Cherokee Outdoor YMCA

For more information, contact (770) 591-5820.

Cherokee Radio
Control Flying Club

Contact: Gene Smith, (770) 345-6535.

Cherokee Running Club

Meeting: Second Thursday at 7 p.m.
Contact: Suzanne, (770) 928-4239 or Dexter, (770) 926-8513.

Foothills Running Club

Contact: John McCusker, (770) 924-9504.

Newcomers Club of
Towne Lake

Open to anyone - new or long-time residents. Contact: Margie Gainer, (678) 445-5105.

Wildlife Action, Inc.

Wildlife Action is a conservation organization that teaches kids about the great outdoors.
Meeting: Third Sunday at 1 p.m.
Location: Wildlife Action, 2075 Kellogg Creek.
Contact: WLA Office, (770) 924-7464 or Linda Grubbs, (770) 516-9371.

Woodstock Youth
Track Club

Practice: Tuesdays & Thursdays at 5:30 p.m.
Location: Woodstock High School track.
Contact: Linda Bommicino, (770) 591-8806.
E-mail: bommicin@us.ibm.com.

Support Organizations

Alzheimer/Dementia Support Group

Meeting: First Thursday.
Location: Atria, 1000 Professional Way. Contact: Atria Woodstock, (770) 926-0119.

Breast Friends

Your Breast Friends is a support group for women who have experienced breast cancer.
Meeting: Monthly, Location: TBA.
Contact: Wanda Hoofnagle, (770) 516-9092.

Cherokee County
Children & Adults with Attention Deficit
Disorders (CHADD)

Meeting: Second Monday from 7 - 9 p.m.
(No meetings in December or during Summer). Location: Woodstock Church of Christ.
Contact: (770) 381-8687, x 1.
Web site: 

Cherokee Moms Club

The Cherokee Moms Club is a group of at-home parents who get together with their children.
Contact: Lorraine, (770) 844-1906 or Lauren, (678) 445-5465.

Emotions Anonymous

Emotions Anonymous is a twelve-step organization dedicated to helping people work toward recovering from emotional difficulties.
Meeting: Every Friday, 7 p.m.
Location: Good Shepard Lutheran Church.
Contact: Kim K., (678) 445-0158.

Home Schoolers
of Woodstock

Contact: Laurie Hallock, (770) 928-5814.

La Leche League
of Woodstock

Mother-to-mother group to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding.
Meeting: First Tuesday 9:30 a.m.
Location: Bascomb United Methodist Church.
Contact: Allison, (770) 592-9821 or Marguerite, (770) 974-8530.

Mothers & More

Mothers & More is a support group for women who have altered their career paths to take care of their children at home.
Meeting: First and Third Wednesdays.
Location: Towne Lake Kroger.
Contact: (770) 326-6176.

Special Needs
Awareness Program (SNAP) of
Cherokee County

A service provider to families of children with special needs.
Meeting: Third Thursday, 7 p.m.
Location: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.
Contact: Alyssa Allen, (770) 517-9970.
Childcare is provided with RSVP.

Woodstock Chapter, AARP

Meeting: Second Tuesday, 11:30 a.m.
Location: Fresco Cucina Rustica.
Contact: (770) 517-9437.

Towne
Lake
Area
Clubs

South Cherokee
Optimist Club

Meeting: Every Friday at 7:30 a.m.
Location: Featherstone's at Towne Lake Hills.
Contact: (770) 926-3522.

Woodstock Jaycees

Meeting: First Tuesday & third Thursday.
Location: Woodstock Jaycees Community Center, 216 Rope Mill Rd.
Contact: (770) 926-8336.

Woodstock Lions Club

Meeting: Second & fourth Tuesdays at 7 p.m.
Location: The Hall on Towne Lake.
Contact: Sharlene Warren, (770) 928-1382.
 

Woodstock Midday
Optimist Club

Meeting: Every Wednesday at noon.
Location: Featherstone's at Towne Lake Hills.
Contact: (770) 591-4865.

Woodstock VFW
Post 10683

Meeting: Second Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Location: Woodstock Senior Center.
Contact: (770) 517-8229.

Political Organizations

Cherokee County
Board of Commissioners

Meeting: Second & fourth Tuesdays at 7 p.m.
Location: Jury Assembly Room in the Justice Center in downtown Canton.

Cherokee County Democratic Party

Meeting: Third Monday at 7 p.m.
Location: Justice Center in Canton.
C ontact: William G. (Will) Redmond, Jr., (770) 516-5204.

Cherokee County Republican Party

Meeting: Fourth Monday at 7 p.m.
Location: Justice Center in Canton.
Contact: Linda Parker, (770) 591-8871.

Cherokee County Republican Breakfast Sponsored by the Cherokee County Republican Women's Club

Meeting: First Saturday, 8:30 a.m.
Location: TBA.
Contact: (770) 331-7579.

Cherokee County
School Board

Meeting: First and third Thursdays.
Location: Canton Elementary.
First Thursday meeting begins at 7 p.m. and features 30 minutes of public participation.
Third Thursday meeting begins at 7:30 p.m.
Contact: (770) 479-1871.

Cherokee County
Young Republicans

Anyone ages 18 to 40 is welcome to join.
Meeting: Third Monday at 7:30 p.m.
Location: La Paz in Towne Lake.
Contact: (843) 363-2309.

Cherokee/Pickens Libertarian Party

Meeting: Last Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Shoney's in Canton.
Contact: Bob Geller, (770) 345-4678.
Web Site: www.ga.lp.org, see Cherokee page.

Sports & Hobbies

American Needlepoint
Guild

Meeting: Second Tuesday at 6:45 p.m.
Location: Cobb Public Library.
Contact: (770) 394-0065.

Arts Alliance of Georgia

Meeting: Third Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Location: Woodstock Depot.
Contact: Eleanor Thurston, (770) 924-2053.

Cherokee County
Arts Council

Meeting Third Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Location: The Arts Center in Canton.
Contact: (770) 704-6244.

Cherokee Theatre
Company

Local, adult, community theatre group. No experience necessary!
24 hour information line: (770) 704-9909.

Cherokee Music
Teachers Association

CMTA is a non-profit organization of music professionals dedicated to music for students.
Contact: Laura Lozier, (770) 924-9662.

Business Organizations

American Business Women's Association, Cherokee Eagles
Charter Chapter

Meeting: Second Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.
Location: Woodstock Family Restaurant.
Contact: Betty Scyphers, (770) 928-7439.

Cherokee Area
Business Connection

The group is designed to provide members with close contact networking.
Meeting: Every Wednesday at 7:15 a.m.
Location: Atlantic States Bank.
Contact: Laurie Robinson, (770) 516-9509.

Cherokee Financial
Women International

Serves women in the financial services industry.
Meeting: Bi-monthly.
Contact: Mitzi Saxon, (770) 479-3400.

Towne Lake Business Association

TLBA's goal is to promote growth, harmony and prosperity of businesses and residents in the Towne Lake area community.
Lunch 'N' Learn Workshop: Third Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. at Featherstone's at Towne Lake Hills. Reservations are encouraged.
Contact: (770) 517-8210 ext. 550. www.tlba.org.

Towne Lake PowerCore

PowerCore is a structured, close-contact networking organization which generates referral business and teaches the follow-through systems to support it.
Meeting: Every Friday at 7:15 a.m.
Location: Featherstone's at Towne Lake Hills. Contact: Marc Replogle, (770) 952-5000.

Towne Lake Women's Business Club

A networking group designed to build business leads in the Towne Lake area community.
Meeting: First and third Wed. at 12:45 p.m.
Location: La Paz Restaurant.
Contact: (770) 908-3445, x 3.

Civic Organizations  

Cherokee County Habitat for Humanity

For more information, call (770) 917-0660.

Cherokee County
Humane Society

Meeting: Bi-monthly on first Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Location: Woodstock Public Library.
Contact: (770) 928-5115.
www.cchumanesociety.org for information.

Cherokee County
Special Olympics

Meeting: First Monday at 7 p.m.
Location: CrossRoads Middle/High School.
Contact: Suzanne Martin, (770) 517-7101.

MUST Ministries

For more information, call (770) 479-5397.

Charitable Organizations

Cherokee Elks

Meeting: First and third Tuesdays at 8 p.m.
Location: Elks Lodge #2727, Woodstock.
Contact: (770) 345-0294.

Junior Service League of Woodstock.

24 hour information line: (770) 592-3535.

Kiwanis Club of Woodstock

Meeting: Every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m.
Location: The Hall on Towne Lake.
Contact: (678) 352-8018.
Website

Optimist Club
of Towne Lake

Meeting: Every Wednesday at 7:30 a.m.
Location: Featherstone's at Towne Lake Hills.
Contact: (770) 516-4011.

Rotary Club of Woodstock

The objective of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of enterprise.
Meeting: Every Tuesday at 7:30 a.m.
Location: 1904 House on Main Street.
Contact: Jerry Cooper, (770) 720-6360.