Community Information

Crisis services

Christian Kitchen - 408 E. Jessamine St. (229) 426-5483

Brother Charlie's Rescue Mission - Tifton (229) 382-0577

Woman's Shelter - also in Tifton - Ruth's Cottage - Phone: (229) 387-9697

Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County Habitat for Humanity - PO Box 5198

Dorminy Medical Center -Click Here!

Senior Services

The Harris House (Assisted Living) - 605 S. Lee St. - (229) 423-4810

Life Care Center (Nursing Home) - 176 Lincoln Ave. - (229) 423-9054

Community Organizations

Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County Humane Society - 106 Lions Park Rd

Other links of interest

In neighboring Irwin County, visit Jeff Davis Memorial Park - the place where Confederate President Jefferson Davis was arrested -Click Here!

You can also attend the twice a year River Bend Bluegrass Festival -Click Here!

Or the Sweet Potato Motorcycle Rally -Click Here!

A great place to get information resource about Georgia is the New Georgia Encyclopedia - Click Here!

Arts, Fun and Information

Blue and Gray Museum - A museum that tells the story of Fitzgerald's founding in the 1890s by Union and Confederate soldiers and their families. Click Here!

Fitzgerald Fire Engine Museum -Click Here!

Art Gallery - in the Carnegie Library building - S. Lee St. - Open weekday afternoons and other times by appointment.

(229) 426-5035 Wild Chicken Festival - 3rd weekend in March -Click Here!

Education

Ben Hill County School System -Click Here!

For job applications with school system -Click Here!

Wiregrass Georgia Technical College - a unit of the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education, serving Ben Hill and surrounding counties. Click Here!

Nearest colleges are ABAC (Tifton -Click Here!), South Georgia College Click Here! and Valdosta State University (Valdosta -Click Here!).

Newspaper

Herald-Leader - Click Here!

Government

City of Fitzgerald - Click Here!

Ben Hill County -Click Here!

Chamber of Commerce -Click Here!

Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County Development Authority - (800) 225-7899

Demographic information about Fitzgerald -Click Here!

Demographic information about Ben Hill County -Click Here!