Our Services
Acting Locally and Globally
Through our Waynesville Rotary Foundation, we provide multiple academic scholarships to Haywood County students at Haywood Community College and schools in the UNC system. Scholarship recipients are nominated by school personnel and then a committee of Rotarians makes the final selections. Scholarships may be renewed throughout the recipient's academic years if performance measures are met. For more information about Rotary International's work, follow this link: https://www.rotary.org/en
Manna Backpack Support
Each Friday during the school year, Waynesville Rotarians meet the Manna Food Bank truck from Asheville and deliver in excess of 500 backpacks of meals to food challenged children within the Haywood County School system. Without this service, these children would likely not have food for the weekend.
2025 Chili Cook-off
Waynesville Rotary was a co-sponsor of this year’s Chili Cook-off on Saturday, February 15th. Multiple members served for 1 hour plus shifts at two sites. Members sold armbands and merchandise and acted as Ambassadors for Waynesville Rotary. For more information, visit https://haychili.org/
NCServes Western Veterans and Families
NCServes Western
- NCServes Western is Western North Carolina's first coordinated network of public, private, and non-profit organizations working together to serve Veterans, Service members and their families.
- NCServes Western is one of 16 AmericaServes National networks and one of four in NC. (Asheville, Charlotte, Raleigh and Jacksonville)
- NCServes Western consists of 85 community providers addressing 21 Human Service Needs ranging from Housing, Employment, Legal, Mental Health to Social Enrichment, Financial Assistance and Family Assistance.
- The Waynesville Rotary Club is the first Rotary Club in the entire network (Nation) as a provider and has already participated in both sending referrals to be addressed and delivering benefits- backpack program and Christmas baskets.
- Shown in the image is Senior Care Coordinator Jessica presenting a donated bike to a Veteran needing a means of transportation in Asheville.
- For more information, contact NCServes at www.western.americaserves.org
