Beautification
Education
History
Events
Who We Are
Rockwood 2000 is a volunteer non-profit organization incorporated in the State of Tennessee. Our main goal is to support the city of Rockwood with activities that improve and foster community pride. Our members work together and partner with other groups on a variety of events and programs to support our mission.
Our main emphasis is on the following three areas:
• Help to preserve and protect historic landmarks
• Provide funds for educational and charitable purposes
• Fund and generate beautification initiatives in the city’s common areas
Rockwood 2000 relies on financial support from various sources including, but not limited to, corporations, individuals, grants, and fund-raising efforts to support our goals.
Wreaths Across America
In 2020, Rockwood 2000 embarked on a new adventure and joined a movement recognizing military veterans called Wreaths Across America. Wreaths across America (WAA) started in 1992 as a simple gesture of thanks by a businessman named Morrill Worcester. Now the program has grown into a national movement of dedicated volunteers and communities coming together to not only remember the nations fallen, and honor their service, but to teach the next generation about the sacrifices made for us to live freely. WAA fits perfectly in our charter initiatives – Beautification, Education and History!
Rockwood 2000 chose Oak Grove Cemetery in Rockwood, Tennessee, to be an official Wreaths Across America (WAA) location. The Cemetery is over 100 years old and will soon be listed on the Tennessee registry for historical locations. There are over 1100 veterans buried at Oak Grove and it is our goal to eventually be able to honor each one with a live WAA Balsam fir wreath.
A wreath ceremony is carried out simultaneously across the country along with the placing of wreaths on veterans’ graves on the 2nd or 3rd Saturday every year in December. Our local event at Oak Grove is led by Rockwood 2000 with help from the Roane County Memorial Honor Guard, and local volunteers, including students from our local middle and high schools.
Every donation and wreath sponsorship represents a meaningful gift from a grateful American who knows what it means to serve and sacrifice for the freedoms we all enjoy.
