Denise Brown purchasing raffle tickets for the Opportunity Quilt.

$500.00    Gold Level Event Sponsor - Zonta Club of Grants Pass Oregon Foundation Club members supported the event with service of time as greeters at the VIP Reception at the Bear Hotel, tickets sellers and takers at the Grants Pass Performing Art Center, selling tickets on the Opportunity Quilt, raffled at the end of the event, and clean up of the spaces. Members dontating time included: Jeanie Martin, Carol Dickson, Karen Doyle, Candy Havercroft, Francie Michelon, Lisa Woodruff, Cindy Moir, Helen Garber, Connie Sloper and Beth Williams who served as the 2007 and 2008 IVHSA Board Chair.  Member sponsors included: Platinum Level - Cherryl Walker w/ Martin P. Hill M.D. Silver Level - Hart Insurance (Dudee Rembert), Logan Design (Lisa Woodruff) Community Partner sponsors: Platinum Level - Ogden Roemer Wilkerson Architecture, Lisa Keller Gold Level (along with Zonta) - AAUW, Batzer Inc. Construction Services, Wild River Pizza, The Glass Rail Outfitters Silver Level -Picket Fence Fabrics (with member Carol Dickson), Holiday Inn Express. We were thrilled that the winner of the beautiful Opportunity Quilt (see photo) created by member Carol Dickson was won by a Domestic Violence survivor Zontian from another District 8 Club. 

METHAMPHETAMINE SUMMIT: In June of 2006 and January of 2008, the Zonta Club of Grants Pass Oregon sponsored community summit meetings to bring representatives of our community together to determine current asseets and efficiencies as well as gaps in services and resources. Over thirty parties with expertise in needs and services attended in 2006 and over fifty in 2008. As a result of the frank discussions, attendees formed a task force and initiated action to fill the gaps. By January of 2008, the Josephine county Methamphetamine Task Force was meeting monthly, had designed and posted a web page filled with information and links to services. Several committes formed during the 2008 Summit to design and implemnet an intensive PR campaign, while another plans to encourage participation by area employers. Zonta is proud of the role it played in generating energy and focus for improvement in this critical area of community concern.