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Ashland Service Clubs and Community Organizations
Ashland is a town full of community involvement with many special interest
organizations ranging from the Ashland Garden Club to the Abdill-Ellis Lambda
Community Center — the only bi, gay, lesbian, and transgender community center in
Oregon. Following is a list of service clubs:
ACCESS, INC. 779-6691 Patty Claeys - Director
3630 Aviation Way, Medford, OR 97504
ACLU, Southern Oregon Chapter - 541-345-6162
P O Box 50426, Eugene OR 97405
ADOLESCENT CENTER - (See Community Works)
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS - 732-1850
Central office 888-794-7683.
110 East 6th St., Ste. A, Medford
AL-ANON FAMILY GROUP - 773-4848
Tues. 10am Alano Club, 1921 Elm Ave. Medford
Fri. 7:30pm, Presbyterian Church, Siskyou & Walker - Ashland
AMERICAN ASSN. OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN (AAUW)
Pres.- Diana Quirk 488-8328
Member ship Chair - Judith Spelman, 482-4328
AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN’S ASSN. - Crater Chapter - 664-1688
Lorain Tate - 447 Cedar St. - Central Point OR 97502
AMERICAN HEART ASSN. 1-800-452-9445 - Regional Dir. - Lauren Van Sickle
10 Crater Lake Ave. #10 - Medford OR 97504 - 779-2709
AMERICAN RED CROSS (Rogue Valley Chapter)
Marj Jameson - Exec. Dir. - 779-3773
60 Hawthorne St. - Medford, OR 97504
ARTS COUNCIL OF SOUTHERN OREGON
Lyn Godsey - Exec. Director - 779-2820
33 N Central Ave. #300 - Medford OR 97501
ASHLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Sandra Slattery - Exec. Director - 482-3486
P O Box 1360/110 E Main St. - Ashland OR 97520
ASHLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
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Joan Hedges - 482-9395
ASHLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
Pat Flannery - 488-7414
P O Box 98 - Ashland OR 97520
ASHLAND COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
President - Jennifer Henderson
PO Box 3027 - Ashland OR 97520
Meets 3rd Thursday monthly - 51 Winburn Way, Lithia Room
ASHLAND DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB
Dan Provence 488-2745
Meets Monday - 7pm & Friday - noon
Bellview Grange - 1050 Tolman Cr Rd
ASHLAND FAMILY CENTER - 482-2041 ex231
Manager - Taylor Kohn
1658 Ashland St. - Ashland OR 97520
ASHLAND FOLK DANCERS
Ron Waitt - 482-8249
Meets Friday - 7:30-11pm
Ashland Community Center
ASHLAND FOLK MUSIC CLUB
Jay Michalson - 535-4053
Meets 3rd Sat. monthly - 7:30 p.m. - McNeal Hall, SOU
ASHLAND GALLERY ASSN. - 1-877-752-6278
Lynn Kambury - 488-8430
ASHLAND GARDEN CLUB
Jeanne Arago - 482-2950
Meets 1st Monday, monthly - Ashland Community Center
ASHLAND GREETERS - CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - 482-3486
Meets every Friday (8:30am) at a different business
ASHLAND GUN CLUB
P O Box 953, Ashland OR 97520
Meets 2nd Tuesday - monthly - 7:00pm - Emigrant Creek Rd - (Opposite Airport)
ASHLAND HERITAGE COMMITTEE
Terry Skibby - 482-2805
P O Box 171, Ashland OR 97520
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ASHLAND HISTORIC COMMISSION
Mark Knox - 552-2044 City Hall Planning Dept
51 Winburn Way, Ashland OR 97520
ASHLAND INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL - 488-3823 X3
Tom Olbrich, Director
P O Box 218 - Ashland OR 97520
ASHLAND MYSTERY READERS GROUP
Meets monthly on the second Thursday at the Ashland Public Library.
Maureen Battistella- 541-552-0743 or
www.booskandoldlace.com/mysteries/
ASHLAND NEWCOMERS GROUP
Meets Sept.- July, 3rd Thur., monthly
Anne Novina - 488-4814
ASHLAND ROWING CLUB - 482-5998
ASHLAND SCHOOLS FOUNDATION - 482-8197
Exec. Dir. Susan Bacon
100 Walker Ave, Ashland OR 97520
ASHLAND SENIOR PROGRAM - 488-5342 - Dir. Sharon Laws
1699 Homes Ave - Ashland OR 97520
Mailing address - C/O City Hall, 20 East Main St.
Ashland OR 97520
ASHLAND SOCCER CLUB - 552-9495 - Myron Hudson,P O Box 3404, Ashland OR
97520
ASHLAND TOASTMASTERS CLUB
President - Carol Lee Rogers - 482-1887
Meets Tuesdays - 6:30am - City Council Chambers, 1175 E. Main St.
ASHLAND TREE COMMISSION
Mark Knox -552-2044, City Planning Department, 51 Winburn Way
ASHLAND WOODLANDS TRAILS ASSOCIATION
Robert McLellan - 482-7061, PO Box 1075, Ashland OR 97520
ASHLAND YOUTH CLIMBING PROGRAM
Mica Cardillo 840-7245, 1257 Siskiyou Blvd.
ashland_youth_climbing_program@yahoo.com www.climbsworegon.com and click on
"Rogue"
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AUDUBON SOCIETY (See Rogue Valley Audubon Society)
BALLET ROGUE - 535-4112
P O Box 1207 - Ashland OR 97520
BARBERSHOP MEN’S CHORUS (See Rogue Valley Harmonizers)
BEAR CREEK HAND KNITTERS GUILD
Zelpha Hutton - 488-2734
Meets 2nd & 4th Tues, 1:30 at Paisley Web - 59 6th St
BELLVIEW GRANGE #759 482-6692
BIG BROTHER & BIG SISTER PROGRAMS (See Volunteer Programs)
Ardy Birkmeyer - 776-6127 X617
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - 1-800-888-1273
Crater Lake Council Scout Executive - Ed Weiseth, 3039 Henley Rd - Central Point OR
97502
BOY SCOUT TROOP #112
Dennis Mellecker - 488-0232
Meets Wednesdays - 7:00-9:00pm
Pioneer Hall - 73 Winburn Way
BPOE ELKS CLUB #944 - ASHLAND (See Elks Lodge)
BRITT MUSIC FESTIVAL - Exec. Dir., Ron McUne - 779-0847
216 W. Main St., Medford OR 97504
CHILD DEVELOPMENT & REHABILITATION CENTER - 1-800-637-0700
901 E. 18th, Eugene, OR 97403
COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATION
Cleora Akins, Secretary - 734-4116
COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (CERT)
Michelle Argent, 482-2770. Call for information on next training session.
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER - 482-9741
99 Central Ave - Ashland OR 97520
Hours: 8-5pm - Mon- Fri
COMMUNITY SERVICES VOLUNTEER PROGRAM - 488-2211
Frank d'Entremont, Director - 1175 E Main St, Ashland OR 97520
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COMMUNITY WORKS - 779-2393
900 E Main St - Medford OR 97504
COUNCIL OF THE BLIND (See National Federation of the Blind of Oregon)
CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER (See Community Works) - 779-4490
Rape Crisis, Family Focus, Dunn House, Help Line, Teen Line, Suicide intervention
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Meets 3rd Sat. monthly at Mountain Meadows
Lois Wright - 482-4645
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF OREGON - 503-224-8200
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES (Jackson County) - 774-8205 - Jean
Atalla
DUNN HOUSE - 779-4357 - (Help Line)
DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB (See Ashland Duplicate Bridge Club)
EARTH TEACH FOREST PARK WAY FOUNDATION
Peter Cotton - 482-4572
EASTERN STAR (Alpha Chapter #1)
Betty Keene - 535-1224
Meets 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, monthly - 7:30pm
Masonic Temple, 570 Clover Lane, Ashland OR 97520
ECOLOGY CENTER OF THE SISKIYOUS - 1250 Siskiyou Blvd - 552-8512
ELKS LODGE #944 - 482-3911
255 E Main St - Ashland OR 97520
ELS LANGUAGE CENTER - 1250 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland OR 97520 -
552-6196
FRIENDS OF THE ANIAML SHELTER-PO Box 3412, Ashland, OR 97520-776-6646
FRIDAY QUILTERS - Martha Lewis - 482-1098
4H CLUB (S OR Research & Extension Center)
Anne Manlove - 776-7371
569 Henley Rd - Central Point - OR 97502
GARDEN CLUB (See Ashland Garden Club)
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GIRL SCOUTS OF WINEMA COUNCIL, INC - 800-433-9288
2001 N. Keeneway Dr., Medford OR 97504
Executive Director, Candace Bartow - 773-8423
GOLF CLUBS (See Oak Knoll Golf Club & Oak Knoll Women’s Golf Assn)
GROVE,THE (See The Grove A Family Resource Center)
HANDS ALL AROUND QUILTING & STITCHERY GROUP - 482-4401
Meets Wednesdays 10am-2pm Brown Bag Lunch - Naida McDermott
First United Methodist Church - Laurel & N Main - Ashland OR 97520 - 482-9330
HARVEST BUILT HOMES - Nancy Richardson - 482-8733
HELP LINE - 779-4357
P O Box 819 - Medford OR 97501
HERITAGE COMMITTEE (See Ashland Heritage Committee)
HILLAH SHRINERS - 774-1305
P O Box 1370 - Medford OR - 97501
Meets 1st Friday, monthly, at the Scottish Rite Temple
HISTORICAL SOCIETY (See Southern OR Historical Society) - 773-6536
HUMAN RIGHTS COALITION OF JACKSON COUNTY - 776-4077
P O Box 517 - Medford OR 97501
HUMAN RIGHTS WORKERS - Christine Anderson Dir - 488-3161
Peace & Justice House - 289 Liberty - Ashland OR 97520
INTERFAITH CARE COMMUNITY OF ASHLAND (ICCA)
Jean Hallinan - 488-3886
144 N 2nd St - Ashland OR 97520
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF FORESTERS - Marge Phillips - 772-7537
Meets 2nd Fri, 5pm at Denny’s, 2320Crater Lake Hwy.
JACKSON COUNTY BAR ASSN - David Orf - 772-8494
JACKSON CO FUEL COMMITTEE - 488-2905
Randy Jones Dir - 995 Siskiyou Blvd - Ashland OR 97520
JACKSON COUNTY HELPLINE - 779-4357 or 888-609-4357
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JACKSON/JOSEPHINE 4 C COUNCIL (Childcare Council)
Ruth Brown, Dir. - 779-7857 - 204 W 9th - Medford OR 97501
JOBS DAUGHTERS - Call Masonic Lodge - 482-2875
Meets 2nd & 4th Tues - 7:00pm, Masonic Hall on Clover Lane
JOSEPHINE/JACKSON COUNTIES CHAPTER OF MADD - 541-479-8868
KIWANIS CLUB OF ASHLAND -
Emile Cloutier - 482-1040Pres. Debbie Wilson - 488-1900
P O Box 449 - Ashland OR 97520
Meets Tues - noon- Elks Club
KNIFE & FORK CLUB - Beth Bornet, Pres. - 482-2228
KNITTERS GROUP (See Bear Creek Handknitters Guild)
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS - Kate Culbertson - 488-8693
LIONS CLUB - Henry Rogers - 482-4376
P O Box 3340 - Ashland OR 97520
Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesdays - 6:30pm - Casa del Pueblo
LIONS CLUB (Early Birds) - Paul Buck - 482-3290
P O Box1331, Ashland OR 97520
Meets Thursdays - 7:00am - at Rock & Rolla
LIONS SIGHT & HEARING - Sherrie Messer Exec Dir 779-3653
228 N Holly - Medford OR 97501
LORDS & LADIES SQUARE DANCING - Ilse Forney - 488-1399
MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers)
See Josephine/Jackson CO Chapter of MADD
MASONIC ORDER (Ashland Masonic Lodge #23)- 482-2875
570 Clover Lane - Ashland OR 97520
Meets 2nd Thursday monthly. Dinner at 6:00 p.m., meeting at 7:30 p.m.
MEALS ON WHEELS - 482-3486
Ashland Chamber of Commerce
P O Box 1360 - Ashland OR 97520
MENSA - Judy - 488-2927 - Meets 2nd Friday, monthly, 7:30pm
MOUNT ASHLAND RUN - Torsten Hycke - 4482-6340
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NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL
Southern Oregon Chapter - Joan Lester - 774-7872
NATIONAL RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Southern Oregon Chapter)
Gerald Hellinga - 772-6432
P O Box 622 - Medford OR 97501
NEWCOMERS - See Ashland Newcomers Group
NORTHWEST SEASONAL WORKERS ASSN - Carlotta Woolcock - 773-6811
203 N Oakdale - Medford OR 97501
NOW (NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN)
See Rogue Valley NOW
OAK KNOLL WOMEN’S GOLF ASSN - Jill Henderson - 488-5070
OLD TIME FIDDLERS - Pat Manion -779-8200
ORDER OF EASTERN STAR (See Eastern Star)
OREGON COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND - Daryl Ackley - 776-6047
228 N Holly St - Medford OR 97501
OREGON HUNTERS ASSN - 772-7313 - President Merv Wolfer
Meets 2nd Thursday - J J North’s Grand Buffet - Medford
OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
Paul Nicholson - 482-2111
P O Box 158 - Ashland OR 98520
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS - Jeanie Wilkes - 552-0902
Meets: First Baptist Church - 2004 Siskiyou Blvd - Ashland
Mon noon and Thurs at 7pm
PEACE HOUSE - 482-9625
543 S Mountain Ave - Ashland OR 97520
PFLAG (Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays) - Barb Georgeson - 512-
0326
Meets 1st Thur, monthly - 7pm
PINOCHLE CLUB - 488-0231 (ACC) or Ray Frieson - 488-2632
Meets Wed, 6:30pm, Ashland Community Center - 59 Winburn Way - Ashland OR
97520
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD - Linda Star, Manager - 773-8285
916 Town Center Dr - Medford OR 97504
POISON CONTROL CENTER - 1-800-222-1222
PROVIDENCE HOME CARE - 732-6500
(Home Health & Hospices Services - Jackson County
1660 E McAndrews - Medford OR 97501
QUILTING GROUP (HANDS ALL AROUND)
Meets Wed. 10-1pm - 1st United Methodist Church - Laurel & N Main St.
RAINBOW FOR GIRLS WARREN ASSEMBLY #84 - Pat Young - 772-8811
3237 Forest Ave. - Medford OR 97501
RAPE CRISIS COUNCIL (Crisis Intervention Center - help line) - 779-4357
REBEKAH LODGE - Madeline Winfrey - 535-2944
RED CROSS OF AMERICA (See American Red Cross)
REPUBLICAN WOMEN OF JACKSON COUNTY - Lola Breeze, Pres. 772-7981
ROGUE OPERA - Linda Erickson - 608-6400
33 N Central #203, Medford OR 97501
ROGUE VALLEY AUDUBON SOCIETY - Gwyneth Ragosine - 552-1945
ROGUE VALLEY CHORALE - Lynn Sjolund - 772-2163
Meets Mon - 7:30pm - Hedrick Jr High School
ROGUE VALLEY HARMONIZERS - Bill Simmons - 535-1352
ROGUE VALLEY MACHINE KNITTERS - Zelpha Hutton - Paisley Web - 488-2734
Meets 3rd Tuesday monthly - 1-3pm
ROGUE VALLEY MASTERS SWIM TEAM
June Mather - 482-0610 or Sandy Chavez - 482-0784
Meets - SOU Swimming Pool - Mon-Fri, 5:30-6:45am & Tues & Fri, 5:30pm
ROGUE VALLEY NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN (NOW)
P O Box 431 - Ashland OR 97520
ROGUE VALLEY SYMPHONY ASSN
Francis Van Ausdall - Exec Dir - 552-6354
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1250 Siskiyou Blvd - Ashland OR 97520
ROGUE VALLEY SYMPHONY GUILD - Lavella Moore - 773-9911
ROTARY CLUB OF ASHLAND - Gloria Thorpe - 482-8814
P O Box 511 - Ashland OR 97520
Meets Thurs, noon, Wesley Hall, 1st United Methodist Church, N Main & Laurel
ROTARY CLUB OF ASHLAND LITHIA SPRINGS - Jerry Price - 488-9202
P O Box 1304 - Ashland OR 97520
Meets Tues, 7am, Ashland Community Center, 59 Winburn Way, Ashland
SALVATION ARMY - 773-6965 - 304 Beaty St., Medford, 97501
Marv & Carol Samuelson
SENIOR ACCESS - June Rachles, 482-3594
Meets 1st & 3rd Thursdays at the Rivergate Center, 188 Garfield
SIGHT & HEARING CENTER (See Lions Sight & Hearing Center)
SISKIYOU MEN’S ALTERNATIVE TO VIOLENCE - HELPLINE - 779-HELP
SISKIYOU VELO - (Bike Club) - Bob Korfhage - 535-5276
SISKIYOU WOODCRAFT GUILD - Tom Phillips - 482-4829
SOCCER CLUB (See Ashland Soccer Club)
SOROPTIMISTS INTERNATIONAL OF ASHLAND - Kathy Mooney, President -
488-2381
P O Box 544 - Ashland OR 97520
Meets Wednesdays, noon, Ashland Elks Club, E Main St
SOUTHERN OR ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES CLUB - Robby Miller - 535-1231
SO OR HISTORICAL SOCIETY - 773-6536
106 N Central, Medford OR 97501
Jacksonville Museum - ex 231, Children’s Museum ex 234
SO OR INVENTORS CLUB - 772-3478
SO OR RENTAL OWNERS ASSN - Carlyle Stout, President 776-2020
P O Box 972, Medford OR 97501
SO OR RETIRED MILITARY OFFICERS
Allan Adams - 482-5006
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SO OR SIZZLER RUNNING CLUB - Jerry Swartsley - 535-1205
P O Box 1072, Phoenix OR 97535
SOU ALUMNI ASSN - 552-6361, Robin Reed Gaddy, Director
1250 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland OR 97520
SPECIAL OLYMPICS OREGON - 1-800-452-6079
STATE DISABILITIES - 776-6210
SWEET ADELINES INTERNATIONAL - Betty Lillibridge - 482-9653
Meets Mon. 6:30-9:30 - Christian Church of Ashland - 2nd & B St
TLC CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP & SERVICES - Shiela Ettlich - 488-0962
1053 Beswick, Ashland OR 97520
TOASTMASTERS - See Ashland Toastmasters and University Toastmasters
TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL District 7 - 503-293-1820.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) - Kari Bol - 488-6484
Meets 3-5pm, Thursdays - Church of the Nazarene, 1760 E Main St, Ashland OR
97520
TRINITY RESPITE ALZHEIMER DAY CARE PROGRAM
Elizabeth Hallet - 482-2465
44 N 2nd St, Ashland OR 97520
TUDOR GUILD GIFT SHOP - John Knoroski, Gen. Mgr.- 482-0940
UNIVERSITY TOASTMASTERS - Bob Saunders 890-0960. Meet at 7:00 p.m.
Tuesdays at Windsor Inn's Breakfast Room.
VOLUNTEER OFFICE, CITY OF ASHLAND - 488-2211 - Director, Frank
d'Entremont - 1155 E Main St, Ashland OR
VOLUNTEERS IN ACTION - Connie Skillman - 776-6164
WEIGHT WATCHERS - 1- 800-540-5673
Meets Tuesdays, 5pm - Church of the Nazarene, 1760 E Main St, Ashland OR 97520
WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTER - SOU - 552-6216 - 1250 Siskiyou Blvd, Stevenson
Union Room 104, Ashland OR 97520
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS OF SOUTHERN OREGON
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Diane Rynne - 772-4166 or 858-3323
P O Box 1662, Medford OR 97501
WOODCRAFT GUILD (See Siskiyou Woodcraft Guild)
YMCA - ASHLAND - Lisa Molnar, Ex. Dir. - 482-9622
540 YMCA Way - Ashland OR 97520
YOUTHFOCUS - Beverly Beck - 482-6366
P O B 3372 - Ashland OR 97520
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