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Rotary Club of Highlands Welcomes Guest Speakers
Written By: Rotary Club of Highlands | Issue: Whats News
The Rotary Club of Highlands welcomes guest speakers from The Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation.
Pictured left to right:
President Randy Foster, Charlotte Muir, Josh Bryson.
The Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation was the focus of our Rotary Club of Highlands speaker’s presentation last Tuesday. Our speakers, both members of our club, were Foundation Executive Director Charlotte Muir and Josh Bryson, Director of Marketing and Communication. The Health Foundation began in 2019 as the successor of the Highlands Cashiers Hospital Foundation with the goals of addressing the unique health cars challenges in our rural community, which include a shortage of healthcare professionals, and a significant number of uninsured individuals. Its first major project was the establishment of Blue Ridge Health in 2021, a thriving primary care Clinic.
After Hurricane Helene hit Western North Carolina on September 27, the Foundation jumped in to help our neighboring communities hardest hit by the storm. In less than 3 months, they had raised over $250,000 and had distributed over $230,000 in grants to nonprofits and organizations providing food assistance, emergency health care, counseling services, housing assistance, and more.
Western North Carolina is a long way from being healed from the devastation inflicted by the storms, and the Foundation continues to provide aid and support to the needy in our communities!
