Events and Traditions

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Our Events and Traditions

For Our Community-Service Projects and Local Grants that benefit Springfield.

For Our Youth-Foreign Exchange Programs and Youth Leadership academies.

For Our Friends-Give supporting to one another through the Family of Rotary and fellowship events that give us opportunity to make new friendships.

For Our World-Contributing to Humanitarian Needs in Other Countries and supporting the Rotary Foundation's goal of eradicating polio.

K-Park

The Rotary Club of Springfield Southeast has formally committed to "K-Park at Jordan Valley Park", an interactive sculpture park, as our Centennial Project. The project was formally dedicated on May 21, 2005. This "park within a park" features our club as the sole presenter to benefit the children of Springfield and surrounding areas. This lead role was achieved and approved by the City of Springfield through an initial $50,000 commitment of club funds and member contributions which underwrote a master plan, purchase and installation of Kinetic Man, signage, and a portion of The Rock. Our commitment is long term and on-going, The Rotary Club of Springfield Southeast will continue to serve in a leadership role to ensure that the interactive areas of K-Park are selected and funded according to the wishes of the club, working in conjunction with the City of Springfield and the Springfield-Greene County Parks Department. Each year, the club's board of directors is accountable for keeping the spirit and enthusiasm for this project top of mind with our entire membership. The K-Park Committee is responsible for planning and fundraising. Approval of the board of directors is required for each project and campaign. The club will continually look to outside sources to underwrite park projects while at the same time, ensuring that club funds are committed to K-Park when necessary and appropriate. Multi-year commitments of club funds may be necessary for the completion of particular interactive areas. As K-Park evolves, the club will consider community projects to be held at K-Park. Member workdays may take place upon the request of the Springfield-Greene County Parks Department.

Rock’n Ribs Barbeque Festival

This past year, the 11th annual Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival raised $160,000 for agencies that serve "Children o fthe Ozarks", including: Boys & Girls Town of Missouri, Ronald McDonald House Charities-Mobile Dental Unit, Ozark Trails Council-Boy Scouts of America, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and the Good Samaritan Boys Ranch. The funding was used to provide specific programs and services to disadvantaged and at-risk children. The Rotarians of Springfield, Missouri want to thank each sponsor for helping to make this event so successful.

The total amount raised for the ten-year period is $870,000.00.Visit their website at www.rocknribs.com

Basketball Tournament for Special Olympics

Every spring, Southeast joins the other area Rotary clubs and the Rotaract Club for a Basketball Tournament benefiting the Special Olympics. Rotary teams compete for the coveted “Trophy”. Concession sales are donated, as is the referee participation. Each year, over $10,000 is raised for the Special Olympics.

The event runs for three evenings and the highlight each year, is the exhibition game put on by some of the Special Olympics Athletes.

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A Sampling of Southeast’s Projects

Each year, Southeast collects a Service Fund fee from its members. This money is used to fund projects, such as…

Local Community Service Projects

5 K-9 Drug Dogs

35th Engineers Brigade during Iraqi Freedom

AIDS Project of the Ozarks

BELIEVE-MOST Scholarship

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Books for Babies

Boy Scouts

Boys and Girls Club

Boys and Girls Town of MO

Bridges for Youth

Campfire Boys and Girls

Camp Wakonda

Child Advocacy Center

Children’s Choir of Southwest Missouri

Community Blood Center of the Ozarks

Community Partnership of the Ozarks

Convoy of Hope’s Hurricane Relief

Council of Churches/Therapeutic Riding Program

Crosslines

Developmental Center of the Ozarks

Dickerson Park Zoo’s Tamarian Exhibit

Dickerson Park Zoo Train

Discovery Center of the Ozarks

Easter Seals

Families for Children

Family Violence Center

Festival of Lights

Fire Department Smoke Detector Program

Flood Relief

Ft. Leonard Wood Military Appreciation Night

Friends of the Zoo

Girl Scouts

Greene County Family Court, Juvenile Division

Greene County Sheriff’s Officers Memorial

Habitat for Humanity House

Humane Society of SW Missouri

Junior Achievement

The Kitchen

The Kitchen’s Talbot House

Leadership Springfield

Learning Disabilities Association

Long Term Youth Exchange Students

May 4, 2003 Tornado Victims

Mobile Crime Scene Van

Mobile Food Pantry

Multiple Sclerosis 150 Bike Tour

New Hope GYN Cancer Support Group

Neighborhood Watch Program

Oklahoma and Kansas Tornado Victims

Oklahoma City Bombing Victims

One Missing Link

Ozark Greenways

Ozarks Counseling Center

Ozarks Food Harvest

Ozarks Literacy Council

Polio Plus II Immunization

Rainbow Network

Rape Crisis

Regional Girls Shelter

Robberson Elementary Drum Program

Rock’n Ribs BBQ Festival

Ronald McDonald House

Rotaract Club Sponsor

Rotary Mobile Food Pantry

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards

Rountree Elementary Reading Program

Scholarships to High School Students

Shoes for Orphan Souls

Southwest Missouri Office on Aging

Special Olympics/Rotary Annual Basketball Tournament

Sporting Chance

Springfield Family YMCA’s Prime Time

Springfield Police Department’s “Let’s Go Bikes” Program

Springfield Public Schools and Foundation

Springfield Regional Arts Council

Study Middle School Choir

Super Summers Resource Books

TECHSPO

Tuition for a Cuban student

United Way Report Breakfasts

Victory Mission

Visually Impaired Preschool/Children

Watershed Committee of the Ozarks

Watkins Elementary's Cutural program

Wonderland Camp

York Elementary's reading program

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World Community Service Projects

Transportation of ultrasonic equipment for Honduras hospital

Medicine for a clinic in the Amazon

Support of a polio hospital in India

Support of Bolivian rehabilitation center for disabled children Support of an orphanage in Latvia

Water Well Project in India

Literacy and job training in South Africa

Educational equipment for Nicaragua elementary students

Tents for Afghanistan refugees

Rainbow Network Housing Project

Thailand Infrastructure Development

Tsunami Boat Building Project

Philippines Elementary School Toilet Facilities

Oruro, Bolivia Water Project

Guatemala Lake Atitlan Medical Project

Playa Del Carmen Medical Supplies

Honduras Water Well Improvements

Haiti Bio-Sand Filters Project

PolioPlus

Convoy of Hope's Haiti Relief

Yachana Technical High Scool in Mondana Ecuador

Latrine Project in Toangoma, Tanzania

The Bay Organization's work at an orphanage in Kenya

Twin Club Joint Projects

Educational Videos for Tlaquepaque Schools

St. Miguel Day Care Center Upgrades

San Pedrito Child Care Center bathroom remodel

Laptops for Tlaquepaque schools

Rotary Foundation Programs

Friendship Exchanges

Group Study Exchange Teams from other countries

Promotes Ambassadorial Scholarship Program

Rotary Foundation

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