{"id":48150,"date":"2023-11-06T21:45:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T02:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=48150"},"modified":"2023-11-06T21:45:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T02:45:29","slug":"batavia-zonta-club-partners-with-richmond-library-to-provide-comfort-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/06\/batavia-zonta-club-partners-with-richmond-library-to-provide-comfort-boxes\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Zonta Club partners with Richmond Library to provide comfort boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"48151\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/06\/batavia-zonta-club-partners-with-richmond-library-to-provide-comfort-boxes\/attachment\/1000068626\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1000068626.jpg?fit=%2C&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1000068626\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1000068626.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1000068626.jpg?w=900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48151\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>From right: Karen Czajka, Samanth Basile and Andre Miller\/provided photo<\/em><\/strong> <em><strong>and information<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Zonta Club of Batavia-Genesee County has partnered with the Richmond Memorial Library to tackle Period Poverty in our community. On Wednesday November 1st, members of the Zonta Club delivered $500 of menstruation products for the library&#8217;s \u2018Comfort Boxes\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richmond Memorial Library began providing these \u2018Comfort Boxes\u2019 in their restrooms to anyone in need of personal hygiene products. The Journal of Global Health Reports disclosed that two-thirds of the 16.9 million low-income women in the United States are unable to afford menstrual products in the past year, with half of this number having to choose between menstrual products or food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Zonta Club of Batavia-Genesee County partnered last year with donations to the Community Closet and will donate further products to Community Action of Orleans and Genesee later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From right: Karen Czajka, Samanth Basile and Andre Miller\/provided photo and information The Zonta Club of Batavia-Genesee County has partnered with the Richmond Memorial Library to tackle Period Poverty in our community. On Wednesday November 1st, members of the Zonta Club delivered $500 of menstruation products for the library&#8217;s \u2018Comfort \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/06\/batavia-zonta-club-partners-with-richmond-library-to-provide-comfort-boxes\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[4012],"class_list":["post-48150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","tag-the-zonta-club-of-batavia-genesee-county"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-cwC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17125,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/06\/01\/genesee-county-zonta-club-announces-scholarship-recipients-for-2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":48150,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Zonta Club announces scholarship recipients for 2020","author":"aka","date":"June 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release The Zonta Club of Batavia-Genesee County is pleased to announce the names of the recipients of their annual scholarships for the graduating class of June 2020.\u00a0 Many of the scholarships are named for former club members for their dedication to Zonta International\u2019s mission and to local club projects\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Genesee County&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Genesee County","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/genesee-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/zonta-10.jpg?fit=1113%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/zonta-10.jpg?fit=1113%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/zonta-10.jpg?fit=1113%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/zonta-10.jpg?fit=1113%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/zonta-10.jpg?fit=1113%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9139,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/05\/15\/genesee-county-zonta-club-awards-scholarships-to-eight-seniors\/","url_meta":{"origin":48150,"position":1},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Zonta Club awards scholarships to eight seniors","author":"aka","date":"May 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Left to right-Jadan Torcello, Madison Dedman, Emily Boldt, Emma Finch, Mary Warner, Mary Vandenbosch, Mary Kockmanski, not pictured Kristen Gloskowski. 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She will be attending RIT in the fall enrolled in the Physician Assistant Program. Maybelle Ellis Science Scholarship-$1000-Tate Fonda, a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Genesee County&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Genesee County","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/genesee-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tate-Fonda-Zonta-Winner-2021.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tate-Fonda-Zonta-Winner-2021.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tate-Fonda-Zonta-Winner-2021.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tate-Fonda-Zonta-Winner-2021.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13807,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/02\/07\/genesee-county-zonta-club-getting-ready-for-their-spring-luncheon-at-batavia-downs\/","url_meta":{"origin":48150,"position":3},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Zonta Club getting ready for their spring luncheon at Batavia Downs","author":"aka","date":"February 7, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Left to right-Teresa Tamfer, Henry Wojtaszek, Mary Bucceri, Mary Yunker\/Co-Chair and Heather Parker\/Co-Chair The Zonta Club of Batavia\/Genesee County is getting ready for their Spring Luncheon, Jungle Safari Basket Raffle, at Batavia Downs on March 7, 2020. 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