New Member – District 1 Membership https://membership.zontadistrict1.org Recruit, Retain and Build Capacity Sat, 30 Sep 2023 14:39:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 194902826 New Member: Gale Taylor https://membership.zontadistrict1.org/2023/09/30/new-member-gale-taylor/ https://membership.zontadistrict1.org/2023/09/30/new-member-gale-taylor/#respond Sat, 30 Sep 2023 14:39:51 +0000 https://membership.zontadistrict1.org/?p=526 Gale’s journey has taken her from being an EMT and volunteer to a high-tech professional, advocate, and loving parent.
Gale graduated from Lafayette College with a degree in Psychology and a Certificate in Secondary Education, leading to a career in the high-tech industry. She held various roles of increasing responsibility, including Product Manager at Digital Equipment Corporation, Marketing Manager at Oracle Corporation, and Linux Strategist at IBM.

In retirement, Gale continues to serve her community as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), advocating for the rights and well-being of children within the legal system. She is also a passionate supporter of Zonta International, empowering women and girls globally.
Family is Gale’s cornerstone. She and her husband raised two biological children and welcomed an adopted 8-year old daughter from Russia into their loving family.

]]> https://membership.zontadistrict1.org/2023/09/30/new-member-gale-taylor/feed/ 0 526 New Member: Theresa Robinson https://membership.zontadistrict1.org/2023/09/30/new-member-theresa-robinson/ https://membership.zontadistrict1.org/2023/09/30/new-member-theresa-robinson/#respond Sat, 30 Sep 2023 14:34:27 +0000 https://membership.zontadistrict1.org/?p=521 My name is Theresa Robinson, I am the very proud mother of 2 wonderful young adults who are free thinkers and follow their dreams. My son Parker is learning to be a brewer at a local brewery and has a lovely girlfriend and 2 beautiful cats (my grand kitties) and my daughter Kat recently moved to Florida to go to Tattoo Artisty School she also has 1 cat (my grandkittie). I have a fantastic husband who has always been supportive of my crazy antics and been there for us through everything 🙂
I grew up in Southern California but moved to NH as a middle schooler…. What a great time for a big change!  I have lived mostly in Concord my adult life, but recently moved to Candia, back to my homestead to help with my mom after my dad passed away.  I have worked as a nurse at Concord Hospital for almost 30 years, most of that time in the ER, worked as a SANE nurse for about 15 of those years, and more recently slowed down and moved to pre/post-op care.
My husband and I have always enjoyed traveling and have been all over, mostly to warm climates. Out one true love is Costa Rica and we now visit twice a year with a plane to semi-retire there in the next few years!
Zonta was introduced to me by the Raycraft women (Donna & Robin) and I am looking forward to joining this group, getting involved and helping out with the many wonderful things that I have seen and heard that we do for not only our community, but for many others and for women in need from all over.
Thank you for having me🙂
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]]> https://membership.zontadistrict1.org/2023/09/30/meme/feed/ 0 515 New Member – Robin Raycraft https://membership.zontadistrict1.org/2023/09/30/new-member-robin-raycraft/ https://membership.zontadistrict1.org/2023/09/30/new-member-robin-raycraft/#respond Sat, 30 Sep 2023 14:03:20 +0000 https://membership.zontadistrict1.org/?p=512 Robin Raycraft
Concord NH Club
While Robin is a new official member, she is carrying a family torch and has been to many Zonta events. Robin is a therapist who has her own practice locally.  Robin has long been an advocate for mental health and has dedicated her life’s work to empower, educate and treat individuals and families. With over 25 years in the field, she takes great pride in her work and truly loves what she recognizes as her life’s calling.
If this did not keep her busy enough, she is a single Mom of 3 beautiful children. The eldest just started college, the middle is a senior in High School and the youngest, whom she adopted as a teenager, is a junior. Robin also has a soft place for animals and has adopted several of them as well and some might say she has a small farm with her five dogs, 3 cats, a bunny, a guinea pig and some chickens. Her favorite people in the world call her Mom.
Robin loves to be part of her community and especially if it includes raising the status of women, she even named her first chicken Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
Robin was welcomed by the Concord Club, but invited by her own Mother with whom she also loves to spend time with and has inspired her in her advocacy work as well.
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