Report from Golden Z Committee 2014-2016
Co-chairs: Tina Kwan, Lily Wu
The Golden Z Club of the Chinese University of Hong Kong continued to work to achieve the goals of Zonta International through services and advocacy.
Regular yearly projects included :
Promotion of goals and objectives of Zonta International and Golden Z Club; and to raise awareness of members of the university on different social issues at the Art Fairs in September
Promotion of International Women’s Day and Zonta Rose Day with posters posted around the campus in March
Care for the aged and deprived children through :
Elderly visits
Children Mentorship Programs for Children of grass-root families
Joint U (with Golden Z Club of HKU) services for children with hearing and speech difficulties
Joint U (with Golden Z Club of HKU) services for ethnic minority children
To work in line with Zonta International’s movement on “Zonta Says No Against Violence”, they participated at our Club’s “Say No-Step Out” press conference in November 2014. Followed with the “Cookies Drive to End Violence Against Women” project to raise fund from selling cookies made by disabled people of iBakery; proceeds raised were donated to Harmony Link to support their services to woman and child victims of domestic violence.
Golden Z members participated at the “Say No-Step Out” Press Conference
Cookies charity sales were held at university campus in March, in December within the 16 Days of Activism, and at our Club’s “Truffles Epicure Charity Dinner” in October.
The project won the third prize of the District Governor’s Outstanding Services Award at the District Conference in Bangkok in September 2015.
To further promote Zonta International’s “Zonta Says No Against Violence” campaign, “Zonta Says No” file folders were distributed to staff and students of the university to raise their awareness of the issue.
On top of their own service projects, they served as helpers at our Club’s fund raising “ Truffles Epicure Charity Dinner”.
They also took part at the joint-clubs Legco Mock Debates.
Joint Clubs Golden Z Mock Debate 2014
Our Golden Z member won the Best Performance and Most Popular awards at Mock Debate 2015
