Status of Women Award nominations open

ONEIDA, N.Y. >> Members of the Oneida Area Zonta Club will celebrate Rose Day in conjunction with International Woman’s Day by presenting their annual Status of Women Award for 2019.

The award is to recognize a woman from the greater Oneida area whose projects and programs best express the ideals of Zonta International through service and advocacy in promoting the advancement of women. The recipient will be honored at a public reception to be held on March 20, 2019.

The nominee should be a woman who resides or works within the greater Oneida Zonta Club area, and who is a visible advocate for women’s issues by her leadership participation or originating projects that address community issues.

Such advocacy is not limited to, but might include issues like domestic violence, literacy, health, quality of living conditions, education, politics, journalism, peaceful understanding/goodwill, justice/equality in working conditions, and more.

All area residents are invited and encouraged to join Zonta in the selection of a deserving candidate for this award.

The deadline to submit an application is Dec. 31, 2018.

For applications to nominate a candidate, request one from a Zonta member, email oneidazontaaward@yahoo.com, download the application from http://oneidazonta.org, or write to: Zonta Club of Oneida PO Box 199 Wampsville, N.Y. 13163