{"id":5522,"date":"2023-07-13T19:46:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T19:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zontadistrict2.org\/oswego\/?page_id=5522"},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:06:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:06:02","slug":"history-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zontadistrict2.org\/oswego\/history-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:50px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:360px;--awb-align-self:center;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:60%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SatfR-xxjPQ?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:25px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 40; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\" data-fontsize=\"40\" data-lineheight=\"48px\">The History of Zonta Club Oswego<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:25px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-font-size:16px;\"><p>The Zonta Club of Oswego was founded on June 9, 1955. Since its inception, the Zonta Club of Oswego has been an active participant in the betterment of our community and has made a strong commitment in implementing Zonta International\u2019s objective of \u201cadvancing the status of women worldwide\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Funds for local service projects, scholarships and International outreach programs are raised through auctions, Oliver Paine sales in May, Christmas Wreath sales in December and an annual fund raising dinner.<\/p>\n<p>The Zonta Club of Oswego has had a long-standing relationship with Services to Aid Families (SAF), the local domestic violence program. The club provides both financial support and promotes awareness of their programs throughout the year. We began partnering with them in 2017 to put on our 1st annual Witches Ball, which helps to raise money for SAF services. We outgrew our first venue so last year we had to move it to a bigger venue. We welcomed over 300 witches. We look forward to our Third Annual Witches ball on October 25, 2019 at the Lake Ontario Event and Conference Center from 7 &#8211; 11.<\/p>\n<p>Zonta Club of Oswego celebrated its 60th Anniversary in 2015 and held a celebratory dinner in June of 2016 where Assemblyman Barclay was presented a resolution on the Assembly floor to recognize Zonta Club of Oswego for a successful 60 years as a club. The Zonta Club of Oswego is now part of New York State history because of this resolution.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ff9XfTPZiR064pv-oq1-E91N4PiW75bF\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read all about our history here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1955-1965<\/strong> During the 1950\u2019s the Zonta Club of Oswego worked closely with the Girl Scouts to provide young women with opportunities to develop leadership skills. The club sponsored area Girl Scouts so they could attend the annual camporee in Kingston, Ontario.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1965-1975<\/strong> In the 1960\u2019s the club focused on funding a bike safety program at the Campus School, promoting Oswego\u2019s growth and revitalization by having luncheons featuring prominent local leaders, collected magazines to forward to other countries through the \u201cMagazines for Friendship\u201d program, sponsoring bloodmobiles for the Red Cross, and continuing their work with the Girl Scouts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1975-1985<\/strong> In 1976, \u201cInternational Women\u2019s Year\u201d Zonta honored local women in the area newspaper.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1985-1995<\/strong> In cooperation with the International Book Project, Oswego Zontians collected and sent books to Ghana. The Amelia Earhart Woman of Achievement fundraising dinners began. Scholarships were provided to high school and non-traditional college women.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1995-2005<\/strong> The club provided financial support for mammograms for low-income women, and continued fundraising efforts for scholarships through the Amelia Earhart Dinner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2005-2010<\/strong> We began contributing to vital programs that advocate for women by supporting the Services to Aid Families (SAF) and promoting efforts to address domestic violence in our community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2010-2015<\/strong> During the early part of 2010\u2019s Zonta members became part of Literacy Volunteers Scrabble Fest, their annual fundraiser. We have been able form at least one team a year for the past 5 years. We have organized an International Women\u2019s day celebration for the last 3 years. In 2016, we made it into a symposium and included young girls and STEM activities. In 2014, Zonta Club of Oswego began working with our local SAF services to promote, Zonta Says no to Violence against women. During this year\u2019s 16 days of activism, a club member made an Orange woman that traveled around to different business and captured photos of community supporters of the campaign to add to our Facebook page. We are using social medial, press releases and twitter to get information out about Zonta Club of Oswego.<\/p>\n<p><b>2016-Present <\/b>The Zonta Club of Oswego continues to help &#8220;build a better world for women and girls&#8221; through a variety of service and advocacy programs such as the Witches Ball to support Services to Aid Families, Maker Madness, a STEAM event co-sponsored by SUNY Oswego; scholarships provided to women in our community; social media campaigns during the 16 Days of Activism; participation in Oswego Pride events and so much more. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5522","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zontadistrict2.org\/oswego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zontadistrict2.org\/oswego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zontadistrict2.org\/oswego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zontadistrict2.org\/oswego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zontadistrict2.org\/oswego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5522"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zontadistrict2.org\/oswego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6120,"href":"https:\/\/zontadistrict2.org\/oswego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5522\/revisions\/6120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zontadistrict2.org\/oswego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}