Mrs Barbara Thompson, QSM, for services to the community and women
Barbara Thompson is the Service Coordinator and Almoner for the Zonta Club of Mana, and has previously been President and Vice-President of the Club. She has led a variety of community projects, including Zonta’s relationship with the Arohata Women’s Prison. She organises a Christmas lunch for young mothers from He Huarahi Tamariki, a school for teenage parents in Porirua, and helped set up a scholarship at the school to fund a top student into tertiary study. Mrs Thompson established a relationship with the WELLFed community kitchen, where Zonta has supported the funding of kitchen equipment and training needs.