Zonta Club of Caboolture - Service

Our Service

Zonta Club of Caboolture participate in local and international service projects that are in line with our mission, focused on education, empowerment, ending gender-based violence and more.

Local service projects

Our local service projects include:

breast cushions
Centre Against Domestic Abuse
PCYC (Girls at Risk)
Caboolture Community Action
Domestic Violence Emergency Housing Projects
Micah Projects (Caboolture Young Mothers for Young Women)
Open Minds (supporting women with mental health)
consideration of applications for assistance from individuals and community.

International service projects

Our international service projects include:

birthing kits
Alola (Timor-Leste)
support for Zonta International projects

Grants and awards

Our grants and awards include:

Sandra Cooke STEM award, a grant of $1000
Banksia Awards for Year 11 girls, Encouragement Award, in local high schools
J. M. Klausmann - Young Women in Public Affairs - STEM
Amelia Earhart Award (Aviation and Space)

Burpengary Police Station Project
A local service project

In 2023, together with Burpengary Police Station, Zonta Club of Caboolture assisted to revamp a room "soft room" used to interview victims of crimes including domestic violence. We helped to make the room a more comfortable and welcoming safe place for women and children.

Additionally, Zonta members refreshed the garden at Burpengary Police Station. We planted flowers donated by Bunnings Morayfield. Orange pavers were laid in the shape of Z symbolising "Zonta says NO to domestic violence" and also in recognition and support for all who have experienced domestic violence.

Safety contacts

Our Local Service Projects

Breast Cushions

We provide breast cushions for women recovering from Breast Cancer treatments. Our cushions are supplied to the local Caboolture Hospital and Caboolture Private Hospital. At our recent Breast Cushion Day, we gathered to stuff and sew 150 breast cushions ready to be delivered to the local hospitals.

Centre Against Domestic Abuse

Zonta Caboolture continues to support the Centre Against Domestic Abuse operating locally by providing:

donations of petrol and food vouchers, and
producing information magnets and safety cards relating to domestic violence.

Ongoing support for Domestic Violence victims

Zonta Caboolture has extended its project with Burpengary Police Station and now supports Caboolture Police Station and the victims of domestic violence that require their support and services.

We provide supplies for the Safe or Soft room at the police stations where interviews take place. Monthly donations include blankets, pillows, colouring books and pencils for the young children who are impacted by domestic violence. These donations are provided to the children when they visit the Safe or Soft room.

If you would like to contribute to this project contact us or make a donation.

Local Zonta events

Our International Service Projects

Birthing Kits

A key international service project for Zonta Caboolture is assembling birthing kits. According to World Health Organisation in 2020 approximately 287,000 women died during and following pregnancy and childbirth.
Zonta Birthing Kits help reduce the risk of infection and bleeding for women giving birth and the risk of death. We buy the kits for $5 each from Birthing Kits Foundation Australia and assemble them ready to be shipped around the world.

Certificate of Appreciation

Zonta Club of Caboolture is recognised for 17 Clean Birth Kit Assembly Days hosted since 1999 and contributing to a world in which all women and girls have access to a clean and safe birth by Birthing Kit Foundation, Australia.