Past Accomplishments

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Rotary Club of Springfield Southeast, MO

2009-2010 Accomplishments

· Received the Rotary International Presidential Citation Award.

· Introduced fifteen new members, ending the year with 227.

· Increased the number of Paul Harris Fellows by 8 to a total of 346.

· Gave $36,388 to the Rotary Foundation.  Total giving to the Rotary Foundation was over  $527,000.

· Increased the number of Benefactors by 2 to a total of 71.

· Member David Mullin became a member of the Rotary Foundation Bequest Society.

· Donated $5409.02 to the worldwide PolioPlus campaign.

· Provided leadership for the 11th Annual Rock’n Ribs BBQ Festival, which netted an estimated $160,000.00 to benefit the Children of the Ozarks, bringing the ten year total to $865,000.

· Co-sponsored the 23nd Annual Rotary Basketball Tournament and raised $11,703 for Special Olympics.

· Participated in the Rotary International Youth Exchange Program by hosting Ece Artok  from Turkey and sponsored out-bound student, Chris Cogell to France.

· $1022.70 Grant for the Springfield Public Schools Foundation Watkins Elementary School for Cultural Kaleidoscope-Australia program.

· $1000 Grant for the Child Advocacy Center for CARE exams.

· $1337 Grant for the Ozarks Literacy Council for books for the Ozarks Food Harvest backpack program.  

· $1140.30 Grant for the York Elementary for a reading program.

· $1000 Grant for the Good Samaritan Boys Ranch for internet upgrades.

· $1000 Grant for the Therapeutic Riding of the Ozarks to sponsor additional participants.

· $1000 Grant for the Springfield Regional Arts Council for a writing workshop.

· $1000 Grant for the Boys & Girls Town of MO for eyeglasses.

· $1500 Grant for a hands-on project at the Ozarks Food Harvest backpack program, of which $1000 came from Rotary District 6080 in the form of a District Simplified Grant.

· Members participated in the 15th Annual “Miracle of Giving” blood drive competition among local Rotary clubs in December.

· Shared the 4 Way Test at an Ethics Forum with the Springfield Leadership Academy.

· Annual vocational service awards recognized the Springfield Teacher of the Year, and outstanding law enforcement and public safety personnel from the Springfield Police Department, Springfield Fire Department, and Greene County Sheriff’s Office. 

· Sponsored a high school student to attend the Rotary Youth Leading America (RYLA) event at William Woods College in Fulton, Missouri.

· Presented a Lend-A-Hand Award to Bill Squires.

· Donated $2500 to the Convoy of Hope’s Haiti earthquake relief effort.

· Donated $2000 for the Yachana Technical High School in Mondana, Ecuador, with a joint project with the Springfield area Rotary clubs.

· Donated $1500 for a latrine project in Toangoma, Tanzania.

· Donated $1200 for laptops to a school in Tlaquepaque. as a joint project with the Club Rotario Tlaquepaque El Refugio in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico.

· Donated $1375 to The Bay Organization’s work at an orphanage in Kenya.

· Donated $2500 to a joint project with the Club Rotario Tlaquepaque El Refugio in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico, which remodeled the bathrooms at the San Pedrito Child Care Center.

· Member, David Bixler and his wife, Julie, visited to witness the dedication of the San Pedrito Child Care project.

· Collected donations from the sale of lunches to St. John’s staff to benefit K-Park

· Nominated an Ambassadorial scholar, Elizabeth Byers, to study at the University of Sweden.

· Co-sponsored, along with the other Springfield Rotary Clubs, a Joint Luncheon On April 15 as the official opening of the Missouri Rotary Convention. Whitey Herzog spoke.

· Held a table mixer during a luncheon, sponsored by the Family of Rotary Committee, to encourage members to get to know one another better.

· Held the Annual Holiday event at the Hickory Hills Country Club.

· Held the Annual Golf Tournament at Millwood.

· Held the Annual Float Trip on the Beaver Creek.

· Hosted a family friendly luncheon where our families were entertained by members from the Springfield Opera and Springfield Symphony.

· Maintained a club website www.springfieldsoutheastrotary.org.

· Developed on a private club group on LinkedIn.

· Sent two family newsletters to members’ spouses, one in November and one in March.

· Continued holding 5^th Thursday Make Up Opportunity events, an evening fellowship event which is held on months containing a 5^th Thursday to encourage attendance and fellowship.

· Provided press releases to media outlets concerning PolioPlus.

· The Long Range Planning Committee met over several months and made a list of recommendations for the board of directors.

· Developed a Staff Succession Plan.