTOWN, NJ — March 21, 2025 — Lithra Sankari of Parsippany, NJ was named the recipient of the 2025 Zonta Club of Morristown Area Young Women in Leadership Award. She is receiving a $1000 award.
The goal of the Zonta Young Women in Leadership Award is to encourage young women to participate in leadership positions by recognizing a young woman’s commitment to the volunteer sector, evidence of volunteer leadership achievements and a dedication to building a better world for women and girls.
Applicants are asked to reflect on their voluntary commitment to their school and their community and the problems limiting the empowerment of women in their own country and worldwide. The Zonta Young Women in Leadership Award program looks to the young women of today for the leaders of tomorrow.
Ms. Sankari was named the 2025 Zonta Club of Morristown Area Young Women in Leadership Award recipient. Ms. Sankari intends to pursue neuroscience with a minor in public health and to eventually work in a hospital or public health setting. The combination of Lithra’s intellectual curiosity and compassion put her in the forefront of our candidates. She feels that implicit bias is a narrative that needs escaping. “The more we begin to take on leadership and pursue our desired careers, we build a space for the future generation of girls to feel empowered.”
Applications for the 2026 Zonta Young Women in Leadership Award will be available in July 2025 at zonta.org/ZontaYoungWomeninLeadershipAwards. Applicants aged 16-19 on April each year, studying at a secondary school, college or university in a Zonta district, or who are studying elsewhere but are citizens of a Zonta country at the time of application, are eligible to apply. The application process must start with a Zonta club and applicants may use the Club Locator to find the nearest Zonta club. Applicants must contact the Zonta club for deadline information.
Zonta International (www.zonta.org) is a leading global organization of individuals working together to build a better world for women in girls. More than 26,000 members in 64 countries work together to make gender equality a worldwide reality for women and girls. Since 1923, Zonta International has provided more than US$50.9 million to empower women and girls and expand their access to education, health care, economic opportunities and safe living conditions. Contact: Maria Brodeur Ludwig Chair, Young Women in Leadership Award Zonta Club of Morristown Area Email: zontamorris@gmail.com https://zontamorristown.com/
Murder Mystery Fundraiser!
Like a good "Whodunit?" Fancy yourself a detective? If so, then please join the Zonta Clubs of Morristown Area and Essex County as we host 🎭 the Billionaires’ Club Masquerade Ball Fundraiser for our Scholarships!
These funds go to support future leaders in women and girls. (Masquerade attire optional, Venetian masks encouraged!)
There will be door prizes and a Best Mask Prize!
To purchase tickets go to https://lnkd.in/gktbfDr6
Spring Fundraiser!
Spring is around the corner! We are partnering with Three Rivers Wreath & Plant Company to offer a wide selection of spring flower bulbs PLUS various seed packs, seed kits, and accessories. Help us earn the funds we need to both support and empower women and girls within our community by placing an order through our fundraiser webpage by April 27th. In order to support Zonta Club of Morristown, please enter our group code: F36575 Please visit our fundraiser webpage to select your spring-time essentials, learn more, and share with your fellow garden-guys/gals!
Wreath Fundraiser for Scholarships!
The Zonta Club of Morristown Area has partnered with Three Rivers Wreath & Plant Company to offer you fresh & fragrant balsam fir wreaths, indoor seed kits, winter scents and more for holiday decorating and gift-giving. By purchasing a beautiful wreath that will last throughout the holiday season, you are helping to support the Zonta Club of Morristown Area's scholarship programs! Please click on the link below and place your orders by December 1st, 2024! ❄️
Barbara King Woodhull was a loyal and devoted member of the Zonta International Club of Morristown Area for decades. Her life is a litany of good works for others. We will miss her and thank our friend and president, her daughter Barbara Jean Woodhull, for sharing her mom with us. BKW's legacy will continue in Zonta. Memorial gifts can be made in her name by clicking on the Donate button in the yellow box at the top of the webpage.
Zonta of Morristown Area Names YWPA Recipient
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Young Women in Public Affairs Award 2023 Recipient Named
MORRISTOWN, NJ — April 26, 2023 — Sarina Dang of Montville Township, NJ was named the recipient of the 2023 Zonta International Zonta Club of Morristown Area Young Women in Public Affairs (YWPA) Award.
The goal of the YWPA Award program is to encourage young women to participate in public affairs by recognizing a young woman’s commitment to the volunteer sector, evidence of volunteer leadership achievements and a dedication to the empowerment of women.
Applicants are asked to reflect on their voluntary commitment to their school and their community and the problems limiting the empowerment of women in their own country and worldwide. The Zonta International YWPA Award program looks to the young women of today for the leaders of tomorrow.
Ms. Dang was named the 2023 Zonta International Zonta Club of Morristown Area YWPA Award recipient because she stated that: “Her high school journey of community service, led her to have an interest in a governmental and political career”. Ms. Dang intends to pursue Political Science on a Pre-Law path at Syracuse University, and to eventually have a future in the United States government. She believes women should take measures to realize a more equitable distribution of power between the sexes in government and in all leadership positions.
Applications for the 2024 Zonta International YWPA Award will be available in July 2023 at zonta.org/YWPAAward. Applicants aged 16-19 on April each year, studying at a secondary school, college, or university in a Zonta district/region, or who are studying elsewhere but are citizens of a Zonta country at the time of application, are eligible to apply. The application process must start with a Zonta club and applicants may use the Club Locator to find the nearest Zonta club. Applicants must contact the Zonta club for deadline information.
The Zonta Club of Morristown Area is seeking people interested in community service. Some of the organizations the Club Service Fund supports are: Homeless Solutions, Safer NJ (formerly NJ Coalition Against Human Trafficking), Operation Holiday, Centenary Stage Company’s Women Playwright’s Series, Jersey Battered Women’s Service (JBWS), and the Girl Scouts (GSNNJ), as well as numerous other community-based projects.
Zonta International (www.zonta.org) is a leading global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy. More than 27,000 members in 63 countries work together to make gender equality a worldwide reality for women and girls. Since 1923, Zonta International has provided more than US$46.3 million to empower women and girls and expand their access to education, health care, economic opportunities, and safe living conditions.
The 2023 Young Women in Public Affairs Award Application is now available!
Deadline for Application is February 21, 2023. Please share this information with eligible young women.
Zonta Morristown Area Names YWPA Recipient
MORRISTOWN, NJ — June 9, 2022— Isabel Lin of Kinnelon, NJ was named the recipient of the 2022 Zonta International Zonta Club of Morristown Area Young Women in Public Affairs (YWPA) Award.
The goal of the YWPA Award program is to encourage young women to participate in public affairs by recognizing a young woman’s commitment to the volunteer sector, evidence of volunteer leadership achievements and a dedication to the empowerment of women.
Applicants are asked to reflect on their voluntary commitment to their school and their community and the problems limiting the empowerment of women in their own country and worldwide. The Zonta International YWPA Award program looks to the young women of today for the leaders of tomorrow.
Ms. Lin was named the 2022 Zonta International Zonta Club of Morristown Area YWPA Award recipient because of her International Awareness and activities in school. Ms. Lin intends to pursue economic anthropology and to eventually assist and mentor economically disadvantaged communities. She wants “to be the mentor who impacts young women by teaching them about finance. By providing women with financial knowledge, they can make financially-sound decisions and break the cycle of financial distress.”
Applications for the 2023 Zonta International YWPA Award will be available in August 2022 at zonta.org/YWPAAward. Applicants aged 16-19 on April each year, studying at a secondary school, college or university in a Zonta district/region, or who are studying elsewhere but are citizens of a Zonta country at the time of application, are eligible to apply. The application process must start with a Zonta club and applicants may use the Club Locator to find the nearest Zonta club. Applicants must contact the Zonta club for deadline information.
The Zonta Club of Morristown Area is seeking people interested in community service. Some of the organizations the Club Service Fund supports are: Homeless Solutions, Safer NJ (formerly NJ Coalition Against Human Trafficking), Operation Holiday, Centenary Stage Company’s Women Playwright’s Series, Jersey Battered Women’s Service (JBWS), and the Girl Scouts (GSNNJ), as well as numerous other community-based projects.
Zonta International (www.zonta.org) is a leading global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy. More than 28,000 members in 63 countries work together to make gender equality a worldwide reality for women and girls. Since 1923, Zonta International has provided more than US$46.3 million to empower women and girls and expand their access to education, health care, economic opportunities and safe living conditions.
Contact:
Maria Brodeur Ludwig YWPA Award Chair Zonta Club of Morristown Area
Prior to the Pandemic, the Zonta Club of Morristown Area had been coordinating a Service Project with Homeless Solutions. Sadly, however, that had to be put on hold. But now with the world opening up again and need being so keenly felt, we were able to send an initial monetary donation to Homeless Solutions. Please feel free to peruse the letter of thanks sent by Ashley Montesano.
Our Vision: Zonta International envisions a world in which women's rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential.
In such a world, women have access to all resources and are represented in decision-making positions on an equal basis with men.
In such a world, no woman lives in fear of violence.
For more information about the Zonta Club of Morristown Area or Zonta International, please click on the "Learn about membership" link!
