Anne M. Gobi, Massachusetts State Representative, has been chosen by the Zonta Club of Quaboag Valley to receive its Founders Day award. She will be honored at the Club’s dinner meeting on March 12, 2012 5:30 at Ludlow Country Club, 1 Tony Lema Drive, Ludlow, MA
Rep. Gobi was first elected to the Mass House of Representatives in 2001 and represents the 11 towns of the 5th Worcester District. Prior to entering the Legislature Anne taught public high school and attended Mass School of Law in the evening. Anne opened her own law practice in 1996 and worked with Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Massachusetts to provide free legal services to victims of Domestic Violence through their office and various shelters in Central Mass. Anne has continued to advocate for a number of issues that affect victims of Domestic Violence, and presently, as a member of the Women's caucus, has cosponsored bills to update 209A restraining orders to give victims greater protections and enhancing the ability of law enforcement to act on the orders.
The Founders Day award is given annually to a woman in the greater Quaboag area who exemplifies the ideals of Zonta International, a service organization of business and professional women. Past recipients of the award include Erin Pincine, Bonny Rathbone, Nancy Fletcher, Gertrude (Trudy) Canterbury, Kathleen Conley Norbut, Janice Marciniec, Mary Ann Rigali, Tess Pelissier and Janice Kucesicz.
The public is invited to help us honor Representative Gobi. RSVP by March 1, 2012 ~~ either send a check ($18/pp, payable to ZQV) with names of all attendees to Marge Cavanaugh, 57 South Street, Three Rivers, MA 01080 OR email/call Marge with reservations and pay $20/pp at the door. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it / (413) 283-6448
LUDLOW, MA – New York Times Notable author, Michael White, will be the featured speaker at the February 13, 2012 dinner meeting of the Zonta Club of Quaboag Valley at the Ludlow Country Club. He will share his experience on researching and writing Beautiful Assassin - a breathtaking tale of love, loyalty, and intrigue set in the early days of World War II. As the beleaguered Soviets struggle to hold back the rising German tide at Sevastopol, a fearless female sniper inspires hope during her nation's darkest hour. Word of the 
extraordinary Soviet heroine, Tat'yana Levchenko, reaches American First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who invites the beautiful assassin to tour the United States with her. For the Russians, Tat'yana's visit is an opportunity to gain support and valuable U.S. intelligence. But Tat'yana knows she is a pawn in a deadly game of treachery and deceit, forced to question the motivations of everyone around her . . . even the dashing and sympathetic American captain assigned as her translator. And then, as suddenly as she rose to international fame, Tat'yana vanishes without a trace.
We are very proud to be working with a group of women veterans staying in a transitional housing program at the Northampton Veterans Administration Leeds, MA campus. The women live in a duplex cottage which houses 12 women, in two double bedrooms and eight single bedrooms. In December, we visited the program with lots of gifts, including gently worn winter coats, scarves, handmade quilts, jewelry, and handmade Christmas stockings filled with practical items for each woman. In return we were treated to home made sweets and great company!
