The Jonesborough Civitan Club is a member of the Appalachian District of Civitan International. It was chartered in 1947. Civitan International sponsors such national activities as Special Olympics and the Civitan Research Center (Birth defects and Mental Retardation) at the University of Alabama Medical Center in Birmingham Alabama. They also manage and direct the Jonesborough Civitan Club Wheelchair Project.
Jonesborough Civitan Club |
The Jonesborough Civitan Club sponsors the Miss Historic Jonesborough Scholarship Pageant & provides wheelchairs to needy individuals without health insurance coverage. Past donations have included: Youth Basketball and Baseball, Boys State, Halloween Haunts and Happenings, Buffalo Mountain Camp. In the past projects have included Girl's Scouts, Christmas Food Baskets for Needy Children, The Jonesborough Heritage Alliance, the Historic Jonesborough Visitor's Center, The Jonesborough Veteran's Park, the Jonesborough area Adult Center, The Washington County Public Library, a Picnic Pavilion at Wetland's Water Park, and The Civitan Gazebo in Mill Springs Park.
Civitan Wheelchair Project Committee pictured with new Miss Historic Jonesborough, Erin Eberhart. Left to Right: Elmer Harmon, Erin Eberhart, Wheelchair Project Committee Chairman Marion Light, Fred Phillips, Todd Smith and Bill Wildman. |
The Organization is founded on the principles of Fellowship, Education, Leadership and Citizenship. Anyone interested in becoming a member can call 753-4522 or 794-8200 for more information. The club meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month at Pansy's Pantry in Jonesborough beginning at noon, visitors are welcome.
Jonesborough Gazebo
in Mill Springs Park |
Jonesborough Civitan Club-Sponsored
Crime Victim's Christmas Tree |
 The Jonesborough Civitan Club recently voted to make a donation to the Ryan Clark Memorial Fund. Ryan Clark was a Resident Assistant from Virginia Tech who was killed trying to stop the gunman during the shootings at Virginia Tech recently.
 Civitan members across the world are remembering Virginia Tech shooting victim Ryan Clark, who was a key volunteer at a Civitan summer camp for developmentally disabled children and adults. Clark, who was a resident assistant in West Ambler Johnston Hall, was one of the very first victims of the shootings at Virginia Tech this week. Civitan International has established a memorial fund today to honor Clark, who volunteered every summer at Camp Big Heart in Atlanta, Georgia since he was fourteen. The fund will be used to expand Camp Big Heart's mission, and provide camp experiences for even people with developmental disabilities.
Contributions can also be made by calling toll free (800) CIVITAN, extension 101. |
