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ZONTA SERVICE FUNDS at WORK!

ALLOCATED MAY 2010 by ZONTA CLUB OF MPLS

Wayside House (2009-2010 beneficiary) $5,000

2010-2011 new beneficiary runner-ups:
- Common Bond $1,500.
- Jeremiah Program $1,500.

Young Women in Public Affairs Scholarships:
- 1st Place Blia Xiong $1,000 (St Paul Central High School)
- Runner-up LaVina Branscomb $350 (DeLaSalle High School)
- Runner-up Nancy Phetsamone $350 (Roosevelt High School Runner-up)
- Rosaura Ramos $350. (DeLaSalle High School)

Myrtle Lee Scholarship winners:
- 1st Place Danae Curtis $1,000
- Runner-up Holli Wilson $500
- Runner-up KeeAnn Nelson $500

Additional 8 applicants awarded $250:
- Jenna Clobes $250
- Annmarie Manuntag $250
- Audrey Blanchard $250
- Michelle Miller $250
- LaQuonna Young $250
- Briana Thompson $250
- Yvonne Butler $250
- Kaniesha Miller $250

Jane Klausman Women in Business scholarship:
- Diloromkhon Umarova $500 (sent to district further award consideration)

White House Project $300

Faith?s Lodge $300

Women In Maasai Village of Kwale $400
(Purchase of goats/chickens to gain self-sufficiency)

Donation to Zonta International for international projects, $4,000:

1. Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Rwanda
2. Safe Cities for Women in Guatemala City & San Salvador
3. Reduction of Obstetric Fistula; Liberia