Lookout Mountain Homemakers of DeKalb County (District I) welcome you to this site. Our members are homemakers and career women alike. With our faith in God, we try to make a difference in our family life, and our community.

Each member is a unique individual who brings her knowledge and experience to our club. If you enjoy any of the following, then this club might be for you: cooking/baking/candy making, arts/crafts, sewing, needlepoint, cross-stitching, gardening, photography, Mentoring, volunteering or fundraisers.

We invite you to join us on the second Tuesday each month at the Walker's Chapel Methodist Church in Dogtown, Alabama at 6:00 PM. We support local charities, Ruhama School, Dogtown Fire Department, Red Cross, local Cancer Centers and the Children's Wing at the local hospital.

The mission of this organization shall be to empower individuals and families to improve their quality of living through continuing education, leadership development, and community service.

I believe in the Lookout Mountain Homemakers Club program and accept the responsibilities it offers to be helpful to others and to provide for continuous improvement in all levels of living.

I believe that through working together in a group we can enlarge the opportunities, enrich the life of our people, and create a more contented family and community life.

I believe in my own work as a homemaker and as a career woman. I believe that the greatest force that molds character comes from the home, and I pledge myself to create a home that is morally wholesome, spiritually satisfying, and physically healthful and convenient.

In 1926 a small group of Alabama farmwomen had a dream: To form a state council composed of 303 Home Demonstration Clubs with a total membership of 6,098. This dream became a reality on August 3, 1926, as representatives of the clubs met at Alabama Polytechnic Institute (later to become Auburn University) with Mrs. C.R. Bricker, Chairman of Home Demonstration Work, Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs, presiding.

Mrs. Bricker moved that a state council be organized. This motion carried. Mrs. L.W. Spratlin, Lee County, moved that Mrs. Glenn Bradley, Lee County, be temporary chairman. Mrs. Bradley was elected. Mrs. Paul Adams, Jefferson County, was appointed temporary secretary.

A constitution and bylaws were adopted on August 4. Miss Agnes Ellen Harris was State Home Demonstration Agent when the state council was organized.

1. To complete organization of county councils in every county (38 organized at the time).
2. To have a satisfactory diet for farm people.
3. To cooperate with the Farm Bureau in increasing income for farm families.
4. To have running water in every farm home in Alabama.
5. To have more and better recreation.

Although some things at that meeting in 1926 might seem strange to a homemaker today, the adopted program is as relevant to today's life as it was then whether we live on a farm or in an urban area. The programs selected for emphasis was nutrition, clothing, childcare and rural recreation.