News of Interest
Updated News 05/19/25
Waynesville Rotary Club will NOT MEET at Laurel Ridge for our regularly scheduled time on Friday, May 23rd as it is the Memorial Day Weekend. We will meet the following week (05/30/2025) at Haywood Community College to celebrate the groundbreaking of our Peace Pole project. We return to Laurel Ridge on Friday, June 6th for our regular weekly meeting.
A buffet lunch is served circa 12:30 p.m. at a cost of $25.00 per plate. The program starts circa 1:00 p.m.
We may be reached via USPS at PO Box 1590, Waynesville, NC 28786; by email at wayrotary.execsecretary@gmail.com; and by FAX at 828-348-5538. Voice mail may be left at 828-423-0245. This contact information is also relevant for the Waynesville Rotary Foundation.
To see images from our recent Centennial Gala, visit
https://jaredsimmonsphotography39.pixieset.com/rotary/
Banner photo courtesy: Yount
Rotary Serving Veterans!
About Us
How We're Helping
Waynesville Rotary believes in "Service Above Self" and base our local and global services on that value. Locally, we provide scholarships for students at the community college and university levels, provide backpacks of food to children who otherwise wouldn't have something to eat on weekends, and provide construction and other projects through United Way Day of Caring and Habitat for Humanity. These are just a few of our community service initiatives.
Recent Community Services:
President Bronwen Talley-Coffey (l), President-Elect Shelley White (r), Bell Ringing Coordinator William Fulghum (l), and Rotarian Ed Brown (r) attended a luncheon and presentation hosted by the Salvation Army on Tuesday, May 13th at noon.
Waynesville Rotary Club was not only presented with a Certificate of Appreciation, but also a Bellringer Award for their Christmas bellringing commitment. Waynesville Rotary Club members, family, and friends annually complete 80 hours of bellringing and routinely collect a record-breaking amount of donations during the first two weekends of December.
2024 United Way Day of Caring - constructed garbage containment structure for local group home.
February 2025 Manna Backpack Project
Food boxes/bags are delivered weekly, when school is “in-person"
4 Fridays;
7 Rotarian Drivers went to 7 schools.
Bags of food for 1820 students were delivered. The bags weighed in at approximately 5,5200 pounds of food were delivered.
Christmas Food baskets provided in conjunction with Haywood/Sunrise Rotaries (470 baskets delivered 2024 at cost of $37,500.00) The 28 year total now stands at 11,502 families served at a cost of $331,191.00
Blankets for Mtn. Projects "warmth" efforts (in excess of 1000 blankets donated/distributed 2024 by all service clubs including clubs around the country.)
Get Involved
Are you passionate about what we're doing? Let us know! We are always looking for new members to help us make our vision a reality. We'll help you find a way to volunteer that best suits you. We're excited to have you join the team! Just ask David Nedved or Chris Owen!
Thank You
Whether you help through monetary donations, volunteering your time such as cooking up some food as the Leatherwood brothers are doing in the image to the left, ringing the bell for the Salvation Army, or spreading our mission through word-of-mouth, thank you. We couldn't accomplish our goals without the help of supporters like you.