Overflow parking for the luncheon will be at city lot 24. The linked parking pass will need to be put on the dashboard of vehicles parking at those locations. Parking is prohibited in slots assigned to the city.
Trolleys will be running to Capitol Plaza Hotel from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. coming through Handley Way between the lots. There will be a trolley stop sign where people can gather for pickup, and the trolleys will have extra copies of the parking pass should you need one. |
2024 WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT YELLOW ROSE LUNCHEON
Celebrating Women With Grit Location: Capitol Plaza Hotel Date: THURSDAY May 23, 2024 Celebration Speaker: Senator Holly Thompson Rehder Time: Luncheon 11:30-1 pm 
The Zonta Club of Jefferson City, Missouri is pleased to announce that the Celebration Winner and Speaker at the 2024 Yellow Rose Luncheon will be Senator Holly Thompson Rehder. Senator Rehder has represented District 27 in the Southeast of Missouri since 2020. Prior to that, she served District 148 in the House of Representatives from 2013-2020.
The theme of the 2024 Luncheon is “Celebrating Women with Grit”. Senator Rehder is a prime example of such women. In her memoir, Cinder Girl: Growing Up on America’s Fringe which was published in 2022, Senator Rehder describes her life growing up on welfare and Greyhound buses. She and her sisters were moved repeatedly and rarely finished a full year at the same school. She was married at the age of 15 and a mother by the time she was 16. Despite all her disadvantages, Senator Rehder was able to break out of the cycle of poverty to become the successful woman she is today. |
SPONSORSHIPS
The 23rd Annual Women of Achievement Yellow Rose Luncheon, sponsored by the Zonta Club of Jefferson City Foundation, will be held Thursday, May 23, 2024, at the Capitol Plaza Hotel. Zonta is an international organization of professional women committed to building a better world for women and girls through service and advocacy. Our local Zonta Chapter has made a commitment to the advancement of women by awarding Second Chance Scholarships to assist local women who want to advance or start new careers. The Second Chance Scholarship Program has changed the lives of many local women. We have awarded nearly $400,000 in scholarships to date!
As our 23rd Yellow Rose Luncheon Celebration Speaker, Senator Holly Thompson Rehder will share her story of perseverance and sheer determination. Growing up on welfare, food stamps, and Greyhound buses, Senator Rehder quit school at fifteen to help take care of her mother and younger sister after a devastating car accident. Getting married and pregnant soon thereafter, like so many other young girls caught in the poverty-cycle, Sen. Rehder decided that the life she had been born into was not what she intended to give her child. But unlike others who wind up mired in a lifetime of poverty, dysfunction, and despair, she used her resourcefulness, faith, and sheer stubborn American grit to fight her way out of the gutter. Two decades later she was a successful businesswoman. And today, she is a rising political star who serves as an inspiration to young women across the state of Missouri—and indeed, the entire nation—all while never forgetting where she came from. Senator Rehder works diligently to help so many others born into seemingly helpless circumstances. We hope you will join us as we celebrate women with grit.
In addition, we will honor a “Lifetime Achievement Winner” and twelve nominees for their contributions and achievements. Two of these women will be chosen as Zonta’s “Women of Achievement.” Please join us as we celebrate “Women with Grit.”
This year Zonta is supporting women-owned businesses at the Zonta Expo, which will continue in the atrium of the Capitol Plaza Hotel from 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Space is limited, if you’re interested in participating, please contact Becky Miller at (573) 230-5527 to reserve a space.
If you have questions about sponsorship, please call or email us using the contact information below. We look forward to working with you and seeing you at this year’s event!
Sincerely,
Jennifer Schnieders
2024 Sponsorship Chair
[email protected]
573-680-3178
