Hands-on Service: Good Dads program at Pittman Elementary School

For the second school year in a row, Springfield Southeast Rotarians are helping with the Good Dads program at Pittman Elementary School in east Springfield.   The volunteers help set up and serve breakfast for the early morning program in which fathers enjoy activities with their children.  These programs occur once each quarter.
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Hands-on Service: Foundation for SPS Grant Delivery Day

Springfield Southeast volunteers had the honor of presenting Foundation for Springfield Public Schools grants at Sunshine and Reed schools on Sept. 4.  It was a wonderful celebration as we were able to surprise winning teachers with checks.

Benji Lampert, Algerian Hart, Bill Sadler, Sal Agosta and Dan Emrie were the volunteers.  The morning started with a rally and celebration kickoff at the SPS Kraft Administration Center.  Lampert, Hart and Agosta then delivered 3 grant checks to Reed Academy's Jennifer Goods and LuAnna Bell and supporting staff.  Emrie and Sadler presented a grant check to Sunshine Elementary's Amanda Brown.

The Foundation was able to distribute more than $200,000 at more than 40 SPS schools for 2025!
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Hands-on Service: Supper at Ronald McDonald House

Springfield Southeast Rotarians spent an evening preparing supper for residents of the Ronald McDonald House at Mercy Hospital Springfield.
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Welcome new member Chuck Dow

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Nate Dunville introduced Chuck on Aug. 21.  His cosponsor is Logan Aguirre.

Chuck is the managing director and a financial advisor at Synergy Wealth Solutions in east Springfield.  His office has eight full time advisors and financial planners. 

Chuck has lived in Springfield for 34 years, which is all his life except for two brief stints.  He attended Southwest Missouri State University (now MSU).

Chuck is a former member of the Nixa Rotary Club.  His volunteer work includes being a board member of the Generosity Collective, a giving circle supported by Community Foundation of the Ozarks that helps fund nonprofit organizations.  He is also the founder and chairman of Borrow My Angel, which has a mission to harness “the power of real stories and human connection to drive positive change in the realm of mental health.”

Chuck and his wife, Jody, live in south Springfield and have two children.