Since our club received its charter in March 1993, we have created numerous projects and initiatives to benefit our community. The Rotary Club of Cashiers Valley has raised and dispersed over $850,000 to a number of community groups that work on behalf of public health and welfare, education, and recreation.

Several of the more recent community projects include the Blue Ridge Free Dental Clinic, Blue Ridge Interact Club, Blue Ridge School, Cashiers-Glenville Fire Department, Cashiers-Glenville Rescue Squad, Community Care Clinic, Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry, Friends of the Library, Honor Air, Rotary Children’s Dental Health Project, Summit Charter School, Tour de Cashiers and the Cashiers Christmas Tree Recycling Program.

In 2009, 2010 the Rotary Club of Cashiers Valley ran a series of free health screenings in conjunction with the Highlands-Cashiers Hospital with the aim of improving the health of the people in the area. Participants received health checks for height, weight, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, and prostate for men over 45 – all supported by Rotary funding and volunteers.

The club’s major fundraising efforts for 2011 include the Spring and Fall Cashiers Arts and Crafts Festivals, and our Annual Raffle.

Based in Cashiers, the Blue Ridge Free Dental Clinic is now open three days a week and will expand to include 10 dentists offering services in 2011.

According to the club, for every $1.00 donated to this project, $4.00 in service is returned to the community. The Children’s Dental Health Project now has a 94% participation rate in the schools flouride rinse program.

Every year the club has a free christmas tree recycling event so the community can safely and ecologically recycle their discarded trees. The trees are ground up and given away as mulch free to whoever wants it.