FUNDRAISING

Big Hats & Bow Ties Kentucky Derby

Saturday, May 3, 2025
4:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Urban Prime – 2435 Metfield Drive Melbourne, FL 32940

 

Please join us in your Derby Best for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres!
Tickets are $150 per person and space is limited.

The Derby proceeds support vital programs positively impacting the lives of women and girls, fund local scholarships, community service projects and contributing to the fight against human trafficking and violence against women at local and international levels.

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Big Hats & Bow Ties Kentucky Derby 2025

Sponsor this Event

Triple Crown Sponsor (1)

$5,000

  • Your company prominently featured on all event promotional materials, including pre-event advertising, social media – Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and the Zonta Club of Melbourne website
  • Opportunity to distribute Marketing Materials at the event
  • Company recognition at the event
  • Company banner displayed at the event – provided by sponsor
  • 2-3 minute speaking opportunity at the event
  • 8 admission tickets to the event
  • 2-Page story about your business in the annual EverthingBrevard.com July Print Magazine
Triple Crown Sponsor

Home Stretch Sponsor (4)

$3,000

  • Your company prominently featured on all event promotional materials, including pre-event advertising, social media – Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and the Zonta Club of Melbourne website
  • Opportunity to distribute Marketing Materials at the event
  • Company recognition at the event
  • Company banner displayed at the event – provided by sponsor
  • 1-2 minute speaking opportunity at the event
  • 6 admission tickets to the event
Home Stretch Sponsor

Churchill Downs Sponsor (6)

$2,000

  • Your company prominently featured on all event promotional materials, including pre-event advertising, social media – Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and the Zonta Club of Melbourne website
  • Company recognition at the event
  • 4 admission tickets to the event
Churchill Downs Sponsor

Winner’s Circle Sponsor (8)

$1,000

  • Your company prominently featured on all event promotional materials, including pre-event advertising, social media – Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and the Zonta Club of Melbourne website
  • 2 admission tickets to the event
Winner's Circle Sponsor

HISTORIC BREVARD CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS

HISTORIC MELBOURNE/BREVARD ORNAMENTS are offered exclusively by the Zonta Club of Melbourne.

Ornaments can be bought at Meehan’s Office and Art Products in Downtown Melbourne or ordered online with the Ornament Order Form on our site.

Since 1999 Zonta has picked an Iconic Historical Landmark here in Brevard County and made it into an ornament for purchase. You can purchase one ornament or the entire collection. This is a great gift for that hard to shop for person on your Christmas list who already has everything.

All proceeds of ornament sales benefit local scholarship programs, community service projects and the local and international fight against Human Trafficking and Violence Against Women.

Historic Brevard Christmas Ornaments
Zonta Luncheon
Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Home in Mims Ornament 2024
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Moore Memorial Museum & Park
Ornament Collection Guide

2025 Chocolate Festival Winners

1st Place – Urban Prime with Prime Decadence Fudge
2nd Place – Skewers Mediterranean Grille with a Gluten-Free Flourless Cake Layered w/Chopped Hazelnut and White Chocolate topped w/ Dark Fresh Chopped Hazelnut
3rd Place – Cynful Snacks and Cakes with a Chocolate Ganache Dome – Dubai Pistachio Kunafa Filling and Chocolate Pistachio Brownie

1st Place – Urban Prime

First Place - Urban Prime with Prime Decadence Fudge
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2nd Place – Skewers Mediterranean Grille
Second Place - Skewers Mediterranean Grille with a Gluten-Free Flourless Cake Layered w/Chopped Hazelnut and White Chocolate topped w/ Dark Fresh Chopped Hazelnut
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3rd Place – Cynful Snacks and Cakes
Third Place - Cynful Snacks and Cakes with a Chocolate Ganache Dome - Dubai Pistachio Kunafa Filling and Chocolate Pistachio Brownie
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Upcoming Events

May 3, 2025 – Big Hats & Bow Ties Derby Party – Urban Prime, 2435 Metfield Drive, Melbourne 32940
June 20-22, 2025 – North American Inter-District Meeting – Novi, Michigan
October 2-10, 2025 – Bikers Against Trafficking Rode Warriors Project
July 11-14, 2026 – 67th Zonta International Convention in Vancouver, Canada

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