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Who S Carroll? 2011 Who are our civic/service clubs? www.starnewsga .com StarNews april 3,2011 Page 17 The Carrollton Civic Woman’s Club by Carole Scott The Carrollton Civic Woman’s Club (CCWC) is part of the largest women’s volunteer organization in the world, the world-encompassing General Federation of Women’s Clubs. It is also a part of the Georgia Federation of Woman’s Clubs, which has been well known in Georgia for over a century as a result of its owner ship and operation of the Tallulah Falls School, a day and boarding college pre paratory school in the mountains of Northeast Georgia. This “light in the mountains” provides a home away from home for boys and girls in the 6th through 12th grades. In addition to the Tallulah Falls School, the CCWC, which was founded in 1968, supports the Carrollton Cultural Arts Center; youth art; art in education; arts and crafts competitions; Curtis Garden operation and mainte nance; Keep America/Carroll Beautiful; local recycling; the Neva Loamson Library and its Friends; local school libraries; Literacy is for Today and Tomorrow (LIFT); Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy; Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Program; Hospice; local soup kitchen, Alzheimer’s Support Group; local nursing homes; Tanner Medical Center; Alice’s House; DFACS; CASA; UNICEF; Operation Smile; World Food Day; international students at the University of West Georgia; local deployed military personnel; Women’s Emergency Shelter; Good Samaritan House; Carroll Veteran’s Park; Ronald McDonald House; Rape Crisis Center; the local men’s shelter; and the Boys and Girls Club. In 2010, the CCWC’s 55 members provided 18,150 volunteer hours and a total of $58,779 of in kind donations and $165,101 in cash. Some members worked in the elections office and at the polls. One member spoke at the Rape Crisis Center regarding Hispanic women’s safety. Another was co-chair of “A Grand Night for CASA”. In kind dona tions included toiletries, cell phones, food, clothing, toys, paper products, and luggage to the local women’s shelter. Care packages sent to military personnel serving in the U.S. and. in the Middle East accounted for some of the in kind donations. Cash donations included $1,192.00 donated to historical sites and $2,050 to historical societies, including the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Bowdon Historical Society, Friends of Carrollton Depot, Mt Vernon Ladies, See CIVIC WOMAN’S Cl.HR nave 7f, ■ ' <fe'" " 1 1 '"liHiilili.-" 1 " Shown above is the CCWC Executive Board and Community Service Projects and Committee Chairs. Front Row: Georgia Simons (Corresponding Secretary), Edith Maxwell (Recording Secretary), Laura Miller (President), Clancy Haslam. Back Row - Martha Thurman (Parliamentarian), Sandra Law, Nancy Tunnell, Gwyn Chesnut, Susan Smith, Helen Fay Lewis, Linda Camp (2nd Vice President), Nancy Johnson (1st Vice President) Priscilla Bennett, Martha Ann Saunders. Not shown are Ginny McGee and Eleanor Hoomes. CARROLLTON COLLISION CENTER Proudly serving strange food since 1994.,. www.carroIltoncollisioncenter.com 95 Triangle Court • Carrollton 770.214.9300 www, cornerca fecarrollton. com we'd love to cater your next party! 770.834.9805
