Rickman Fundraiser Canceled Due to Effects of Hurricane Helene
The Franklin Rotary Club Rickman Fundraiser activities for this evening are cancelled. If you are a ticketholder you may come by the Yard at the Lazy Hiker at 4:45 to pick up your meal. Raffle tickets will be drawn later within the week. Our thoughts are prayers are...
Rotarians in the community: 80’s Flashback Weekend
Rotarians were spotted at the 80s Flashback Weekend held Aug. 2 and 3. Tracy Griffith serves as the 80s Flashback Weekend board president and Joe Griffith was an event advisor. Guy Gooder made an appearance on the Van Halen float, which won first place among the...
Smoky Mountain Pregnancy Care Center
Ron Urrutia from Smoky Mountain Pregnancy Care Center was the guest speaker for the July 31 Rotary Club of Franklin meeting. Ron said former Sheriff Robbie Holland was instrumental in helping get the center started 20 years ago after a baby was found in the Macon...
A PAWSitive experience
Rotarian Steve Grissim and his wife Stacy brought us the program on July 24. Joining them were Romaine Dunn from the PAWSitive Shelter Volunteers and Ed Racht, who adopted a dog, Zoe, with some not-so-subtle coaxing from the Grissims. Romaine Dunn has been a volunteer...
Service Above Self: Adopt a Highway
The Rotary Club of Franklin held a roadside cleanup on July 27 on our Adopt-A-Highway section of Roller Mill Road and the surrounding area.
Franklin Rotary Roy Rickman Fundraiser
Saturday, September 28, 2024 5:30 PM at Lazy Hiker
STEM at Macon Middle
STEM teacher Bryan Wilkinson (center) with Rotarian John Short and Club President Jacob Reiche Macon Middle School STEM teacher Bryan Wilkinson was the guest speaker for the July 17 Rotary Club of Franklin meeting. Mr. Wilkinson began his presentation by asking what...
Magnolia Mission
Becky Bennett, executive director of Magnolia Mission, was the guest speaker for the July 10 meeting. Magnolia Mission is a new nonprofit in Macon County that seeks “to provide support, supplies and encouragement to current and prospective foster and adoptive families...
Rotary New Year
Rotary Club of Franklin President Jacob Reiche chaired his first weekly meeting of the Rotary new year on July 10, 2024. Sergeant At Arms Joe Griffith opened the July 10 meeting. Rotary Club of Franklin members contributed $260 to the CART Fund during the coin drop at...
New Board Plans the New Year
Under the leadership of 2024-2025 President, Jacob Reiche, the newly installed Franklin Rotary Club Board holds a planning session at the Franklin Chamber of Commerce to kick off the new Rotary year.
Service Above Self
Rotarians Jessica Baucum, Guy Gooder, Jimmy Villiard and Jim Garner volunteered to give out free bicycle helmets at the July 4 festivities in downtown Franklin. Rotarian Amy Manshack’s State Farm office donated coloring books and crayons to give kids.
Aloha!
The Rotary Club of Franklin held a Hawaiian-themed celebration and installation for Jacob Reiche as Club President for 2024-25. Club members and guests enjoyed a buffet meal at Motor Company Grill on Main Street in Franklin. Jacob said he chose a Hawaiian theme...
Rotary Grants Management Seminar
Franklin Rotary Club President, Lee Berger, and President-Elect, Jacob Reiche have some fun at District 7670 Grants Management Seminar in Black Mountain, NC.
Service Above Self
Members of the Rotary Club of Franklin, the Daybreak Club and FHS Interact Club volunteered on Oct. 12 at CareNet to pack food for children’s backpacks.
New Member Profile: Josh Lynch
Josh Lynch is a native of Macon County and is the superintendent of Macon County Schools. When asked why he was interested in joining Rotary, he said, “I have always enjoyed giving back to the community that has supported and encouraged me.” Josh is the father of...
Meeting Program: Human Trafficking
Ashleigh Chapman, founder of Altus, was the guest speaker for the Oct. 11 meeting. Earlier in the day, Chapman led a training session for local law enforcement, and that evening she presented a community program at Discover Church. According to Chapman, North Carolina...
New member profile: Greg Proffitt
Greg Proffitt moved from his hometown of Covington, Georgia, to become CEO of Nantahala Bank and Trust Company. Before joining the Rotary Club of Franklin, Greg was a member of the Covington Rotary Club. “I believe in the mission of Rotary and serving others,” he...
New member profile: Adam Giles
Adam is the AVP/Branch Manager of PNC. He was raised in Clarksville, Georgia, but his family moved here in 1997 and he now calls Franklin his hometown. "I’m happy to learn and grow as a Rotarian," Adam said. Why were you interested in joining Rotary? I wanted to find...
Red Sand Project
The Rotary Club of Franklin and the Rotary Daybreak Club joined the Zonta Club and First United Methodist Church in presenting the Red Sand Project on Sept. 30 to raise awareness of human trafficking. (Below) Rotarian Steve Grissim was the guest speaker. Following the...
‘Don’t worry be healthy’
WCU Nursing Professor Cheryl Clark and student Alex Becknell were the guest speakers at the Sept. 27 meeting. They reported on their annual trip to Saint Elizabeth Parish in Jamaica where they conduct health fairs, home visits and provide school supplies. The Rotary...
Our Leadership
President Elect
Jimmy Villiard
2025-2026
President
Jacob Reiche
2024-2025
President Nominee
Jessica Baucum
2026-2027
Our Mission
The Rotary Club of Franklin is one of the oldest clubs in Rotary. We were chartered on 10 November 1927, twenty two years after the formation of Rotary. Our sponsor was the Rotary Club of Waynesville. In turn, we have sponsored clubs in Bryson City (1934), Highlands (1945), Franklin Day-Break (1997) and Clay County (2011).
Our focus has and continues to be on Service – thru support of such things as Scholarships, Four Way Test Program, Community Care Clinic, Scouting, READ2ME, Group Study Exchanges, Foreign Student Exchange, PolioPlus, Wheelchair Foundation, Panamanian rural school, Ecuadorian Prosthetic Clinic, and several others.
Our Membership has proudly provided four District Governors – CS Brown, Dennis Sanders, Gary Bray, and Gary Dills in 2016-17.
Find out more about Rotary. Go to: http://rotary.org
