Nanaimo Club Happenings

Zonta Yellow Rose Day in Nanaimo, Sarah Sorgiovanni, a student at Vancouver Island University, performed the songs she recorded for the Olympics in February: This is the Time and Electric.

Sarah is with Corinne Stewart, Charter President of the Zonta Club of Nanaimo, at the club's celebration of International Womens Day and Zonta's Yellow Rose Day.

The beautiful faces of Zonta: left to right: Yvonne Quintyn, president of the Zonta Club of Montreal, originally from British Guyana; Ronny Plas, long time member of the Zonta Club of Nanaimo; originally from Den Haag,the Netherlands and Dr. Lytta Pereira, YWPA Chairman for the Zonta Club of Nanaimo and originally from Mangalore, India.

They are very busy celebrating at the Nanaimo club's Zonta Red Gala for womens heart health research in early February. Another successful venture.

New Zontian, Lauryn Oates, District 8, Nanaimo, British Columbia; (in red) with Global Studies students from Vancouver Island University: Gabrielle Bishop, Katie Durbin and far right: Celia White,(Zonta International YWPA 2008).

Oates is an international development specialist and human rights activist for Afghan women and girls with a focus on literacy and education. Lauryn Oates cofounded Canadian Women for Women Afghanistan while in her teens; she is now a Phd candidate in language and literacy and will spend time in 2010 in both Afghanistan and Uganda.

Oates will speak in Nanaimo for International Womens Day and Zonta Yellow Rose Day in March.

From our Citizenship Court ceremonies , two of them, on Wednesday, February 24th , in Nanaimo. Yes, we had to take the photo of the new Canadian, the young lady from Russia; who still has her head in Russia but her heart in Canada...... they were from 29 different countries of origin. Both occasions were so positive and full of energy; all ages, all sizes. And we did serve Nanaimo bars with the coffee.

The Zonta Club of Nanaimo has been volunteering for Citizenship and Immigration, for these occasions, for 14 years; it is as rewarding for our members as it is for our new citizens.

International Womens Day, Nanaimo, BC, Canada..... Speaker: Lauryn Oates, Canadian Women for Women Afghanistan; member of the Zonta Club of Nanaimo.

Lauryn Oates, Canadian Women for Women Afghanistan, speaker for International Womens Day in Nanaimo, March 5 2010. Donna Hardstaff, club president. Lauryn is also a member of the Nanaimo club.

International Womens Day, Nanaimo; a member in the burqua from Afghanistan.

Left to right:Dominique Saab, YWPA recipient; Donna Hardstaff, club president, Sarah Sorgiovanni, soloist who entertained with the inspirational songs from the Olympics, a sold out event; the largest ever for this day with Zonta Nanaimo.

Zonta Club of Nanaimo; International Coastal Cleanup, September 2009. Pipers Lagoon Park, Nanaimo.

Zonta Nanaimo members celebrating Year of the Tiger with friends from Multicultural Society and Peking duck of course.