YOUNG WOMEN IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS (YWPA)
Are you ready to enter the Young Women in Public Affairs 2012 competition?
If you are a young woman aged 16-19 studying in the Greater Victoria area- why not check with your counsellor and see if this might be an award you would like to pursue? Your counsellor should have on this award. Download an application form by clicking FORM (or form-97 if you are using Word 97). Keep February 18 free for a short interview with the judges.
While you're completing the application materials, remember a member of the Zonta Club of Victoria is available to mentor applicants. Mentoring is for clarification only, and to assist with applicants' understanding the "bigger picture" represented by the questions. For assistance, please send an e-mail, with YWPA question in the subject line, to zonta.victoria@gmail.com
Bear in mind, your submission deadline is January 18, 2012 extended to January 21, 2012 because of weather challenges. Applicants may drop off their materials at the reception desk at St Margarets School.
What is YWPA anyway?
Zonta International believes young women are the key to women’s advancement in the field of Public Service. The YWPA awards are given annually to young women who have demonstrated their leadership skills and interest in civic causes through their work in community services and in the volunteer sector.
If you are a young woman aged 16 to 19, a volunteer and involved with student groups or clubs in your school or your community- consider entering.
A panel of judges mark and rank the applications based on a set of criteria developed by Zonta International. There are two awards: one at $1500 and the other at $750. First prize winner competes at the district level and possibly the international level.
Some past finalists:
 2010- Victoria Finalists
from left to right: Caroline Wong, Kelly Twa and Chelsea Ruiter
photo by Bennett Guinn
2009- Victoria Finalists
 Rosie Mazzola, chosen by District 8 as the top candidate from this District is pictured here between Dora Dempster, YWPA Chair 2009, and Sue Morgan, President Zonta Club of Victoria 2009
2009 finalists, pictured left to right, were Sarah Allan, Allison Weick and Rosie Mazzola.
photo by Bennett Guinn
For more photographs of this most exciting event, please visit our photo gallery by clicking here: YWPA2009
Congratulations International Winner Celia White
 Celia White, winner of the 2008 YWPA award from the Zonta Club of Nanaimo went on to become one of the International YWPA winners. Celia is pictured here with her mother and Governor Terri Turi at the Governor's Seminar, 2008.
2008 - Victoria Finalists
Brittany Cooper -- Oak Bay Secondary
Rose Jang -- Esquimalt High Sithanda Ntuka -- Pearson College
Sithanda Ntuka was the winner of a $1500 scholarship.
2007- Victoria Finalist Emily Claire Peiffer, 2007 YWPA finalist from the Zonta Club of Victoria, became the District 8 Award Winner for Zonta's Young Women in Public Affairs Competition! District 8 includes Alaska, British Columbia, down to the California border and across to and including Idaho. Zonta Victoria is extremely proud of Emily!
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