• We provide domestic violence shelter and prevention services to Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Jenkins, and Screven Counties.

In 1946, Congress granted a charter to Civil Air Patrol, charging its members with three missions.

• First, CAP was to promote aviation. As years passed, that mission expanded to include aerospace education as well.
• Second, CAP was to provide a training program to support the nation’s youth in contributing to society and preparing for successful adult lives.
• Finally, CAP was to continue its emergency services, the work for which CAP is still best known today.

Civil Air Patrol is the United States Air Force Auxiliary. Civil Air Patrol meeting in the JROTC building at Effingham County High School on Fridays. For more information contact Brandon Parks at pilotparks@hotmail.com or go to www.capleadership.com.

• Support group for parents of twins, triplet and more. Join us on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm at Memorial Health University Medical Center Education Building Auditorium. E-mail coastalparentsofmultiples@yahoo.com for more information.

Ebenezer Rifles Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp #1901 - P.O. Box 1218, Rincon, GA 31326; E-mail - ebenezerrifles@excite.com.

• The SCV is the direct heir of the United Confederate Veterans, and the oldest hereditary organization for male descendants of Confederate soldiers.  The SCV continues to serve as a historical, patriotic, and non-political organization dedicated to insuring that a true history of the 1861-1865 period is preserved.
   
  Meetings are held at T-Bone's Restaurant, 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7 pm.

Effingham County Victim/Witness Assistance Program - P.O. Box 893, 768 Hwy 119 South, Room 8, Springfield, GA 31329; Phone: (912) 754-7460; E-mail - Effwitness@aol.com. Click on our name to visit our web site!

• Established in 1990 and incorporated as a non-profit organization, the program provides extensive services to victims and witnesses of personal injury crimes (armed robbery, assault, rape, child molestation, murder, domestic violence, etc.). Since inception, the program has provided services to over 2,500 clients.

• Meetings are held the first and third Wednesday of each month at the Recreation Building located behind the Health Department in Springfield on Highway 119. They begin at noon and end promptly at 1 PM. For more information or to find out how to become a member, contact Pete Lancaster at (912) 754-3519.

Girl Scouts of Effingham County -Poplar Service Unit-127 Abercorn Street, Suite 400, Savannah, GA 30401, 912-236-1571, E-mail: stephanie@girlscouting.org. Click on our name to visit our web site!

• The Girl Scouts is the world’s pre-eminent organization dedicated solely to girls – all girls – where, in accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and skills for success in the real world. In partnership with committed adults, girls develop qualities that will serve them all their lives – like strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth. 

  In the Girl Scouts, they discover the fun, friendship, and power of girls together; and through the many enriching experiences provided by the Girl Scouts, they can grow courageous and strong. To learn more about this great opportunity for your daughter please visit our web site at www.GirlScouting.org.

• Goshen Real Estate Investor Group (REIG) is an informal group of individual real estate investors from Effingham and Chatham county (Georgia), who meet monthly for networking and educational purposes. Interests and holdings vary and include wanting to get started, single-family, and mobile homes. The group was formed in July 2003, but has no formal officers or rules and regulations.
  
  Goshen REIG meets the fourth Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., at Carey Hilliard's on Hwy 21 in Garden City, GA.

• HFH of Effingham County is a locally run affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International and is a non-profit, Christian housing organization. Habitat builds homes in partnership with volunteers and families in need, regardless of their ethnic or religious background. The homes are then sold to those in need at no profit and with no interest charged.
   
• Board meetings are the fourth Tuesday@ 11:30 AM at the Restore, 3605 GA Hwy 21 S Rincon.
   
• Those families in need of decent, affordable housing can call our office at
  (912) 826-6433 for more information about the process of applying for Habitat home ownership

Rincon Noon Lions Club

• Your Lions Club is involved in service activities that benefit your community directly, and also fosters service activities internationally.  For more information, please visit our Web site or send us an e-mail message.

• The Rotary Club of Effingham County was the first Rotary Club in the County.  It meets every Thursday from 12:30 to 1:30 at St. John's Lutheran Church social hall on Hwy 21 at W. 7th Street in Rincon.  Guests are always welcome.

• The Rotary Club of Effingham Sunrise  meets every Tuesday morning from 7:30 to 8:30 at Guyton Christian Church at 301 Pine Street in Guyton.  Guests are always welcome.

Together for Georgia, Inc.

• Together for Georgia operates a quality retail Thrift Store in Rincon that provides all of the funding for our charity's operation and services. As part of our services, we provide free clothing, furniture, appliances, etc. to needy families and individuals in and around Effingham County.
  Each year we also purchase gift certificates at Christmas time for needy families in Effingham. We have given away over $750,000 in Effingham since 1996. We gladly accept donations of any useable household or business items.

Treutlen House

• The Treutlen House at New Ebenezer is a community-based, ecumenical ministry for children and families who are dealing with personal crisis and are seeking assistance to improve their current situation.  Treutlen House will provide a professionally administered continuum of preventive and therapeutic services to children and their families.  These services will include family preservation, alternative family placement, or independent living.