25th Annual Steak & Steak Dinner

The 25th Annual

TO BENEFIT PRESENTED BY

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER

EMMITT SMITH Former NFL Running Back 3-time NFL Super Bowl Champion NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 UNIVERSITY PLAZA CONVENTION CENTER

DINNER PROGRAM EMCEE

Dan Lucy

NATIONAL ANTHEM The Coaches 4 Quartet

INVOCATION

Drew King Sertoma Unit Director

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SPRINGFIELD CEO Brandy Harris

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SPRINGFIELD CHOIR Club Crescendos

LIVE AUCTION David Coutchie

SPECIAL GUEST

Emmitt Smith Interviewed by Jeni Hopkins

TITLE SPONSOR

VIP PARTY SPONSOR

AUCTION SPONSOR

Tim and Jane Bennett

Springfield, Missouri

SPONSORS

JON AND KATHY RISDAL

SPECIAL THANKS THE COACHES 4 QUARTET

BLUE SPONSOR

TABLE SPONSORS Ross Construction Group, LLC

Cardinal Roofing, Inc.

Boys & Girls Club of Springfield Alumni

KPM CPAs & Advisors

Commerce Bank

Association

Wood & Huston Bank

Howell Commercial Refrigeration

Central Bank

Spencer Fane LLP

Buf Architecture Studio

Forvis/Mazars, LLP

Fast n Friendly

Burrell Behavioral Health

Hammer’s Autoworks

O’Neill & Young Families

Guaranty Bank

Taylor McQueary

OakStar Bank

Lakeland Behavioral Health

Janet Dankert

Elliott Robinson & Company, LLP

SMC Packaging Group

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS BOARD MEMBERS President Lauren Lipscomb

President-Elect Gary Gibson

Vice President Dr. Dee Siscoe

Treasurer Sarah Burrows

David Arguetta

Kyle Miller

Justin Butler

Sid Needem

Teresa Coyan

Lance O’Neill

Jessica Cullen

Tim O’Reilly

Travis Fintel

Dave Puckett

Michelle Gavel

Jon Risdal

Charlotte Hardin

David Rush

Kerry Jungmann

Riley Shantz

Julie Leeth

Perrie Stone

Lacy Martin

Charles Taylor

Jennifer McClure

Mary Lynn Townsend

Eric McGuire

Daniel Wooten

Taylor McQueary

Dean Young

Secretary Margaret Swango

Walk in. Move on.

Mercy Orthopedic Walk-in Care When your child’s softball injury throws a curve in your busy day, Dad tweaks his running knee, or Grandma takes a misstep on the stairs, Mercy has you covered.

Just walk in to a select Mercy clinic.

Our orthopedic experts are waiting with the experience and technology to diagnose and treat your injury — without the wait. They’ll help relieve the pain and get you on the road to recovery.

Walk-in for these injuries: • Wrists • Elbows • Hips • Legs • Feet

• Hands • Shoulders • Knees • Ankles

Scan to find your nearest Mercy walk-in clinic and hold your place for care. Or visit mercy.net/WalkInRelief MRC_43133 (5/22/24)

Heart of the Ozarks Sertoma Club is one of the largest Sertoma Clubs in Springfield. Chartered in 1969, the Club is committed to supporting area youth.

HOTO Bingo raises hundreds of thousands of dollars annually for atrisk youth in the Springfield area.

Join us every Thursday at 6:30pm at Bingo Emporium. Doors open at 4:30pm.

The best party in town! Join us at the Expo Center for a day packed with live music, cold beer, and over 75 styles of chili to sample & enjoy!

February 22, 2025 More info & tickets at sertomachilicookoff.com

2023 OUR IMPACT IN OUR IMPACT IN 2023

The The Club Club Experience Experience

Boys & Girls Clubs fill the gap between school and home. We Boys & Girls Clubs fill the gap between school and home. We provide welcoming, positive environments in which kids and provide welcoming, positive environments in which kids and teens have fun, participate in life-changing programs, and teens have fun, participate in life-changing programs, and build supportive relationships with peers and caring adults. build supportive relationships with peers and caring adults.

Throughout all of my life the Club has been Throughout all of my life the Club has been here for me, including my mistakes and here for me, including my mistakes and downfalls but also my best moments. I owe downfalls but also my best moments. I owe the fact that I could get through all of that to the fact that I could get through all of that to my family, which includes the Club and its my family, which includes the Club and its staff. Since I was a kid, the Club has been staff. Since I was a kid, the Club has been teaching me self-respect, responsibility, and teaching me self-respect, responsibility, and kindness. kindness.

2024 Springfield 2024 Springfield Youth of the Year Youth of the Year

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Our Reach & Demographics

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Ages 12 and Younger

Ages 13 and Older

Minority Races and/or Ethnicities

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Live in Single-Parent Homes

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Family Programs

Trained Adult Staff Members

Snacks Or Meals Served

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Emmitt Smith III is a former NFL running back, where he played 13 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, two more with the Arizona Cardinals, setting multiple records as he played. He was selected in the first round of the 1990 NFL draft as the 17th overall pick. Among his many NFL achievements, Smith set the records for career rushing touchdowns with 164, rushing attempts with 4,409, and overall rushing with 18,355 yards. Smith is the only NFL running back to date to win a Super Bowl championship, the NFL Most Valuable Player award, the NFL Rushing Crown, and the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player award all in the same season (1993). Smith is also one of only two non-kickers in NFL history to score over 1,000 points in his career. Smith was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006, then into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2010. Since retiring from professional football, Smith has become a businessman and philanthropist, with his portfolio including real estate developments around the country and a nonprofit founded with his wife Patricia Southall, Pat & Emmitt Smith Charities.