Programs (subject to change)

 
  • March 27 - Update on I-44 and Lake Springfield; speaker is Steve Prange
  • April 3 - The Historical and Judicial Context of Federalism; speaker is club member Jason Brown, a former circuit judge
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For Zoom attendees: The formal meeting starts at 12:15 with an invocation, pledge of allegiance, The Four-Way Test, guest introductions, announcements, the sergeant-at-arms report, program, (sometimes) questions and answers, and the drawing for the Polio Plus raffle.


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The weekly online meetings are recorded and available for viewing in a gallery on this website.  Click on the “make‐ups”  tab, then scroll down to “Recorded SE Rotary meetings” and click on the gallery link.  The password to access the gallery is SErotary1.



 

Other Events

 
  • March 25 (Tuesday): Hands-on Service opportunity -- Victory Mission Painting Project, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at Victory Mission's administrative building, 1715 Boonville Avenue  Volunteers are needed to help paint the second floor.  Registration Link: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/se-victory-mission
  • April 8 (Tuesday): Board meeting, noon, UMB Bank, 1150 E. Battlefield Road, Springfield; non-board members are welcome to attend
  • April 11 (Friday): Hands-on Service opportunity -- Good Dads Strong Schools breakfast program at Pittman Elementary School, 2934 E. Bennett Street, from 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. We're looking for 4 or 5 Rotarians who would welcome dads and students, hand out raffle tickets, put stickers on people, and generally help people feel welcome. They would also assist  the project captain by handing out supplies and doing a little cleanup.  Registration link: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/good-dads-strong-schools-br 
  • April 13 (Sunday) and April 14 (Monday): Hands-on Service Opportunity -- Judging FBLA State Leadership Conference contests at the Springfield ExpoCenter; Sunday, 12:30-6:00 (snacks provided throughout the afternoon) and Monday 7:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (breakfast & snacks provided). Click here for the Judge Sign Up Link. If you have any questions about this, contact judges@missourifbla.org FBLA is the second largest student org anization in the world and Missouri is the 2nd largest FBLA state chapter in the nation.  With more than 6,000 high school students from across the state in attendance, 300 business professionals are needed as judges.  Events range from prepared reports and projects to impromptu case studies in accounting, marketing, management and many other areas as well as interview and speaking events.  If you would like to see what judging is all about you can view a short introduction to judging video here.  If you cannot attend in person, there is an opportunity to judge from home at your own leisure with prejudged events. These events decide the top qualifiers for state.  The winners will represent Missouri at the National FBLA Leadership Conference in Anaheim, CA June 29 - July 2.  Meals or snacks will be provided for judges along with a judge orientation at the start of each time slot.
  • April 15 (Tuesday): New Member Lunch, 12:00 - 1:00 at Scramblers; experienced members may join new members to delve into some aspect of club operations
  • April 17 (Thursday): Southeast Rotary Pottery Night, 5:30 - 8 p.m. at IronHorse Pottery, 384 Redbud St., Rogersville, MO 65742. Join us for a 2-hour pottery class.  The cost is $25 per person. We can have a max of 30 participants. The cost includes the pottery class & pizza.   Registration link: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/se-pottery
  • April 19 (Saturday): Hands-on Service Opportunity, Ozarks Counseling Center Landscape Cleanup, 9:00 - 11:00, 614 South Avenue, Springfield, MO  65806.  Join us for round 2 of our landscape cleanup efforts. Bring gloves and garden tools and help spruce up the property!  Some of the tasks are: pulling weeks, running a weed eater, removing leaves and other debris, removing limbs, trimming bushes and shrubs, moving rocks, and a general outdoor spruce-up.  Registration Link: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/se-ozarks-counseling-center-2
  • April 30 (Wednesday):  All-City Rotary Clubs Meeting, 11:30 - 1:00, DoubleTree Hotel, 2431 N., Glenstone Ave.  (This will take the place of our regular meeting that week.)
  • May 8 (Thursday), Hands-on Service Opportunity, Convoy of Hope, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.  We're looking for 15 people to pack grocery bags and/or hygiene kits that are distributed at sites of disasters such as fires, floods, hurricanes and tornadoes.  The address is 1 Convoy Drive, Springfield, MO  65802.   Please volunteer by May 2 so we can send you a link to a Registration Form that Convoy of Hope requires from each of its volunteers.