Community Services
Animal Shelter
6998 Landfill Circle, Toccoa
(706)282-3275
www.leftbehindpets.petfinder.com
Mon.-Fri. 10a.m.-noon and 4p.m.-5p.m.
Dogs and cats are kept for five days, or as long as there is room.
Adoption fees include spay or neuter and a rabies vaccine.
$70 female dog, $55.00 male dog, $60.00 female cat;$40.00 male cat
Camp Toccoa
3026 Falls Road, Toccoa
(706)886-8457
Camp Toccoa, owned and operated by Camp Fire USA, offers children and youth the opportunity to get back to nature through a varied curriculum that focuses on leadership skill development and environment education. Resident camps, day camps and family camps available.
Stephens County Food Bank
Whitman Street, Toccoa
(706) 886-9015
To break the cycle of hunger that erodes community stability, the Toccoa Food Bank is committed to providing an efficient, cost effective system for collecting and distributing food for othe purpose of reducing waste and alleviating hunger.
Habitat for Humanity
P.O. Box 1771, Toccoa
(706)886-3790
A faith-based housing program, HfH is dedicated to the elimination of poverty housing by building homes in partnership with families in need. The Habitat program is about home ownership and providing a long-term solution designed to break the poverty cycle.
Toccoa-Stephens Library
121 W. Savannah Street, Toccoa
(706)886-2290
www.toccoa-stephenslibrary.org
Mon.-Friday 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Open until 7 p.m. on Tuesdays during the school year
Powerhouse for Kids
RR 2 Box 2018, Toccoa
(706)886-2290
Powerhouse for Kids offers a child-friendly environment for a child and non-offending care giver to tell his/her story of abuse and /or neglect to trained professionals and to recieve the service necessary to reduce trauma to the child. Powerhouse for Kids is a child advocate throughout any legal proceddings.
Reins Of Life
2200 Price Road, Martin
(706)491-9764
www.reinsoflife.net
Reins of Life is a non-profit organization that provides a number of youth-oriented programs, including: hippotherapy; equine assisted psychotherapy; group riding lessons; summer camps; and ropes courses.
Salvation Army
348 E. Franklin, Toccoa
(706)886-5293
The Salvation Army provides services targeting families and individuals who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, providing the resources to meet their needs and help improve their overall quality of life.
SELF
102 W Tugalo Street
Toccoa, GA 30577-2394
(706)886-6909
The mission of SELF (Stephens Education Literacy Foundation) is to enhance literacy among the residents of Stephens County by promoting and coordinating the many literacy services available, thereby strengthening life skills, family foundations and employablility of our citizens.
Toccoa Soup Kitchen
Whitman Street, Toccoa
(706)886-8341
The Toccoa Soup Kitchen exists to feed the hungry and to provide emergency shelter for those in need due to domestic abuse, child abuse, fire, eviction or any other dire emergency situation. There is also a clothes closet that provides free clothing.
United Way
P.O. Box 1771, Toccoa
(706)886-3790
http://unitedwayofsc.org
United Way is a non-profit organization governed by local volunteers. UWSC’s mission is to improve the community’s quality of life by uniting resources in support of programs dedicated to helping people. UWSC currently funds 14 member agencies throughout the county.
Whitman Street Learning Center
904 West Whitman Street, Toccoa
(706)282-5171
The WSLC offers adult education and youth programs, providing one-on-one tutoring for students as well as GED classes. The center’s parent organization, the Stephens-Toccoa Literacy Council, is dedicated to serving persons of all ages who read at, or below, the sixth-grade level.
YMCA
115 N.Big A Road, Toccoa
(706)282-0261
The Toccoa-Stephens YMCA is dedicated to inspiring life-long development through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind, and body for all- putting Christian principles into practice by promoting a broad range of activities that serve a community rich in racial, religious, ethnic, and economic diversity.
