Zonta’s February LifeForward workshop is intended to help participants understand how to easily and properly file their taxes, including allowable tax credits and requirements, officials announced Tuesday.

The workshop is scheduled for Sat., Feb. 21, at Savia Community Center, 23780 Newhall Ave. in Newhall, according to a news release.

The workshop will be presented by Zontian Laura Peckham Troost and David Troost, both certified public accountants, according to a news release.

The program runs from 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., and women who arrive by the 10 a.m. start time are entered in a drawing for a free gift certificate, according to a news release. Free childcare is available for women who register in advance at (661) 288-0117, Spanish translation can also be provided with advance request.

Workshops focus on such topics as personal lifestyle, career and job search skills, divorce and child support and other topics requested by participants, according to a news release.

Zonta offers the free LifeForward workshops, usually on a monthly basis, in cooperation with Single Mothers Outreach, Domestic Violence Center, Habitat for Humanity and Los Angeles County Department of Child & Family Services, according to a news release. A schedule of upcoming workshops is available here.

About  Zonta Club of Santa Clarita Valley

Improving the Lives of Women through Service, Advocacy, and Awareness.

The Zonta Club of Santa Clarita Valley, founded in 1974, is a dynamic organization of more than 60 professional women working together to advance the status of women in the Santa Clarita Valley through service, advocacy and awareness.

The Zonta Club of Santa Clarita Valley is a proud member of Zonta International, an organization with more than 30,000 members belonging to more than 1,200 Zonta clubs in 67 countries and geographical areas. Zonta International has consultative status with the United Nations and is the means by which we participate in service projects around the world.

We seek to:

• provide service at the global and local level;
• improve the legal, political, economic, educational, health and professional status of women;
• work for the advancement of understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of executives in business and the professions;
• promote justice and universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms;
• be united internationally to foster high ethical standards, implement service programs, and provide mutual support and fellowship for members who serve their communities, their nations, and the universe.