Overview
Our Work
Early Historical Highlights
Membership
Overview
College Park Woman's Club, Inc. was established in 1896
in College Park, Georgia. Our affiliations include the General
Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC) and the Georgia Federation
of Women's Clubs (GaFWC).
The General Federation — the largest, non-denomination,
non-partisan, international service organization in the world
— donated 17 million hours and $50 million to 173,295
volunteer projects between 1998-2000.
The Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs founded Tallulah
Falls School in 1909 with one room and 21 boarding students
from nearby mountain areas. Today the school, still owned
and operated by the Georgia Federation, has 112 students,
27 buildings and 600 acres.
The 134-member College Park Woman's Club meets monthly in
its beautiful Camellia Hall, listed on the National Register
of Historic Places. The club has served the community for
106 years supporting not only its own projects but those of
the General Federation and the Georgia Federation.
Club members, as active leaders, help shape the character
and beauty of College Park through:
- active participation in community associations, beautification,
library and educational endeavours, conservation, the arts,
and philanthropy
- forging partnership with other organizations to enhance
the quality of life
- serving as members on Planning Commission, Board of Zoning
Appeals, College Park Housing Authority, Business and Industrial
Development Authority
- serving as the city's hostess
- opening Camellia Hall for civic, social, and governmental
events
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Our
Work
The members of the College Park Woman's Club opt for one
of the six arts to work in and one which suits their interests.
| Art |
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Arts and Crafts such as photography,
painting, ceramics |
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Performing Arts |
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Art Appreciation |
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Special Projects |
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| Conservation |
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Energy awareness and options |
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Preservation of natural resources |
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Waste management |
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| Education |
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Schools — tutoring, mentoring, sponsorship
of contests |
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Libraries |
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Tallulah Falls School support |
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| Home
Life |
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Enrichment of the home in areas of child
care, cooking, health, decorating |
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Expanding educational opportunities |
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| International
Affairs |
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Work in relief organizations such as UNICEF,
Save the Children Foundation |
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| Public
Affairs |
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Awareness and participation in local, state,
and national government |
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Political issue activism |
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Get Out the Vote campaigns |
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Early Historical
Highlights
| 1896 |
College Park Study Club founded with 15
members |
| 1906 |
Chartered in 1906 as the College Park Woman's Club.
First club in Georgia to make a contribution to the Tallulah
Falls School. |
| 1913 |
With 73 members, offered a Cox College scholarship to
a College Park girl.
Floral Committee of the club distributed flowers to the
YWCA, Old Ladies' Home, Cox College, the Martha Home and
2,000 white pinks (carnations) to all the churches on
Mother's Day.
Supplied flowers for decorations on soldiers' graves. |
| 1914 |
$225.00 raised to pay the yearly salary of the College
Park Cemetery sexton. |
| 1919 |
Sponsored entertainment at For McPherson and Camp Gordon.
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| 1922 |
Planted Road of Remembrance, 300 crepe myrtles and dogwoods
along railway right of way. |
| 1930 |
College Park Woman's Club sponsored a community Thanksgiving
Service, which now is the oldest continuous service in
the country. |
| 1942-45 |
38,818 surgical dressings produced by club members for
US military
290 knitted items
1,935 volunteer hours to American Red Cross |
| 1946 |
Membership was 205.
Established fund to purchase medicine for needy and orphaned
children and pay for visiting nurses when needed. |
| 1949 |
First woman's club in Georgia to donate to Cerebral
Palsy Society of Georgia
Worked to establish College Park Public Library |
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College Park
Woman's Club welcomes membership inquiries
Membership in the College Park Woman's Club is an opportunity
and committment to work with other women to improve
the social, cultural, and physical needs of the community.
For more information, please contact:
Membership Chairman
College Park Woman's Club
3412 N. Main Street
College Park, GA 30337
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