Every two years the Minneapolis Club votes in a new beneficiary and sometimes it stays the same for a while. Club Members are encouraged to invite program directors to speak to the Club about their particular projects and needs. They must fulfill the criteria of the Zonta goal, to improve the status of women and their children.

Service Project for 2010-2012

Our current Zonta Minneapolis Service Project is Alexandra House. Alexandra House is a non-profit organization located in Blaine & Anoka which provides 24-hr emergency shelter, support services & community advocacy to victims of domestic & sexual violence. All services are free. Their mission is: “To empower victims of domestic & sexual violence, and inspire social change, through education, support and advocacy”.

Alexandra House serves approximately 2700 victims annually.

Past Service Project

Wayside Treatment Center
Established in 1954, Wayside House is one of the nation’s oldest treatment centers devoted exclusively to the needs of women. Wayside House began as the vision of Sarah Mary “Sally” DeVay, a Honeywell employee who created a home for women who had “fallen by the wayside” and energized the business community, psychiatric professionals, and faith communities to help. For these first women and girls suffering from homelessness and unemployment, Wayside House was often the only home they had ever known.

Much more than a treatment center, Wayside provides intense, personalized, caring, and long-term support to help women not only recover from addiction and mental illness, but also achieve their full potential as parents, workers, and community members.