Local Charities

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, September 17, 2003

Below is a list of local charitable organizations. If you’d like to suggest an organization that isn’t listed here, please e-mail us the information to

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Pilot Club of Natchez Lifeline program donations or requests for information can be sent to Pilot Club of Natchez, Lifeline, P.O. Box 425, Natchez, Miss. 39121.

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Sunshine Shelter for Abused Children, memorials and donations may be sent to 409 N. Union St., Natchez, Miss., 39120. Phone number is 445-2223.

Concordia Council on Aging memorials and honorariums may be sent to 405 Carter Street, Old Courthouse Building, Vidalia, La. 71373.

Donations for the Roy and Wesley Farmer Memorial Fund may be made at Concordia Bank & Trust, 904 Carter St., Vidalia, La. 71373, or mailed to Concordia Bank & Trust, P.O. Box 518, Vidalia, La. 71373.

Adams County CASA Program, which assists abused and neglected children in the court system, accepts donations and memorials at P.O. Box 1371, Natchez, Miss. 39121.

Habitat for Humanity donations may be sent to P.O. Box 100, Natchez, Miss. 39121.

Elizabeth Williams Peabody Fund donations may be sent to the Junior Auxiliary of Natchez, P.O. Box 1592, Natchez, Miss. 39121.

Historic Natchez Foundation memorials and donations may be sent to P.O. Box 1761, Natchez, Miss. 39121.

The Kings Daughters and Sons memorials may be sent to Mrs. Ron Jenkins, 7 Sun Court, Natchez, Miss. 39121.

Natchez Children?s Home memorials and honor gifts may be sent to P.O. Box 2028, Natchez, Miss. 39121.

Natchez Opera Festival donations, honor gifts, and memorials may be sent to P.O. Box 2207, Natchez, Miss. 39121.

Stewpot memorials or donations may be sent to Jim McGehee, P.O. Box 298, Natchez, Miss. 39121.

Salvation Army memorials or donations may be sent to P.O. Box 231, Natchez, Miss. 39121. For more information, call 442-0217.

NAPAC Inc. donations may be sent to 201 Lynda Lee Drive, Natchez, Miss. 39121.

Contributions and memorials to Lifeline may be sent to Pilot Club of Natchez Inc., P.O. Box 425. Natchez, Miss. 39121.

Donations and memorials for the Mississippi Council of the Blind Natchez Chapter may be sent to 398 Ashburn, Natchez, Miss. 39121.

Contributions to the Ronald McDonald House may be sent to 2500 N. State St., Jackson, Miss. 39216.

Cancer Memorials may be sent to Margaret Brown, Natchez Regional Medical Center Volunteers, American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 832, Natchez, Miss. 39121.

Heart Memorials may be sent to Heart Association, Box 16808, Jackson, Miss., 39236-6808.

Pendleton Group Home for Boys memorials or donations may be mailed to 82 Government Fleet Road, Natchez, Miss. 39120.

March of Dimes memorials may be sent to 330 North Mart Plaza, Suite 1, Jackson, Miss. 39206.

Natchez Humane Society memorials and donations may be sent to the society at P.O. Box 549, Natchez, Miss. 39121.

Natchez Little Theater honorariums, donations and memorials may be mailed to P.O. Box 1232, Natchez, MS 39121.

Preservation Society of Ellicott Hill memorials may be sent to P.O. Box 537, Natchez, Miss. 39121.

Vidalia Cemetery Association memorials may be sent to 2 1/2 Alabama St., Vidalia, La. 71371, in care of Madeline Scott or P.O. Box 81, Vidalia, La. 71373, in care of Jennie Hagan.

Friends of the Library memorials or donations may be sent in care of Judge George Armstrong Library, 220 S. Commerce St., Natchez, Miss. 39120.

Vidalia Garden Club accepting memorials and donations to the Gateway Garden and Flag Pole Projects, in care of Ann Dyer, P.O. Box 42, Vidalia, La. 71373.

Memorials and donations to Wildlife Rehabilitation at the Nature Center, may be sent to Genevieve Tharp, The Nature Center, 141 Kaiser Lake Rd., Natchez, Miss. 39120. Call 442-4622 for more information.

Habitat for Humanity donations may be sent to P.O. Box 100, Natchez, Miss. 39121.

St. John United Methodist Church restoration memorials and donations may be sent to P.O. Box 419, Natchez, Miss. 39121.

The Hailey Estes/Mindy Carlson Memorial Scholarship Fund has been established at the University of Mississippi through efforts of the Natchez members of the Delta Gamma Sorority. Memorial contributions can be made out to the University of Mississippi Foundation, P.O. Box 249, University, Miss. 38677. For further information, please call Claudia Stephens 445-4634.

Natchez Association for the Preservation of Afro-American Culture donations and memorials may be sent to NAPAC, 301 Main St., Natchez, Miss. 39120.

The Guardian Shelter for Battered Families may be reached at 1-800-273-6938 or 422-0142.

Pilgrimage Historical Association memorials may be sent to P. O. Box 701 Natchez, Miss. 39121.

Adams County Association for Retarded Children and Pleasant Acre Day Care School memorials and donations may be mailed to P.O. Box 1362, Natchez, Miss. 39121.

American Red Cross memorials and donations may be mailed to P.O. Box 583, Natchez, Miss. 39121.

Natchez City Cemetery donations and memorials may be mailed to P.O. Box 1738, 39121.

American Red Cross memorials, honoraiums and donations may be made to P.O. Box 583, Natchez, Miss., 39121.

Pleasant Acre Day School and Adams County Association for Retarded Children memorials and donations may be sent to Pleasant Acre Day School and Adams County Association for Retarded Children, P.O. Box 1362, Natchez, Miss. 39121.

Catholic Charities, Inc., memorials and donations may be sent to 109 South Union Street, Natchez, Miss., 39120.

The Guardian Shelter For Battered Families, a project of Catholic Charities, Inc., memorials and donations may be sent to P.O. Box 1225, Natchez, Miss., 39121-1225.

The Guardian Shelter Collection Thrift Shop, a project of Catholic Charities, Inc., accepts donations of clothing, household goods and furniture to sale. Proceeds benefit The Guardian Shelter For Battered Families.

The Guardian Rape Crisis Center donations and memorials may be sent to P.O. Box 1225 Natchez, Miss. 39121-1255.

Krewe of Phoenix John S. Calhoun Scholarship Fund, honorariums, memorials or donations may be mailed to Dr. Jim Franklin, Krewe of Phoenix, P.O. Box 2062, Natchez, Miss. 39121.

Brian Keith Williams Fund donations set up by his father, Elmore Williams Jr., can be made to United Mississippi Bank. For further information please contact Jessie Turner at the Downtown branch, 203 S. Commerce.

The LaGrange Community is asking for your support by making a donation to Johnny Sonny… Scaife who has multiple illnesses and is a patient at University Hospital. For further information contact Ethel C. Rowan at 442-2200, JoAnn Minor at 445-9190 or Jerlian R. King at 442-5625.

The Southwest Branch of the Alzheimer?s Association, located in the Franklin County Memorial Hospital, announces the Alzheimer?s Hotline. To receive more information on Alzheimer?s please call 384-2211. There is voice mail, so please leave your name and number if no one answers and someone will return your Call as soon as possible.

The Prayer Center for the Homeless and Hungry, 164 E. Franklin Street, Natchez,Ms. 39120 c/o Pastor Queen Jackson.

The Guardian Sexual Assault Center (part of Catholic Charities), 126 S. Commerce Street, Natchez, Ms. 39120.

Evangelist Susie M. Shorter Scholarship Award memorials and donations may be sent to 100 S. Spruce, Vidalia, La. in care of Margaret Mays or P.O. Box 81, Vidalia, La. 71373 in care of Jennie Hogans.

Natchez-Adams Council on Aging, 800 Washington Street, Natchez, MS 39120. Provides services benefitting Senior Citizens. Accepts memorials, honorariums and donations.