Clubs & Organizations Provided by Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County Chamber of Commerce 1-800-225-7899 or 229-423-9357 Fax: 229-423-1052 www.fitzgeraldchamber.org AARP Chapter Name: Fitzgerald Pioneer Meeting Place: Senior Citizens Bldg. 253 Appomattox RD. Meeting Days: 1st Tuesday Meeting Times: 7:00 p.m. 1-888-687-2277 www.aarp.org
BLUE LODGE MASON Including BEN HILL SHRINERS & BEN HILL HILLBILLIES Jason Holt P.O. Box 744 423-0128 funeralguy@gmail.com
AMERICAN RED CROSS Tifton GA Chapter 211 4th ST West Tifton, GA 31794 229-382-3133 www.redcross.org
BUCKMASTERS AMERICAN DEER FOUNDATION, INC Joe Parrish P.O. Box 1074 426-5050 Fitzdls1@mchsi.com www.buckmasters.com
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 1-800-227-2345 Albany, GA – (229) 446-1073 www.cancer.org AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION Valdosta, GA - (800) 257-6941 Ext. 6094 www.americanheart.org AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY Jean Heninger 100 Halsey Street 423-7100 www.legion-aux.com
BEN HILL BASS CLUB Nate Wilson 229-425-5393
BEN HILL CO. EXTENSION/4-H CLUB Scott Carlson 406 W. Palm St. Fitzgerald, GA 31750 (229) 426-5175 dcarlson@uga.edu Jeri Gilleland - 4-H and Youth jgilland@uga.edu www.caes.uga.edu/extension/benhill BEN HILL CO. MINISTERIAL ASSOC. Rev. Godfrey O’Rear – President 423-8222 Rev. Brenda Lewis – Vice President Meets 4th Thursday @ Christian Kitchen 6:00 p.m. www.ministerialassociation.com
CHRISTIAN KITCHEN Steve O’Neal 408 E. Jessamine ST. P.O. Box 1195 426-5483 DOGS HELP KIDS Jeannie Bolstridge 645 Dewey McGlamry RD. 425-1572 www.dogshelpkids.org info@dogshelpkids.org CIVIC LEAGUE
John K. Fletcher 814 N. Logan Street COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS Becky Gay P.O. Box 362 423-7933 www.cisga.org www.facebook.com/cisfitzbenhill beckygay@windstream.net COLONY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION Steve Pair – President 426-5033 Meet 1st Thursday of each Month @Fitzgerald Utilities Community RM dstudstill@fitzutilities.com fitztourism@mchsi.com
www.facebook/melonchunkers
DAR Daughters of the American Revolution www.dar.org nathanielabney.georgiastatedar.org DELTA KAPPA GAMMA
Kathy Lovett 173 Pansy RD. 409-5592 www.deltakappagamma.org DEPT. OF LEISURE SERVICES Joe Parrish P.O. Box 1074 426-5050 Fitzdls1@mchsi.com ELKS LODGE #1036 Tracy McKie – Exalted Ruler Jim Sellars - Secretary 105 E. Roanoke Dr. P.O. Box 1036 423-6000 – Lodge 426-5400 – Jim Sellars Emergency 229-831-6687 www.elks.org FITZGERALD ARTS COUNCIL Brandy Elrod 120 S. Lee ST. P.O. Box 537 426-5035 www.fitzgeraldga.org
fitzartscouncilcarnegie@yahoo.com FITZ./BEN HILL BAND BOOSTERS
Avery Cooper – Band Director 601 W. Cypress ST. Fitzgerald, GA 31750 229-409-5574 Meet 1st Monday @ 7:00 p.m. in the High School Band Room. coopera@ben-hill.k12.ga.us FITZGERALD BLUE & GRAY MUSEUM Alesia Davis 116 N. Johnston Street 426-5069 www.fitzgeraldga.org bgmuseum@mchsi.com
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 4 pm Sunday 1 pm - 5 pm Admission: $3.00 per adult, $1.00 per student, $2.00 per adult for groups of 10 or more
FITZ. LIONS CLUB Sabrina Cox (President) Cindy Freeman (Treasurer) 468-2091 Meet at Turkey Creek Dining & Golf www.lionsclubs.org bonnie.kelly@wiregrass.edu http://e-clubhouse.org/sites/fitzgerald FITZGERALD-BEN HILL CO.
POLICY COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES (Family Connection) Beelena Davis P.O. Box 5125 426-5040 Fax: 426-5041 www.gafcp.org benhillfc@mchsi.com
FITZ. HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB President - Mike Smith Vice-President - Bill Bryant Secretary - Stan Bryant Treasurer - Hal Wiley P.O Box 2 229.425.3400 www.purplehurricane.com Each Monday at 7:00PM at the new field house until the end of the football season and on the first Monday of each month after football season FITZGERALD JAYCEES Barry Peavey P.O. Box 130 423-4321 www.wildchickenfestival.com bpeavey@cbcfitzgerald.com
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Fitzgerald/Ben Hill Co, HFH Michael Ruffin PO Box 5198 423-9732 www.habitat.org ruffinml@gmail.com KIWANIS CLUB Cauley Bowen P.O. Box 741 www.kiwanis.org Meet every Wednesday @ 12:00 noon Turkey Creek Dining & Golf
NAACP (Ben Hill Co. Branch#5171) Rev. James Davis (President) R.L. Holland (1st Vice President) 424-9424 Robert Leverson (2nd Vice President) 423-4533 Vanessa Melton (Treasurer) Ola Mae Coffee (Secretary) P.O. Box 1151 www.naacp.org OPTIMIST CLUB Mike Sherret 122 Manassas Place P.O. Box 5132 423-7012 www.optimist.org PILOT CLUB
Teresa Paul - President 423-7933 www.pilotgeorgia.org MARS-MCDONALD POST 99 THE AMERICAN LEGION Jim Clark (Adjutant) 423-8585 P.O. Box 353 Meet 2nd Thursday @7:00 p.m., 816 N. Main ST. www.legion.org MONITOR ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (MEP) Vanessa Melton
Mrs. Burnice Street Mrs. Edwina Jordan P.O. Box 804 600 S. Monitor DR. 426-5057 or 426-5367 (After school & Summer Program K-8) www.monitorenrichment.cfsites.org monitorenrichment@mchsi.com ROTARY CLUB OF FITZGERALD Kyle Cook-President Steve Gibbons - Treasurer P.O. Box 207 Meet every Tuesday 12:00 @ lunch Turkey Creek Dining & Golf www.fitzgeraldrotary.org
SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER Catherine Posey, Director 252 Appomattox RD 426-5085 www.benhillcounty.com/seniors.htm