Peconic Bay Zonta Donates Backpacks to Butterfly Effect Project

Above, Peconic Bay Zonta members Betsy Kaplan (left) and Liala Strotman sit amidst a mound of backpacks their organization recently donated to the Butterfly Effect Project, a Riverhead-based nonprofit community group that works to empower young girls by giving them tools to help them achieve academic success and self-confidence. Peconic Bay Zonta is affiliated with Zonta International, which has members in 66 countries working together to improve the lives of women and girls. The local Zonta chapter is always looking for new members who share their passion for thinking globally and acting locally.

Below, Kaplan and Strotman are joined in the photo by Peconic Bay Zonta member Mary Ann Miller (left); Tijuana Fulford (right), Founder and Executive Director of the Butterfly Effect Project; and several of the girls enrolled in the program.