2015–2016 Edition - Springfield

Transcription

mailing addresses • phone numbers • email addresses • websites
THE
DIRECTORY
2015–2016 Edition
An alphabetical listing of
nonprofit clubs, agencies and organizations in the
Springfield metropolitan area.
A publication of the Springfield-Greene County
Library District in Springfield, Missouri
DIRECTORY
2015-2016 Edition
Buy or check out The Directory at any Springfield-Greene County Library branch.
• Reference copies of The Directory may be viewed at any Springfield-Greene
County Library branch.
• Access an online version of The Directory, searchable by keyword and subject, at
thelibrary.org/directory.
• View or print the pdf version of The Directory using Adobe® Reader® at
thelibrary.org/directory/documents/directory.pdf.
• The Directory is available for purchase in print form for $10 at any branch.
• Purchase an Excel spreadsheet of The Directory listings for $10.
• Call 417-616-0567 for more information or to place an order.
• Request that your club, agency or organization be listed by completing and mailing
or faxing the “Are You Listed?” form found in The Directory or go online to
thelibrary.org/directory under “Are You Listed?” and click on the link for a fillable
form that can be sent electronically.
• Many of the organizations are also listed in 2-1-1, a statewide
call center that assists Missourians in finding health and
human services. Call the Library at 417-616-0580 for more
information.
Copyright © 2015 Springfield-Greene County Library District. All rights reserved. Obtain written permission to reproduce or
transmit this document in any form or by any means.
The information in The Directory was provided by the agencies and organizations listed and edited by the Springfield-Greene
County Library District. Every effort was made to ensure the accuracy of the contents; however, the Library cannot be held
responsible for errors of omission or fact.
Springfield-Greene County Libraries
4653 S. Campbell Ave. • Springfield MO 65810 • thelibrary.org
The Library Center
4653 S. Campbell Ave. • Springfield, MO 65810
Phone 882-0714 • Fax 889-2547
The Library Center serves as the information hub of the community and the administrative headquarters of the Springfield-Greene County Library District. The
award-winning destination library combines traditional services and conveniences
and amenities in an 83,000-square-foot building that houses major collections of print and electronic resources, state-ofthe-art reference technology and computers, a dozen various-sized meeting rooms and auditorium, a Between Friends Gift
Shop, The Mudhouse café and an outdoor Story Garden. It is located near Campbell Avenue and Lakewood Street, south
of the James River Freeway.
Ash Grove Branch Library
101 E. Main St. • Ash Grove, MO 65604
Phone 751-2933
Founded in 1945, the Ash Grove Branch Library is the oldest Greene County facility in the
Library District. It is located on the southeast corner of Main Street and Calhoun Avenue
(Highway V) in this northwest Greene County town. The branch retains its small-town charm
while providing up-to-date library service. Thanks to a grant from Friends of the Library, Ash
Grove Branch received a facelift in 2010.
Brentwood Branch Library
2214 Brentwood Blvd. • Springfield, MO 65804
Phone 883-1974 • Fax 883-6412
The Brentwood Branch Library has served Brentwood neighborhood families and
southeast Springfield since 1971. It is located one block east of Glenstone Avenue and
Seminole Street, and retains a cozy “neighborhood” atmosphere with a sunny reading
area, bank of public computers, a large community room and multiple study rooms.
Fair Grove Branch Library
81 S. Orchard Blvd. • Fair Grove, MO 65648
Phone 759-2637 • Fax 759-2638
The Fair Grove Branch Library became the eighth facility in the district in 2000, and it serves
all ages in this northeast Greene County town. The library is located in the Fair Grove City
Hall, on the corner of Orchard Boulevard and Old Mill Road, and shares a 30-40-person
meeting room with City Hall.
The Library Station
2535 N. Kansas Expressway • Springfield, MO 65803
Phone 865-1340 • Fax 862-6514
The Library Station is a destination library that combines traditional services
with additional conveniences and amenities in an inviting and exciting environment. Thematic elements centered around north Springfield’s celebrated history
of transportation define the 36,000-square-foot facility. A Between Friends Gift
Shop, Panera Bread restaurant and 10 various-sized meeting rooms in this branch
north of the intersection of Kansas Expressway and Kearney Street.
Midtown Carnegie Branch Library
397 E. Central St.• Springfield, MO 65802
Phone 862-0135 • Fax 866-1259
Since March 1905, the Midtown Carnegie Branch Library has provided information
services to the citizens of Greene County. Throughout its history, the three-story
structure has been renovated to retain and enhance its classical architectural features.
The historic building also includes in its lower level the Edge Community Technology
Center, which offers free, hands-on computer training. Centrally located at the
northwest corner of Central Street and Jefferson Avenue, the branch is at the heart of the city’s Government Plaza.
Outreach Services and Mobile Library
4653 S. Campbell Ave. • Springfield, MO 65810
Phone 883-5366 ext. 12 • Fax 889-2547
Initially formed in 1955 as the Bookmobile department of the Greene County Library,
Outreach Services today includes rotating collections, storytimes at various locations and
Walking Books, a program for those who are not able to use traditional library services.
The Library rolled out the new Mobile Library in 2011 through a grant from Friends of
the Library.
Park Central Branch Library
128 Park Central Square • Springfield, MO 65806
Phone 831-1342
The Park Central Branch Library is an arts- and media-themed, nontraditional facility located in
the heart of Springfield’s downtown. The branch offers banks of computer stations, comfortable,
modern seating areas, gallery walls for exhibiting local artwork, a stage for showcasing area talent,
and is adjacent to The Coffee Ethic where patrons can pick up beverages, pastries and snacks.
Republic Branch Library
921 N. Lindsey Ave. • Republic, MO 65738
Phone 732-7284 • Fax 732-6143
After relocating several times in Republic, the Republic Branch Library settled into a new,
10,000-square-foot, standalone branch located at 921 N. Lindsey Ave., just off Highway
174 in the fall of 2009. The branch features a colorful, contemporary look paired with
natural materials—tables throughout were crafted from reclaimed oak trees felled by
Ozarks winter ice storms. A spacious meeting room for public use, convenient drive-up
window and a state-of-the-art gaming area for teens combine to make this western Greene County library branch a popular
community destination.
Strafford Branch Library
101 State Highway 125, Suite H • Strafford, MO 65757
Phone 736-9233
Within view of Old Route 66, the automobile-themed Strafford Branch Library gives residents
of this eastern Greene County community their own facility, and becomes the 10th library in
the District, and the fifth outside of Springfield. The Strafford Branch occupies 2,500 square
feet of leased space in Chestnut Plaza, a shopping center south of Interstate 44 on State
Highway 125. Near Strafford schools, the Library is easily accessible to students.
Willard Branch Library
304 E. Jackson St. • Willard, MO 65781
Phone 742-4258
In spring 2009, the Willard community welcomed the opening of the new Willard Branch
Library in East Shopping Center in downtown Willard and near the popular Ozark
Greenways trailhead of the Frisco Highline. The 5,000-square-foot building features warm,
contemporary furnishings, a teen area, banks of computer stations and a drive-up window.
Toll-Free and Hotline Numbers
A.O. Treatment Services Toll-Free 1-877-862-3455
Adoption for Families and Family Therapy of the Ozarks Toll-Free 1-888-449-2229
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Hotline 417-823-7125
Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders, Greater Missouri Chapter Toll-Free 1-800-272-3900 Hotline
1-800-272-3900
American Cancer Society, Southwest Missouri Office Toll-Free 1-800-915-8350
American Diabetes Association — Missouri Chapter Toll-Free 1-800-216-2464
American Heart Association Toll-Free 1-800-439-2648
American Indian Council Employment and Training Toll-Free 1-800-546-4898
American Lung Association in Missouri Toll-Free 1-800-LUNG-USA
Hotline 1-800-LUNG-USA
American Red Cross, Southern Missouri Toll-Free 1-866-206-0256
America’s Wildlife Museum & Aquarium (formerly Wonders of Wildlife) Toll-Free 1-877-245-9453
APO (formerly AIDS Project of the Ozarks, Inc.) Toll-Free 1-800-743-5767
Arthritis Foundation Toll-Free 1-800-406-2491
Assisting Consumers Through Technology (ACTT) Toll-Free 1-800-676-7245
Birthright, Inc. Toll-Free 1-800-550-4900 Hotline 1-800-550-4900
Brain Injury Association of America, Springfield, Missouri, Chapter Toll-Free 1-800-778-9317
Brain Injury Support Group Toll-Free 1-800-778-9317
Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks Toll-Free 1-866-874-1915
Burrell Behavioral Health Toll-Free 1-800-299-1334 Hotline 24-hr. Crisis Line 417-862-6555 (local) or
1-800-494-7355
C.A.R.E. Animal Rescue Hotline 417-875-6565
Cancer Research for the Ozarks (CRO) Toll-Free 1-800-821-7532
Caring People Toll-Free 1-877-227-3525 (877-CARE-525)
Child Care Aware® of Southern Missouri/Early Childhood One Stop Toll-Free 1-800-743-8497
Child Care Food Program Toll-Free 1-800-818-6812
Christian County Family Crisis Center (aka Freedom’s Rest) Hotline 417-299-2494
Circle of Friends Social Club Toll-Free 1-800-676-7245
City of Springfield: City Council Hotline Citizen Resources: 417-864-1010
City of Springfield: Department of Environmental Services Hotline 417-864-1904 (for recycling info)
City of Springfield: Solid Waste Management Division Hotline 417-864-1904 (for recycling info)
City of Springfield: Sustainability Division Hotline 417-864-1904 (for recycling info)
Community Blood Center of the Ozarks — Don Thomson Donor Center (CBCO) Toll-Free 1-800-280-5337
Community Foundation of the Ozarks, Inc. Toll-Free 1-888-266-6815
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Springfield, Missouri, Inc. (CCCS) Toll-Free 1-800-882-0808
Convoy of Hope Toll-Free 1-800-988-0664
Cox College Toll-Free 1-866-898-5355
CoxHealth Cox Senior Advantage Toll-Free 1-888-354-3618
CoxHealth Hulston Cancer Center — Allenbrand Resource and Image Center Toll-Free 1-866-485-7866
(HULSTON)
Dickerson Park Zoo Hotline 417-864-1800
Drury University Toll-Free 1-800-922-2274
Drury University Alumni Association Toll-Free 800-922-2274
Drury University Music Department Toll-Free 800-922-2274
Drury University Pool Art Center Gallery Toll-Free 800-922-2274
Drury University Theatre Toll-Free 800-922-2274
Easter Seals Midwest Autism Services Toll-Free 1-800-420-7410
Epilepsy Foundation of Missouri & Kansas Toll-Free 1-800-264-6970
Experience Works, Inc. Toll-Free 1-877-872-4740
First Steps (System Point of Entry) (SPOE) Toll-Free 1-866-583-2392
Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland, Inc. Toll-Free 1-877-312-4764
Greater Springfield Sports Commission Toll-Free 1-800-678-8767
Greene County: Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Hotline 417-829-6230
Hammons Heart Institute: Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Toll-Free 1-800-944-4327
Harmony House Toll-Free 1-800-831-6863 Hotline 417-864-7233
Holos University Graduate Seminary Toll-Free 1-888-272-6109
Hospice Compassus Toll-Free 1-800-678-8326
Housing Authority of the City of Springfield, Missouri (HAS) Hotline 417-447-4588
Isabel’s House (Crisis Nursery of the Ozarks, Inc.) Hotline 417-865-2273 (CARE)
James River Basin Partnership Toll-Free 1-888-924-WATER (9283)
The Journey Home Project (Burrell Behavioral Health Homeless Services) Hotline 1-800-494-7355 or
417-862-6555
Kansas Audio-Reader Network Toll-Free 1-800-772-8898
KSMU Radio Toll-Free 1-800-767-5768
La Leche League of Springfield Hotline 417-201-4242 (leave message for 24-hour response)
Lakeland Behavioral Health System Toll-Free 1-800-432-1210
Legal Services of Southern Missouri Toll-Free 1-800-444-4863
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Toll-Free 1-800-256-1075
Lutheran Family and Children’s Services of Missouri (LFCS) Toll-Free 1-866-326-LFCS
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Missouri Toll-Free 1-800-937-9474
MedicAlert + Safe Return Toll-Free 1-800-272-3900
Mercy C.H. “Chub” O’Reilly Cancer Center Men’s Cancer Coffee Club Toll-Free 1-800-432-2273
Mercy Cancer Resource Center Toll-Free 1-800-432-2273
Mercy Hospice — Springfield Toll-Free 1-800-330-8304
Mercy Marian Center Toll-Free 1-866-785-7447
Mercy Seniors Toll-Free 1-800-909-8326
Mercy Van K. Smith Community Library Toll-Free 1-800-432-2273
Mercy Women’s Heart Center Toll-Free 1-800-200-9000
Mercy’s C.H. “Chub” O’Reilly Cancer Center Sharing the Journey Cancer Support Group Toll-Free 1-800-432-2273
MERS/Missouri Goodwill Industries, Inc. Toll-Free 1-866-605-6869
Mid-America Transplant Services Toll-Free 1-800-925-3666
Missouri Career Center Toll-Free 1-800-562-7284 (1-800-JOB PATH)
Missouri Career Center Toll-Free 1-888-728-JOBS
Missouri Coalition for Quality Care Toll-Free 1-888-262-5644
Missouri Council of the Blind Toll-Free 1-800-342-5632
Missouri Council of the Blind New Image Thrift Store Hotline 417-831-3701 (donor hotline)
Missouri Enterprise Toll-Free 1-800-956-2682
Missouri Humanities Council Toll-Free 1-800-357-0909
Missouri Parents Act (MPACT) Toll-Free 1-800-743-7634
Missouri Protection and Advocacy Services Toll-Free 866-777-7199
Missouri State University: Project ACCESS Toll-Free 1-866-481-3841
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), Ozark Mountain Chapter Toll-Free 1-800-736-6233 Hotline 1-877-623-3435
Muscular Dystrophy Association, Inc. Toll-Free 1-800-572-1717
NAMI Southwest Missouri Hotline 1-877-535-HELP (4357) Warmline--417-864-3027
National Autism Association Toll-Free 877-622-2884
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Ozark Branch Toll-Free 1-800-344-4867 Hotline 1-800-344-4867
OATS, Inc. Toll-Free 1-800-770-6287
Our House Foundation Hotline 417-889-7452
Oxford HealthCare Home Care and Hospice Toll-Free 1-800-749-6555
Oxford HealthCare Hospice and Palliative Care Toll-Free 1-800-749-6555
Oxford HealthCare Lifeline Toll-Free 1-800-749-6555
Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation: Foster Grandparent Program Toll-Free 1-866-380-4420
Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation: Head Start Toll-Free 1-866-282-3430
Ozarks Public Television (OPT) Toll-Free 1-866-684-5695
Post Polio Support Group Toll-Free 1-800-676-7245
Pregnancy Care Center Toll-Free 1-866-677-0800
Rare Breed Youth Services Hotline 417-837-1572
Safe At Home Toll-Free 1-877-603-7805
Safe Kids Springfield Hotline 417-820-7233
Scleroderma Support Group Toll-Free 1-800-722-4673
SIDS Resources, Inc. Toll-Free 1-800-421-3511
Hotline 1-800-421-3511
Silver-Haired Legislature Toll-Free 1-800-497-0822
Southwest Center for Independent Living Toll-Free 1-800-676-7245
Southwest Missouri Area of Narcotics Anonymous (SWMOANA) Hotline 1-855-866-7392
Southwest Missouri Office on Aging (SWMOA) Toll-Free 1-800-497-0822
Springfield Service Club of the Blind Toll-Free 1-800-342-5632 Hotline 314-832-7172
Springfield, Missouri, Convention & Visitors Bureau Toll-Free 1-800-678-8767
Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Hotline 417-829-6200
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Cruse Dog Park Hotline 417-864-1404
State of Missouri: Attorney General Toll-Free 1-800-392-8222
State of Missouri: Department of Elementary and Secondary Education — Division of Adult Learning
and Rehabilitation Services, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Toll-Free 1-877-222-8967 (South
Springfield) 1-877-222-8965 (North Springfield)
State of Missouri: Department of Health and Senior Services — Division of Senior and Disability Services
Hotline 1-800-392-0210 Elder Abuse & Neglect Hotline
State of Missouri: Department of Labor and Industrial Relations — Division of Workers Compensation TollFree 1-800-775-2667
State of Missouri: Department of Mental Health — Division of Developmental Disabilities, Springfield Regional Office Hotline 1-888-549-6635
State of Missouri: Department of Natural Resources, Southwest Regional Office Toll-Free 1-800-361-4827
State of Missouri: Department of Social Services — Greene County Family Support Division Toll-Free
1-855-373-4636
State of Missouri: Department of Social Services — Rehabilitation Services for the Blind (RSB) Toll-Free
1-800-592-6004
State of Missouri: Department of Social Services Greene County Children’s Division Hotline Child Abuse
& Neglect Hotline 1-800-392-3738
State of Missouri: Department of Social Services — Division of Youth Services Toll-Free 1-800-735-2466
State of Missouri: Missouri Veterans Cemetery — Springfield Toll-Free 1-866-251-0428
State of Missouri: Secretary of State Toll-Free 1-866-223-6535
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Toll-Free 1-800-932-8677
United States: Department of Veterans Affairs — Springfield Vet Center of Greene County Toll-Free 1-866644-5371
United States: Internal Revenue Service Toll-Free 1-800-829-1040
United States: Social Security Administration — Springfield Office Toll-Free 1-800-772-1213
The Victim Center Toll-Free 1-800-743-5265 Hotline 24 hour 417-864-SAFE (7233)
Women’s Council of Realtors, Springfield Chapter Toll-Free 1-800-245-8512
If you’re looking for… See:
AA… Alcoholics Anonymous
AARP Safe Driving Program... Smart Driver Course
AAUW… American Association of University Women
ACLU… American Civil Liberties Union
Arts Council… Springfield Regional Arts Council
Audubon Society… Greater Ozarks Audubon Society
Court Appointed Special Advocates… CASA of Southwest Missouri
The Directory lists city,
county, state and United
States listings together—
i.e, City of Springfield:
Attorney’s Office; United
States: Courthouse;
Greene County: Sheriff’s
Department; State of
Missouri: Department of
Natural Resources, etc.
Groups associated with
area hospitals will have
that hospital’s name at
the beginning—i.e., Mercy
Teddy Bear Club.
CBCO… Community Blood Center of the Ozarks
CCCS… Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Springfield
CASP… Community Alternative Sentencing Program
Crime Stoppers… Greater Springfield Area Crime Stoppers, Inc.
Crisis Nursery of the Ozarks, Inc… Isabel’s House
DCO… Developmental Center of the Ozarks
DNR… State of Missouri: Department of Natural Resources
Family Violence Center… Harmony House
GLO Center… Gay and Lesbian Community Center of the Ozarks
Goodwill Industries, Inc.… MERS/Missouri Goodwill Industries, Inc.
Hand Extended Outreach... Heart of the Ozarks and Hand Extended Outreach Pantry
Harbor House… The Salvation Army: Harbor House
Head Start… Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation Head Start
Heartland Lions Eye Bank... Saving Sight
IAAP… International Association of Administrative Professionals
Lakes Country Rehab… Alternative Opportunities, Inc.
MPACT… Missouri Parents Act
Multicultural Center… Hand In Hand Multicultural Center
Myrl Billings Memorial Veterans Center... The Veterans Center
National Alliance for Mental Illness… NAMI Southwest Missouri
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People… NAACP
If you’re looking for… See:
Nature Center… Springfield Conservation Nature Center
New Life Evangelistic Center… Veterans Coming Home Center
OGS… Ozarks Genealogical Society, Inc.
Park Board… Springfield-Greene County Park Board
PAT… Springfield Public Schools: Parents As Teachers/Early Childhood Education
PTA… Parent-Teacher Association, Springfield Council
Regional Girls Shelter (RGS)... Ashley House
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program… RSVP
Right to Life… Missouri Right to Life, Springfield Metro Area
SAAFhouse… Springfield Animal Advocacy Foundation
Safe Driving Program… AARP Safe Driving Program
SNAP… Spay Neuter Assistance Program, Inc.
Sons of the American Revolution… The Ozark Mountain Chapter of the Missouri Society of the Sons of
the American Revolution
Springfield Homeless Outreach… Veterans Coming Home Center
Springfield Regional Opera… SRO Lyric Theatre
Sweet Adelines… Ozark Showcase Chorus, Sweet Adelines International
Tooth Truck… Ronald McDonald Care Mobile
VFW… Veterans of Foreign Wars
Victory Mission… Springfield Victory Mission
Weatherization Program… Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation Weatherization Program
WIC… Springfield-Greene Health Department: Women, Infants and Children Supplemental
Nutrition Program (WIC)
Wonders of Wildlife... America’s Wildlife Museum & Aquarium
YMCA… Ozarks Regional YMCA
Young Astronauts International… Constellation Club of Springfield
Are You Listed?
Let us know about your nonprofit club, agency or organization. Complete this form if you would like
to be included in the next print edition of The Directory and to be listed online. For a form that can be
completed online and sent electronically, go to thelibrary.org/directory and look under “Are You Listed?”
Mailing address:
Community Relations Department
Springfield-Greene County Library District
4653 S. Campbell Ave.
Springfield MO 65810
Fax: 417-889-2547. For more information, call 417-616-0567 or email Melissa Adler at [email protected].
Type or print clearly
Name of club, agency or organization ______________________________________________________________
Physical address ____________________________________________________________________________
City _____________________________________________________ State _________ Zip _______________
Mailing address (if different) ____________________________________________________________________
City _____________________________________________________ State _________ Zip _______________
Phone _____________________________________ Ext. __________ Fax ____________________________
Toll-free phone _________________________ TTY (for hearing impaired) _______________________________
Hotline _______________________________________________
Organizational email address __________________________ Website __________________________________
Facebook Page Link ____________________________________________________________________________
Facebook Page Name ________________________________ Twitter ____________________________________
Brief description of purpose (The Library may edit for consistency and clarity)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
This information will not appear in the print or online Directory
Contact Name___________________________________________ Title _________________________
_Contact Phone ____________________ Contact email __________________________________________
2-1-1 is a statewide call center that assists Missourians in locating health and human services (www.211missouri.org).
If you wish to have your organization listed with 2-1-1, call Cathy Vaisvil, 2-1-1 Resource Team Manager, at 314-242-1885.
Table of Contents by Category
ACCOUNTANTS
ADVERTISING
Missouri Council of the Blind New Image Thrift Store.... 36
Missouri Protection and Advocacy Services........................ 36
Missouri Right to Life, Springfield Metro Area......................37
Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
(MADP).................................................................................................. 38
National Autism Association......................................................... 39
The Next Step.........................................................................................40
Ozarks Association for the Education of Young
Children (OAEYC)............................................................................44
Ozarks Health Advocacy Foundation......................................44
PFLAG-Springfield..............................................................................46
Republic Area Retired School Personnel Association....48
Republic Pregnancy Resource Center.....................................48
Silver-Haired Legislature...................................................................52
Southwest Center for Independent Living.............................53
Southwest Missouri Office on Aging (SWMOA)................ 54
Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association...............................57
Springfield Public Schools: Office of Cultural Diversity.. 58
Springfield Service Club of the Blind........................................ 59
State of Missouri: Department of Health and Senior
Services — Division of Senior and Disability Services... 66
The Veterans Center (formerly Myrl Billings Memorial
Veterans Center)...............................................................................70
The Victim Center...................................................................................71
Volunteers For Outdoor Missouri, Inc.........................................71
American Advertising Federation (AAF) of the Ozarks....2
AGED
ADVOCACY GROUPS
A Sporting Chance for Special Populations...............................1
AARP Smart Driver Course (formerly AARP Safe
Driving Program)..................................................................................1
Across The Life Span (ATLS)..............................................................1
Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders, Greater
Missouri Chapter...................................................................................2
Alzheimer’s Support Group................................................................2
Ash Grove Sunshine Center...............................................................4
Christian Health and Rehab...............................................................9
Connections Handyman Service...................................................14
CoxHealth Cox Senior Advantage................................................15
Daybreak Adult Day Care..................................................................16
Eldercare Transit Service....................................................................18
Experience Works, Inc.........................................................................19
Federal Prison Retirees Association............................................19
Franciscan Villa......................................................................................20
The Gardens Senior Living................................................................21
Grandparents United For Children’s Rights of Missouri.....22
Greene County SALT Council (Seniors and Law
Enforcement Together).................................................................24
Kindred Spirits Pet Therapy........................................................... 29
Legal Services of Southern Missouri...........................................31
Long-Term Care Ombudsman.......................................................32
Meals On Wheels...................................................................................32
MedicAlert + Safe Return.................................................................32
Mercy Hospice - Springfield............................................................33
Mercy Seniors......................................................................................... 34
Mercy Villa................................................................................................ 34
Missouri Coalition for Quality Care..............................................35
National Active and Retired Federal Employees............... 39
National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway
Employees, Inc................................................................................... 39
Nixa Senior Center...............................................................................40
Accounting and Financial Women’s Alliance
(formerly American Society of Women Accountants,
Springfield Chapter 98).....................................................................1
Missouri Society of Accountants, Heart of the Ozarks
Chapter...................................................................................................37
ADOPTION
Adoption for Families and Family Therapy
of the Ozarks...........................................................................................1
Adoption Triad of the Ozarks.............................................................1
Adoptive Families of Southwest Missouri....................................1
Lutheran Family and Children’s Services of Missouri
(LFCS).....................................................................................................32
Midwest Foster Care & Adoption Association SWMO....35
Pregnancy Care Center.....................................................................47
ADULT EDUCATION
Ozarks Technical Community College.....................................46
Ozarks Technical Community College: Adult
Education and Literacy................................................................46
Springfield Community Center (SCC)...................................... 56
Ambassadors for Children...................................................................2
American Cancer Society, Southwest Missouri Office........2
APO (formerly AIDS Project of the Ozarks, Inc.)..................4
Better Business Bureau of Southwest Missouri, Inc............ 5
Birthright, Inc.............................................................................................6
C.A.R.E. Animal Rescue.........................................................................7
CASA of Southwest Missouri.............................................................7
Child Advocacy Center, Inc................................................................8
City of Springfield: Citizen Resource Center......................... 10
City of Springfield: Mayor’s Commission for Children........11
CoxHealth Hulston Cancer Center — Allenbrand
Resource and Image Center........................................................15
Cystic Fibrosis Association of Missouri......................................16
Deaf Awareness Group of Southwest Missouri (DAG).....16
Disabled American Veterans and Auxiliary, Orlan E.
Smith Memorial Chapter 11...........................................................17
Down Syndrome Group of the Ozarks......................................17
The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of the
Ozarks (GLO)........................................................................................21
Grandparents United For Children’s Rights of Missouri.....22
Hand in Hand Multicultural Center............................................. 26
La Leche League of Springfield...................................................30
LifeHouse Crisis Maternity Home..................................................31
Missouri Citizens for the Arts..........................................................35
Missouri Council of the Blind......................................................... 36
A
A
OATS, Inc...................................................................................................40
Oxford HealthCare Home Care and Hospice.......................40
Oxford HealthCare Lifeline................................................................41
Ozark Senior Center........................................................................... 42
Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation: Foster
Grandparent Program................................................................... 43
Ozarks Regional YMCA — Corporate Office........................ 45
Republic Senior Friendship Center............................................48
Rogersville Area Senior Center....................................................49
RSVP............................................................................................................50
Safe At Home.........................................................................................50
The Salvation Army: Main Office.................................................50
Senior Democrats of the Ozarks...................................................51
Seniors As Stars......................................................................................51
South Side Senior Center.................................................................53
Springfield-Greene County Library District: Outreach
Services....................................................................................................61
Springfield-Greene County Library District: Walking
Books........................................................................................................61
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Northview
Center.....................................................................................................64
State of Missouri: Department of Social Services —
Greene County Family Support Division.............................67
Strafford Senior Center..................................................................... 68
Teamsters Local 245 Retiree Club..............................................68
Tri-Lakes General Motors Retirees Club..................................69
United States: Social Security Administration —
Springfield Office.............................................................................69
National Airport..................................................................................12
Constellation Club of Springfield...................................................14
ALCOHOLISM/ADDICTIVE DISORDERS
A.O. Treatment Services.........................................................................1
Al-Anon Family Groups..........................................................................1
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)..............................................................1
ARTS Anonymous (Artists Recovering Through the
Twelve Steps)........................................................................................4
Burrell Behavioral Health.....................................................................7
CoxHealth Center For Addictions.................................................15
Mercy Marian Center.......................................................................... 34
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), Ozark
Mountain Chapter............................................................................ 38
Overeaters Anonymous (OA).........................................................41
The Salvation Army: Harbor House............................................50
Southwest Missouri Area of Narcotics Anonymous
(SWMOANA).......................................................................................53
State of Missouri: Department of Mental Health
— Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse and
Comprehensive Psychiatric Services.....................................67
ALS — AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
ALS Association Mid-America Chapter.......................................2
Muscular Dystrophy Association, Inc........................................ 38
ALUMNI ORGANIZATIONS
Drury University Alumni Association..........................................17
Evangel University Alumni Association.....................................19
Missouri State University: Alumni Association.....................37
Sigma Kappa Daytime Alumnae..................................................52
AGRICULTURE
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Greater Springfield Farmers’ Market..........................................23
Iris Society of the Ozarks................................................................. 28
James River Basin Partnership...................................................... 28
Nosegay Garden Club.......................................................................40
Ozark Regional Lily Society........................................................... 42
Pink Dogwood Garden Club...........................................................47
Rose Society of the Ozarks (RSOO).........................................49
Springfield Council of Federated Garden Clubs................. 56
Springfield Orchid Society...............................................................57
Springfield-Greene County Park Board:
Rutledge-Wilson Farm Park...................................................... 65
University of Missouri Extension: Greene County 4-H....70
University of Missouri Extension: Master Gardeners
of Greene County............................................................................70
MedicAlert + Safe Return.................................................................32
AIDS (DISEASE)
ANIMAL WELFARE
The Healing Quilt Project of the Ozarks.................................. 26
Services — Bureau of Special Health Care Needs......... 66
Animal Abuse Council..........................................................................4
City of Springfield: Animal Shelter.............................................. 10
Dickerson Park Zoo...............................................................................17
Greyhound Pets of America............................................................25
Haven of the Ozarks, Inc.................................................................. 26
Humane Society of Southwest Missouri................................. 28
Killuminati Foundation...................................................................... 29
Route 66 Rescue, Inc.........................................................................49
Spay Neuter Assistance Program, Inc. (SNAP)................... 54
Springfield Animal Advocacy Foundation
(SAAFhouse).......................................................................................55
AIR CONDITIONING
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air
Conditioning Engineers, Inc.......................................................... 3
AIRCRAFT & AVIATION
Air and Military Museum of the Ozarks.........................................1
City of Springfield: Springfield-Branson
ANIMAL BREEDS
Assistance Dogs of the Ozarks........................................................4
Competition Dogs of the Ozarks..................................................13
Heart of the Ozarks Pigeon Club.................................................27
Ozark Mountain Cat Fanciers Club............................................ 42
Ozarks Kennel Club, Inc.................................................................... 45
Springfield Dog Training Club....................................................... 56
Springfield-Greene County Health Department................60
ASSESSMENT (PROPERTY)
ARCHAEOLOGY
Greene County: Assessor.................................................................24
Ozark Mountain Gem & Mineral Society................................. 42
Ozarks Chapter, Missouri Archaeological Society.............44
ASTHMA
ARCHITECTS
American Institute of Architects, Springfield Chapter....... 3
ARMED SERVICES
American Lung Association in Missouri...................................... 3
ASTRONOMY
Springfield Astronomical Society................................................55
ATTORNEYS
American Red Cross, Southern Missouri.................................... 3
Fleet Reserve Association, Branch 316....................................20
Our House Foundation........................................................................41
AUDITOR
ARTHRITIS
Greene County: Auditor....................................................................24
Arthritis Foundation...............................................................................4
Mercy Regional Arthritis Center.................................................. 34
AUTISM
ARTS
Twelve Steps)........................................................................................4
Drury University Music Department............................................17
Drury University Pool Art Center Gallery.................................18
Drury University Theatre....................................................................18
Evangel University: Artist Series....................................................19
Friends of the Springfield Art Museum...................................20
Highland Fiber Artists.........................................................................27
Men’s Chorus of the Ozarks............................................................33
Missouri Citizens for the Arts..........................................................35
Missouri Folklore Society................................................................. 36
Missouri State University: Department of Theatre
and Dance.............................................................................................37
Missouri State University: Juanita K. Hammons Hall
for the Performing Arts.................................................................37
Ozarks Public Television (OPT).................................................... 45
Ozarks Whittlers And Woodcarvers.........................................46
Ozarks Writers League (OWL).....................................................46
Show-Me-Strokes Decorative Painters.....................................52
Southwest Missouri Art and Craft Guild...................................53
Southwest Missouri Camera Club................................................53
Southwest Missouri Museum Associates, Inc....................... 54
Springfield Art Museum.....................................................................55
Springfield Ballet, Inc...........................................................................55
Springfield Federated Music Club.............................................. 56
Springfield Fiber Artists (SFA)..................................................... 56
Springfield Ladies Saturday Club.................................................57
Springfield Little Theatre..................................................................57
Springfield Little Theatre Guild.....................................................57
Springfield Porcelain Artists........................................................... 58
Springfield Regional Arts Council............................................... 59
Springfield Regional Opera Guild............................................... 59
Springfield Symphony Guild.......................................................... 59
Springfield Symphony Orchestra................................................ 59
Springfield-Drury Civic Orchestra..............................................60
SRO Lyric Theatre (Springfield Regional Opera)............... 66
Stained Glass Theatre........................................................................ 66
Studio 55 Fine Arts Guild................................................................. 68
Table Rock Art Guild and Gallery................................................68
Traditional Dance and Music Society........................................69
USA Dance...............................................................................................70
City of Springfield: Attorney’s Office......................................... 10
Alternative Opportunities, Inc...........................................................2
Easter Seals Midwest Autism Services......................................18
Missouri State University: Project ACCESS........................... 38
Nova Center of the Ozarks.............................................................40
Project Linus.............................................................................................47
AUTOMOBILES
Driving Program)..................................................................................1
Classic Chevy Club of Springfield.................................................13
Greater Ozarks Mustang Club........................................................22
GROOVE (General Registry of Ozarks Volkswagen
Enthusiasts)..........................................................................................25
Mercy Injury Prevention Center.....................................................33
Model T Ford Club of America, Heart of The Ozarks
Chapter.................................................................................................. 38
Ozark Lakes Porsche Club................................................................41
Ozark Mountain Region, Sports Car Club of America,
(SCCA)................................................................................................... 42
Plymouth Owners Club, Inc., Missouri “Show-Me”
Region.....................................................................................................47
Queen City Chevelle Club.................................................................47
Show-Me Ts Model T Ford Club....................................................52
Southwest Missouri Model A Ford Club.................................. 54
Springfield Vintage Motor Club................................................... 59
AUXILIARY GROUPS
Ashley House Auxiliary (formerly Regional Girls
Shelter Auxiliary).................................................................................4
CoxHealth Volunteer Services Department............................15
Friends of the Library........................................................................20
Friends of the MSU Libraries.........................................................20
Friends of the Zoo...............................................................................20
Greene County Medical Society Alliance (GCMSA)..........23
Mercy Hospital Auxiliary...................................................................33
Gray-Campbell Farmstead......................................................... 63
A
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 3404, Ladies’ Auxiliary.....71
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 3404, Men’s Auxiliary.....71
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Foundation..................72
BANKRUPTCY
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Springfield,
Missouri, Inc. (CCCS)........................................................................14
BARBERSHOP QUARTET
Ozark Showcase Chorus, Sweet Adelines
International........................................................................................ 42
Queen City Sound Chorus, Sweet Adelines
International........................................................................................48
Sho-Me Statesmen...............................................................................52
BASEBALL
Springfield-Greene County Park Board...................................62
Willard Recreation Center.................................................................71
BASKET WEAVING
Ozark Mountain Basket Weavers................................................ 42
BASKETBALL
B
Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield, Inc...........................................6
Southwest Missouri Youth Basketball....................................... 54
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Doling Family
Center and Indoor Aquatics Center...................................... 63
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Oak Grove
Community Center..........................................................................64
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: O’Reilly Tefft
Gym..........................................................................................................64
BEEKEEPING
BISEXUAL/TRENSGENDER
Ozarks (GLO)........................................................................................21
BLINDNESS
The Association for the Blind............................................................ 5
Missouri Deaf-Blind Association.................................................. 36
Queen City Council of the Blind...................................................47
Saving Sight (formerly Heartland Lions Eye Bank)............51
Springfield Evening Lions Club.................................................... 56
Springfield Host Lions Club.............................................................57
Springfield-Greene County Library District:
Walking Books.....................................................................................61
Rehabilitation Services for the Blind (RSB).......................67
BLOOD SUPPLY
Community Blood Center of the Ozarks — Don
Thomson Donor Center (CBCO)...............................................13
BOOKMOBILE
Springfield-Greene County Library District: Library
Outreach Services.............................................................................61
BRAIN INJURY/DISORDERS
Brain Injury Association of America, Springfield,
Missouri, Chapter.................................................................................6
Brain Injury Support Group...............................................................6
Beekeepers Association of the Ozarks....................................... 5
BREASTFEEDING
BIBLES
Child Evangelism Fellowship of Missouri, Inc.,
Springfield Chapter............................................................................8
Gideons International, Springfield South Camp...................21
BRIDGE (GAME)
BIRDS
Greater Ozarks Audubon Society................................................22
Southern Missouri Combine............................................................53
Southern Missouri Roller Club........................................................53
BIRTH CONTROL
Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation: Family
Planning................................................................................................. 43
Planned Parenthood of Southwest Missouri.........................47
BIRTH DEFECTS
March of Dimes......................................................................................32
American Contract Bridge League, Southwest
Missouri Unit 101................................................................................... 3
Springfield Bridge Center................................................................ 56
BRIDGES
Greene County: Highway Department.....................................24
BUILDING/ BUILDING REGULATIONS
Homebuilders Association of Greater Springfield............ 28
Southwest Missouri Code Officials, Inc.................................... 54
BURNS & SCALDS
Shriners, Abou Ben Adhem.............................................................52
BUSINESS
Accounting and Financial Women’s Alliance (formerly
American Society of Women Accountants, Springfield
Chapter 98)..............................................................................................1
Association for Women in Communications, Inc.,
Greater Springfield, Missouri Area Professional
Chapter..................................................................................................... 5
Bolivar Area Chamber of Commerce..........................................6
City of Springfield: Finance Department...................................11
Commercial Club of Springfield.....................................................13
Downtown Springfield Association.............................................17
Exceptional Business Men In Nixa (X-MIN).............................19
Executive Women’s Club...................................................................19
Greene County: Commission..........................................................24
Institute of Internal Auditors, Ozarks Chapter..................... 28
International Association of Administrative
Professionals, Springfield Metro Chapter (IAAP).......... 28
Junior Achievement of Southwest Missouri.......................... 29
Missouri Enterprise.............................................................................. 36
Chapter...................................................................................................37
Missouri State University: Small Business &
Technology Development Center........................................... 38
NAIFA Springfield................................................................................ 38
North Springfield Betterment Association (NSBA).........40
Real Estate & Mortgage Professionals (REMP)...................48
Republic Business Community Women.................................48
Rotary Club of Springfield Southeast.......................................49
Rotary Club of Springfield..............................................................49
Rotary Club of Springfield North................................................49
Rotary Club of Springfield Sunrise.............................................49
SCORE: Counselors to America’s Small Business...............51
Society of Manufacturing Engineers,
Springfield Chapter 321.................................................................53
Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce...............................55
Springfield Area Human Resources Association................55
Springfield Business Builders Club............................................. 56
Springfield Executive Breakfast Club....................................... 56
Springfield Missouri Employer Committee (MEC).............57
Springfield Rotaract Club................................................................ 59
The Library Center.............................................................................61
Springfield’s Best Locally Owned Companies..................... 66
State of Missouri: Secretary of State......................................... 68
SWMO Public Relations Society of America........................ 68
United States Small Business Administration (SBA)....... 69
Working Women In Nixa (WWIN)...............................................72
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: SPARC
School-Park Program.................................................................... 65
Will Rogers Indian Club......................................................................71
BUSINESS WOMEN
Ashley House Auxiliary (formerly Regional Girls Shelter
Auxiliary)..................................................................................................4
Association of Fundraising Professionals,
Ozarks Region...................................................................................... 5
AT&T Pioneers............................................................................................ 5
Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield Partners in Education
(formerly Auxiliary)............................................................................6
Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks..................................6
Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri, Inc.............................8
Children’s Miracle Network of CoxHealth..................................9
Community Foundation of the Ozarks, Inc.............................13
Convoy of Hope......................................................................................14
Elks Lodge #409....................................................................................18
Finley River Community Foundation..........................................19
Foundation for Springfield Public Schools............................20
Friends of the Garden........................................................................20
Accounting and Financial Women’s Alliance (formerly
American Society of Women Accountants, Springfield
Chapter 98)..............................................................................................1
Executive Women’s Club...................................................................19
Women’s Council of Realtors, Springfield Chapter...........72
CAMPS
Camp Barnabas.........................................................................................7
Council of Churches of the Ozarks..............................................14
Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland, Inc.................................21
CANCER/RECONSTRUCTION
Cancer Research for the Ozarks (CRO)......................................7
CoxHealth Breast Care Clinic...........................................................15
CoxHealth Caregivers Support Group.......................................15
CoxHealth Grief Support Group....................................................15
CoxHealth Patient and Caregivers Support Group.............15
CoxHealth Reach Together...............................................................15
GYN Cancers Alliance........................................................................ 26
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society..............................................31
Lymphedema Support Group of the Ozarks........................32
Mercy Breast Center — “Chub” O’Reilly Cancer Center....33
Mercy C.H. “Chub” O’Reilly Cancer Center Men’s
Cancer Coffee Club..........................................................................33
Mercy Cancer Resource Center....................................................33
Mercy’s C.H. “Chub” O’Reilly Cancer Center Sharing
the Journey Cancer Support Group..................................... 34
CAR POOLS
Ozarks Commute (Regional Rideshare Program)............44
CAVES
Ozark Highlands Grotto, Inc.............................................................41
CEMETERIES
City of Springfield: Hazelwood Cemetery................................11
Maple Park Cemetery.........................................................................32
State of Missouri: Missouri Veterans Cemetery —
Springfield............................................................................................ 68
United States: Springfield National Cemetery.....................70
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
Nixa Area Chamber of Commerce.............................................40
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
C
GFWC Sorosis Club of Springfield: General
Federation of Women’s Clubs....................................................21
Enthusiasts)..........................................................................................25
Habitat for Humanity of Springfield, Missouri, Inc............. 26
Heart of the Ozarks Sertoma Club..............................................27
The Kitchen, Inc.....................................................................................30
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Missouri.......................................32
Musgrave Foundation........................................................................ 38
Neat Repeats.......................................................................................... 39
Next-To-New Shop..............................................................................40
Ozarks Food Harvest.........................................................................44
Plaid Door Junior League Resale Shop....................................47
Queen City Sertoma Club................................................................47
Rainbow Network................................................................................48
United Way of the Ozarks...............................................................70
Youth of the Ozarks Community Thrift Store.......................72
CHESS CLUBS
C
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Chess Club........62
CHILD ABUSE/NEGLECT
Ashley House (formerly Regional Girls Shelter)....................4
Ashley House Auxiliary (formerly Regional Girls
Shelter Auxiliary).................................................................................4
Fair Haven Children’s Home.............................................................19
Great Circle (formerly Boys and Girls Town of
Missouri).................................................................................................22
Greene County: Juvenile Justice Center..................................24
Isabel’s House (Crisis Nursery of the Ozarks, Inc.)............ 28
Parenting Life Skills Center (PLSC) — A Great Circle
Agency...................................................................................................46
SafeHaven of the Ozarks.................................................................50
State of Missouri: Department of Social Services
Greene County Children’s Division..........................................67
CHILDBIRTH
Cover Your Bum Cloth Diaper Bank............................................14
Diaper Bank of the Ozarks................................................................16
The Doula Foundation........................................................................22
CHILD SUPPORT
State of Missouri: Family Support Division — Child
Support Enforcement.....................................................................67
CHILDREN
Adoption for Families and Family Therapy of the
Ozarks..........................................................................................................1
Auxiliary)..................................................................................................4
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks....................................... 5
Boy Scouts of America, Ozark Trails Council..........................6
Camp Barnabas.........................................................................................7
Child Care Aware® of Southern Missouri/Early
Childhood One Stop.........................................................................8
Child Care Food Program...................................................................8
Children’s Choirs of Southwest Missouri....................................9
Children’s Smile Center........................................................................9
Developmental Center of the Ozarks (DCO).........................16
Educare........................................................................................................18
First Steps (System Point of Entry) (SPOE)........................20
Grandparents United For Children’s Rights
of Missouri.............................................................................................22
Missouri).................................................................................................22
Greene Valley School..........................................................................25
Heart2Heart Outreach Ministries..................................................27
Home Schoolers’ Academy.............................................................27
March of Dimes......................................................................................32
Missouri Parents Act (MPACT)..................................................... 36
OneSolePurpose...................................................................................40
Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation:
Foster Grandparent Program................................................... 43
Head Start............................................................................................ 43
Children (OAEYC)............................................................................44
Ozarks Literacy Council.................................................................... 45
Parent-Teacher Association, Springfield
Council (PTA).....................................................................................46
Project Linus.............................................................................................47
Rare Breed Youth Services.............................................................48
Reading Is Fundamental of Springfield, Inc. (RIF)............48
RSVP Reading Buddy Program...................................................50
Safe Kids Springfield..........................................................................50
Sertoma Clubs of Springfield.........................................................52
Springfield Public Schools............................................................... 58
Springfield Public Schools: KIDSFIRST (formerly
Underprivileged School Children’s Fund).......................... 58
Springfield Public Schools: Parents As Teachers
(PAT) /Early Childhood Education........................................ 58
Springfield-Greene County Health Department:
Women, Infants and Children Supplemental
Nutrition Program (WIC).............................................................60
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: SPARC
School-Park Program.................................................................... 65
Services, Section for Child Care Regulations................... 66
Division of Youth Services...........................................................67
CHILDREN, AT RISK
Care to Learn..............................................................................................7
Good Samaritan Boys Ranch.........................................................22
Good Samaritan Boys Ranch: Footsteps Transitional
Living for Boys....................................................................................22
Good Samaritan Boys Ranch: Laura’s Home,
Transitional Living for Girls...........................................................22
Missouri).................................................................................................22
H.I.T. No More.......................................................................................... 26
Lakeland Behavioral Health System..........................................30
Newborns In Need, Southwest Missouri Chapter.............. 39
Newborns In Need, Springfield, Missouri Chapter............ 39
OneSolePurpose...................................................................................40
Ronald McDonald Care Mobile (The “Tooth Truck”)........49
Ronald McDonald House Charities®
of the Ozarks, Inc.............................................................................49
Sammy’s Window..................................................................................51
Springfield Public Schools: Early Childhood Special
Education............................................................................................. 58
Springfield Public Schools: Teen Parent Program............. 58
Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition
Program (WIC)..................................................................................60
Task Force on Gangs and Youth Violence..............................68
CITY ORDINANCES
City of Springfield: Municipal Court..............................................11
CIVIL DEFENSE
Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency
Management (OEM).......................................................................62
CIVIL RIGHTS
American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas (ACLU).................2
City of Springfield: Mayor’s Commission on Human
Rights and Community Relations..............................................11
(MADP).................................................................................................. 38
NAACP, Springfield Local Chapter............................................. 38
Employees, Inc................................................................................... 39
Southwest Missouri Libertarian Party....................................... 54
CIVIL SERVICE
CIVIL WAR
Civil War Round Table of the Ozarks..........................................13
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War,
1861-1865, Mary Whitney Phelps Tent #22...........................16
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War..................................53
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield.............................................72
CLERGY
CLOTHING
Christian Foundation Thrift Store — Ozark..............................9
Grand Oak Mission................................................................................22
Least of These, Inc.................................................................................31
MERS Goodwill Industries Thrift Store......................................35
Neat Repeats.......................................................................................... 39
Next-To-New Shop..............................................................................40
OneSolePurpose...................................................................................40
Parent-Teacher Association, Springfield Council
(PTA).......................................................................................................46
The Salvation Army Family Thrift Store...................................50
The Salvation Army Superstore...................................................50
Sammy’s Window..................................................................................51
Southwest Missouri Indian Center.............................................. 54
Springfield Victory Mission............................................................. 59
Springfield Victory Vintage Thrift Store.................................. 59
Veterans Coming Home Center...................................................70
Women in Need.....................................................................................72
C
CODE ENFORCEMENT
City of Springfield: Landmarks Board.........................................11
Greene County: Resource Management..................................25
COLLECTORS & COLLECTING
Chapter.................................................................................................. 38
Ornament Collectors Club of the Ozarks.................................41
Ozarks’ Coin Club, Inc........................................................................44
Ozarks Model Railroad Association........................................... 45
Ozarks Steam Engine Association (OSEA)........................... 45
Region.....................................................................................................47
Southwest Missouri Early Day Gas Engine and Tractor
Association BR 16............................................................................. 54
Springfield Collectors Club, Inc.................................................... 56
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Association of Professionals in Infection Control and
Epidemiology, Inc............................................................................... 5
Westside Public Health Center.................................................60
C
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT/BETTERMENT
Community Foundation of the Ozarks, Inc.............................13
Community Partnership of the Ozarks......................................13
Finley River Community Foundation..........................................19
Good Community Committee.......................................................22
Historical Walnut Street Association..........................................27
Home Economists in Homemaking (HEIH)...........................27
Leadership Springfield, Inc...............................................................31
Republic Pumpkin Daze, Inc..........................................................48
Robberson Neighborhood Association..................................48
Southwest Missouri Council of Governments...................... 54
Springfield, Missouri, Convention & Visitors Bureau.........60
Tom Watkins Neighborhood Association...............................69
Urban Districts Alliance....................................................................70
Weller Neighborhood Association...............................................71
West Central Neighborhood Alliance.........................................71
Westside Neighborhood Betterment Association..............71
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
AT&T Pioneers............................................................................................ 5
Bradford Park Neighborhood Association...............................6
Convoy of Hope......................................................................................14
Cooper Estates Property Owners Association.....................14
Doling Neighborhood Association..............................................17
Grant Beach Neighborhood Association................................22
Heart of the Westside Neighborhood Association...........27
Junior League of Springfield.......................................................... 29
Kiwanis Club of Downtown Springfield...................................30
Kiwanis Club of Ozark Empire......................................................30
Kiwanis Club of Ozark, Missouri...................................................30
Kiwanis Club of Republic, Missouri.............................................30
Kiwanis Club of Springfield, North.............................................30
Kiwanis Club, Springfield South...................................................30
Leadership Springfield, Inc...............................................................31
Lions Club, Queen City.......................................................................31
Midtown Neighborhood Association.........................................35
National Place Property Owner’s Association, Inc.
(NPPOA)............................................................................................... 39
Oak Grove Neighborhood Association....................................40
Parkwest Village Homeowners’ Association........................46
Parkwood Survival Association and Improvement
District....................................................................................................46
Phelps Neighborhood Association.............................................47
Quail Creek Property Owners Association.............................47
Ravenwood Homeowners Association...................................48
Republic Pumpkin Daze, Inc..........................................................48
Rotary Club of Springfield Metro................................................49
Seminole/Holland Neighborhood Association.....................51
Sherman Avenue Project Area Committee, Inc...................52
Soroptimist International of Springfield, Missouri...............53
Springfield Summit Optimist Club............................................. 59
Stony Point Club................................................................................... 68
University Heights Neighborhood Association..................70
Woodland Heights Neighborhood Association..................72
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Community Alternative Sentencing Program (CASP).....13
COMPUTERS
Christian County Library.....................................................................9
Edge Community Technology Center.......................................18
ICON............................................................................................................ 28
Ozark Linux Users Group...................................................................41
Springfield-Greene County Library District...........................60
Ash Grove Branch Library...........................................................60
Brentwood Branch Library...........................................................61
Fair Grove Branch Library.............................................................61
Midtown Carnegie Branch Library...........................................61
Park Central Branch Library.........................................................61
Republic Branch Library................................................................61
Strafford Branch Library................................................................61
The Library Station............................................................................61
Willard Branch Library...................................................................62
CONCERTS
Missouri State University: Bands..................................................37
Republic Community Band (RCB).............................................48
Springfield Mid-America Singers..................................................57
CONSERVATION
America’s Wildlife Museum & Aquarium (formerly
Wonders of Wildlife).........................................................................4
City of Springfield: Sustainability Division................................12
Ozark Greenways, Inc..........................................................................41
Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation: LowIncome Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP)............................................................................................... 43
Weatherization Program............................................................. 43
Ozarks Green Building Coalition..................................................44
Springfield Plateau Chapter of Missouri Master
Naturalists............................................................................................. 58
State of Missouri: Department of Natural Resources,
Southwest Regional Office..........................................................67
Watershed Committee of the Ozarks........................................71
CONSTRUCTION
The Builders Association......................................................................7
Concrete Promotion Council of the Ozarks............................14
National Association of Women in Construction,
Chapter #366..................................................................................... 39
Springfield Contractors Association (SCA).......................... 56
CONSUMER PROTECTION
State of Missouri: Attorney General........................................... 66
United States: Food and Drug Administration.................... 69
CONVENTIONS
Springfield Hotel and Lodging Association...........................57
CORONER
Greene County: Medical Examiner’s Office............................24
COUNSELING
American Diabetes Association — Missouri Chapter.......... 3
Bill’s Place — Burrell Behavioral Health Homeless
Services.....................................................................................................6
Breaking Traditions................................................................................6
Center City Counseling Clinic...........................................................8
Compassionate Friends, Greater Ozarks Chapter...............13
Living for Boys....................................................................................22
Missouri).................................................................................................22
Heart of the Ozarks and Hand Extended Outreach
Pantry..................................................................................................... 26
Hospice Compassus........................................................................... 28
The Kitchen, Inc.....................................................................................30
(LFCS).....................................................................................................32
Ozarks Counseling Center..............................................................44
Parenting Life Skills Center (PLSC) - A Great Circle
Agency...................................................................................................46
SCORE: Counselors to America’s Small Business...............51
SIDS Resources, Inc..............................................................................52
United States: Department of Veterans Affairs —
Springfield Vet Center of Greene County..........................69
COURTS
Community Alternative Sentencing Program (CASP).....13
Greene County: Circuit Clerk..........................................................24
Greene County: Historic Courthouse.........................................24
C
Greene County: Probate Court......................................................25
State of Missouri: Department of Corrections —
Division of Probation and Parole............................................ 66
CRAFTS & HOBBIES
D
Buttonhole Babes Appliqué Group...............................................7
Enthusiasts)..........................................................................................25
Highland Fiber Artists.........................................................................27
Lacemakers of the Ozarks..............................................................30
Locust Prairie Extension Club........................................................32
Chapter.................................................................................................. 38
Ornament Collectors Club of the Ozarks.................................41
Ozark Linux Users Group...................................................................41
Ozark Mountain Basket Weavers................................................ 42
Ozark Mountain Knitting Guild..................................................... 42
Ozark Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Inc............................................ 42
Ozarks Area Crochet Group..........................................................44
Ozarks’ Coin Club, Inc........................................................................44
Ozarks Needleworkers Chapter of the Embroiderers
Guild of America............................................................................... 45
Region.....................................................................................................47
Show-Me-Strokes Decorative Painters.....................................52
Southwest Missouri Amateur Radio Club...............................53
Association BR 16............................................................................. 54
Southwest Missouri Model A Ford Club.................................. 54
Springfield Astronomical Society................................................55
Springfield Collectors Club, Inc.................................................... 56
Springfield Gouge Chippers............................................................57
Springfield Porcelain Artists........................................................... 58
Springfield RC Club............................................................................. 58
Center.....................................................................................................64
Studio 55 Fine Arts Guild................................................................. 68
CREDIT
CRIME PREVENTION
City of Springfield: Crime Prevention/Safety
Education.............................................................................................. 10
City of Springfield: Police Department......................................12
Greater Springfield Area Crime Stoppers, Inc......................23
Greene County: Sheriff’s Office.....................................................25
Harmony House.................................................................................... 26
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Greene County: Prosecuting Attorney’s Office....................25
Greene County: Prosecutor’s Office — Victim/Witness
Services...................................................................................................25
(MADP).................................................................................................. 38
State of Missouri: State Public Defender — District 31.... 68
CRISIS INTERVENTION
Center for Dispute Resolution..........................................................8
Crosslines....................................................................................................16
Missouri).................................................................................................22
H.I.T. No More.......................................................................................... 26
Harmony House.................................................................................... 26
One Door...................................................................................................40
Operation Us at the Murney Clinic.............................................40
DANCE
Missouri State University: Department of Theatre and
Dance.......................................................................................................37
Seniors As Stars......................................................................................51
Springfield Ballet, Inc...........................................................................55
Center.....................................................................................................64
Starlight Debonaires Ballroom Dance Club.......................... 66
USA Dance...............................................................................................70
DAY CARE
Educare........................................................................................................18
The Kitchen, Inc.....................................................................................30
Women in Need.....................................................................................72
DAY LABOR
The Salvation Army: Day Labor Program...............................50
DEAFNESS
CoxHealth Rehabilitation Therapy North..................................15
DEATH AND DYING
Lost & Found Grief Center (aka Lost and Found)..............32
M.E.N.D. SW Missouri Chapter (Mommies Enduring
Neonatal Death)................................................................................32
Mercy Hospice — Springfield.........................................................33
Mid-America Transplant Services................................................35
Seasons Hospice.....................................................................................51
Springfield............................................................................................ 68
DEBT
DENTAL CLINICS/DENTISTRY
All Star Smiles Sertoma Club.............................................................2
Elks Lodge #409....................................................................................18
Fordland Clinic, Inc..............................................................................20
Greater Springfield Dental Hygienists’ Association...........23
Jordan Valley Community Health Center — Dental.......... 29
The Kitchen, Inc.....................................................................................30
Head Start............................................................................................ 43
Ronald McDonald Care Mobile (The “Tooth Truck”)........49
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Abilities First.................................................................................................1
CHANCES of Stone County..............................................................8
The Next Step.........................................................................................40
Education............................................................................................. 58
DIABETES
American Diabetes Association - Missouri Chapter............ 3
CoxHealth Cox Diabetes Center....................................................15
DISABLED
Abilities First.................................................................................................1
The Arc of the Ozarks...........................................................................4
Assisting Consumers Through Technology (ACTT)............ 5
Camp Barnabas.........................................................................................7
Champion Athletes of the Ozarks.................................................8
Circle of Friends Social Club........................................................... 10
City Utilities: Access Express...........................................................13
Elks Lodge #409....................................................................................18
Greene Valley School..........................................................................25
Kansas Audio-Reader Network................................................... 29
Meals On Wheels...................................................................................32
MERS/Missouri Goodwill Industries, Inc...................................35
Missouri Protection and Advocacy Services........................ 36
OATS, Inc...................................................................................................40
Housing Assistance Program.................................................... 43
Safe At Home.........................................................................................50
SGM Guy J. Killingsworth Chapter 621 Military Order
of the Purple Heart...........................................................................52
Springfield Workshop, Inc...............................................................60
Outreach Services.............................................................................61
Walking Books.....................................................................................61
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Miracle
League Ball Field..............................................................................64
State of Missouri: Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education — Division of Adult Learning
and Rehabilitation Services, Office of Vocational
Rehabilitation (South Springfield)......................................... 66
D
Rehabilitation (North Springfield).......................................... 66
Services - Division of Senior and Disability Services... 66
State of Missouri: Department of Mental Health —
Division of Developmental Disabilities, Springfield
Regional Office...................................................................................67
Through the Roof.................................................................................68
DRUGS
EARLY INTERVENTION
Education............................................................................................. 58
EATING DISORDERS
DISCRIMINATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DIVERSITY
Springfield Public Schools: Office of Cultural
Diversity................................................................................................. 58
DOGS
E
Competition Dogs of the Ozarks..................................................13
Route 66 Rescue, Inc.........................................................................49
Southwest Missouri Retriever Club............................................ 54
Springfield Dog Training Club....................................................... 56
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Cruse Dog
Park.......................................................................................................... 63
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Christian County Family Crisis Center (aka Freedom’s
Rest)...........................................................................................................9
H.I.T. No More.......................................................................................... 26
Harmony House.................................................................................... 26
DOWN SYNDROME
DRUG/SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Pantry..................................................................................................... 26
(SWMOANA).......................................................................................53
City of Springfield: Land Clearance for Redevelopment
Authority..................................................................................................11
City of Springfield: Planning and Development
Department...........................................................................................12
Jordan Valley Innovation Center.................................................. 29
Technology Development Center........................................... 38
EDUCATION
Driving Program)..................................................................................1
Alpha Delta Kappa, Psi Chapter.......................................................2
Alpha Gamma Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma...................2
American Association of University Women (AAUW).......2
ASIS International Ozarks Chapter................................................4
AYUSA Global Youth Exchange...................................................... 5
Chase Educational Foundation.......................................................8
City of Springfield: Department of Environmental
Services................................................................................................... 10
Cox College................................................................................................14
CoxHealth Women’s Center.............................................................16
Discovery Center of Springfield, Inc............................................17
Drury University......................................................................................17
Educare........................................................................................................18
Evangel University.................................................................................18
Evangel University: Music Department.....................................19
Greene State Valley School.............................................................25
H.I.T. No More.......................................................................................... 26
HOLA Sertoma Club...........................................................................27
The Journey Home Project (Burrell Behavioral
Health Homeless Services)......................................................... 29
Mercy Stroke Center - Springfield.............................................. 34
Mercy Van K. Smith Community Library................................ 34
Missouri Humanities Council.......................................................... 36
Missouri National Education Association, Springfield
Chapter (NEA)................................................................................... 36
Missouri State University...................................................................37
Missouri State University: Alumni Association.....................37
Missouri State University: Missouri Mentoring
Partnership...........................................................................................37
Missouri State University: Southwest Missouri Area
Health Education Center............................................................. 38
New Covenant Academy Parent Fellowship Team.......... 39
Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation
(OACAC)............................................................................................... 43
Children (OAEYC)............................................................................44
(PTA).......................................................................................................46
School of Metaphysics (SOM)........................................................51
Southwest Home Education Ministry (SHEM)......................53
Springfield Area Retired Teachers...............................................55
Springfield Conservation Nature Center................................. 56
Springfield Missouri State Teachers Association
(MSTA)....................................................................................................57
Springfield Piano Teachers Forum............................................. 58
Education............................................................................................. 58
Diversity................................................................................................. 58
Springfield-Greene County Library District...................60–62
Regional Office...................................................................................67
Stony Point Club................................................................................... 68
Through the Roof.................................................................................68
University of Missouri Extension: Greene County..............70
Victory Trade School............................................................................71
ELECTIONS
Greene County: Clerk..........................................................................24
League of Women Voters of Southwest Missouri...............31
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Management (OEM)......................................................................62
State of Missouri: Highway Patrol, Troop D............................67
EMERGENCY RELIEF/DISASTERS
Care to Learn..............................................................................................7
Christian County Family Crisis Center (aka Freedom’s
Rest)...........................................................................................................9
Convoy of Hope......................................................................................14
The Kitchen, Inc.....................................................................................30
Management (OEM)......................................................................62
Women in Need.....................................................................................72
EMPLOYMENT
American Indian Council Employment and Training........... 3
Experience Works, Inc.........................................................................19
Job Corps.................................................................................................. 29
Missouri Career Center.......................................................................35
Partnership...........................................................................................37
Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation: Greene
County Center.................................................................................... 43
Secondary Education—Division of Adult Learning
State of Missouri: Department of Labor and Industrial
Relations—Division of Workers Compensation...............67
The Salvation Army: Day Labor Program...............................50
ENGINEERING
Missouri Society of Professional Engineers, Ozark
Chapter...................................................................................................37
Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Springfield
Chapter 321...........................................................................................53
E
ENGINES
EYE DISEASE & DEFECT
Southwest Missouri Early Day Gas Engine and
Tractor Association BR 16............................................................ 54
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
Grupo Latinoamericano....................................................................25
ENTERPRISE
Missouri Enterprise.............................................................................. 36
ENVIRONMENT
F
City of Springfield: Air Quality Section..................................... 10
Services................................................................................................... 10
City of Springfield: Household Chemical Collection
Center........................................................................................................11
City of Springfield: Solid Waste Management Division....12
City of Springfield: Stormwater Quality Division..................12
Naturalists............................................................................................. 58
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Springfield
Botanical Gardens at Nathanael Greene-Close
Memorial Park.................................................................................... 65
EPILEPSY
Epilepsy Foundation of Missouri & Kansas..............................18
ETHNIC GROUPS
British Sterling Club................................................................................7
Filipino-American Association of Southwest Missouri.....19
German-Austrian-Swiss Heritage Society of the
Ozarks.......................................................................................................21
Korean-American Association of Springfield.......................30
Ozark Scandinavian Society of Springfield, Missouri....... 42
Scottish St. Andrews Society of Springfield...........................51
FAIRS & EXHIBITS
Ozark Empire Fairgrounds................................................................41
Springfield Exposition Center....................................................... 56
Table Rock Art Guild and Gallery................................................68
FAITH-BASED GROUPS
Baha’i Information Office for Southwest Missouri............... 5
Caring People.............................................................................................7
Christian Women’s Connection.......................................................9
Church Women United of Springfield, Missouri.....................9
Convoy of Hope......................................................................................14
Crosslines....................................................................................................16
Gideons International, Springfield South Camp...................21
Pantry..................................................................................................... 26
Jericho Commission, Inc................................................................... 29
(LFCS).....................................................................................................32
Next-To-New Shop..............................................................................40
Ozarks Chapter of American Christian Writers..................44
Seasons Hospice.....................................................................................51
St. Vincent de Paul............................................................................... 66
United Ministries in Higher Education......................................69
Youth of Unity..........................................................................................72
FAMILIES
Adoption for Families and Family Therapy of the
Ozarks..........................................................................................................1
FOLKLORE
Harmony House.................................................................................... 26
The Kitchen, Inc.....................................................................................30
(OACAC)............................................................................................... 43
Planning................................................................................................. 43
Peace Network of the Ozarks.......................................................46
The Salvation Army Family Enrichment Center..................50
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Chesterfield
Family and Aquatic Center.........................................................62
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Cooper
Tennis Complex..................................................................................62
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Dan Kinney
Family Center..................................................................................... 63
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Killian Sports
Complex................................................................................................64
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Valley Water
Mill Equestrian Center................................................................... 65
Stony Point Club................................................................................... 68
Beekeepers Association of the Ozarks....................................... 5
Crosslines....................................................................................................16
Pantry..................................................................................................... 26
The Kitchen, Inc.....................................................................................30
Meals On Wheels...................................................................................32
United States: Food and Drug Administration....................69
Vegetarian Club of the Ozarks......................................................70
FARMERS MARKETS
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Farmers Market of the Ozarks........................................................19
FINANCE, PERSONAL
Society of Financial Service Professionals, Ozark
Chapter...................................................................................................52
FIRE SAFETY
City of Springfield: Fire Department............................................11
FIREARMS
Springfield Benchrest Rifle Club, Inc..........................................55
FIREFIGHTING
City of Springfield: Fire Department Museum........................11
FIRST AID
FOOD
FOSTER CARE
Living for Boys....................................................................................22
(LFCS).....................................................................................................32
Sammy’s Window..................................................................................51
FUNDRAISING
Association of Fundraising Professionals, Ozarks
Region....................................................................................................... 5
The Library Foundation.......................................................................31
Musgrave Foundation........................................................................ 38
Newborns In Need, Southwestern Missouri Chapter....... 39
F
Scleroderma Foundation Missouri Chapter............................51
GANGS
GARDENING
G
Brentwood Garden Club, FGCM......................................................7
Cherry Court Garden Club, FGCM.................................................8
Evergreen Garden Club, FGCM......................................................19
Hillbilly Gardeners, FGCM.................................................................27
Iris Society of the Ozarks................................................................. 28
Ozark Regional Lily Society........................................................... 42
Rose Society of the Ozarks (RSOO).........................................49
Springfield Area Herb Society.......................................................55
Springfield Council of Federated Garden Clubs................. 56
Springfield Orchid Society...............................................................57
Springfield Organic Gardening Club..........................................57
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Mizumoto
Japanese Stroll Garden.................................................................64
Memorial Park.................................................................................... 65
University of Missouri Extension: Master Gardeners of
Greene County..................................................................................70
GAY/LESBIAN
Ozarks (GLO)........................................................................................21
GEMS & MINERALS
Ozark Mountain Gem & Mineral Society................................. 42
GENEALOGY
Daughters of the American Revolution, Isaac Garrison
Chapter....................................................................................................16
Daughters of the American Revolution, Rachel
Donelson Chapter..............................................................................16
Missouri State University: Meyer Library..................................37
Ozarks Genealogical Society, Inc. (OGS)................................44
The Ozark Mountain Chapter of the Sons of the
American Revolution...................................................................... 45
Springfield-Greene County Library District: The Library
Center.......................................................................................................61
Springfield-Greene County Library District: The Library
Station......................................................................................................61
GOLF
Connie Morris Golf Learning Center............................................14
Horton Smith Ladies Golf Association..................................... 28
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Betty Allison
Golf Course at Oscar Blom..........................................................62
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Bill & Payne
Stewart Golf Course........................................................................62
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Horton Smith
Golf Course.......................................................................................... 63
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Rivercut Golf
Course.................................................................................................... 65
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL
Job Corps.................................................................................................. 29
United States: Internal Revenue Service.................................69
GOVERNMENT, LOCAL
City of Springfield: City Council.................................................... 10
Services................................................................................................... 10
City of Springfield: Department of Public Information.... 10
City of Springfield: Finance Department...................................11
Center........................................................................................................11
Authority..................................................................................................11
Department...........................................................................................12
City of Springfield: Prosecutor........................................................12
City of Springfield: Sister Cities Association...........................12
City of Springfield: Springfield-Branson National
Airport......................................................................................................12
City Utilities................................................................................................12
Greene County Historic Sites Board...........................................23
Greene County: Archives and Records Center....................24
Greene County: Auditor....................................................................24
Greene County: Collector of Revenue.......................................24
Greene County: Commission..........................................................24
Services...................................................................................................25
Greene County: Public Administrator........................................25
Greene County: Purchasing Department................................25
Greene County: Recorder of Deeds...........................................25
Greene County: Treasurer.................................................................25
GOVERNMENT, STATE
Services — Division of Senior and Disability Services.66
Services, Southwest District.......................................................67
Relations — Division of Workers Compensation............67
Regional Office...................................................................................67
Springfield............................................................................................ 68
State of Missouri: Veterans Commission................................. 68
GRANDPARENTING
Grandparents United For Children’s Rights of
Missouri...................................................................................................22
GRIEF
Oxford HealthCare Hospice and Palliative Care...................41
GUARDIAN & WARD
HALFWAY HOUSES
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Center........................................................................................................11
HEALTH
American Heart Association............................................................. 3
Arthritis Foundation...............................................................................4
Care to Learn..............................................................................................7
Community Blood Center of the Ozarks — Don
Thomson Donor Center (CBCO)...............................................13
Cox College................................................................................................14
CoxHealth...................................................................................................14
CoxHealth Breast Care Clinic...........................................................15
CoxHealth Cox Diabetes Center....................................................15
CoxHealth Cox Medical Explorers, Post 229...........................15
CoxHealth Family Medical Care Center.....................................15
H
H
Epilepsy Foundation of Missouri & Kansas..............................18
Greene County Medical Society (GCMS)................................23
Hammons Heart Institute: Cardiopulmonary
Rehabilitation..................................................................................... 26
Jordan Valley Community Health Center — Dental.......... 29
Jordan Valley Community Health Center — Medical....... 29
The Kitchen, Inc.....................................................................................30
March of Dimes......................................................................................32
Mercy Breast Center — “Chub” O’Reilly Cancer
Center......................................................................................................33
Mercy Cancer Resource Center....................................................33
Mercy Clinic Behavioral Health - Lark........................................33
Mercy Family Resource Center.....................................................33
Mercy Hospice - Springfield............................................................33
Mercy Hospital Springfield...............................................................33
Mercy Hospital Springfield’s Medical Explorer,
Post 339.................................................................................................33
Mercy Sports Medicine — S. Fremont...................................... 34
Mercy Stroke Center — Springfield............................................ 34
Mercy Women’s Heart Center....................................................... 34
Mercy-Springfield Corporate Health and Wellness.......... 34
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Ozark Branch............ 39
Oxford HealthCare Lifeline................................................................41
County Center.................................................................................... 43
Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation: Head
Start......................................................................................................... 43
Post Polio Support Group................................................................47
Scleroderma Support Group...........................................................51
Springfield Area Herb Society.......................................................55
Springfield Ostomy Support Group...........................................57
Transplant Before & After Support Group.............................. 69
United Ostomy Association of America, Inc........................ 69
HEALTH CARE WORKERS
Post 339.................................................................................................33
HEARING IMPAIRMENT
HEART DISEASE
Rehabilitation..................................................................................... 26
HEATING
City Utilities................................................................................................12
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP)............................................................................................... 43
HISTORIC SITES
Fair Grove Historical and Preservation Society.....................19
Gillioz Theatre...........................................................................................21
Route 66 Association of Missouri...............................................49
HISTORICAL RECORDS/ARCHIVES
Dr. Michael J. Clarke History Museum of Ozarks
Scouting..................................................................................................17
Greene County Historical Society................................................23
Greene County: Archives and Records Center....................24
The History Museum on the Square...........................................27
Ozarks Labor Union Archives (OLUA)..................................... 45
Springfield Police Museum — Springfield Calaboose...... 58
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Doling History
Museum................................................................................................. 63
HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
Christian County Museum and Historical Society................9
Chapter....................................................................................................16
Fair Grove Historical and Preservation Society.....................19
Ozarks.......................................................................................................21
Greene County Historical Society................................................23
Missouri State University: OzarksWatch..................................37
Ozarks Studies Institute, Missouri State University........... 45
Museum................................................................................................. 63
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Railroad
Historical Museum........................................................................... 65
HOME CARE SERVICES
Safe At Home.........................................................................................50
HOME ECONOMICS
HOME EDUCATION
Southwest Home Education Ministry (SHEM)......................53
HOME REPAIR
HOMEBOUND
Meals On Wheels...................................................................................32
Walking Books.....................................................................................61
HOMELESS
Services.....................................................................................................6
Crosslines....................................................................................................16
The Journey Home Project (Burrell Behavioral Health
Homeless Services)......................................................................... 29
The Kitchen, Inc.....................................................................................30
One Door...................................................................................................40
Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation: Housing
Assistance Program........................................................................ 43
The Salvation Army: New Start Housing Program..............51
HOMEMAKERS
HOMEOWNERS
National Place Property Owner’s Association, Inc.
(NPPOA)............................................................................................... 39
Parkwest Village Homeowners’ Association........................46
District....................................................................................................46
Spring Creek Property Owners Association......................... 54
HORSES
EasyRiders Equestrian Drill Team.................................................18
HOSPICE
Seasons Hospice.....................................................................................51
H
HOTELS/MOTELS
INFANTS
Springfield, Missouri Convention & Visitors Bureau..........60
Neonatal Death)................................................................................32
Newborns In Need, Southwest Missouri Chapter.............. 39
HOUSING
Authority..................................................................................................11
Greater Springfield Apartment and Housing
Association............................................................................................22
Housing Authority of the City of Springfield, Missouri
(HAS)...................................................................................................... 28
Metro Housing LLC..............................................................................35
Housing Assistance Program.................................................... 43
HOUSING — TEMPORARY AND EMERGENCY
I
Living for Boys....................................................................................22
Harmony House.................................................................................... 26
Ronald McDonald House Charities® of the Ozarks,
Inc.............................................................................................................49
The Salvation Army Family Enrichment Center..................50
Women in Need.....................................................................................72
INFECTION
INFORMATION SERVICES
City of Springfield: Department of Public Information.... 10
KSMU Radio............................................................................................30
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Association of Information Technology Professionals,
Southwest Missouri Chapter......................................................... 5
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
Care to Learn..............................................................................................7
Friends Against Hunger...................................................................20
Les Grande Dames Accordion Duet............................................31
Missouri Bandmasters Association, Inc....................................35
Ozark Mountain Dulcimer Players.............................................. 42
HUNTING
INSURANCE
Southwest Missouri Retriever Club............................................ 54
ICE HOCKEY
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Mediacom
Ice Park..................................................................................................64
City of Springfield: Sister Cities Association...........................12
Rainbow Network................................................................................48
HUMANE SOCIETIES
HUNGER
INDIANS (AMERICAN)
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
JUVENILE JUSTICE
KNITTING
Ozark Mountain Knitting Guild..................................................... 42
LABOR UNIONS
LAW
(MADP).................................................................................................. 38
Springfield Area Legal Support Professionals......................55
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Greater Springfield Area Crime Stoppers, Inc......................23
LEARNING DISABILITIES
Regional Office...................................................................................67
LEGAL AID
American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas (ACLU).................2
LIBRARIES
Library Outreach Services............................................................61
Walking Books.....................................................................................61
LIFE SKILLS
The Next Step.........................................................................................40
County Center.................................................................................... 43
L
LIQUOR LICENSES
LITERACY
Missouri Humanities Council.......................................................... 36
Springfield Writers’ Guild.................................................................60
M
Women in Need.....................................................................................72
LUNG DISEASES
LYMPHEDEMA
LOW INCOME
Crosslines....................................................................................................16
Jordan Valley Community Health Center Dental &
Medical................................................................................................... 29
The Kitchen, Inc.....................................................................................30
Neat Repeats.......................................................................................... 39
Newborns In Need, Southwestern Missouri Chapter....... 39
Next-To-New Shop..............................................................................40
OATS, Inc...................................................................................................40
One Door...................................................................................................40
(OACAC)............................................................................................... 43
County Center.................................................................................... 43
Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation: Head
Start......................................................................................................... 43
Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation: LowIncome Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP)............................................................................................... 43
(PTA).......................................................................................................46
Safe At Home.........................................................................................50
(SAAFhouse).......................................................................................55
MARRIAGE
MEDIATION SERVICES
MEDICAL EXAMINER
MEN
Exceptional Business Men In Nixa (X-MIN).............................19
MENTAL HEALTH
Abilities First.................................................................................................1
Mercy Clinic Behavioral Health - Lark........................................33
NAMI Southwest Missouri............................................................... 39
MENTALLY DISABLED
Abilities First.................................................................................................1
Services.....................................................................................................6
Greene Valley State School.............................................................25
Regional Office...................................................................................67
MENTORING
Partnership...........................................................................................37
MILITARY RECORDS
MINORITIES
NAACP, Springfield Branch............................................................ 38
MOTORCYCLING
Gold Wing Road Riders Association, Chapter B..................21
Ozark Mountain H.O.G.® Chapter............................................... 42
Springfield BMW RoadRiders....................................................... 56
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
MUSEUMS
Christian County Museum and Historical Society................9
City of Springfield: Fire Department Museum........................11
Discovery Center of Springfield, Inc............................................17
Scouting..................................................................................................17
Springfield-Greene County Park Board/ASA: Softball
Hall of Fame Museum.....................................................................62
Museum................................................................................................. 63
MUSIC/CHORALE MUSIC
Drury University Music Department............................................17
Les Grande Dames Accordion Duet............................................31
Missouri Bandmasters Association, Inc....................................35
Ozark Mountain Dulcimers Players............................................ 42
International........................................................................................ 42
International........................................................................................48
Sho-Me Statesmen...............................................................................52
Springfield Area Music Teachers Association.......................55
Springfield Mid-America Singers..................................................57
NATURE
Founders Park........................................................................................ 65
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Jordan Valley
Park.......................................................................................................... 65
Memorial Park.................................................................................... 65
NEIGHBORHOODS
Education.............................................................................................. 10
Department...........................................................................................12
N
Glenwood Village Women’s Club..................................................21
Grant Beach Neighborhood Association................................22
District....................................................................................................46
Seminole/Holland Neighborhood Association.....................51
Spring Creek Property Owners Association......................... 54
NEW AGE
Holos University Graduate Seminary.........................................27
School of Metaphysics (SOM)........................................................51
NEWCOMERS
P
Korean-American Association of Springfield.......................30
Springfield Hospitality Club.............................................................57
NURSES & NURSING
Cox College................................................................................................14
NURSING HOMES
Mercy Villa................................................................................................ 34
NUTRITION
Jordan Valley Community Health Center — Medical....... 29
County Center.................................................................................... 43
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER
OPERA
ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION & DONATION
OSTOMY
United Ostomy Association of America, Inc........................ 69
OZARKS HISTORY
Missouri State University: OzarksWatch..................................37
Ozarks Studies Institute, Missouri State University........... 45
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Founders
Park.......................................................................................................... 63
Storytellers of the Ozarks (SOTO).............................................. 68
PARENTING
Missouri).................................................................................................22
(LFCS).....................................................................................................32
March of Dimes......................................................................................32
Partnership...........................................................................................37
County Center.................................................................................... 43
Agency...................................................................................................46
(PTA).......................................................................................................46
PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Mercy Parkinson’s Support Group............................................. 34
Parkinson’s Group of the Ozarks.................................................46
OBESITY
PENAL SYSTEM
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)...............................................69
PERSONNEL
Birthright, Inc.............................................................................................6
The Doula Foundation........................................................................22
(LFCS).....................................................................................................32
March of Dimes......................................................................................32
Planning................................................................................................. 43
PET THERAPY
Pet Therapy of the Ozarks, Inc.....................................................46
PHOTOGRAPHY
PIGEONS
PLANNING
Department...........................................................................................12
POISONS & POISONING
Center........................................................................................................11
POLIO
POLITICS
Democratic Alliance..............................................................................16
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) Women’s Democratic
Club..........................................................................................................20
Greater Ozarks Pachyderms...........................................................22
Greene County Democratic Central Committee
Headquarters.......................................................................................23
Greene County Republican Party Headquarters................23
Greene County Republican Women (GCRW)......................24
Senior Democrats of the Ozarks...................................................51
Southwest Missouri Libertarian Party....................................... 54
POLLUTION
Center........................................................................................................11
PREGNANCY
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Institute of Architects, Springfield Chapter....... 3
American Welding Society — Ozarks Section........................4
Association for Women in Communications, Inc.,
Greater Springfield, Missouri, Area Professional
Chapter..................................................................................................... 5
Association of Fundraising Professionals, Ozarks
Region....................................................................................................... 5
Association of Information Technology Professionals,
Southwest Missouri Chapter......................................................... 5
The Builders Association......................................................................7
Epsilon Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma.................................18
Gamma Upsilon Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma..............21
Association............................................................................................22
Greater Springfield Board of Realtors.......................................23
Greater Springfield Dental Hygienists’ Association...........23
Institute of Internal Auditors, Ozarks Chapter..................... 28
Kiwanis Club of Springfield North..............................................30
Chapter (NEA)................................................................................... 36
Chapter...................................................................................................37
P
Chapter...................................................................................................37
Chapter #366..................................................................................... 39
Ozarks Alliance of Professional Organizations.................... 42
Society of Financial Service Professionals, Ozark
Chapter...................................................................................................52
Chapter 321...........................................................................................53
Springfield Executive Breakfast Club....................................... 56
(MSTA)....................................................................................................57
SWMO Public Relations Society of America........................ 68
Buttonhole Babes Appliqué Group...............................................7
Ozark Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Inc............................................ 42
RADIO, AMATEUR
Southwest Missouri Amateur Radio Club...............................53
RAILROAD MODELS
RAILROADS
Employees, Inc................................................................................... 39
RAPE
READING
PROSECUTOR
REAL ESTATE
Association............................................................................................22
Greater Springfield Board of Realtors.......................................23
PROPERTY TAX
R
QUILTS
PUBLIC BROADCASTING
KSMU Radio............................................................................................30
PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter...................................................................................................37
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Springfield Toastmasters Club 527............................................ 59
PURCHASING
Greene County: Purchasing Department................................25
REAL ESTATE TAX
RECREATION
American Contract Bridge League, Southwest
Missouri Unit 101................................................................................... 3
Ash Grove Sunshine Center...............................................................4
Greater Springfield Missouri USBC.............................................23
Lake Country Soccer, Inc.................................................................30
Land Locked Club..................................................................................31
Ozark Mountain H.O.G.® Chapter............................................... 42
Ozarks Multi-Sport Club................................................................... 45
Ozarks Table Tennis Club.................................................................46
Seniors As Stars......................................................................................51
Springbike Bicycle Club.................................................................... 54
Springfield Aquatics............................................................................55
Springfield Tennis Association...................................................... 59
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Betty
Allison Golf Course at Oscar Blom..........................................62
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Bill & Payne
Stewart Golf Course........................................................................62
Tennis Complex..................................................................................62
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Cruse Dog
Park.......................................................................................................... 63
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Dan Kinney
Family Center..................................................................................... 63
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Doling
Family Center and Indoor Aquatics Center...................... 63
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Founders
Park.......................................................................................................... 63
Golf Course.......................................................................................... 63
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Jordan Valley
Park.......................................................................................................... 63
Complex................................................................................................64
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Lake
Springfield Boathouse and Marina.........................................64
Ice Park..................................................................................................64
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Mizumoto
Japanese Stroll Garden.................................................................64
Center.....................................................................................................64
Gym..........................................................................................................64
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Rivercut Golf
Course.................................................................................................... 65
Amateur Softball Association................................................... 65
Skate Park............................................................................................ 65
RECYCLING
Services................................................................................................... 10
REFRIGERATION
RENTERS — HOUSING
Association............................................................................................22
(HAS)...................................................................................................... 28
RESCUE WORK
RESEARCH
RETIREES
General Electric Retirees....................................................................21
Employees, Inc................................................................................... 39
RSVP............................................................................................................50
RIFLES
R
ROADS
SAFETY
Driving Program)..................................................................................1
Education.............................................................................................. 10
Center........................................................................................................11
Chapter...................................................................................................37
SCHOLARSHIPS
Chapter...................................................................................................37
Missouri State University Dames..................................................37
Chapter 321...........................................................................................53
Writers Hall of Fame............................................................................72
S
Lions Club, Queen City.......................................................................31
Project Linus.............................................................................................47
Queen City for the Blind....................................................................47
Queen City Sertoma Club................................................................47
Republic Area Retired School Personnel Association....48
SEXUAL ABUSE
SHOPPING CENTERS
SINGLES
SCLERODERMA
Caring People.............................................................................................7
SKATEBOARDING
SCUBA DIVING
Skate Park............................................................................................ 65
Land Locked Club..................................................................................31
SKATING
SECRETARIES
Ice Park..................................................................................................64
SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
All Star Smiles Sertoma Club.............................................................2
Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield Partners in Education
(formerly Auxiliary)............................................................................6
Care to Learn..............................................................................................7
Code 3 Sertoma Club..........................................................................13
Heart of the Ozarks Sertoma Club..............................................27
HOPE Foundation................................................................................ 28
Kiwanis Club of Springfield North..............................................30
SMOKING/TOBACCO USE
SOCIAL GROUPS
British Sterling Club................................................................................7
Circle of Friends Social Club........................................................... 10
Chapter....................................................................................................16
Elks Lodge #409....................................................................................18
Filipino-American Association of Southwest Missouri.....19
General Electric Retirees....................................................................21
Ozarks.......................................................................................................21
GFWC Sorosis Club of Springfield: General Federation
of Women’s Clubs..............................................................................21
Gold Wing Road Riders Association, Chapter B..................21
Mercy Seniors......................................................................................... 34
Ozark Scandinavian Society of Springfield, Missouri....... 42
Scottish St. Andrews Society of Springfield...........................51
Springfield BMW RoadRiders....................................................... 56
Springfield Bridge Center................................................................ 56
Springfield Hospitality Club.............................................................57
Springfield RC Club............................................................................. 58
Springfield Vintage Motor Club................................................... 59
Center.....................................................................................................64
USA Dance...............................................................................................70
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 3404......................................70
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 3404, Ladies’
Auxiliary...................................................................................................71
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 4593.........................................71
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOFTBALL
Complex................................................................................................64
SORORITIES
(SAAFhouse).......................................................................................55
SPEECH DEFECTS
SPORTS
Greater Springfield Missouri USBC.............................................23
Greater Springfield Sports Commission...................................23
Land Locked Club..................................................................................31
Mercy Sports Medicine — S. Fremont...................................... 34
(SCCA)................................................................................................... 42
Ozarks Multi-Sport Club................................................................... 45
Ozarks Table Tennis Club.................................................................46
Springfield Lasers..................................................................................57
Springfield Women’s Intersports Network (WIN).............60
Springfield-Greene County Park Board: Betty Allison
Golf Course at Oscar Blom..........................................................62
Golf Course.......................................................................................... 63
Gym..........................................................................................................64
STORYTELLING
Storytellers of the Ozarks (SOTO).............................................. 68
STROKE
Mercy Stroke Support Group........................................................ 34
SUICIDE PREVENTION (HOTLINE)
SPAY/NEUTER
SUPPORT GROUPS
Adoption Triad of the Ozarks.............................................................1
S
T
American Legion Post 1214, Women Veterans of
Southwest Missouri............................................................................ 3
Twelve Steps)........................................................................................4
CoxHealth Caregivers Support Group.......................................15
CoxHealth Patient and Caregivers Support Group.............15
Easter Seals Midwest Autism Services......................................18
Educare........................................................................................................18
Ozarks (GLO)........................................................................................21
Missouri...................................................................................................22
(HAS)...................................................................................................... 28
ICON............................................................................................................ 28
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society..............................................31
(LFCS).....................................................................................................32
Neonatal Death)................................................................................32
Center......................................................................................................33
Mercy Parkinson’s Support Group............................................. 34
Mercy Seniors......................................................................................... 34
Mercy Stroke Support Group........................................................ 34
Mercy’s C.H. “Chub” O’Reilly Cancer Center Sharing
the Journey Cancer Support Group..................................... 34
Missouri Poets & Friends.................................................................. 36
The Next Step.........................................................................................40
Agency...................................................................................................46
Parkinson’s Group of the Ozarks.................................................46
Ronald McDonald House Charities® of the Ozarks,
Inc.............................................................................................................49
Sleuths’ Ink................................................................................................52
(SWMOANA).......................................................................................53
Springfield Writers’ Workshop.....................................................60
Through the Roof.................................................................................68
Veterans Center)...............................................................................70
SWIMMING
Family Center and Indoor Aquatics Center...................... 63
TAXES
United States: Internal Revenue Service.................................69
TEACHERS
Chapter (NEA)................................................................................... 36
Springfield Area Music Teachers Association.......................55
(MSTA).........................................................................................................57
TENNIS
Springfield Lasers..................................................................................57
Tennis Complex..................................................................................62
TERMINAL CARE
THEATERS
Drury University Theatre....................................................................18
Gillioz Theatre...........................................................................................21
Missouri State University: Department of Theatre and
Dance.......................................................................................................37
Missouri State University: Juanita K. Hammons Hall for
the Performing Arts.........................................................................37
Seniors As Stars......................................................................................51
Springfield Little Theatre..................................................................57
THERAPY
Association BR 16............................................................................. 54
TRADE SHOWS
Ozark Empire Fairgrounds................................................................41
Springfield Exposition Center....................................................... 56
TRAFFIC SAFETY
Driving Program)..................................................................................1
Education.............................................................................................. 10
(SCCA)................................................................................................... 42
TRAFFIC TICKETS
Center City Counseling Clinic...........................................................8
Living for Boys....................................................................................22
Pantry..................................................................................................... 26
Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse and
Airport......................................................................................................12
City Utilities................................................................................................12
City Utilities: Access Express...........................................................13
City Utilities: Transit Services...........................................................13
Cox Senior Advantage........................................................................15
OATS, Inc...................................................................................................40
THRIFT STORE
TREE GROWING
Christian Foundation Thrift Store — Ozark..............................9
Neat Repeats.......................................................................................... 39
Next-To-New Shop..............................................................................40
The Salvation Army Family Thrift Store...................................50
The Salvation Army Superstore...................................................50
Brentwood Garden Club, FGCM......................................................7
Cherry Court Garden Club, FGCM.................................................8
Evergreen Garden Club, FGCM......................................................19
Hillbilly Gardeners, FGCM.................................................................27
University of Missouri Extension: Master Gardeners
of Greene County............................................................................70
TOURISM
TRACTORS
TRANSPORTATION
TUTORING
U.S. HISTORY
Chapter....................................................................................................16
T
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Drury University......................................................................................17
Missouri State University...................................................................37
United Ministries in Higher Education......................................69
Job Corps.................................................................................................. 29
Veterans Center)...............................................................................70
URBAN RENEWAL
VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
Authority..................................................................................................11
Job Corps.................................................................................................. 29
Post 339.................................................................................................33
Partnership...........................................................................................37
UNIVERSITIES/COLLEGES
VEGETARIAN
VETERANS
V
Library Outreach Services/Walking Books.........................61
American Legion Post 1214, Women Veterans of
Southwest Missouri............................................................................ 3
American Legion Vietnam War Memorial, Post 639........... 3
American Legion, Post 69.................................................................. 3
Elks Lodge #409....................................................................................18
Fleet Reserve Association, Branch 316....................................20
SGM Guy J. Killingsworth Chapter 621 Military Order
of the Purple Heart...........................................................................52
Springfield............................................................................................ 68
State of Missouri: Veterans Commission................................. 68
Veterans Center)...............................................................................70
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 3404......................................70
Auxiliary...................................................................................................71
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 4593.........................................71
VICTIMS OF CRIME
Services...................................................................................................25
Harmony House.................................................................................... 26
VISION IMPAIRED
VOLUNTEER SERVICE
Convoy of Hope......................................................................................14
CoxHealth Volunteer Services Department............................15
Mercy Seniors......................................................................................... 34
RSVP............................................................................................................50
Seasons Hospice.....................................................................................51
Naturalists............................................................................................. 58
VOTER REGISTRATION
WOMEN
Association for Women in Communications, Inc., Greater
Springfield, Missouri, Area Professional Chapter.............. 5
Caring People.............................................................................................7
Church Women United of Springfield, Missouri.....................9
Chapter....................................................................................................16
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) Women’s Democratic
Club..........................................................................................................20
GFWC Sorosis Club of Springfield: General Federation
of Women’s Clubs..............................................................................21
Greene County Republican Women (GCRW)......................24
(HAS)...................................................................................................... 28
Center......................................................................................................33
Chapter #366..................................................................................... 39
International........................................................................................ 42
Ozarks Alliance of Professional Organizations.................... 42
International........................................................................................48
Springfield Women’s Intersports Network (WIN).............60
Women in Need.....................................................................................72
WITNESSES
WOMEN’S SHELTERS
Services...................................................................................................25
Harmony House.................................................................................... 26
WASTE DISPOSAL
Services................................................................................................... 10
Center........................................................................................................11
WATER CONSERVATION
WEIGHT CONTROL
WELDING
American Welding Society — Ozarks Section........................4
WELFARE
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
WILLS
W
WOOD CARVING
Springfield Gouge Chippers............................................................57
WORKERS COMPENSATION
Relations—Division of Workers Compensation...............67
WRITERS
Missouri Poets & Friends.................................................................. 36
Ozarks Chapter of American Christian Writers..................44
Ozarks Romance Authors............................................................... 45
Sleuths’ Ink................................................................................................52
Springfield Writers’ Workshop.....................................................60
Writers Hall of Fame............................................................................72
Z
Youth of Unity..........................................................................................72
ZONING
Department...........................................................................................12
YOUTH
ZOOS
Auxiliary)..................................................................................................4
Care to Learn..............................................................................................7
Living for Boys....................................................................................22
Missouri).................................................................................................22
Post 339.................................................................................................33
Partnership...........................................................................................37
(OACAC)............................................................................................... 43
A Sporting Chance for Special Populations
Web: www.missouristate.edu/soa/
1501 E. Pythian St.
P.O. Box 11337
Springfield, MO 65808
A private and public coalition that works to promote personal
financial literacy and independence. Helps working families,
individuals with disabilities, non-English speaking and the elderly
with tax preparation and e-filing.
Phone: 417-874-1958
Fax: 417-864-4307
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.asportingchance.net
Adoption for Families and
Family Therapy of the Ozarks
1310 E. Kingsley St., Suite C
Develops and provides amateur sports training, competition and
recreational programs for any person with a disability, youth who
are disadvantaged, abused and neglected children, at-risk teenagers and senior citizens.
Phone: 417-882-7700
Toll Free: 1-888-449-2229
Fax: 417-887-0457
Web: www.adoptionforfamilies.com
A.O. Treatment Services
2411 W. Catalpa St.
P.O. Box 1277
Strives to find adoptive families for children and adoptive
children for families; provides services to birth parents and their
families. Provides counseling services to individuals, families and
groups.
Phone: 417-862-3455
Toll Free: 1-877-862-3455
Fax: 417-862-9771
Web: www.aoinc.org
Facebook: Alternative Opportunities Treatment Services
Adoption Triad of the Ozarks
Residential substance abuse treatment center for women
participating in the Comprehensive Substance Treatment and
Rehabilitation program (CSTAR) for women and their children.
Phone: 417-840-8492
Web: www.ichoosethisday.org
AARP Smart Driver Course
(formerly AARP Safe Driving Program)
A safe, non-judgmental environment for all adults to share experiences and learn from other adult adoptees, birth parents and
adoptive parents.
460 Eagle Rock Road
Branson, MO 65616
Adoptive Families of Southwest Missouri
4349 E. Kensington St.
Phone: 417-888-8888
Web: www.aarp.org
Phone: 417-882-2516
Web: www.iafswmo.org
Facebook: Adoptive Families of SWMO
A one day, four-hour defensive driving course for those age 50 and
older.
Abilities First
Support group for those in all stages of adoption.
1370 E. Primrose St., Suite A
Air and Military Museum of the Ozarks
2305 E. Kearney St.
Phone: 417-886-0404
Fax: 417-882-5400
Web: www.abilitiesfirst.net
Phone: 417-864-7997
Fax: 417-866-2448
Web: www.ammomuseum.com
Administers Greene County tax programs for persons with developmental disabilities.
Hands-on museum of aviation and military artifacts; includes
vehicles displayed for viewing by individuals and/or groups; operated by military veterans who are dedicated to the restoration,
preservation and teaching of military history.
(formerly American Society of Women
Accountants, Springfield Chapter 98)
Al-Anon Family Groups
P.O. Box 10212
Springfield, MO 65808-0212
P.O. Box 1846
Phone: 417-818-2409
Web: www.springfieldafwa.com
Phone: 417-885-9114
Web: www.missouri-al-anon.org
Provides support groups for families and friends of alcoholics;
meetings are held at different locations.
Empowering women in the accounting and financial professions
since 1938.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Across The Life Span (ATLS)
1031 E. Battlefield Road , Suite 124C
Missouri State University
901 S. National Ave.
Phone: 417-823-7125
Fax: 417-883-5407
Hotline: 417-823-7125
Phone: 417-836-6914
1
A
Web: www.wamo-aa.org; www.springfieldmoaa.org
Alzheimer’s Support Group
A support group for recovering alcoholics.
1302 W. Sunset St.
All Star Smiles Sertoma Club
Phone: 417-889-7600
Fax: 417-889-2477
Web: www.bethesdaseniorliving.com
Facebook: The Gardens Assisted and Independent Living
949 E. Primrose St.
Phone: 417-827-2125
Education and support for caregivers of those with Alzheimer’s
disease and related dementias.
Primary sponsor of the Ronald McDonald Tooth Truck.
Alpha Delta Kappa, Psi Chapter
Ambassadors for Children
2116 E. Regency Place
500 W. Battlefield Road, Suite B
Phone: 417-799-0459
Web: www.alphadeltakappa.org
Phone: 417-708-0565
Fax: 417-708-0566
Web: www.ccozarks.org; www.ambassadors4children.org
Facebook: Ambassadors for Children
An international honorary sorority for women in education.
Alpha Gamma Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma
Addresses the needs of abused and neglected children through the
provision of new clothing, tutoring, hygiene items and self-esteem
enhancing activities for foster children; matches child protective caseworkers with community groups. Provides Christmas
presents for kids in foster care, and operates Prom Closet. An
operating agency of the Council of Churches of the Ozarks.
999 E. Gaslight Drive
Phone: 417-886-1322
Web: www.dkg.org or alphagammamo.weebly.com
Promotes professional and personal growth of women educators
in a world society.
American Advertising Federation (AAF)
of the Ozarks
ALS Association Mid-America Chapter
P.O. Box 10511
2209 Petrus Circle
Ozark, MO 65721
A
Web: www.aafozarks.org
Phone: 417-886-5003
Web: www.alsa-midamerica.org
Facebook: The ALS Association Mid-America Chapter
Provides a forum for interaction, education and professional
development.
Seeks to discover the cause and cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease) by raising funds for research; provides
support for people living with ALS and information/education for
health care professionals and the general public.
American Association of University Women
(AAUW)
Phone: 417-425-7875
Web: www.aauw.org
Alternative Opportunities, Inc.
2626 W. College Road
Advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research.
Phone: 417-862-1753
Fax: 417-869-1625
TTY: video phone for deaf and hard of hearing: 417-4292975
Web: www.aoinc.org
American Cancer Society,
Southwest Missouri Office
3322 S. Campbell Ave., Suite G
Provides a wide array of social services, including employment
services, individual living services for people with developmental
disabilities, foster youth services and substance abuse treatment
services throughout southern Missouri.
Phone: 417-881-4668
Toll Free: 1-800-915-8350
Fax: 417-881-7955
Web: www.cancer.org
Facebook: American Cancer Society - Southwest Missouri
Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders,
Greater Missouri Chapter
Provides programs and services for cancer patients, survivors and
caregivers, and provides many ways people can help fight cancer
through volunteering, advocating, donating money or participating in fundraising activities such as Relay for Life, Making Strides
Against Breast Cancer, Cattle Baron’s Ball or athletic events.
1630 W. Elfindale St.
Phone: 417-886-2199
Toll Free: 1-800-272-3900
Fax: 417-886-0337
Hotline: 1-800-272-3900
Web: www.alz.org/greatermissouri
Facebook: Alzheimer’s Association Greater Missouri Chapter
Twitter: @ALZGreaterMo
American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas
(ACLU)
3601 Main St.
Kansas City, MO 64111
Committed to providing support, education, advocacy, respite
care assistance, and research on behalf of those affected by
Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders.
Phone: 1-816-756-3113
Fax: 1-816-756-0136
2
Web: www.aclukansas.org
Facebook: ACLU of Kansas
Twitter: @aclukansas
Twitter: @aiaspringfield
Works to further the profession and the quality of the built environment, and sells the AIA documents to local architects.
Legislation, litigation and education in promoting and defending
the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution.
American Legion Post 1214,
Women Veterans of Southwest Missouri
American Contract Bridge League,
Southwest Missouri Unit 101
P.O. Box 14826
1675 E. Seminole St., Suite F
Phone: 417-882-2557
Web: [email protected]
Phone: 417-881-3354
Fax: 417-889-4889
Web: www.bridgewebs.com/acblunit101/
Dedicated to the welfare and support of all female veterans in
southwest Missouri. Post members work to further the principles
of the American Legion: Americanism, Veterans, Children &
Youth and National Security. They are women veterans helping
women veterans. Meets the first Saturday of the month at 9 a.m.
Promotes the game of bridge through lessons and play. Nine-plus
regularly scheduled games per week of duplicate style bridge.
Games are ACBL sanctioned. All experience levels are welcome.
American Legion Vietnam War Memorial,
Post 639
American Diabetes Association —
Missouri Chapter
2660 S. Scenic Ave.
2833-B E. Battlefield Road, Suite 100
Phone: 417-882-8639
Web: www.post639.com
Phone: 417-890-8400
Toll Free: 1-800-216-2464
Fax: 417-890-8484
Web: www.diabetes.org
Facebook: American Diabetes Association — SW Missouri
Promotes the interests of veterans.
American Legion, Post 69
149 Memorial Plaza
Provides educational material and non-medical counseling for
diabetics and their families; raises funds for research and sponsored programs.
Phone: 417-862-6641
Web: www.legion.org
American Heart Association
A service organization that assists needy veterans.
2446 E. Madrid St.
American Lung Association in Missouri
Phone: 417-881-1121
Toll Free: 1-800-439-2648
Fax: 417-881-8972
TTY: 1-800-242-8721
Web: www.heart.org/springfieldmo
Facebook: American Heart Association Springfield
Twitter: @AHA_SWMissouri
1118 Hampton Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63139
Phone: 314-645-5505
Toll Free: 1-800-LUNG-USA
Fax: 314-645-7128
Hotline: 1-800-LUNG-USA
Web: www.lung.org
Works to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular disease
and stroke; raise funds for research, community programs and
education.
An informational and educational agency dedicated to the
research, treatment and prevention of lung disease.
American Red Cross, Southern Missouri
American Indian Council Employment
and Training
1545 N. West Bypass
310 Armour Road, Suite 205
North Kansas City, MO 64116
Phone: 417-832-9500
Toll Free: 1-866-206-0256
Fax: 417-866-3649
Web: www.redcross.org
Facebook: American Red Cross, Southern Missouri Region
Twitter: @SOMORedCross
Phone: 1-816-471-4898
Toll Free: 1-800-546-4898
Fax: 1-816-471-8543
Facebook: American Indian Council
Provides employment and training programs for federally recognized American Indian tribal members.
Helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies by
offering relief to victims of disasters, health and safety services,
training in first aid, CPR and water safety, financial assistance for
military personnel and their families, and some financial assistance for veterans.
American Institute of Architects,
Springfield Chapter
1717 E. Republic Road, Suite A
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and
Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc.
Phone: 417-886-8606
Web: www.aiaspringfield.org
Facebook: AIA Springfield
Springfield, MO
Web: www.ozarksashrae.org
3
A
Web: www.arthritis.org
A trade and technical society for heating, refrigerating and airconditioning engineers.
Strives to improve lives and provide leadership in the prevention,
control and cure of the No. 1 cause of disability in the United
States.
American Welding Society — Ozarks Section
P.O. Box 9451
ARTS Anonymous (Artists Recovering Through
the Twelve Steps)
Phone: 417-575-9753
Web: www.awssection.org/ozark
Facebook: American Welding Society — Ozark Section
411 N. Sherman Parkway
Creamery Arts Center
A professional development organization for welding managers
and welders.
Phone: 417-881-7070
Web: www.artsanonymous.org
America’s Wildlife Museum & Aquarium
(formerly Wonders of Wildlife)
A 12-step fellowship of artists who share their experiences,
strengths and hopes that they may recover from their common
problems and help others to surrender to their creativity.
500 W. Sunshine St.
Phone: 417-890-9453
Toll Free: 1-877-245-9453
Fax: 417-890-9278
Web: www.wondersofwildlife.org
Ash Grove Sunshine Center
310 N. Perryman Ave.
P.O. Box 72
Ash Grove, MO 65604
Museum and aquarium with live species in natural habitats,
interactive exhibits, huge freshwater and saltwater aquariums and
conservation exhibits. Currently closed for renovation and expansion with grand reopening scheduled for spring 2016.
Phone: 417-751-3826
Fax: 417-751-9926
Web: www.swmoa.com
Animal Abuse Council
A senior center of the Southwest Missouri Office on Aging,
funded, in part, by the Older Americans Act.
P.O. Box 14134
Ashley House (formerly Regional Girls Shelter)
Phone: 417-865-4284
A
2740 E. Pythian St.
Provides 24-hour response to calls reporting animal abuse and
neglect; provides information about Missouri laws pertaining to
animal abuse and neglect.
Phone: 417-862-9634
Fax: 417-865-6507
Web: www.pchas.org
APO (formerly AIDS Project of the Ozarks, Inc.)
1901 E. Bennett St., Suite D
Provides residential care for abandoned, abused or neglected
girls in the area, most of whom are in the custody of the Family
Services Division.
Phone: 417-881-1900
Toll Free: 1-800-743-5767
Fax: 417-881-1237
Web: www.aidsprojectoftheozarks.org
Ashley House Auxiliary
(formerly Regional Girls Shelter Auxiliary)
2740 E. Pythian St.
Provides medical care, case management and education to the
general public, and services to persons with HIV infection,
their families and significant others in a confidential, caring
environment.
Phone: 417-862-9634
Fax: 417-865-6507
Web: www.pchas.org
The Arc of the Ozarks
Supports Ashley House which provides residential care for abandoned, abused or neglected girls in the area.
1501 E. Pythian St.
ASIS International Ozarks Chapter
Phone: 417-864-7887
Fax: 417-864-4307
Web: www.thearcoftheozarks.org
Facebook: The Arc of the Ozarks
P.O. Box 8693
Phone: 417-987-1703
Fax: 417-883-2309
Web: www.asisonline.org
Supports individuals with disabilities in directing their own
lives as valued members of the community. A United Way of the
Ozarks partner agency.
Educational organization for security professionals.
Assistance Dogs of the Ozarks
Arthritis Foundation
Phone: 417-753-3028
9433 Olive St., Suite 100
St. Louis, MO 63132
Provides information about assistance dogs for people with
disabilities, a safety program for children, and training dogs to
perform drug searches and rescues.
Phone: 1-314-991-9333
Toll Free: 1-800-406-2491
Fax: 1-314-991-4020
4
Assisting Consumers Through Technology
(ACTT)
1235 E. Cherokee St.
Southwest Center for Independent Living
2864 S. Nettleton Ave.
Phone: 417-820-6326
Fax: 417-820-2797
Web: www.apic.org
Phone: 417-886-1188
Toll Free: 1-800-676-7245
Fax: 417-886-3619
TTY: 417-886-1188
Web: www.swcil.org
Facebook: Southwest Center for Independent Living
Twitter: @swcil_sgf
Works to meet the infection prevention needs of health care
organizations and facilities in southwest Missouri.
AT&T Pioneers
6017 S. Brightwater Trail
Phone: 417-889-3864
Provides an array of devices and equipment that could allow
people with any disability to live more easily and independently at
home, school or work.
Promotes community affairs and helps charities.
AYUSA Global Youth Exchange
The Association for the Blind
101 Clear Cove Drive
Reeds Spring, MO 65737
c/o Beisner Vision Rehabilitation Center of the Ozarks
Phone: 417-527-5318
Fax: 417-708-0358
Web: www.ayusa.org
Phone: 417-823-9888 and 417-619-1309
Provides resource information and support and social groups to
people who are visually-impaired. Meets first and third Monday
of each month.
Places and supports foreign high school students in homes in
Springfield and surrounding areas.
Association for Women in Communications,
Inc., Greater Springfield, Missouri Area
Professional Chapter
Baha’i Information Office for Southwest Missouri
P.O. Box 14022
Phone: 417-864-5412
Web: www.bahai-springfieldmo.org
P.O. Box 8973
Phone: 417-831-8505
Web: www.awcspringfieldmo.org
Facebook: Springfield, MO Association for Women in
Communications
Twitter: @awcspringfield
Serves as a contact source and disseminates information on the
Baha’i Faith to the media.
Beekeepers Association of the Ozarks
Champions the advancement of women in all communications
disciplines.
211 West Center St.
Rogersville, MO 65742
Association of Fundraising Professionals,
Ozarks Region
Web: www.ozarksbeekeepers.org
Facebook: Ozarks Beekeepers
Promotes beekeeping through informational, hands-on and
personal learning experiences for beginners and experienced beekeepers. Monthly meetings on the fourth Tuesday of the month.
P.O. Box 9892
Phone: 417-864-3448
Fax: 417-864-3499
Web: www.afpozarksregion.afpnet.org
Facebook: AFPOzarksRegion
Better Business Bureau of Southwest Missouri,
Inc.
A professional organization dedicated to the mission of fundraising, education and community philanthropy.
Phone: 417-862-4222
Fax: 417-869-5544
Web: www.southwestmissouri.bbb.org
Facebook: BBB of Southwest Missouri
Twitter: @bbbswmo
Association of Information Technology
Professionals, Southwest Missouri Chapter
405 N. Jefferson Ave., Suite 1040 N
Mediates consumer complaints and provides information and
reports on businesses to the public.
Web: www.aitpspringfield.org
Facebook: AITP Southwest Missouri
Twitter: @aitpspringfield
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks
3372 W. Battlefield Road
Provides networking, education and involvement for everyone in
information technology.
Phone: 417-889-9136
Fax: 417-889-8339
Web: www.bigbro.com
Facebook: Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks
Association of Professionals in Infection Control
and Epidemiology, Inc.
5
B
Twitter: @bigbrobigsis
Fax: 417-862-4952
Web: www.bgclubspringfield.org
Provides children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their
lives for the better, forever.
Provides after-school and summer educational and recreational
activities for children.
Bill’s Place — Burrell Behavioral Health
Homeless Services
Bradford Park Neighborhood Association
3424 S. Rogers Ave.
424 E. Commercial St.
Phone: 417-882-2801
Phone: 417-761-5520
Fax: 417-761-5521
Promotes the interests of the residents of the area defined as
Battlefield Road on the north, James River Freeway on the south,
National Avenue on the west, and Glenstone Avenue on the east.
A drop-in center that offers counseling to the homeless, the mentally ill and the general public.
Brain Injury Association of America,
Springfield, Missouri, Chapter
Birthright, Inc.
1330 E. Cherry St. Suite L-2
2626 W. College St.
Phone: 417-865-3430
Toll Free: 1-800-550-4900
Hotline: 1-800-550-4900
Web: www.birthright.org
Phone: 417-862-1753
Toll Free: 1-800-778-9317
Fax: 417-864-7981
TTY: 417-862-9918
Web: www.biamo.org
Encourages pregnant women to carry their babies to term, and
provides free pregnancy tests.
Provides information, education, support and socialization for
brain injury survivors, their families, caregivers and others who
wish to learn more about brain injuries.
Bolivar Area Chamber of Commerce
454 S. Springfield Ave.
P.O. Box 202
Bolivar, MO 65613
B
Brain Injury Support Group
Phone: 417-326-4118
Web: www.bolivarchamber.com
Facebook: Bolivar Area Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 417-862-1753
Toll Free: 1-800-778-9317
Fax: 417-864-7981
TTY: 417-862-9918
Web: www.aoinc.org
Promotes the advancement of commercial, industrial and civic
interests of Bolivar and its trade area.
Boy Scouts of America, Ozark Trails Council
Support group for brain injury survivors.
1616 S. Eastgate Ave.
Breaking Traditions
Phone: 417-883-1636
Fax: 417-883-2534
Web: www.ozarktrailsbsa.org
1001 E. Chestnut Expressway
Phone: 417-447-6970
Fax: 417-447-6979
Web: www.otc.edu/careercenter/breakingtraditions.php
Provides comprehensive youth development programs, enabling
development of self-esteem, self-confidence and ethical decisionmaking abilities and helping youth reach their life’s full potential.
Supports career development with an emphasis on nontraditional
(by gender) careers and occupations. Provides financial assistance
for OTC students who are pursuing career and technical education certificate and/or degree programs and are nontraditional (by
gender) or single parents.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield Partners in
Education (formerly Auxiliary)
1410 N. Fremont Ave.
Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks
Phone: 417-862-9249
Fax: 417-862-4952
Web: www.bgclubspringfield.org
Facebook: Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield
Twitter: @BGC Springfield
330 N. Jefferson Ave.
Phone: 417-862-3838
Toll Free: 1-866-874-1915
Fax: 417-862-3830
Web: www.bcfo.org
Supports the Boys and Girls Clubs of Springfield and furnishes
scholarships and secondary educational funding for youth.
Serves as a resource for individuals and families in southwest
Missouri and the four-states region impacted by breast cancer;
provides financial assistance to those in treatment for breast cancer, emotional support through support groups and a mentoring
Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield, Inc.
1410 N. Fremont Ave.
Phone: 417-862-9249
6
program, free Screening Mammogram Program to promote early
detection, educational programs focused on prevention and early
detection, and Lymphedema Garment Program for the uninsured
and underinsured impacted by breast cancer.
A no-kill, state-licensed rescue organization working with traditional shelters to rescue animals from death row. Works with law
enforcement agencies to rescue abused and neglected animals.
Brentwood Garden Club, FGCM
901 Teas Trail 2060
P.O. Box 3200 Springfield MO 65808
Purdy, MO 65734
Camp Barnabas
3461 W. Broadmoor St.
Phone: 417-889-2828
Phone: 417-476-2565
Fax: 417-887-1300
Web: www.campbarnabas.org
Facebook: Camp Barnabas
Twitter: @CampBarnabas
Encourages home, community, state and national beautification.
Helps maintain the four quadrants of the Perennial Garden in
Nathanael Greene Park as a member of the Springfield FGCM.
British Sterling Club
Provides life-changing summer camp experiences for children and
adults with special needs and chronic illnesses.
1248 N. Fender Ave.
Cancer Research for the Ozarks (CRO)
Phone: 417-866-5258
1730 E. Republic Road, Suite V
A group that meets once a month for tea and to reminisce about
Britain.
Phone: 417-269-4520
Toll Free: 1-800-821-7532
Fax: 417-269-4653
Web: www.ozarkscancerresearch.org
Facebook: Cancer Research for the Ozarks
The Builders Association
521 S. Ingram Mill Road
Phone: 417-883-6044
Fax: 417-883-9403
Web: www.buildersassociation.com
Research nurses and clinical research associates working with area
oncologists, radiation oncologists and other physicians treating
cancer to place patients who desire on clinical trials approved by
the National Cancer Institute.
Promotes the commercial construction industry in southern Missouri.
Care to Learn
Burrell Behavioral Health
1300 Bradford Parkway
Phone: 417-862-7771
Web: www.caretolearnfund.org
Facebook: Care to Learn
Twitter: @caretolearn
Phone: 417-761-5000
Toll Free: 1-800-299-1334
Fax: 417-761-5521
Hotline: 24 hr. Crisis Line — 417-862-6555 locally or 1-800494-7355
TTY: 417-761-5002
Web: www.burrellcenter.com
Provides emergency services in the area of health, hunger and
hygiene. Services are provided to students in Springfield, Bolivar,
Clever, Fordland, Logan-Rogersville, Ozark, Nixa, Republic and
Willard public schools and Ozarks Technical Community College.
Provides a comprehensive array of behavioral health treatment,
rehabilitation and education services; operates a suicide prevention hotline that serves Polk, Greene, Webster, Christian, Stone
and Taney counties in Missouri.
Caring People
164 Corporate Drive, Suite T
Branson, MO 65616
Phone: 417-334-0131
Toll Free: 1-877-227-3525 (877-CARE-525)
Fax: 1-417-334-0132
Web: www.thecaringpeople.org
Facebook: The Caring People
Buttonhole Babes Appliqué Group
1544 Keithley Road
Walnut Shade, MO 65771
Phone: 417-443-2478
Teaches and learns about various methods of appliqué and quilting. New members are welcome.
Provides a Christian mentoring program for single mothers.
C.A.R.E. Animal Rescue
1111 S. Glenstone Ave., Suite 2-100
CASA of Southwest Missouri
P.O. Box 215
1328 W. Sunshine St. (Adoption Center)
Aurora, MO 65605
Phone: 417-864-6202
Fax: 417-864-6280
Web: www.casaswmo.org
Facebook: CASA of Southwest Missouri
Phone: 417-851-5008
Hotline: 417-875-6565
Web: www.carerescue.org
Facebook: C.A.R.E. Animal Rescue
Twitter: @CAREanimalrescu
Seeks out and supplies trained community volunteers appointed
by the juvenile court to act as advocates for abused and neglected
children.
7
C
Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri, Inc.
Chase Educational Foundation
424 E. Monastery Road
3841 W. Rockwood St.
Phone: 417-720-4213
Fax: 417-720-4216
Web: www.ccsomo.org
Facebook: Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri
Phone: 417-234-9339
Web: www.cef.dynalias.org
Provides opportunities to expand one’s knowledge of society,
culture, academics, and business in other countries through travel
and interaction with citizens of those countries.
Seeks to ensure that individuals and families in need receive
necessary social services, obtain a sense of hope and achieve
self-sufficiency. Serves individuals of all faiths, races and ethnic
backgrounds. Services include homelessness prevention, disaster
response, home repairs for survivors of natural disasters and lowincome seniors, crisis maternity home, supportive services for
veterans and their families, support for developmentally disabled,
mental health and family counseling and much more.
Cherry Court Garden Club, FGCM
1609 N. Farm Road 197
Phone: 417-350-5807
Promotes interest in horticulture and helps members gain skill
in growing plants and designing using plant material. Sponsors
the horticulture division of the Ozark Empire Fair, and supports
activities at the Springfield Botantical Gardens.
Center City Counseling Clinic
240 South Ave. — Park Central Office Building Suite
107
Child Advocacy Center, Inc.
Phone: 417-836-3215
Fax: 417-836-8566
Web: www.education.missouristate.edu/counseling/cccc
1033 E. Walnut St.
Phone: 417-831-2327
Fax: 417-831-5122
Web: www.childadvocacycenter.org
Provides individual, couples and family counseling, a fullyequipped play therapy clinic and child-parent relationship training classes for a nominal fee. Sliding fee scales apply as well.
Provides a child-friendly setting in which to offer objective forensic interviews and sensitive medical exams for alleged victims of
child abuse.
Center for Dispute Resolution
C
Missouri State University, CDR
Child Care Aware® of Southern Missouri/
Early Childhood One Stop
Phone: 417-836-8831
Fax: 417-836-8288
Web: www.missouristate.edu/cdr
Phone: 417-887-3545
Toll Free: 1-800-743-8497
Fax: 417-823-9459
Web: www.ccozarks.org/CCAsouthernMO
Facebook: Child Care Aware of Southern Missouri
Twitter: @CCAsouthernMO
Offers mediator training, conducts workshops and presentations;
provides mediation services and referrals, and supports community programs and educational and research activities.
Champion Athletes of the Ozarks
Child Care Aware® of Southern Missouri provides ongoing
support to child care professionals through on-site technical
assistance and group training opportunities.
Phone: 417-890-1599
Fax: 417-890-1613
Web: www.championathletes.org
Facebook: Champion Athletes of the Ozarks
The Early Childhood One Stop is a referral service for families
with children 6 and under. Information and referrals address
needs such as child care, recreational activities, financial assistance, early childhood development, etc.
Builds self-esteem, self-confidence and everyday life skills of
children and adults with disabilities through education, sports
competition, teaching basic life skills, creating job experiences
and reinforcing good social skills.
Child Care Food Program
CHANCES of Stone County
Phone: 417-865-8427
Toll Free: 1-800-818-6812
Fax: 417-865-6437
Web: www.ccfpfood.com
P.O. Box 2015
Branson West, MO 65737
Phone: 417-569-0387
Web: www.weneedachance.org
Facebook: CHANCES of Stone County
USDA reimbursement program for licensed and registered child
care providers for the meals fed to children in care; an operating
agency of Council of Churches of the Ozarks.
Promotes the opportunity for residents with developmental
disabilities living in Stone County to live more satisfying lives
by providing programs that promote inclusion, acceptance and
acknowledgment of ability through community involvement, and
facilitating more citizen involvement through a mentor program.
Springfield Chapter
P.O. Box 3004
8
tools; offers classes and events for all ages; provides information
assistance; delivers materials to homebound patrons.
Phone: 417-429-5697
Christian County Lions Club
An non-denominational, evangelical, Bible-centered mission
whose purpose is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel
of the Lord Jesus Christ and to establish (disciple) them in the
Word of God and in a local church for Christian living. Primary
ministries are After School Good News Clubs, Five Day Clubs,
Fair ministry and the Truth Chasers Club.
P.O. Box 1637
Nixa, MO 65714-1637
Phone: 417-619-0687
Web: www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/christiancounty
Facebook: ChristianCountyLionsClub
Children’s Choirs of Southwest Missouri
The Christian County Lions is a group of service-minded men
and women who are interested in improving Christian County.
To be a Lion is to be an active volunteer, a member of a respected
international organization, a leader in the community and a friend
to people in need.
P.O. Box 14453
Phone: 417-861-3591
Web: www.childrenschoirs.org
Facebook: Children’s Choirs of Southwest Missouri
Christian County Museum and Historical Society
Provides area youth ages 5-18 an opportunity to participate in a
progressively graded music education and choral performance
program.
202 E. Church St.
P.O. Box 442
Ozark, MO 65721
Children’s Miracle Network of CoxHealth
Phone: 417-581-4860
Web: www.ccmohistoricalsociety.com
Facebook: Christian County Historical Society
3525 S. National Ave., Suite 203
Phone: 417-269-6853
Fax: 417-269-8818
Web: www.coxhealthcmn.com
Strives to preserve, maintain and share the rich heritage of
Christian County and the Ozarks.
Christian County Retired School Personnel
Provides financial assistance to families who have children ages
birth through 18 with special medical needs.
502 W. Mount Vernon St.
Empire Bank Community Room
Nixa, MO 65714-9333
Children’s Smile Center
601 N. 21st St.
P.O. Box 1833
Ozark, MO 65721
Phone: 417-818-7620
CCRSP, an affiliate of the Missouri Retired Teachers/School
Personnel Association, updates members on issues affecting
retired teachers and school personnel.
Phone: 417-582-5439
Fax: 417-485-5455
Web: www.childrenssmilecenter.org
Facebook: Children’s Smile Center
Christian Foundation Thrift Store — Ozark
203 E. South St.
Ozark, MO 65721
Provides preventive and primary dental care for children ages 1
to 19 and pregnant women with active Medicaid who reside in
Christian, Taney, Stone, Barry, Lawrence and Dade counties.
Phone: 417-581-1302
Sells used items to benefit the Christian Foundation, which helps
people in need.
Christian County Family Crisis Center
(aka Freedom’s Rest)
Christian Health and Rehab
1328 E. Evergreen St.
P.O. Box 1276
Ozark, MO 65721
Phone: 417-891-9939
Fax: 417-891-9928
Web: www.c-healthcare.com
Phone: 414-582-0344
Hotline: 417-299-2494
Facebook: Freedom’s Rest
Provides emergency shelter and case management services for
victims of domestic violence.
A skilled nursing facility specializing in rehabilitation services,
Alzheimer’s care, palliative care, respite care, and out-patient
therapy, mostly for seniors. Also offers hospice and home health
care. Volunteer opportunities are available.
Christian County Library
1005 N. 4th Ave.
Ozark, MO 65721
Christian Women’s Connection
Phone: 417-581-2432
Fax: 417-581-8855
Web: www.christiancountylibrary.org
Facebook: Christian County Library
Twitter: @christiancolib
2942 S. Timbercreek Ave.
Public library serving all of Christian County. Lends books,
e-books and other materials; provides computers and Wi-Fi for
free public use; patron online access from home to many research
Church Women United of Springfield, Missouri
Phone: 417-881-7059
Web: www.stonecroft.org
A non-denominational group that fosters Christian ideals.
1208 N. Hillcrest Ave.
9
C
Phone: 417-864-1012
Fax: 417-864-1114
Web: www.springfieldmo.gov
Facebook: City of Springfield, MO — Connect with SGF
Twitter: @CityofSGF
Phone: 417-869-0111
Web: www.churchwomen.org
A non-denominational, ecumenical movement that brings
Protestant, Roman Catholic, Orthodox and other Christian
women together into one community of prayer, advocacy and
service.
Works with the community to resolve citizen requests or
concerns.
Circle of Friends Social Club
City of Springfield: City Council
840 N. Boonville Ave.
Phone: 417-864-1650
Fax: 417-864-1649
Hotline: Citizen Resources: 417-864-1010
Twitter: @CityofSGF
Phone: 417-886-1188
Toll Free: 1-800-676-7245
Fax: 417-886-3619
TTY: 417-886-1188
Web: www.swcil.org
Twitter: @swcil_sgf
The legislative body for the City of Springfield.
Provides social activities and support for people with any disability. Multiple group meetings in Springfield and Branson. Activities
include sewing and crafts.
Education
Springfield Police Department
2620 W. Battlefield Road
City of Springfield: Air Quality Section
290 E. Central St.
Phone: 417-864-1193
Web: www.springfieldmo.gov/police
Phone: 417-864-1412
Fax: 417-864-1499
Web: www.springfieldmo.gov/environment
Twitter: @CityofSGF
C
Coordinates neighborhood watch programs, traffic and child
safety education and security programs for businesses and
residences.
The Air Quality Section of the Environmental Quality Section
of the Department of Environmental Services is the air quality
authority in the city limits of Springfield. The program provides
many services to help reduce air pollution and protect public
health.
City of Springfield: Department of
Environmental Services
290 E. Central St.
Phone: 417-864-2005
Fax: 417-864-1906
Hotline: 417-864-1904 (for recycling info)
Web: www.springfieldmo.gov/recycling
Twitter: @CityofSGF
City of Springfield: Animal Shelter
4002 N. Farmer Ave.
Phone: 417-833-3592
Fax: 417-864-1466
Twitter: @CityofSGF
Provides programs and services designed to reduce the waste
stream including an environmental speakers’ bureau, presentations to classes and community groups, special events and
distributing informational materials to classrooms and the general
public. Provides waste reduction assistance to businesses and
institutions and recycling assistance for special events and other
environmental areas, including water quality and quantity, air
quality and sustainability.
Provides a shelter for stray animals.
City of Springfield: Attorney’s Office
P.O. Box 8368
Phone: 417-864-1645
Fax: 417-864-1551
Twitter: @CityofSGF
City of Springfield: Department of Public
Information
P.O. Box 8368
Conducts all civil suits and proceedings on behalf of the city;
represents proposed city ordinances and approves city contracts.
Phone: 417-864-1010
Fax: 417-864-1114
TTY: 417-864-1555
Twitter: @CityofSGF
City of Springfield: Citizen Resource Center
P.O. Box 8368
10
Takes citizen requests for service and manages public information
through website, City View, special events and media releases.
the public about recycling.
City of Springfield: Finance Department
City of Springfield: Land Clearance for
Redevelopment Authority
P.O. Box 8368
P.O. Box 8368
Phone: 417-864-1625
Fax: 417-864-1880
Web: www.springfieldmo.gov/292/Finance
Twitter: @CityofSGF
Phone: 417-864-1031
Fax: 417-864-1030
Handles city business transactions regarding budget and accounting, licensing, purchasing and printing.
City of Springfield: Landmarks Board
Promotes housing revitalization, economic development and
redevelopment.
City of Springfield: Fire Department
Phone: 417-864-1036
Fax: 417-864-1882
Web: www.springfieldmo.gov/boards/landmarks/index.
html
Twitter: @CityofSGF
Phone: 417-864-1500
Fax: 417-864-1505
Web: www.springfieldmo.gov/fire
Twitter: @CityofSGF
Considers and approves applications for renovations in the historic districts and to historic sites.
Promotes fire safety and fights fires. Provides 1st Responder,
EMS assistance, hazardous materials spill emergency response,
emergency water rescue response, and free smoke alarms and
installation to Springfield homeowners.
City of Springfield: Mayor’s Commission for
Children
City of Springfield: Fire Department Museum
Phone: 417-864-1656
Fax: 417-864-1099
Web: www.redwagonkids.net
Twitter: @CityofSGF
Phone: 417-864-1500
Fax: 417-864-1505
Educates and mobilizes the community on children’s issues, especially early childhood education.
Illustrates the history and service of the Springfield Fire
Department from 1867 to present. Located on the first floor of
City Hall, room 103.
City of Springfield: Mayor’s Commission on
Human Rights and Community Relations
City of Springfield: Hazelwood Cemetery
Busch Municipal Building
1642 E. Seminole St.
Phone: 417-891-1660
Fax: 417-891-1662
Web: www.springfieldmo.gov/egov/publicworks/
operations/grounds/index.html
Twitter: @CityofSGF
Phone: 417-864-1038
Fax: 417-864-1030
TTY: Local TTY: 684-1555
Web: www.springfieldmo.gov/boards/humanrights
Works with the community to foster mutual understanding and
respect among all racial, religious and ethnic groups and prevents
discrimination against those groups protected by City Code;
investigates alleged incidents of discrimination and tries to mediate settlements between affected parties; acts as a clearinghouse
for information regarding human rights, and offers its services to
help educate interested citizens and community groups.
City-maintained cemetery open to the public.
City of Springfield: Household Chemical
Collection Center
1226 W. Nichols St.
P.O. Box 8368
City of Springfield: Municipal Court
625 N. Benton Ave.
Phone: 417-864-2000
Fax: 417-864-2021
Phone: 417-864-1890
Fax: 417-864-1883
Twitter: @CityofSGF
Accepts a variety of household chemicals for recycling, including automotive and home improvement products, pesticides,
household cleaners, aerosol cans and fluorescent bulbs; educates
11
C
education and market development programs. The division also
provides environmental compliance assistance including Air
Quality, Brownfields Redevelopment, hazardous waste, superfund, and petroleum storage tanks.
Processes city traffic tickets, minor cases of theft, trespassing and
other minor municipal violations.
Department
Airport
P.O. Box 8368
2300 N. Airport Blvd., Suite 100
Phone: 417-864-1031
Fax: 417-864-1030
Web: www.springfieldmo.gov/926/Landmarks-Board
Phone: 417-868-0500
Web: www.flyspringfield.com
Facebook: Springfield-Branson National Airport
Twitter: @flysgf
Prepares and maintains the city’s comprehensive plan with the
involvement of citizens, Planning and Zoning Commission and
the City Council.
Springfield-Branson National Airport has jet service to 10 cities,
including the nation’s five largest airports. Fly almost anywhere
with just one stop.
City of Springfield: Police Department
City of Springfield: Stormwater Quality Division
Phone: 417-864-1810
Fax: 417-864-1713
Web: www.springfieldmo.gov/spd
Facebook: SGF Police — Springfield, MO
Twitter: @SGFPolice
290 E. Central St.
P.O. Box 8368
Phone: 417-864-1996
Fax: 417-864-1499
Web: www.springfieldmo.gov/stormwater
Twitter: @CityofSGF
Partners with the Springfield community for quality police service and protection.
City of Springfield: Prosecutor
Promotes public awareness of stormwater and environmental
issues through education; provides pollution violation investigation and enforcement; oversees flood management issues; coordinates the Adopt-A-Stream Program and the Stream Monitoring
Program.
625 N. Benton Ave.
C
Phone: 417-864-1899
Fax: 417-864-2026
Twitter: @CityofSGF
City of Springfield: Sustainability Division
290 E. Central St.
Prosecutes city ordinance violations.
City of Springfield: Sister Cities Association
Phone: 417-864-2005
Fax: 417-864-1906
Twitter: @CityofSGF
P.O. Box 8368
Phone: 417-864-1341
Web: www.peacethroughpeople.org
Facebook: Springfield Sister Cities
Twitter: @CityofSGF
The City of Springfield’s Department of Environmental Services
Sustainability Division’s Education Outreach Section includes:
Coordination and delivery of educational activities for the
Department. Resources include: brochures, Recycling Hotline,
website, facility tours, activity guides, trade-show type displays,
check-out kits, DVDs and more. Programs include: Show-Me
Yards & Neighborhoods (Environmentally Responsible Lawn
Care), vermicomposting (classroom food waste complete with
living worms), interactive activities for special events, and
special event recycling. Focus areas include: Air and Water
Quality, Water Conservation, Stormwater Management, Solid
Waste Management/Recycling, Waste Water Management, and
Sustainability. The Market Development Section offers technical assistance to businesses/industries and supports the Ozarks
GreenScore Program, Ozarks Clean Air Alliance and other similar
efforts.
Fosters international friendships with Springfield sister cities
Isesaki, Japan, and Tlaquepaque, Mexico.
City of Springfield: Solid Waste Management
Division
290 E. Central St.
Phone: 417-864-1905
Fax: 417-864-1906
Twitter: @CityofSGF
Provides solid waste management services and other programs
through Springfield’s voter-approved Integrated Solid Waste
Management System. Services include the Springfield Sanitary
Landfill, local and regional recycling facilities, Household
Chemical Collection Center, Yardwaste Recycling Center, and
curbside recycling. The ISWMS includes information and
City Utilities
301 E. Central St.
Phone: 417-863-9000
Web: www.cityutilities.net
12
Community Alternative Sentencing Program
(CASP)
Facebook: City Utilities of Springfield, MO
Twitter: @cityutilities
A progressive, community-owned utility serving southwest
Missouri with electricity, natural gas, water, broadband and
transit services.
721 N. Main Ave.
Phone: 417-865-9460
Fax: 417-865-6155
Web: www.caspspringfieldmo.org
City Utilities: Access Express
Provides alternative sentencing options to the court systems.
Phone: 417-831-8782
Fax: 417-831-8803
Community Blood Center of the Ozarks —
Don Thomson Donor Center (CBCO)
220 W. Plainview Road
Provides paratransit service for disabled people who are unable to
access the regular city bus service.
Phone: 417-227-5000
Toll Free: 1-800-280-5337
Web: www.cbco.org
Facebook: Community Blood Center of the Ozarks
Twitter: @ozarksblood
City Utilities: Transit Services
Phone: 417-831-8782
Facebook: City Utilities of Springfield, MO
Twitter: @cityutilities
Collects blood from donors and provides all of the blood and
blood products to patients at 38 hospitals in southwest Missouri,
northwest Arkansas and southeast Kansas.
Public transit system for the City of Springfield.
Community Foundation of the Ozarks, Inc.
Civil War Round Table of the Ozarks
425 E. Trafficway
P.O. Box 8960
P.O. Box 3451
Phone: 417-862-1772
Phone: 417-864-6199
Toll Free: 1-888-266-6815
Fax: 417-864-8344
Web: www.cfozarks.org
Facebook: Community Foundation of the Ozarks
Twitter: @cfozarks
Gathers and disseminates historical information about the TransMississippi area Civil War era.
Classic Chevy Club of Springfield
P.O. Box 10111 GS
Supports community development through endowment building,
community grant making, collaboration and public leadership.
Phone: 417-751-2610
Community Partnership of the Ozarks
Promotes the preservation of the classic Chevy; provides advice
on restoration, upgrades, parts location, shows, runs and events
related to the classic Chevy.
Phone: 417-888-2020
Fax: 417-888-2322
Web: www.commpartnership.org
Facebook: Community Partnership of the Ozarks
Twitter: @cpozarks
Code 3 Sertoma Club
P.O. Box 6392
Phone: 417-818-5961
Web: www.code3sertoma.org
Facebook: Code 3 Sertoma Club
Twitter: @Code3Sertoma
Partners with others to create the community you want to live in.
Compassionate Friends, Greater Ozarks Chapter
Helps keep local children safe by supporting public and safety
education and community awareness programs, as well as the
emergency personnel who serve our communities.
Phone: 417-887-7089
Web: www.compassionatefriends.org
Commercial Club of Springfield
Provides support for families toward the positive resolution of
grief following the death of a child of any age; provides information to help others be supportive. Meetings held 7 p.m.–9 p.m.
every third Tuesday of the month.
299 E. Commercial St.
Phone: 417-864-7015 or 417-839-0119
Email: admin@historiccstreet
Web: www.historiccstreet.com
Facebook: Historic C-Street
Twitter: @historic c street
Competition Dogs of the Ozarks
5741 E. Meadowmere St.
Promotes, preserves and celebrates the Commercial Street
Historic District.
Phone: 417-234-6141
13
C
Facebook: Competition Dogs of the Ozarks
Fax: 417-823-8244
Web: www.convoyofhope.org
Facebook: Convoy of Hope
Twitter: @ConvoyofHope
Promotes purebred dogs and holds several events throughout the
year.
Concrete Promotion Council of the Ozarks
A faith-based organization with a driving passion to feed the
world through children’s feeding initiatives, community outreaches, disaster response and partner resourcing.
P.O. Box 2113
Phone: 417-865-8282
Fax: 417-865-8139
Web: www.cpcoz.com
Cooper Estates Property Owners Association
1311 N. Cooper Blvd.
Promotes all concrete applications for better building outcomes.
Phone: 417-864-4434
Fax: 417-864-4530
Web: www.cooperestatespoa.com
Connections Handyman Service
627 N. Glenstone Ave.
Promotes the interests of residents of Cooper Estates
subdivision.
Phone: 417-862-3586
Fax: 417-862-2129
Web: www.ccozarks.org
Facebook: Connections Handyman Service
Council of Churches of the Ozarks
P.O. Box 3947
Provides minor necessary home repairs and access-related
modifications for seniors and those with disabilities; a part of the
Council of Churches of the Ozarks.
Phone: 417-862-3586
Fax: 417-862-2129
Connie Morris Golf Learning Center
Partners with people of faith to serve hungry children, foster
children and families, working families, individuals and families in
crisis, adults and senior adults with disabilities, senior volunteers,
low-income seniors needing essential home repair and nursing
home residents.
2846 W. Farm Road 190
Phone: 417-823-7888
Web: www.parkboard.org/golf/connie_morris_lrn_ctr
C
A golf training center that specializes in golf instruction for all
ages and skill levels. Located at Rivercut Golf Course. Part of
Springfield-Greene County Parks and Recreation.
Cover Your Bum Cloth Diaper Bank
P.O. Box 848
Constellation Club of Springfield
Phone: 417-812-6BUM (messages only)
Web: www.coveryourbum.net
Facebook: Cover Your Bum Cloth Diaper Bank
Phone: 417-836-4467
Web: www.constellationclub.org
Aerospace/science club for students in grades K-12 that fosters
science and math education, encourages scholastic achievement,
and provides hands-on projects, activities and presentations.
Loans cloth diapers to families in need of a little extra support.
Assists parents who want better, cheaper diapering options. CYB
also provides training for how to care for cloth diapers and how to
choose effective, budget-friendly cloth diaper options.
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of
Springfield, Missouri, Inc. (CCCS)
Cox College
1515 S. Glenstone Ave.
P.O. Box 10266
Phone: 417-269-3401
Toll Free: 1-866-898-5355
Fax: 417-269-3581
Web: www.coxcollege.edu
Facebook: Cox College
Phone: 417-889-7474
Toll Free: 1-800-882-0808
Fax: 417-881-7713
Web: www.shredyourdebt.org
Facebook: CCCS of the Ozarks
An accredited nursing and health sciences college.
Provides one-on-one personal financial counseling; works out
repayment arrangements with creditors; helps clients get relief
from collector phone calls, over-limit fees and late fees with credit
card companies and other unsecured debt; assists with budgeting,
debt management plans and credit education; provides pre-filing
bankruptcy counseling, pre-foreclosure housing counseling and
mortgage delinquency counseling.
CoxHealth
1423 N. Jefferson Ave. (north complex)
3801 S. National Ave. (south complex)
Phone: 417-269-3000 (north) 417-269-6000 (south)
Web: www.coxhealth.com
Facebook: CoxHealth
Twitter: @coxhealth
Convoy of Hope
330 S. Patterson Ave.
Operates three hospitals in Springfield and more than 50 clinics
in southwest Missouri.
Phone: 417-823-8998
Toll Free: 1-800-988-0664
14
CoxHealth Breast Care Clinic
Phone: 417-269-8817
Facebook: CoxHealth
Twitter: @coxhealth
Hulston Cancer Center
Offers primary medical care services to all ages.
Phone: 417-269-6170
Fax: 417-269-6992
CoxHealth Grief Support Group
Comprehensive breast center.
CoxHealth Caregivers Support Group
Phone: 417-269-5257
Fax: 417-269-5781
Web: www.coxhealth.com/cancer
Facebook: Hulston Cancer Center at CoxHealth
For family and friends of cancer patients who have passed away.
Phone: 417-269-5257
Fax: 417-269-5781
Resource and Image Center
For caregivers of cancer patients.
CoxHealth Center For Addictions
Phone: 417-269-5257
Toll Free: 1-866-485-7866 (HULSTON)
Fax: 417-269-5781
Cox Medical Center North
Phone: 417-269-2273
Fax: 417-269-8851
Provides informational resources for cancer patients, wigs, headwear, and mastectomy supplies, and provides patient advocates to
help locate resources.
Provides outpatient substance abuse treatment for adults.
CoxHealth Patient and Caregivers Support
Group
CoxHealth Cox Diabetes Center
960 E. Walnut Lawn, Suite 203
Phone: 417-269-3900
Fax: 417-269-8260
Phone: 417-269-5257
Fax: 417-269-5781
Provides education and self-management training to individuals
with diabetes and their families.
For cancer patients and their family members and caregivers.
CoxHealth Cox Medical Explorers, Post 229
CoxHealth Reach Together
CoxHealth Breast Care Clinic
Phone: 417-269-5954
Fax: 417-269-5315
Facebook: CoxHealth Medical Explorers
Phone: 417-269-6253
Fax: 417-269-6992
A program for 15- to 20-year-olds who are interested in careers in
medicine.
A support group for those who have, or have had, breast cancer
and their family members and caregivers.
CoxHealth Cox Senior Advantage
CoxHealth Rehabilitation Therapy North
Phone: 417-269-3616
Toll Free: 1-888-354-3618
Fax: 417-269-9966
Phone: 417-269-3177
Fax: 417-269-3789
Provides outpatient physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy and audiology services for pediatrics and adults.
Provides assistance with insurance, transportation, newsletter
and seminars to people 50 years old and older.
CoxHealth Volunteer Services Department
CoxHealth Family Medical Care Center
1423 N. Jefferson Ave., Suite B-100
15
C
Phone: 417-269-4169
Fax: 417-269-5315
Facebook: CoxHealth Volunteers
Phone: 417-886-8197
Web: www.duvmissouritent22.org
Strives to perpetuate the memories and goals of Civil War ancestors, genealogically, historically and patriotically through service,
community projects and programs.
Provides volunteers for the CoxHealth system.
CoxHealth Women’s Center
1000 E. Primrose St., Suite 110
Daybreak Adult Day Care
Phone: 417-269-4664
Fax: 417-269-6251
Facebook: CoxHealth Moms
Phone: 417-881-0133
Fax: 417-882-4792
Facebook: Daybreak Adult Day Care
Twitter: @daybreak.adult-day-care
Family Beginnings classes, lactation consults and breastfeeding
support. Osteoporosis Clinic and bone density testing. Provides
resource information on women’s health issues. Joyce Schwandt
Library and Milestones Boutique.
A medically monitored day environment for elderly and disabled
adults. An agency of the Council of Churches of the Ozarks.
Crosslines
Deaf Awareness Group of Southwest Missouri
(DAG)
P.O. Box 14362
Phone: 417-869-0563
Fax: 417-864-4614
Web: www.crosslines.org
Facebook: Crosslines of Springfield
Twitter: @CrosslinesSgf
D
Phone: 417-234-3038
Web: www.dagswmo.webs.com
Assists the deaf and hard of hearing community in promoting
opportunities for social and educational interaction between
individuals, their families and friends.
Provides emergency assistance to low-income families. Primary
services include a food pantry; other services include diapers,
prenatal and children’s vitamins, voicemail for job seekers and seasonal help with coats, holiday food baskets and Christmas toys; an
agency of the Council of Churches of the Ozarks.
Democratic Alliance
1764 S. Fremont Ave. (Physical)
2051 N. Carriage Drive (Mailing)
Nixa, MO 65714
Cystic Fibrosis Association of Missouri
Phone: 417-886-8980
Fax: 417-886-5661
RR 1 Box 450
Ava, MO 65608
Facebook: Cystic Fibrosis Association of Missouri
Advances the goals and purposes of the Democratic Party
through social, civic and political activities.
To raise awareness about Cystic Fibrosis, support families and
raise money for CF research. Three meetings each year include
third Saturday of March in West Plains, June or July in Springfield,
and October in Cuba, Mo.
Developmental Center of the Ozarks (DCO)
1545 E. Pythian St
Springfield, Mo 65802
Daughters of the American Revolution, Isaac
Garrison Chapter
Phone: 417-829-0850 (Adults) 417-829-0800 (Children)
Fax: 417-831-0901 (Adults) 417-865-7603 (Children)
TTY: 1-800-735-2966
Web: www.dcoonline.com
Facebook: Developmental Center of the Ozarks (DCO)
6260 S. Hunters Trail
Phone: 417-890-9405
Web: www.mssdar.org/igarrison
Serves infants, children and adults with or without developmental
delays or physical disabilities through a variety of therapeutic,
educational, habilitative and rehabilitative programs designed to
promote personal growth and development of skills necessary to
live in the least restrictive environment possible.
Furthers historical, educational and patriotic objectives.
Daughters of the American Revolution,
Rachel Donelson Chapter
531 E. Kingsley St.
Diaper Bank of the Ozarks
Phone: 417-860-3087
Web: www.mssdar.org/rdonelson
Phone: 417-848-5049
Web: www.diaperbankoftheozarks.org
Facebook: Diaper Bank of the Ozarks
Furthers historical, educational and patriotic objectives.
1861-1865, Mary Whitney Phelps Tent #22
Distributes disposable diapers to families in need and provides
education, supplies and support for families who wish to learn
1411 Ridgecrest St.
16
Web: www.ozarksdsg.org
Facebook: Down Syndrome Group of the Ozarks
Twitter: @DSGOzarks
more about the cloth diaper option.
Dickerson Park Zoo
Provides education, support and resources to individuals with
Down Syndrome, their families, educators and the community in
order to bring positive awareness of the abilities and strengths of
individuals with Down Syndrome.
3043 N. Fort Ave. (Mailing)
1401 W. Norton Road (physical)
Phone: 417-864-1800 (zoo park) 417-833-1570 (zoo office)
Fax: 417-833-4459
Hotline: 417-864-1800
Web: www.dickersonparkzoo.org
Facebook: Dickerson Park Zoo
Twitter: @dpzoo
Downtown Springfield Association
304 W. McDaniel St.
Phone: 417-831-6200
Fax: 417-831-6217
Web: www.itsalldowntown.com
Provides recreational and educational experiences for the public,
conserves wildlife and wild places, and conducts research.
Strives to revitalize, improve and promote downtown Springfield;
coordinates many downtown events.
Disabled American Veterans and Auxiliary,
Orlan E. Smith Memorial Chapter 11
Scouting
1708 E. St. Louis St.
1616 S. Eastgate Ave.
Phone: 417-862-3910
Fax: 417-862-3136
Web: www.dav.org
Phone: 417-883-1636
Fax: 417-883-2534
Web: www.ozarktrailsbsa.org
Facebook: Dr Michael J Clarke Museum of Ozarks Scouting
Aids disabled American veterans by supplying transportation to
area VA hospitals. Assists veterans in filing claims for service injuries and sickness. All services are free. Assists veterans with some
short-term financial assistance on a first-come basis.
An ongoing exhibit of the history of Scouting in the Ozarks dating from 1916.
Discovery Center of Springfield, Inc.
Drury University
900 N. Benton Ave.
Phone: 417-862-9910
Fax: 417-862-6898
Web: www.discoverycenter.org
Phone: 417-873-7879
Toll Free: 1-800-922-2274
Fax: 416-866-3873
Web: www.drury.edu
Facebook: Drury University
Twitter: @Drury University
Interactive hands-on museum committed to inspiring people of
all ages with a lifelong love of learning.
Doling Neighborhood Association
A fully accredited, private university founded in 1873.
629 W. Woodridge St.
Drury University Alumni Association
Phone: 417-559-3724
Facebook: Doling Neighborhood Association
900 N. Benton Ave.
Phone: 417-873-7217
Toll Free: 800-922-2274
Fax: 417-873-7842
Web: alumni.drury.edu/alumniassociation
Facebook: Drury University Alumni
Interstate 44/Norton on the north, Kearney Street on the south,
National Avenue on the east and Kansas Expressway on the west.
The Doula Foundation
1111 S. Glenstone Ave., Suite 2-101
Connects with Drury alumni at Drury to Drury events, homecoming and athletic events.
Phone: 417-832-9222
Fax: 417-832-2151
Web: www.doulafoundation.org
Drury University Music Department
900 N. Benton Ave
Provides pregnancy support programs to pregnant women and
their families including childbirth education, prenatal yoga, doula
services and parenting classes.
Phone: 417-873-7291
Toll Free: 800-922-2274
Web: www.drury.edu/music
Facebook: Drury University Department of Music
Down Syndrome Group of the Ozarks
P.O. Box 1598
Performance programs that challenge, educate and inspire our
students and their audiences. Event calendar can be found on
Drury University’s website.
Phone: 417-885-9905
17
D
Drury University Pool Art Center Gallery
900 N. Benton Ave.
Provides training, coaching and support programs for unlicensed
child care providers that serve families receiving DSS child care
subsidy; a program of the Community Partnership of the Ozarks.
Phone: 417-873-7263
Toll Free: 800-922-2274
Web: www.drury.edu/pacgallery
Eldercare Transit Service
Exhibits local and national artists on the first floor of the Pool
Art Center at 940 N. Clay St. on the eastern edge of the Drury
University campus.
Phone: 417-882-4243
Fax: 417-882-3793
Facebook: Daybreak Adult Day Care
Drury University Theatre
900 N. Benton Ave
Provides door-through-door, non-emergency medical transportation services benefiting elderly or disabled individuals. Part of
Daybreak Adult Day Care.
Phone: 417-873-6832
Toll Free: 800-922-2274
Fax: 417-873-7572
Web: www.drury.edu/theatre
Elks Lodge #409
2223 E. Bennett St.
Challenges, educates and inspires Drury students in theatrical
production and artistic training. Performance schedule and ticket
information can be found on Drury University’s website.
Phone: 417-881-0038
Fax: 417-890-0019
Web: www.elks.org
Easter Seals Midwest Autism Services
Renders charitable and patriotic services to veterans, handicapped and youth programs in the local area. Provides food for
the needy, and drug awareness programs and scholarships for
students. Also supports the Developmental Center of the Ozarks.
1740 S. Glenstone Ave., Suite S
Phone: 417-890-1399
Toll Free: 1-800-420-7410
Fax: 417-890-1775
Web: www.eastersealsmidwest.org
E
Epilepsy Foundation of Missouri & Kansas
4406 Saint Vincent Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63119-3429
Provides a full range of services and support to children and
adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and their families
throughout a 23-county area with offices also located in Joplin.
Phone: 1-314-781-4949
Toll Free: 1-800-264-6970
Fax: 1-314-781-4907
Web: www.epilepsyfoundation.org/stlouis
EasyRiders Equestrian Drill Team
7454 Foxtrot Lane
Educates and promotes an understanding of epilepsy.
Phone: 417-689-2206
Web: www.theeasyriders.com
Epsilon Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma
1325 E. Loren St.
A youth development organization that helps youth grow and
mature in positive ways, using the horse as a teaching tool; provides training and development for members to participate in a
competitive precision drill team; provides varying forms of entertainment from the presentation of national colors to themed
numbers set to music.
Phone: 417-350-7774
Web: www.deltakappagamma-mo.org
Promotes the professional and personal growth of women educators in a world society.
Edge Community Technology Center
Equi-Librium Therapy Center
397 E. Central St.
1148 S. Courtney Lane
Phone: 417-830-1409
Web: www.etctherapy.org
Facebook: Equi-Librium Therapy Center
Phone: 417-837-5011
Fax: 417-866-1259
Web: thelibrary.org
Provides accredited equine therapy services to children and
adults, including Therapeutic Riding, Hippotherapy, Equine
Facilitated Learning and Warriors Walk On.
Offers lifelong learning opportunities in computer software and
Internet training for adults. Sessions are free and open to the
public. Part of the Springfield-Greene County Library District.
Evangel University
Educare
Phone: 417-865-2815
Fax: 417-865-9599
Phone: 417-888-2020
Fax: 417-888-2322
18
Web: www.evangel.edu
Evangel University Alumni Association
Web: www.experienceworks.org
Facebook: Experience Works
Twitter: @experienceworks
Provides job skills training to low-income seniors who have multiple barriers to obtaining employment.
Phone: 417-865-2815, ext. 7333
Fax: 417-865-9599
Fair Grove Historical and Preservation Society
A private, coeducational Christian liberal arts university.
P.O. Box 93
32 S. Main St.
Fair Grove, MO 65648
Helps Evangel University achieve its goals by providing support
and resources.
Evangel University: Artist Series
Phone: 417-759-2807
Web: www.fghps.org
Works to preserve the customs, crafts and history of the Fair
Grove area including restoration of the Wommack Mill.
Phone: 417-865-2815, ext. 7339
Fax: 417-865-9599
Facebook: Evangel University
Fair Haven Children’s Home
An artist series produced by Evangel University.
Phone: 417-862-6675
Fax: 417-862-0993
Web: www.fairhavenchildrenshome.com
3132 N. Fair Haven Loop
Strafford, MO 65757
Evangel University: Music Department
Provides a home for abused, neglected, emotionally disturbed or
dependent children.
Phone: 417-865-2815, ext. 7212
Fax: 417-575-5476
Facebook: Evangel University Music Department
Farmers Market of the Ozarks
2144 E. Republic Road
A private, coeducational Christian liberal arts university music
department.
Phone: 417-766-8711
Web: www.loveyourfarmer.com
Facebook: Farmers Market of the Ozarks
Twitter: @FMOzarks
Evergreen Garden Club, FGCM
Phone: 417-224-7553
Operates a farmers market that contributes to the success of local
food growers and producers, strengthens the local food economy
and serves as a community gathering place for the Ozarks region.
Studies the fine arts of gardening, garden and floral design, landscape design; participates in civic and community projects. Meets
fourth Wednesday of each month at the Springfield Botanical
Gardens. Visitors welcome.
Federal Prison Retirees Association
4439 W. University St.
Exceptional Business Men In Nixa (X-MIN)
566 W. Mt. Vernon
Nixa, MO 65714
Phone: 417-865-1922
Web: www.springfieldfeds.com
Phone: 417-725-1545
Fax: 417-725-4532
Web: www.nixachamber.com
Maintains and promotes social interaction of federal prison
retirees.
Filipino-American Association of Southwest
Missouri
Promotes businesses.
Executive Women’s Club
3756 W. Kingsley St.
2546 S. Chapel Drive
Phone: 417-887-9733
Web: www.filaasmo.com
Phone: 417-838-0277
Facebook: Executive Women’s Club of Springfield, MO
Promotes and preserves Filipino cultural heritage and traditions.
A forum for sharing ideas, lending mutual support and promoting
education for the special needs of career women.
Finley River Community Foundation
P.O. Box 1176
Ozark, MO 65721
Experience Works, Inc.
Phone: 417-224-0356
Web: www.cfozarks.org/finley-river
PO Box 414
Buffalo, MO 65622
Works to enhance the quality of life in the communities of
eastern Christian County through community service, charitable
giving and endowment building. An affiliate of Community
Foundation of the Ozarks.
Phone: 1-417-345-2797
Toll Free: 1-877-872-4740
Fax: 1-417-345-2998
19
F
First Steps (System Point of Entry) (SPOE)
Web: www.fahunger.org
Facebook: Friends Against Hunger
Twitter: @FAHunger
1370 E. Primrose Ave., Suite A
Phone: 417-886-0404
Toll Free: 1-866-583-2392
Fax: 417-863-9889
Provides specially formulated, packaged food for hungry people
in the United States and starving people around the world.
Friends of the Garden
P.O. Box 8566
Missouri’s early intervention program designed to help families
build capacity to support their children (from birth to age 3) with
developmental disorders or delays.
Phone: 417-891-1650
Web: www.friendsofthegarden.org
Fleet Reserve Association, Branch 316
Supports the Botanical Center & Gardens in its mission to
provide outstanding botanical, horticultural and environmental
education opportunities; membership is open to people of all
ages with an interest in, and appreciation of nature. Facilities and
gardens available for rent.
1136 E. Atlantic St.
Phone: 417-883-3064
Web: www.fra.org
A patriotic, civic and education organization of active reserve or
retired Navy, Marines or Coast Guard personnel.
Friends of the Library
Fordland Clinic, Inc.
Phone: 417-616-0560 or 417-883-6930 (Between Friends
Gift Shop)
Fax: 417-889-2547
Web: www.thelibrary.org
Facebook: Friends of the Springfield-Greene County
Library District
1059 Barton Drive
Fordland, MO 65652
Phone: 417-767-2273 or 417-767-2100 for dental services
Fax: 417-767-4054
Web: www.fordlandclinic.org
Facebook: Fordland Clinic
Members promote the services and resources of the SpringfieldGreene County Library District while sharing their love of books
with the community; the purpose is to foster a positive relationship between the Library and the community, secure volunteers,
and raise funds to support the Library.
Offers comprehensive family practice, dental services, mental
health counseling and urgent care services based on income.
Foundation for Springfield Public Schools
F
1131 Boonville Ave.
Friends of the MSU Libraries
Phone: 417-523-0144
Fax: 417-523-0040
Web: www.supportsps.org
Phone: 417-836-4525
Fax: 417-836-4764
TTY: 417-836-5105
Web: www.library.missouristate.edu
Raises, manages and distributes privately raised monies to benefit
the students who attend Springfield Public Schools.
Franciscan Villa
Supports MSU Libraries by enriching collections and enhancing
services through contributions and gifts-in-kind.
620 W. Scott St.
Friends of the Springfield Art Museum
Phone: 417-869-5417
Fax: 417-869-5510
Web: www.kitcheninc.org
c/o Springfield Art Museum
1111 E. Brookside Drive
Affordable, independent multifamily apartments. A Kitchen, Inc.
program.
Phone: 417-837-5700
Web: www.artmuseumfriends-spfd.org
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) Women’s
Democratic Club
Supports and enhances the Springfield Art Museum.
2739 S. Claremont Ave.
Friends of the Zoo
Phone: 417-883-6727
Facebook: FDR Women’s Democratic Club
Dickerson Park Zoo
3043 N. Fort Ave.
Educates the public and supports issues and candidates for the
Democratic Party.
P.O. Box 7108
Phone: 417-833-1570
Fax: 417-833-4459
Web: www.dickersonparkzoo.org
Facebook: Dickerson Park Zoo
Twitter: @dpzoo
Phone: 417-773-1639
Generates funding for programs and improvements. Major
Friends Against Hunger
20
fundraising activities include the Friends of the Zoo membership
program and ADOPT programs, events such as Ball of the Wild,
Halloween Spooktacular, and Zoo operations of gift shop, rentals,
food stands, train rides and animal feeding.
supports Girls Town.
Gideons International, Springfield South Camp
P.O. Box 4221
Gamma Upsilon Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma
Phone: 417-743-2099
Web: www.gideons.org
268 Evan Road
Billings, MO 65610
Phone: 417-744-2021
Web: www.deltakappagamma-mo.org
Distributes Bibles.
Promotes professional and personal growth of women educators
in a world society.
701 S. Kentwood Ave.
The Giggle Box Project
Phone: 417-368-3259
Web: www.giggleboxes.org
Facebook: The Giggle Box Project
Twitter: @TheGiggleBox
The Gardens Senior Living
1302 W. Sunset St.
Phone: 417-889-7600
Fax: 417-889-2477
Web: www.bethesdaseniorliving.com
The Giggle Box Project provides Giggleboxes, filled with toys,
activities, books and more, to bring laughter and joy to children
with cancer. Through the Giggleboxes, we promote a change in
perspective and help the patient become an active participant in
their healing process.
An independent and assisted retirement living community that
offers an Alzheimer’s support group.
Gillioz Theatre
Ozarks (GLO)
325 Park Central East
518 E. Commercial St. (physical)
P.O. Box 225 (mailing)
Phone: 417-863-7843 or 417-863-9491 for tickets
Fax: 417-832-1700
Web: www.gillioz.org
Phone: 417-869-3978
Web: www.glocenter.org
Facebook: The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of the
Ozarks
Twitter: @glocenter
The theater offers music concerts, theatrical performances and
other special events.
Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland, Inc.
210 S. Ingram Mill Road
Supports the well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
persons in the greater Springfield region by organizing and sponsoring community activities and by increasing public understanding and appreciation of GLBT citizens.
Toll Free: 1-877-312-4764
Fax: 417-862-4120
Web: www.girlscoutsmoheartland.org
Facebook: Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland
Twitter: @gsmoheartland
General Electric Retirees
Phone: 417-881-9405
Social group for General Electric retirees, spouses and friends.
Meets first Wednesday of every month at 11 a.m. at Heritage
Cafeteria.
Provides Leadership Development programs for girls ages 5-17
designed to help a girl discover her strong sense of self, connect
with others and take action to make the world a better place.
Ozarks
Glenwood Village Women’s Club
c/o Evangel University Social Science Dept.
936 N. Fairfax Ave.
Phone: 417-865-2815 ext. 8222
Promotes friendship and community involvement for Glenwood
Village residents.
Helps develop an appreciation for the German, Austrian and
Swiss pioneers who helped settle and develop the Ozarks.
Gold Wing Road Riders Association, Chapter B
Phone: 417-866-6115
GFWC Sorosis Club of Springfield:
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Phone: 417-831-6592
Fax: 417-831-3105
Web: www.genesgallery.com
3144 E. Topping Circle
Phone: 417-862-1797
Promotes motorcycle touring, fellowship and safety for Honda
Gold Wing motorcycle owners.
Coordinates the activities of local women’s clubs including
GFWC Sorosis and GFWC Springfield Ladies Saturday Club;
21
G
Good Community Committee
Grant Beach Neighborhood Association
1125 E. Kingsbury St.
800 W. Hovey St.
Phone: 417-882-2622
Phone: 417-942-2453
Web: www.nextdoor.com
Facebook: Grant Beach Neighborhood Association
Provides an opportunity for community leaders to examine and
discuss the status of the Springfield community and seek ways to
make it a “good community.”
A group of citizens working together to maintain and improve
the quality of life for the residents of north-central Springfield.
Activities include youth sports, a community garden, after-school
programs and a food co-op.
Good Samaritan Boys Ranch
5549 N. Highway K
P.O. Box 617
Brighton, MO 65617-0617
Missouri)
Phone: 417-376-2238
Fax: 417-376-2014
Web: www.ranchlife.org
Facebook: Good Samaritan Boys Ranch
Twitter: @boysranchmo
1212 W. Lombard St.
Phone: 417-865-1646
Fax: 417-866-1483
Web: www.greatcircle.org
Facebook: Great Circle
Twitter: @GreatCircleOrg
State-licensed residential treatment facility for boys in the state
of Missouri; also provides transitional living programs for young
men and women ages 16-21 leaving the foster care system.
Good Samaritan Boys Ranch: Footsteps
Transitional Living for Boys
Strives to improve the lives of children with emotional and behavioral problems through superior, family-focused, community
based services.
424 E. Norton Road
Greater Ozarks Audubon Society
P.O. Box 3231
Phone: 417-864-6698
Fax: 417-865-4527
Facebook: Footsteps Transitional Living
G
Phone: 417-883-5605
Web: www.greaterozarksaudubon.org
Facebook: Greater Ozarks Audubon Society
Footsteps is a transitional living program for young men preparing
to age out of the foster care system.
Restores and conserves natural ecosystems, focusing on birds and
other wildlife.
Transitional Living for Girls
Greater Ozarks Mustang Club
P.O. Box 4725
300 S. Main Ave.
Willard, MO 65781
Phone: 417-725-0201
Web: www.gomc.org
Phone: 417-708-5166
Fax: 417-763-3472
Facebook: Good Samaritan Boys Ranch
A club for Mustang automotive enthusiasts.
Greater Ozarks Pachyderms
A group home in Willard which provides transitional living services to girls ages 16-21 in the foster care system.
c/o Greene County Republican Headquarters
1345 E. Sunshine St., Suite 102
Grand Oak Mission
2854 W. Grand St.
Phone: 417-823-9130
Web: www.greenecountygop.org
Phone: 417-869-4818
Fax: 417-869-4916
Provides clothing and a food pantry for people in need in Greene
County.
Provides a forum for candidates, officeholders and local business and service leaders to inform members, discuss community,
state and national issues. Serves as the educational arm of the
Republican Party.
Missouri
Association
424 E. Stanford St.
Phone: 417-862-9862
Phone: 417-883-4942
Fax: 417-886-3685
Web: www.springfieldhousing.net
Supports legislation dealing with visitation and other rights of
grandparents.
22
Phone: 417-881-5300
Toll Free: 1-800-678-8767
Fax: 417-881-2231
Web: www.springfieldmosports.org
Facebook: Springfield Missouri Sports Commission
Twitter: @SgfMOSports
Provides information on legislative changes affecting owners and
managers of rental property.
Greater Springfield Area Crime Stoppers, Inc.
P.O. Box 5075
Promotes and develops the Springfield area as a sports venue for
quality amateur, collegiate and professional sporting events.
Phone: 417-869-8477 (TIPS)
Fax: 417-864-1897
Web: www.springfieldcrimestoppers.com
Facebook: Greater Springfield Area Crime Stoppers
Twitter: @GSACrimeStop
Greene County Democratic Central Committee
Headquarters
1764 S. Fremont Ave.
Fights crime by offering anonymity and cash rewards to persons
who furnish information leading to the arrest and filing of charges
for felony crimes.
Phone: 417-886-8980
Web: www.gcmodemocrats.org
Greater Springfield Board of Realtors
Promotes the welfare of the Democratic Party in Greene County;
members serve as representatives to the political division of
wards and townships throughout the county; strives to educate,
increase voter participation, recruit and support candidates.
1310 E. Primrose St.
Phone: 417-883-1226
Fax: 417-520-0977
Web: www.gsbor.com
Greene County Historic Sites Board
Works to unite the real estate profession for the purpose of exerting beneficial influence upon the profession.
Greater Springfield Dental Hygienists’
Association
Phone: 417-868-4112
Fax: 417-868-4818
TTY: 417-862-6725
1004 N. 22nd Ave.
Ozark, MO 65721
An advisory board for the identification, protection, retention
and preservation of historical sites in Greene County.
Phone: 417-827-7692
Web: www.gsdha.org
Facebook: Greater Springfield Dental Hygiene Association
Greene County Historical Society
P.O. Box 3466 GS
Promotes the oral health of the public, increases access to oral
health for underserved populations, and promotes the professional growth and interests of its members.
Phone: 417-569-6188
Web: www.rootsweb.com/~gcmohs
Greater Springfield Farmers’ Market
Southeast corner of Battlefield Mall parking lot at intersection of S. Glenstone and E. Battlefield. (physical
location)
1325 W. Sunshine #518 (mailing address)
Promotes the gathering and dissemination of information relating
to the history of Greene County, and assists and advises individuals, groups and organizations in related educational and promotional activities.
Phone: 417-708-1909
Web: www.springfieldfarmersmarket.com
Facebook: Greater Springfield Farmers’ Market
1200 E. Woodhurst Drive, Suite D-200
Greene County Medical Society (GCMS)
Phone: 417-887-1017
Fax: 417-887-7738
Web: www.gcms.us
Farmers sell fresh produce, plants and crafts in a seasonal farmers’
market in southeast Springfield. The market is Class A (buying
and reselling is not allowed).
A business organization that provides advocacy services for physicians and patients and physician information for the public.
Greater Springfield Missouri USBC
2217 N. Kellet Ave.
Greene County Medical Society Alliance
(GCMSA)
Phone: 417-399-7748
Fax: 417-869-9118
Web: www.springfieldmobowling.com
Facebook: Greater Springfield MO USBC
1200 E. Woodhurst Drive, D-200
Phone: 417-887-1017
Fax: 417-887-7738
An association of bowlers.
Dedicated to promoting health education in the community.
Greater Springfield Sports Commission
Greene County Republican Party Headquarters
23
G
Greene County: Clerk
Phone: 417-823-9130
Fax: 417-823-9130
Web: www.greenecountygop.org
Facebook: Greene County GOP
Twitter: @greenecomoGOP
940 N. Boonville Ave., Room 113
Phone: 417-868-4055
Fax: 417-868-4170
Web: www.greenecountymo.org/election
Twitter: @greenecovotes
Promotes the Republican Party and candidates.
Greene County Republican Women (GCRW)
Responsible for voter registration, election administration,
records management, preserving and storing historical documents in the archives, county payroll, tax administration, liquor
licenses and notaries.
Phone: 417-824-7167
Web: www.greenecountyrepublicanwomen.org
Facebook: Greene County Republican Women — GCRW
Twitter: @GCRWGOP
Greene County: Collector of Revenue
Promotes an informed public through political education and
activities; increases the effectiveness of women in the cause of
good government; fosters loyalty to the Republican Party and
promotes its principles and candidates in all elections.
Phone: 417-868-4036
Fax: 417-868-4854
Web: www.countycollector.com
Enforcement Together)
Collects personal property and real estate taxes for schools, fire
departments, libraries and other agencies.
Phone: 417-693-3480
Web: www.greenecountysalt.org
Greene County: Commission
933 N. Robberson Ave.
Helps senior citizens avoid victimizations and scams and provides
help and information on illegal activities relating to seniors.
Phone: 417-868-4112
Fax: 417-868-4818
Web: www.greenecountymo.org
Greene County: Archives and Records Center
1126 Boonville Ave.
G
Serves as business managers for Greene County government.
Phone: 417-868-4021
Fax: 417-868-4816
Greene County: Highway Department
Preserves, protects and provides access to the official records of
Greene County; stores City of Springfield records.
Phone: 417-831-3591
Fax: 417-831-5216
Greene County: Assessor
Maintains county roads and bridges.
Greene County: Historic Courthouse
2065 N. Clifton Ave.
Phone: 417-868-4101
Fax: 417-868-4844
Web: www.greenecountymo.org/assessor
Phone: 417-868-4000
Assesses real and personal property in Greene County.
Houses office holders and county administrative offices.
Greene County: Auditor
Greene County: Juvenile Justice Center
940 N. Boonville Ave., Room 210
Phone: 417-868-4120
Fax: 417-829-6667
Phone: 417-868-4008
Fax: 417-868-4119
Web: www.greenecountymo.org/juvenile
Responsible for the accounting system and budgeting and financial statements of Greene County.
Greene County: Circuit Clerk
Provides juvenile detention, court facilities and child protection
services.
Greene County: Medical Examiner’s Office
916 N. Campbell Ave.
Phone: 417-868-4074
Web: www.greenecountycourts.org
Phone: 417-868-4822
Fax: 417-868-4823
Web: www.greenecountymo.org/medical_examiner/index.php
Handles civil, criminal, domestic and traffic court cases within
Greene County.
24
Fax: 417-868-4175
Investigates deaths as outlined in the Missouri Statutes to determine cause and manner of death.
Adopts and enforces building codes and ensures that new construction in Greene County is safe. Administers issues regarding
land use and planning. Oversight and responsibility for environmental and stormwater programs in county.
Greene County: Probate Court
Phone: 417-868-4027
Fax: 417-868-4182
Greene County: Sheriff’s Office
Records of wills and probate records.
Phone: 417-868-4040
Fax: 417-868-4830
Hotline: Fugitive Hotline — 417-829-6230
Greene County: Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
Phone: 417-868-4061
Fax: 417-868-4160
Provides law enforcement, crime prevention and neighborhood
watch in Greene County.
Greene County: Treasurer
Prosecutes criminal offenses that occur in Greene County.
940 N. Boonville Ave. Room 112
Greene County: Prosecutor’s Office — Victim/
Witness Services
Phone: 417-868-4051
Fax: 417-829-6196
Phone: 417-868-4082
Fax: 417-829-6177
Receives, disburses, and invests county funds.
Greene Valley School
1601 E. Pythian St.
Assists and informs victims and witnesses of crimes while they are
involved in the criminal justice system.
Phone: 417-895-6848
Fax: 417-869-6310
Web: www.dese.mo.gov/se/mssd
Greene County: Public Administrator
Provides educational programs and transportation for severely
handicapped children and young adults between the ages of 5-21.
Phone: 417-868-4022
Fax: 417-868-4840
Greyhound Pets of America
2016 S. Arlington Terrace
P.O. Box 3693
Serves as a public guardian for persons who have been declared
mentally disabled. Also appointed as personal representation on
some deceased estates and as trustee for an occasional trust.
Greene County: Purchasing Department
Phone: 417-883-8156
Web: www.gpamo.org
Assists in finding good homes for retired racing greyhounds and
provides support for the owners.
Phone: 417-868-4012
Fax: 417-868-4188
GROOVE (General Registry of Ozarks
Volkswagen Enthusiasts)
P.O. Box 132
Procures items necessary for county functions.
Web: www.groovevws.com
Greene County: Recorder of Deeds
A Volkswagen car club; members participate in parades, car shows
and cruises and raise funds for Crosslines.
Grupo Latinoamericano
Phone: 417-868-4068
Fax: 417-868-4807
Web: www.greenecountymo.org/recorder
918 E. Calhoun St.
Records real estate transactions, military discharges and state and
federal tax liens, and issues marriage licenses.
Phone: 417-886-1348
Fax: 417-886-1348
Web: www.grupolatinoamericano.us
Greene County: Resource Management
940 N. Boonville Ave. Room 305
The Latin American group is a non-demoninational organization that brings together Hispanic, Latin and North American
individuals and families for mutual support and friendship. It
Phone: 417-868-4015
25
G
Hand in Hand Multicultural Center
sponsors and promotes cross-cultural social activities and serves
as a resource to the community.
P.O. Box 1577
GYN Cancers Alliance
Phone: 417-865-4673
Fax: 417-865-4677
Web: www.hihmc.org
Facebook: Hand in Hand Multicultural Center
3023 S. Fort Ave., Suite D
Phone: 417-869-2220
Fax: 417-869-2221
Web: www.gynca.org
Facebook: GYN Cancers Alliance
Provides bilingual professional counseling services for individuals
and families, translation of documents, interpreting services for
appointments, etc., programs and projects for healthier choices
for healthier families focusing on bilingual, ethnic minority and
disadvantaged populations. Services available in many different
languages i.e. Spanish, Romanian, Chinese, Mandarin, Cantonese,
Hmong, Korean, Vietnamese, Burmese, and others upon request.
Provides support and assistance to women diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer and their families in southwest Missouri through
peer-to-peer mentoring, support group meetings, and non-medical financial assistance and provides community education on
gynecologic cancers and good gynecologic health.
Harmony House
H.I.T. No More
P.O. Box 5972
1325 W. Sunshine St. #175
Phone: 417-837-7700
Toll Free: 1-800-831-6863
Fax: 417-837-7707
Hotline: 417-864-7233
TTY: 417-837-7705
Web: www.myharmonyhouse.org
Facebook: Harmony House
Twitter: @myharmonyhouse
Phone: 417-869-8332
Fax: 417-869-8339
Web: www.hitnomore.com
Provides a domestic violence education program and relationship
skills and anger management classes for offenders and victims.
H.O.P.E. Foundation
Offers safe shelter and comprehensive services to women and
children who are victims of domestic violence; a United Way of
the Ozarks partner agency (www.uwozarks.com).
P.O. Box 1642
H
Phone: 417-316-3216
Fax: 417-429-2950
Web: www.askforhope.org
Haven of the Ozarks, Inc.
9617 Farm Road 2190
Washburn, MO 65772
The H.O.P.E. Foundation assists families by Helping Overcome
Pediatric Emergencies. Our not-for-profit organization addresses
needs not covered by national foundations and insurance.
Phone: 417-835-3647
Fax: 417-835-0029
Web: www.thehaven.petfinder.org
Facebook: Haven of the Ozarks Animal Sanctuary
Twitter: @havenofozarks
Habitat for Humanity of Springfield, Missouri, Inc.
2410 S. Scenic Ave.
A “no-kill” facility that provides long-term care to dogs and cats
until adoption and educates the public on humane treatment of
animals and the importance and impact of spaying and neutering
dogs and cats.
Phone: 417-829-4001
Fax: 417-829-4003
Web: www.habitatspringfieldmo.org
Facebook: Habitat for Humanity of Springfield, MO
Twitter: @HFHSpringfield
The Healing Quilt Project of the Ozarks
1855 N. Tyler Ave.
Builds and revitalizes homes in partnership with very low-income
individuals or families to achieve the vision of everyone having a
decent place to live. HFHS utilizes volunteers to build and revitalize the homes for the HFHS program. Volunteers also assist in
the HFHS ReStore, a store that sells new and gently used building
materials, furniture, and home goods to financially support the
mission of the organization.
Phone: 417-865-4358
Web: www.healingquilt.org
Creates quilts to promote tolerance, education, emotional
support and healing in a vast and diverse community; strives to
build bridges in the community by providing quilt displays for
local charity fundraising events. Also operates the Healing Quilt
Neighborhood Food Pantry.
Rehabilitation
Heart of the Ozarks and Hand Extended
Outreach Pantry
Phone: 417-820-3031
Toll Free: 1-800-944-4327
Fax: 417-820-8198
Web: www.mercy.net
2157 N. Prospect Ave.
Phone: 417-848-5433
Fax: 417-864-7131
Provides educational and fitness programs for cardiopulmonary
patients.
26
716 E. Walnut Lawn St.
The pantry provides emergency food; Heart of the Ozarks provides “Access to Recovery,” a faith-based substance abuse counseling program, and sponsors a Christmas “pass it on” gift program
for clients of the pantry.
Phone: 760-987-3400
Studies horticulture and design, directing this knowledge to
certain civic projects. Meets at the Springfield Botanical Gardens
first Wednesday of the month.
Heart of the Ozarks Pigeon Club
5352 S. Allen Ave.
Battlefield, MO 65619
Historical Walnut Street Association
Phone: 417-343-1427
Walnut Street Inn
900 E. Walnut St.
A pigeon club for the competition of flying homing pigeons.
Heart of the Ozarks Sertoma Club
Phone: 417-864-6346
Facebook: Historic Walnut Street
901 E. St. Louis St., Suite 200-1
Phone: 417-863-1231
Web: www.hotosertoma.org
Promotes a clean, safe and friendly environment for residents and
retail on Walnut Street.
A civic service club which supports the Boys and Girls Clubs of
Springfield and other children’s charities.
The History Museum on the Square
154, 155, 157 Park Central Square
Heart of the Westside Neighborhood
Association
Phone: 417-831-1976
Fax: 888-965-9342
Web: www.historymuseumonthesquare.org
Facebook: History Museum on the Square
1440 N. Ethyl Ave.
Phone: 417-536-9045
The museum is in the process of transitioning to its much
expanded new location on the square. Because of the relocation
it is recommended that you check the website, Facebook page,
or call before visiting to check admission details. The museum
collects, preserves, interprets and exhibits historical items from
Springfield and Greene County.
Promotes the interests of residents of the area defined as BNSF
(Main) rail line on the north, Kansas Expressway on the east,
Chestnut Expressway on the south and Fulbright Avenue on the
west.
Heart2Heart Outreach Ministries
P.O. Box 223
HOLA Sertoma Club
3032-B S. Fremont Ave.
Phone: 417-414-2649
Web: www.h2hfg.org
Facebook: Heart2Heart Outreach Fair Grove
Phone: 417-766-4716
Fax: 417-889-2155
Web: www.holasertoma.org
Strives to bring the churches of Fair Grove together to do God’s
work by offering a weekend backpack program for Fair Grove
elementary students, and emergency help to families in the Fair
Grove school district.
Provides medical and educational assistance for Lake Atitlan
Medical Project in Guatemala.
Holos University Graduate Seminary
Heartland Paranormal Research Organization
P.O. Box 297
Bolivar, MO 65613
Web: www.heartlandparanormalresearchorganization.org
Facebook: Heartland Paranormal Research Organization
A paranormal research group based in Springfield that conducts
investigations in both public and private locations; no charge for
private residence/business investigations.
Phone: 417-777-7717
Toll Free: 1-888-272-6109
Fax: 417-777-7711
Web: www.holosuniversity.org
Highland Fiber Artists
Promotes spiritual healing-energy medicine.
950 Fellowship Road
Marshfield, MO 65706
Home Economists in Homemaking (HEIH)
2930 S. Scotts Lane
Phone: 417-859-7840 or 417-345-2477
Phone: 417-882-1567
Meets in Marshfield to share an interest and knowledge of fiber
arts and sponsors the Fiber Fair the third Saturday of May each
year. Meets the fourth Wednesday of every month to share an
interest and knowledge of fiber arts. Meetings are held in the
community room of Empire Bank in Marshfield. Visitors are
always welcome.
Home economists work to further an interest in homemaking
and community work. Meets second Thursday of each month,
September–May.
Home Schoolers’ Academy
Web: www.homeschoolersacademy.com
Hillbilly Gardeners, FGCM
27
H
Web: www.swh.org
Facebook: Humane Society of Southwest Missouri
A Christian academy that provides supplemental education for
home-schooled children ages 4-18 that honors Biblical standards
and principles; hires qualified teachers to instruct each of the
classes. Students ages 4–13, enjoy art, music, drama and P.E.
Classes for high school students ages 14–18 vary each year.
Provides an open-admission animal shelter, serving as an adoption
center for homeless dogs and cats, maintaining lost and found
records, and offering a low-cost spaying and neutering service.
Homebuilders Association of Greater Springfield
ICON
636 W. Republic Road, Suite D-108
Phone: 417-881-3711
Fax: 417-881-7334
Web: www.springfieldhba.com
Phone: 417-887-6686
Web: www.iconusersgroup.org
Educates others about how to use computers and to use various
software on Windows and Linux machines. Periodic classes are
taught through Mercy Seniors by ICON members.
Promotes the residential building industry.
HOPE Foundation
Institute of Internal Auditors, Ozarks Chapter
P.O. Box 1642
P.O. Box 551
Phone: 417-316-3216
Fax: 417-429-2950
Web: www.askforhope.org
Facebook: The H.O.P.E. Foundation
Phone: 417-831-8642
Fax: 417-831-8586
Web: www.theiia.org/ozarks
Helping overcome pediatric emergencies; assists with needs not
covered by national foundations and insurance.
A professional organization for auditors.
Professionals, Springfield Metro Chapter (IAAP)
Horton Smith Ladies Golf Association
2409 S. Scenic Ave.
P.O. Box 8626
Phone: 417-891-1639
Web: www.parkboard.org
Phone: 417-894-6036
Fax: 417-863-9102
Web: www.iaap-springfieldmetro.org
Promotes fellowship and golf. Meets for lunch.
I
Hospice Compassus
Provides educational programs, community service projects and
development activities for members and community.
1465 E. Primrose St.
Iris Society of the Ozarks
Phone: 417-882-0453
Toll Free: 1-800-678-8326
Fax: 417-882-1245
Web: www.hospicecom.com
4841 S. Bailey Ave.
Republic, MO 65738
Phone: 417-732-5600
Offers special physical, psychological, social and spiritual
assistance to terminally ill patients and their families. Volunteer
opportunities are available.
Exchanges information and promotes growing of modern irises
and maintains the iris garden at Springfield Botanical Gardens.
Housing Authority of the City of Springfield,
Missouri (HAS)
Isabel’s House (Crisis Nursery of the Ozarks, Inc.)
2750 W. Bennett St.
Madison Tower
421 W. Madison St.
Phone: 417-865-2273
Fax: 417-865-3081
Hotline: 417-865-2273 (CARE)
Web: www.isabelshouse.org
Phone: 417-866-4329
Fax: 417-862-4263
Hotline: 417-447-4588
TTY: 417-832-2039
Web: www.hasproperties.net
Provides immediate refuge for children whose families are in crisis due to homelessness, medical emergencies, drug rehabilitation
or overwhelming stress; partners with families and the community to strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect.
Federally funded public housing and Section 8 administrators; rents property and offers rental assistance to low-income
individuals and families; oversees HEARTS, a support group for
women’s issues.
James River Basin Partnership
901 S. National Ave. (mailing address only)
Humane Society of Southwest Missouri
Phone: 417-836-8878
Toll Free: 1-888-924-WATER (9283)
Fax: 417-836-8879
Web: www.jamesriverbasin.com
3161 W. Norton Road
Phone: 417-833-2526
Fax: 417-833-0308
28
Focuses on water quality issues; some of the issues include storm
water runoff, water conservation, septic tank maintenance programs, fertilizer nutrient plans for urban lawns and rain gardens.
Health Homeless Services)
Jericho Commission, Inc.
Phone: 417-761-5530
Fax: 417-761-5531
Hotline: 1-800-494-7355 or 417-862-6555
1720 N. Jefferson Ave., Suite 2
P.O. Box 3067
Phone: 417-877-7930
Fax: 417-881-5121
Web: www.jerichocommission.org
A program that helps provide a link to services for homeless
individuals, and a path to treatment for homeless individuals with
mental illness and co-occurring disorders.
A Christ-based re-entry program that mentors Christian men and
women coming from prison into the community and those who
are judicially at risk and are participating in the Greene County
Drug Court program.
Junior Achievement of Southwest Missouri
Job Corps
Phone: 417-873-6989
Web: www.juniorachievement.org/web/ja-gstlouis/southwest-missouri
Facebook: Junior Achievement in Southwest Missouri
900 N. Benton Ave.
Drury University — Lay Hall
1835 S. Stewart St., Suite 119
Phone: 417-887-8130
Fax: 417-887-8143
Web: www.jobcorps.gov
Strives to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global
economy; provides a working knowledge of entrepreneurship,
work readiness and financial literacy to children in kindergarten and proceeding through 12th grade at no cost to the school
system.
A residential program that provides comprehensive career technical training and education for 16- to 24-year-olds.
Jordan Valley Community Health Center —
Dental
Junior League of Springfield
2574 E. Bennett St.
440 E. Tampa St.
Phone: 417-887-9422
Web: www.jlspringfield.org
Phone: 417-831-0150
Fax: 417-831-0155 (medical records)
Web: www.jordanvalley.org
A volunteer organization committed to promoting volunteerism,
developing the potential of women, and improving communities
through the actions of trained volunteers.
With general and pediatric dentistry available, our dental team
works to build relationships that result in patients making an
active choice to improve their dental health. Dental services are
available via dental mobile units that visit schools and nursing
homes to serve many individuals who would not otherwise have
access to treatment.
Kansas Audio-Reader Network
1120 W. 11th St.
P.O. Box 847
Lawrence, KS 66044
Phone: 1-785-864-4600
Toll Free: 1-800-772-8898
Fax: 1-785-864-5278
Web: www.reader.ku.edu
Facebook: Kansas Audio-Reader Network
Twitter: @KUAudioReader
Jordan Valley Community Health Center —
Medical
440 E. Tampa St.
Phone: 417-831-0150
Fax: 417-831-0155 (medical records)
Web: www.jordanvalley.org
Provides readings of current, local print information through a
telephone system, via Internet and over closed-circuit radio to
individuals unable to read standard print due to print-disability,
difficulty holding a book or newspaper and diminished vision due
to aging. Serves Kansas and Western Missouri.
Provides family medicine, gynecology/women’s health, prenatal
care, pediatrics, primary and preventive health, immunizations,
lab services, X-ray, behavioral health and more. Partners with
the Springfield-Greene County WIC program to provide these
services to patients under one roof.
Killuminati Foundation
4812 N. 11th St.
Ozark, MO 65721
Jordan Valley Innovation Center
Phone: 417-830-1855
Web: www.projectpuppy.org
Facebook: Killuminati Vet-Help
Phone: 417-836-5279
Fax: 417-836-8810
Web: www.jvic.org
Dedicated to keeping families together by providing non-routine
vet care for dogs in Missouri.
An economic development center that houses advanced research
companies and university researchers.
Kindred Spirits Pet Therapy
P.O. Box 195
The Journey Home Project (Burrell Behavioral
29
K
Walnut Grove, MO 65770
Kiwanis Club, Springfield South
Phone: 417-942-9266
Fax: 417-685-4145
Facebook: Kindred Spirits Pet Therapy
P.O. Box 14502
Web: www.springfieldsouthkiwanis.org
Strives to give an expression of love, joy, hope and healing to those
who are sick, physically challenged or incarcerated, through the
love and acceptance of animals. Visits locations throughout the
community at no charge.
A global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the
world one child, one community at a time.
Korean-American Association of Springfield
1450 E. Kearney St.
The Kitchen, Inc.
Phone: 417-831-0200
Fax: 417-831-0203
Phone: 417-837-1500
Fax: 417-831-6709
Web: www.thekitcheninc.org
Facebook: The Kitchen, Inc.
Twitter: @TheKitchenIncMO
Schedules annual activities to maintain national holidays and
Korean traditions; guides, informs and aids in adjustment of newcomers from Korea to the Springfield and Branson areas.
KSMU Radio
The Kitchen’s programs meet the needs and address the root
cause of poverty and homelessness. Services include medical
and dental services, housing, counseling, health care, education,
youth services, clothing, advocacy, life skills and homelessness
prevention.
Phone: 417-836-5878
Toll Free: 1-800-767-5768
Fax: 417-836-5889
Web: www.ksmu.org
Facebook: KSMU Radio
Twitter: @ksmu
Kiwanis Club of Downtown Springfield
P.O. Box 9791
Phone: 417-831-8630
Web: www.dtkiwanis.org
L
Provides fine art and informational radio programming (KSMU/
KOZK/KOZJ — 91.1FM.) An NPR affiliate.
A civic service club dedicated to service projects for children.
La Leche League of Springfield
Kiwanis Club of Ozark Empire
Hotline: 417-201-4242 (leave message for 24-hour
response)
Web: www.lllofspringfieldmo.wordpress.com
Facebook: La Leche League of Springfield, MO
P.O. Box 5032
Phone: 417-885-9191
Web: www.kiwanisshoebuddy.org
Provides breastfeeding support through monthly meetings and
telephone help.
A business and professional civic service club serving the youth of
Springfield.
Lacemakers of the Ozarks
Kiwanis Club of Ozark, Missouri
4741 S. Glenn Ave.
P.O. Box 696
Ozark, MO 65721
Phone: 417-224-5624
Phone: 417-724-8567
Web: www.kiwanis.org
Promotes interest in and teaching of lace making, including bobbin lace, tatting, needle lace and knitted lace.
A business and professional civic service club.
Lake Country Soccer, Inc.
Kiwanis Club of Republic, Missouri
2334 E. Pythian St.
P.O. Box 5
Republic, MO 65738
Phone: 417-862-3211
Fax: 417-862-5223
Web: www.lakecountrysoccer.org
Phone: 417-880-1455
Facebook: Kiwanis Club of Republic, MO
Promotes recreational and developmental soccer programs
through instruction and league play for youth and adults; hosts
soccer tournaments and other events at Lake Country Soccer
facilities.
A business and professional civic service organization.
Kiwanis Club of Springfield, North
4018 S. Fairway Ave.
Lakeland Behavioral Health System
Phone: 417-862-7082
Fax: 417-862-0336
440 S. Market Ave.
Phone: 417-865-5581
Toll Free: 1-800-432-1210
A business and professional civic service club.
30
Legal Services of Southern Missouri
Fax: 417-865-5964
TTY: 417-865-5223
Web: www.lakelandbehavioralhealth.com
Facebook: Lakeland Behavioral Health System
809 N. Campbell Ave.
Phone: 417-881-1397
Toll Free: 1-800-444-4863
Fax: 417-881-2159
Web: www.lsosm.org
Facebook: Legal Services of Southern Missouri
Twitter: @LSOSM
Offers eight unique acute inpatient and residential programs to
children and adolescents to assist families with their psychiatric
needs. The acute care programs range from a few days to a few
weeks and are very intensive in nature. Residential programs
assist older children, adolescents and young adults who have
ongoing psychiatric issues and are unable to maintain and thrive
in their home environment.
Provides free legal representation to low-income clients in a
number of civil legal problems; criminal defense representation
is not provided; handles cases involving public benefits, housing, unemployment compensation, family, consumer education,
employment, health and other matters.
Land Locked Club
c/o DiVentures
5225 S. Campbell St.
Les Grande Dames Accordion Duet
Phone: 417-883-5151
Fax: 417-882-9966
Web: www.diventures.net
Facebook: DiVenturesSpringfield
Twitter: @DiVentures
4358 S. Weller Ave., Apt. C
Phone: 417-890-0878
Provides exciting and safe diving-related activities.
Renews interest in the accordion as a versatile instrument that
can play classical, jazz and oldies.
Leadership Springfield, Inc.
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
6811 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Suite 202, Cloverleaf
Building 1
Shawnee Mission, KS 66202
P.O. Box 1687
Phone: 417-862-5567
Fax: 417-862-1611
Web: www.leadershipspringfield.org
Phone: 1-913-262-1515
Toll Free: 1-800-256-1075
Web: www.lls.org/mid
Facebook: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society —
Mid-America Chapter
Provides an educational program to identify and familiarize future
civic leaders with community opportunities, needs, problems and
resources.
Seeks to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, and
myeloma, and to improve the quality of life of patients and their
families.
League of Women Voters of Southwest Missouri
P.O. Box 3036
The Library Foundation
Web: lwvswmo.org
Facebook: League of Women Voters of Southwest Missouri
Twitter: @lwvswmo
Phone: 417-616-0586
Fax: 417-889-2547
Web: www.yourlibraryfoundation.org
A nonpartisan political organization dedicated to active citizen participation and civic engagement. The League believes
that sensible civic discourse and action, based on substance,
rather than partisanship, is essential for civic improvement. The
organization is known for its work with voter registration and
education, candidate and issue forums, advocating for positions,
and publishing voters guides during general election years; part of
a national organization that was formed in 1920 by the national
suffrage movement.
Promotes charitable giving in support of a strong and innovative
Springfield-Greene County Library District. To that end, The
Library Foundation has established endowments that expand the
Library District’s collections and support library programs and
events, such as early literacy, cultural diversity and local history. It
also solicits funds for capital projects undertaken by the Library
District.
Least of These, Inc.
LifeHouse Crisis Maternity Home
511 W. Kathryn St.
P.O. Box 808
Nixa, MO 65714
424 E. Monastery Road
Phone: 417-720-4213
Web: www.lifehousecmh.org
Facebook: LifeHouse Crisis Maternity Home
Phone: 417-724-2500
Fax: 417-724-9788
Web: www.leastofthesefoodpantry.com
Facebook: Least of These, Inc.
Twitter: @Ccfoodpantry
Protects the unborn and their mothers in crisis situations by providing food, shelter, advocacy and education in a safe and loving
environment.
Provides a food pantry that distributes perishable and non-perishable foods; also provides clothing and household items, (not furniture or appliances,) as available, to residents of Christian County.
Lions Club, Queen City
P.O. Box 3171 GS
31
L
Web: www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/springfieldqc
Facebook: Springfield Queen City Lions Club
Educational and support group for those with lymphedema and
their family members.
Takes an active interest in the civic, social and moral welfare of
the community.
M.E.N.D. SW Missouri Chapter (Mommies
Enduring Neonatal Death)
Locust Prairie Extension Club
P.O. Box 881
Republic, MO 65738
Strafford, MO 65757
Phone: 417-770-0600
Web: www.mend.org
Facebook: M.E.N.D. (Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death)
of Southwest Missouri
Phone: 417-759-2119
Provides lessons on health, home decorating, sewing and citizenship; owns and maintains Locust Prairie Schoolhouse. Tours
available.
Provides support to families who have experienced a miscarriage,
stillbirth or infant loss through a monthly support group meeting,
newsletter, website, Christmas candlelight ceremony and October
balloon release.
Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Missouri
Phone: 417-862-3598
Fax: 417-862-2129
Phone: 417-873-9474
Toll Free: 1-800-937-9474
Fax: 417-873-9471
Web: www.mo.wish.org
Facebook: Make-A-Wish Missouri
Twitter: @makeawishmo
Provides training and placement for volunteers to work in nursing
homes to help improve and maintain the quality of life for nursing
home residents; the ombudsman volunteers are advocates for the
rights of the residents; an agency of the Council of Churches of
the Ozarks.
Grants wishes to children 2 1/2 to 18 years old with life-threatening medical conditions.
Lost & Found Grief Center (aka Lost and Found)
1006 N. Cedarbrook Ave.
M
Maple Park Cemetery
Phone: 417-865-9998
Fax: 417-832-9423
Web: www.lostandfoundozarks.com
Facebook: Lost & Found
Twitter: LAFGriefCenter
300 W. Grand St.
Phone: 417-869-0217
Facebook: Friends of the Gazebo
A nonprofit cemetery founded in 1876.
Provides free grief support services in a safe and supportive environment for children, young adults and their families grieving the
death of a loved one.
March of Dimes
5601 S. Campbell Ave., Suite 107
Lutheran Family and Children’s Services of
Missouri (LFCS)
Phone: 417-315-1777
Fax: 417-889-8320
Web: www.marchofdimes.org
Assists mothers to have full-term pregnancies and healthy babies.
Offers information and comfort to families when something goes
wrong. Researches problems that threaten babies and works to
prevent them.
Phone: 417-862-1972
Toll Free: 1-866-326-LFCS
Fax: 417-862-3276
Web: www.lfcsmo.org
Facebook: Lutheran Family and Children’s Services of
Missouri-Southwest
Meals On Wheels
3801 S. National Ave. (Cox South)
1423 N. Jefferson Ave. (Cox North)
Provides pregnancy counseling for women and families facing an
unplanned pregnancy; offers professional case management and
counseling support through the baby’s first year; offers option of
adoption, along with birth parent support groups; other services
include adoption services for families who want to expand their
family through domestic, international, or independent adoption,
as well as foster parent training and support for families who want
to adopt from the foster care system.
Phone: 417-269-4696
Delivers hot nutritious meals to people who are homebound.
MedicAlert + Safe Return
Lymphedema Support Group of the Ozarks
Phone: 417-886-2199
Toll Free: 1-800-272-3900
Fax: 417-886-0337
Web: www.alz.org/greaterMissouri
Facebook: Alzheimer’s Association Greater Missouri
1250 E. Bennett St.
Phone: 417-863-1618
32
Chapter
Twitter: @ALZGreaterMo
1235 E. Cherokee St., 1H
A nationwide identification, support and registration program for
memory-impaired individuals.
Phone: 417-820-2327
Fax: 417-820-7386
Email: mercy.net/patient-feedback
Web: www.mercy.net/springfieldmoms
Facebook: Mercy
Twitter: @MercySGF
Men’s Chorus of the Ozarks
The Creamery Arts Center
Offers a variety of interesting, fun and informative classes for
expectant parents, siblings and grandparents; inpatient and outpatient lactation services and classes; pediatric nutrition services.
Phone: 417-595-7464
Web: www.ozarkschorus.com
Facebook: Men’s Chorus of the Ozarks
Twitter: @ozarkschorus
Mercy Hospice — Springfield
1570 W. Battlefield Road, Suite 110
Committed to providing concerts and outreach performances
that use entertainment to enlighten and empower our audience.
Since March 2011, the Chorus has been singing to celebrate differences in the Ozarks region. With an emphasis on the LGBT
community, the group is dedicated to using the power of music to
provide a voice for diversity in the Ozarks.
Phone: 417-820-7550
Toll Free: 1-800-330-8304
Fax: 417-820-7426
Web: www.mercy.net
Center
Provides in-home, compassionate end-of-life care through
multidisciplinary hospice services. Volunteer opportunities are
available.
Mercy Hospital Auxiliary
Phone: 417-820-2500
Fax: 417-820-8155
Web: www.mercy.net
Phone: 417-820-2041
Fax: 417-820-8855
Web: www.mercy.net
Provides breast cancer screening and diagnostic appointments;
helps patients, spouses and families with the many adjustments
following the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.
Provides volunteer support to Mercy Hospital.
Cancer Coffee Club
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Phone: 417-820-2000
Web: www.mercy.net
Facebook: Mercy
Twitter: @MercySGF
Phone: 417-820-2588
Toll Free: 1-800-432-2273
Fax: 417-820-2587
Educational and supportive group for men diagnosed with cancer.
Regional hospital operated by Mercy, the fifth-largest Catholic
health care system in the United States.
Mercy Cancer Resource Center
Post 339
Phone: 417-820-2588
Toll Free: 1-800-432-2273
Fax: 417-820-2587
Web: www.mercy.net
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Phone: 417-820-2771
Fax: 417-820-7785
Web: www.mercy.net/springfield/medicalexplorers
Provides a central location where clinical expertise is coupled
with educational, emotional, practical and spiritual support to
help patients and their families deal with a life-changing diagnosis
and to navigate through the health care system.
A program open to all youths age 15-20 who are interested in a
career in health care.
Mercy Clinic Behavioral Health — Lark
Mercy Injury Prevention Center
1312 E. Lark St.
1570 W. Battlefield Road Suite 110
Phone: 417-820-3707
Fax: 417-820-7954
Web: www.mercy.net
Provides outpatient psychiatric care for Mercy Hospital
Springfield.
Phone: 417-820-SAFE (7233)
Fax: 417-820-7227
Web: www.mercy.net/injuryprevention
Twitter: @ipcmercy
Mercy Family Resource Center
Provides safety education and programs to residents of southwest
33
M
Web: www.mercy.net
Missouri and northwest Arkansas on ATV safety, bike safety, burn
and fire safety, home safety, car seat checks, teen and adult driving
program and a driving program that includes driving lessons.
Mercy Marian Center
Provides stroke and TIA prevention education programs, community presentations, treatment and rehabilitation services for
southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas.
1845 S. Rogers Ave.
Mercy Stroke Support Group
Phone: 417-820-7447
Toll Free: 1-866-785-7447
Fax: 417-820-3085
Web: www.mercy.net
Phone: 417-820-5939
Web: www.mercy.net
Provides inpatient psychiatric care and outpatient treatment
programs for addiction recovery for adults.
Provides those who have had a stroke or TIA, their families,
friends and caregivers the opportunity to find support, education, understanding and encouragement and develop friendships.
Meets fourth Thursday of the month from 2-3:30 p.m. Call for
location.
Mercy Parkinson’s Support Group
Mercy Van K. Smith Community Library
Phone: 417-820-6435
Web: www.mercy.net
Mercy C.H. “Chub” O’Reilly Cancer Center, Suite 140
Provides those with Parkinson’s disease, their families, friends
and caregivers with the opportunity to gain education, support,
understanding and encouragement. Meets second Thursday of
the month, 2-3:30 p.m. Call for location.
Phone: 417-820-2539
Toll Free: 1-800-432-2273
Fax: 417-820-2587
Web: www.mercy.net/medical-library-services
Mercy Regional Arthritis Center
Provides consumer health information to the public, including
books, films and pamphlets on health-related topics. Staffed by a
professional librarian.
Phone: 417-888-6787
Fax: 417-888-6786
Web: www.moarthritis.org
M
Mercy Villa
1100 E. Montclair St.
Provides information, support, self-management classes and exercise programs for people with arthritis and any chronic condition
such as diabetes, heart disease or asthma.
Phone: 417-820-8500
Fax: 417-820-8547
Web: www.mercy.com
Mercy Seniors
A long-term care facility providing skilled nursing care.
Mercy Women’s Heart Center
Phone: 417-841-0333
Toll Free: 1-800-909-8326
Fax: 417-841-0335
Web: www.mercy.net
Facebook: Mercy Hospital Springfield
Phone: 417-820-3666
Toll Free: 1-800-200-9000
Fax: 417-820-9315
Web: www.mercy.net
A no-cost membership program for those 50 and older that
provides discounts to cafeteria and pharmacy, monthly social
activities, CLAIM program, health screenings, support groups
and travel opportunities.
Offers women heart risk assessments, personal exercise, nutrition
and personal coping skills consultations, as well as cooking school
classes and stress-less classes.
Mercy Sports Medicine — S. Fremont
Mercy’s C.H. “Chub” O’Reilly Cancer Center
Sharing the Journey Cancer Support Group
Phone: 417-820-7990
Fax: 417-820-5589
Web: www.mercy.net
Phone: 417-820-2588
Toll Free: 1-800-432-2273
Fax: 417-820-2587
Provides injury rehabilitation, outreach and educational services
for athletes and active individuals.
Provides patients in treatment, families and survivors with coping
techniques, communication skills and current health information.
Mercy Stroke Center — Springfield
Mercy-Springfield Corporate Health and
Wellness
Phone: 417-820-2000
Fax: 417-820-9098
3265 S National Ave., Suite 115
34
Phone: 417-866-3672
Fax: 417-208-2668
Web: www.mfcaa.org
Facebook: Midwest Foster Care and Adoption Association
of SW Missouri Resource Center
Phone: 417-820-3400
Fax: 417-820-3401
Web: www.wellnesspartner.org
Provides foster and adoptive children a stable, loving and nurturing family environment by support and advocacy for abused and
neglected children and the families caring for them. MFCAA
provides individual support, training, support groups and advocacy for those touched by foster care or adoption. Our Sammy’s
Window program provides clothing, food, hygiene items, school
supplies and beds to help foster and adoptive families.
Provides on-site health care services and programs to help businesses and organizations manage their own health care costs
while providing healthy choices for their employees.
MERS Goodwill Industries Thrift Store
520 E. Battlefield Road
Phone: 417-888-0044
Fax: 417-888-0440
Email: mersgoodwill.org
Web: www.mersgoodwill.org
Missouri Bandmasters Association, Inc.
Sells new and donated items to benefit MERS/Missouri Goodwill
Industries, Inc., a job training/placement resource for the
disabled, and a program for mothers coming out of correctional
facilities.
Phone: 417-823-9023
Web: www.missouribandmasters.org
1360 E. Lafayette St.
Strives to build better junior high, high school and college bands
in Missouri.
MERS/Missouri Goodwill Industries, Inc.
Missouri Career Center
308 Park Central East
2900 E. Sunshine St.
Phone: 417-862-5005
Toll Free: 1-866-605-6869
Fax: 417-862-5041
Web: www.mersgoodwill.org
Phone: 417-887-4343
Toll Free: 1-800-562-7284 (1-800-JOB PATH)
Fax: 417-888-4076
TTY: 1-800-735-2966
Web: www.springfieldmo.gov/careercenter
Facebook: Missouri Career Center — Ozark Region
Twitter: SGFCareerCenter
Provides employment services to adults in the community who
have a disability. Services include vocational evaluation, job placement, job follow-along, job coaching and case management.
Provides employment and training services for job seekers, and
job matching and labor market information for businesses.
Metro Housing LLC
Missouri Career Center
Phone: 417-889-3880
Fax: 417-889-5957
Web: www.metrohousing.com
2720 Shepherd of the Hills Expressway
Suite B
Branson, MO 65616
Oldest and largest free rental finding service for the Springfield
metropolitan area and surrounding cities.
Phone: 417-334-4156
Toll Free: 1-888-728-JOBS
Fax: 417-334-4159
Web: www.jobs.mo.gov
Mid-America Transplant Services
1110 Highlands Plaza Drive East
St. Louis, MO 63110
Offers job seekers a variety of services, programs and resources
to assist in locating training and employment opportunities.
Provides employers with tools to locate workforce information
and assist with recruitment efforts.
Toll Free: 1-800-925-3666
Web: www.mts-stl.org
Procures and distributes organs for transplantation, promotes and
provides education for organ transplantation and donation; also
provides grief support programs.
Missouri Citizens for the Arts
P.O. Box 187
Eureka, MO 63025
Midtown Neighborhood Association
Phone: 573-222-0278
Web: www.mo4arts.org
Facebook: Missouri Citizens for the Arts
P.O. Box 214
Web: www.midtown-springfield-mo.com
A statewide organization that advocates to secure stable financial
support for the arts to benefit Missouri and its citizens.
Improves, preserves, and protects the quality of life in the historic
Midtown neighborhood.
Missouri Coalition for Quality Care
Midwest Foster Care & Adoption Association
SWMO
P.O. Box 7165
Jefferson City, MO 65102
1774 1/2 S. Grant Ave.
Toll Free: 1-888-262-5644
Web: www.mcqc.com
35
M
the widest sense, including customs, institutions, beliefs, signs,
legends, language, literature, musical arts and folk arts, and crafts
of all ethnic groups throughout Missouri.
A state organization that advocates for the quality care and rights
of nursing home residents.
Missouri Council of the Blind
Missouri Humanities Council
5453 Chippewa St.
St. Louis, MO 63109
543 Hanley Industrial Court, Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63144-1905
Phone: 1-314-832-7172
Toll Free: 1-800-342-5632
Fax: 1-314-832-7796
Web: www.moblind.org
Phone: 1-314-781-9660
Toll Free: 1-800-357-0909
Fax: 1-314-781-9681
Web: www.mohumanities.org
Facebook: Missouri Humanities Council
Twitter: @mohumanities
Statewide membership service organization of the blind that
works to address social, educational and legislative issues for the
blind in Missouri; promotes the general well-being of members
and legally blind people, and supports and/or participates in other
programs that promote the interests of legally blind persons.
A private nonprofit cultural organization, funded by the National
Endowment for the Humanities, serving the interests and needs
of Missouri citizens by providing early literacy programs and
other cultural opportunities.
Missouri Council of the Blind New Image Thrift
Store
Missouri National Education Association,
Springfield Chapter (NEA)
2713 N. Kansas Expressway
1525 W. Sunshine St., Suite B
Phone: 417-831-7600
Fax: 417-831-7604
Hotline: 417-831-3701 (donor hotline)
Web: www.mcbthriftstore.org
Facebook: Missouri Council of the Blind New Image Thrift
Store
Twitter: @mcbthriftstore
M
Phone: 417-869-5090
Fax: 417-869-5096
Web: www.snea.blogspot.com
A professional teacher and school employee organization that
promotes public education.
Sells good, used clothing, furniture, appliances, electronics, toys,
books and more to the public six days a week. Provides funding for the support, advocacy and coordination of individuals
and families that live with blindness to help enhance their lives,
empower their voices and achieve their dreams.
Missouri Parents Act (MPACT)
8301 State Line Road, Suite 204
Phone: 816-718-6522
Toll Free: 1-800-743-7634
Fax: 1-816-531-4777
Web: www.ptimpact.org
Missouri Deaf-Blind Association
353 E. Caddo St.
TTY: 417-759-1334
A statewide parent training and information center, serving
parents of children with disabilities, their families and communities; the mission is to ensure that all children with special needs
receive an education which allows them to achieve their personal
goals.
Empowers people who are Deaf-Blind (DB), Visually Disabled
and Hearing to encourage and provide the DB with resources to
live a more independent life, share their feelings and experiences
with others, learn to use tactile sign language, tracking and other
communication methods; educates and provides awareness of
Deaf-Blind disability.
Missouri Poets & Friends
420 Fern Road
Highlandville, MO 65669
Missouri Enterprise
Phone: 417-443-2278
Web: www.nfsps.com/mo
eFactory
An information and support group for poets. Affiliated with the
Missouri State Poetry Society and the National Federation of
State Poetry Societies.
Toll Free: 1-800-956-2682
Fax: 573-341-0135
Web: www.missourienterprise.org
Missouri Protection and Advocacy Services
925 S. Country Club Drive
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Provides resources and solutions for Missouri businesses and
manufacturers.
Phone: 573-893-3333
Toll Free: 866-777-7199
Fax: 573-893-4231
TTY: 1-800-735-2966
Web: www.moadvocacy.org
Missouri Folklore Society
P.O. Box 1757
Columbia, MO 65205
Phone: 1-660-882-7821
Web: www.missourifolkloresociety.truman.edu
Protects the rights of individuals with disabilities by providing
advocacy and legal services.
Encourages the collection, preservation and study of folklore in
36
Missouri Right to Life, Springfield Metro Area
Phone: 417-836-5454
Fax: 417-836-6726
Web: www.missouristate.edu/band
Facebook: Missouri State University Pride Bands
Twitter: @MSUPrideBands
210 N. Wynwood Ave.
Republic, MO 65738
Phone: 417-838-1839
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Web: www.missourilife.org
Facebook: Missouri Right to Life
Twitter: @MORightToLife
University Band program includes 300-member marching band,
five jazz bands, six concert bands and eight entertainment
ensembles.
Encourages protection for all persons regardless of their stage of
development from conception to natural death.
Missouri State University: Department of
Theatre and Dance
Missouri Society of Accountants, Heart of the
Ozarks Chapter
P.O. Box 40
Highlandville, MO 65669
Phone: 417-836-4644
Fax: 417-836-4234
Web: www.theatreanddance.missouristate.edu
Phone: 417-443-3263
Fax: 417-443-2336
Web: www.missouri-accountants.com
Presenter of a wide variety of theater including the nationally
recognized Tent Theatre.
Provides professional standards and continuing education for
accountants and tax preparers.
Missouri State University: Juanita K. Hammons
Hall for the Performing Arts
Missouri Society of Professional Engineers,
Ozark Chapter
525 S. John Q. Hammons Parkway
P.O. Box 1152
Fax: 417-836-6891
Web: www.HammonsHall.com
Facebook: Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts
Twitter: @HammonsHall
Web: www.ozarkmspe.org
Promotes the protection of the public health, safety and welfare
through the ethical and competent practice of engineering;
advocates licensure and enhances the image and well-being of its
members.
Provides a theater for the performing arts on the MSU campus.
Missouri State University: Meyer Library
Missouri State University
Phone: 417-836-4525
Fax: 417-836-4764
Web: www.library.missouristate.edu
Phone: 417-836-5000
Fax: 417-836-8355
Web: www.missouristate.edu
University library that serves the Missouri State University student body and researchers.
A multi-campus metropolitan university system with a statewide
mission in public affairs.
Partnership
Missouri State University Dames
4118 E. Kingsbury St.
117 Park Central Square, Suite 206 (physical)
901 S. National Ave. (mailing)
Phone: 417-883-8191
A friendship organization for wives of MSU teachers and staff
members that provides college scholarships.
Phone: 417-836-3134
Fax: 417-836-3138
Web: www.mmp.missouristate.edu
Facebook: Missouri Mentoring Partnership
Missouri State University: Alumni Association
Missouri Mentoring Partnership (MMP) assists in preparing
youth for personal success in employment, education, healthy
lifestyles and self-sufficiency through mentored support. MMP
Worksite Program offers mentored employment opportunities
to youth-in-transition, between the ages of 16-21, and provides
the tools necessary to become productive adults. MMP Young
Parent Program assists mothers and fathers under the age of 21
to develop parenting skills and match them with trained adult
mentors.
Phone: 417-836-5654
Fax: 417-836-6886
Web: www.alumni.missouristate.edu
Facebook: Missouri State University Alumni Association
Promotes understanding and pride in the alma mater through
activities that enhance the university.
Missouri State University: Bands
Missouri State University: OzarksWatch
37
M
Siceluff 120
Missouri by educating and informing fellow citizens and legislators about the costs and consequences of a death penalty system
in Missouri. The Springfield Chapter meets on the first Monday
of the month at Holy Trinity Catholic Church at 2818 E. Bennett.
Phone: 417-836-5530
Web: www.ozarkswatch.missouristate.edu
Studies and preserves the culture and history of the Ozarks
region.
Model T Ford Club of America, Heart of the
Ozarks Chapter
Missouri State University: Project ACCESS
2315 S. Rockbridge Lane
110-111 Park Central Square, Levy-Wolf Building
901 S. National Ave. (mailing)
Phone: 417-881-6702
Dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and development of a
greater appreciation for the Model T Ford.
Phone: 417-836-6657
Toll Free: 1-866-481-3841
Fax: 417-836-6393
Web: www.missouristate.edu/access
Mountain Chapter
P.O. Box 8615
Missouri’s assistance and dissemination agency for autism
resources, materials, and public school support, established by the
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Project ACCESS focuses on enhancing and developing professional skills of Missouri educators serving students with Autism
Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and related disabilities.
Phone: 417-831-3868
Toll Free: 1-800-736-6233
Fax: 417-831-3716
Hotline: 1-877-623-3435
Web: www.madd.org
Facebook: Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
Technology Development Center
Strives to stop drunk driving, support victims of this violent
crime and prevent underage drinking.
M
Muscular Dystrophy Association, Inc.
Phone: 417-837-2617
Fax: 417-837-2614
Web: www.sbtdc.missouristate.edu
Facebook: Missouri State University: Small Business &
Technology Development Center
Twitter: @sbtdc_msu
4136 S. Scenic Avenue, Suite 200
Phone: 417-866-5117
Toll Free: 1-800-572-1717
Fax: 417-866-5708
Web: www.mda.org
Facebook: MDA Springfield MO District
Twitter: @MDAnews
Provides consultation, training and products to help potential and
existing small businesses in southwest and south-central Missouri
become part of Missouri’s thriving business sector.
Provides comprehensive diagnostic examinations via free medical
clinic, support services, repairs to durable medical equipment, flu
shots, physical and occupational therapy consultations for those
with neuromuscular diseases and a summer camp for children
with muscular dystrophy.
Missouri State University: Southwest Missouri
Area Health Education Center
117 Park Central Square (physical)
901 S. National Ave. — PCOB 2nd floor, Room 215
(mailing)
Musgrave Foundation
1949 E. Sunshine St., Suite 1-130
Phone: 417-836-8348 or 417-836-6154
Fax: 417-836-8770
Web: www.mahec.org and www.ahec.missouristate.edu
Facebook: Southwest Missouri Area Health Education
Center
Phone: 417-841-4698
Web: www.musgravefoundation.org
Awards grants to selected charities in the Springfield area.
Enhances access to quality health care, particularly primary and
preventative care, by growing and supporting Missouri’s heath
care workforce through a variety of programs.
NAACP, Springfield Local Chapter
P.O. Box 8983
Missourians for Alternatives to the Death
Penalty (MADP)
Phone: 417-873-6386
Web: www.naacpspringfieldmo.org
Facebook: Naacp Springfield, MO
6320 Brookside Plaza, Suite 185
Improves political, educational, social and economic status and
works to remove barriers for equality and justice for all people.
Phone: 417-459-2960
Web: www.madpmo.org
Facebook: Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Twitter: @MADPMO
NAIFA Springfield
A statewide organization working to repeal the death penalty in
38
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Ozark Branch
Phone: 417-886-8606
Fax: 417-886-3685
Web: www.naifanet.com/springfield
1675 E. Seminole St., Suite J
Phone: 417-882-8128
Toll Free: 1-800-344-4867
Fax: 417-882-2039
Hotline: 1-800-344-4867
Web: www.msmidamerica.org
Facebook: MS Society: Mid America Chapter
Twitter: @midamericams
A professional association for those in the insurance and financial
industry.
NAMI Southwest Missouri
1443 N Robberson Ave., Suite 408
Phone: 417-864-3027
Fax: 417-720-1918
Hotline: 1-877-535-HELP (4357) Warmline — 417-8643027
Web: www.namiswmo.com
Facebook: NAMI SWMO National Alliance on Mental Illness
Twitter: @NAMISWMODewayne
Provides educational and wellness activities as well as emotional
support groups for people living with multiple sclerosis and their
family members.
National Place Property Owner’s Association,
Inc. (NPPOA)
4319 S. National Ave., #221
Support-Education-Advocacy-Referrals. NAMI Southwest
Missouri and the Hope Center encourage actions that lead
individuals toward recovery, self-advocacy and improving their
own lives to become contributing members of our community.
Support groups are provided free of charge. Education program
embraces the challenges of stigma reduction and suicide prevention courses.
Web: nationalplace.org
Promotes the interests of the residents of National Place
subdivision.
Neat Repeats
911 W. Jackson St.
Ozark, MO 65721
National Active and Retired Federal Employees
Phone: 417-485-4999
Phone: 417-882-8709
Web: www.narfe.org
A thrift store that benefits the Christian County Family Crisis
Center.
Promotes the interests of federal retirees and current federal
employees.
New Covenant Academy Parent Fellowship
Team
National Association of Retired and Veteran
Railway Employees, Inc.
3304 S. Cox Ave.
1651 S. Roanoke Ave.
Phone: 417-865-6829
Web: www.narve.com
Phone: 417-887-9848
Fax: 417-887-2419
Web: www.newcovenant.net
Protects the rights of railroad retirees as granted by the Railroad
Retirement Act of 1937.
Works to provide support and to fund the New Covenant
Academy mission.
Chapter #366
Newborns In Need, Southwestern Missouri
Chapter
P.O. Box 10125
6082 Lake Freddie Road
Hartville, MO 65667
Phone: 417-818-8911
Fax: 417-887-5302
Web: www.nawic-sw-mo.org
Facebook: Nawic Southwest Missouri #366
Phone: 1-417-741-7516
Web: www.newbornsinneed.org/swmo
Facebook: Newborns in Need, Inc — Southwest Missouri
Chapter
Enhances the success of women in the construction industry.
Provides assistance to sick and needy premature and newborn
babies through handmade baby clothing and bedding, and by
fundraising to purchase other items.
National Autism Association
One Park Ave., Suite 1
Portsmouth, RI 02871
Newborns In Need, Springfield, Missouri Chapter
712 W. Sunshine Ave.
Phone: 401-293-5551
Toll Free: 877-622-2884
Fax: 401-293-5342
Web: www.nationalautism.org
Facebook: National Autism Association
Twitter: @nationalautism
Phone: 417-823-9508
Web: www.newbornsinneedspringfield.org
Facebook: Newborns in Need Springfield Missouri
A Christian-based organization that supplies essential baby items
such as quilts, blankets, bibs, and burp cloths to the families of
less-fortunate babies in need. Items are given to hospitals and
Educates and empowers families affected by autism; participates
in family assistance programs, raises funds for research, and holds
annual national conference.
39
N
clinics in the area to be distributed by health care workers.
Increase our knowledge of plants and gardening.
The Next Step
Nova Center of the Ozarks
1370 E. Primrose St., Suite A
1340 E. Woodhurst Drive
Phone: 417-886-0407
Fax: 417-886-0405
Phone: 417-889-3121
Fax: 417-881-2214
Web: www.novacenteroftheozarks.org
Facebook: Nova Center of the Ozarks
Provides support, advocacy, funding, and coordination to individuals and families with developmental disabilities to help enhance
their lives, empower their voices and achieve their dreams.
Provides residential assisted living and other services for people
with autism and developmental disabilities.
Next-To-New Shop
Oak Grove Neighborhood Association
416 S. Kimbrough Ave.
Phone: 417-883-2107
Phone: 417-862-7708
Facebook: Next to New
Promotes the interests of the residents of the area defined
as Grand Street on the north, Ingram Mill Road on the east,
Sunshine Street on the south, and Glenstone Avenue on the west.
Accepts a variety of clothing by consignment; accepts donated
shoes, handbags and other accessories, as well as small decorative
items in good condition. Sells items to raise funds for charitable
causes. A project of St. Mary’s Guild of Christ Episcopal Church.
OATS, Inc.
2909 N. Martin Ave.
Nixa Area Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 417-887-9272
Toll Free: 1-800-770-6287
Fax: 417-887-8784
Web: www.oatstransit.org
Facebook: OATS Transit
Twitter: @OATSINC
566 W. Mt. Vernon St.
P.O. Box 548
Nixa, MO 65714
O
Phone: 417-725-1545
Fax: 417-725-4532
Facebook: Nixa Area Chamber of Commerce
Twitter: @NixaChamber
Provides reliable transportation to disadvantaged Missourians
for medical appointments, shopping, essential business purposes,
senior center visits and employment.
Serves as an information and/or emergency resource to community members, businesses, schools and government agencies.
One Door
300 E. Central St.
Nixa Senior Center
404 S. Main St.
Nixa, MO 65714
Phone: 417-225-7499
Fax: 417-631-4489
Phone: 417-725-2322
Fax: 417-725-5022
Web: www.swmoa.com
Offers referrals and assistance to individuals and families who are
homeless, at risk of becoming homeless or in need of assistance.
OneSolePurpose
North Springfield Betterment Association
(NSBA)
Phone: 417-299-3998
Web: www.onesolepurpose.com
Facebook: One Sole Purpose
Twitter: @OneSolePurpose
c/o Drury University
900 N. Benton Ave.
Phone: 417-447-1221
Web: www.nsbanet.com
Facebook: North Springfield Betterment Association
Provides new shoes to the children in each of the Title I elementary schools in Springfield.
Operation Us at the Murney Clinic
Promotes and encourages worthwhile and honorable endeavors
to make north Springfield a better place to work and live; strives
to alert members to community needs, and to become well-versed
and knowledgeable in order to take constructive action for community involvement.
Phone: 417-823-3469
Fax: 417-831-6839
Web: www.operationus.org
Facebook: Operation Us at the Murney Clinic
Twitter: @operationus
Nosegay Garden Club
5990 S. Spring Ridge Lane
Republic, MO 65738
Phone: 417-732-7222
40
A community-based initiative dedicated to strengthening relationships for couples and singles through education, partnerships
and mobilization.
Without Mothers, a general grief support group, and support
groups for widows and widowers. Volunteer opportunities are
available.
Ornament Collectors Club of the Ozarks
Oxford HealthCare Lifeline
2506 S. Hillsboro Ave.
3660 S. National Ave., Suite 300 (physical)
Phone: 417-851-7477
Facebook: Ornament Collectors of the Ozarks
Phone: 417-883-7500
Toll Free: 1-800-749-6555
Fax: 417-883-9381
Web: www.OxfordHealthCare.net
Facebook: Oxford HealthCare
Twitter: @OHCMissouri
Promotes collecting holiday ornaments and collectables, specifically Hallmark Keepsake ornaments.
Our House Foundation
5325 S. Maryland Ave.
A personal emergency response system allowing seniors to have
access to help 24-hours a day, seven days a week, with just the
push of a button.
Phone: 417-889-7452
Hotline: 417-889-7452
Web: www.ourhousefoundation.org
Ozark Empire Fairgrounds
3001 N. Grant Ave.
Dedicated to helping restore the shattered lives of military men
and women who have returned from wars, bearing ill effects of
their experiences, by addressing their mind, body and expression
of their spirit.
Phone: 417-833-2660
Fax: 417-833-3769
Web: www.ozarkempirefair.com
Overeaters Anonymous (OA)
Hosts the Ozark Empire Fair each year and various other events
throughout the year; fully-staffed event center for rental needs
from 20 to 2,000.
P.O. Box 8675
Phone: 417-581-1231 or 417-881-7070
Web: www.oa.org
Ozark Greenways, Inc.
A free, 12-step support group for compulsive eaters with three
groups meeting weekly in Springfield. Meeting locations:
Glenstone Baptist Church, Mondays at noon; Southminster
Presbyterian Church, Tuesdays at 6 p.m. and Saturdays at noon.
P.O. Box 50733
Phone: 417-864-2015
Fax: 417-864-1497
Web: www.ozarkgreenways.org
Facebook: Ozark Greenways
Twitter: @ozarkgreenways
Oxford HealthCare Home Care and Hospice
Phone: 417-883-7500
Toll Free: 1-800-749-6555
Fax: 417-883-9381
TTY: 800-735-2966
Web: www.oxfordhealthcare.net
A citizens group dedicated to the preservation of green space
through the creation of a greenway trail network for biking, walking, running and commuting.
Ozark Highlands Grotto, Inc.
2806 N. 24th St.
Ozark, MO 65721
Provides compassionate care, innovative services and cuttingedge technology necessary to improve quality of life and offer
the ability to stay safe and independent at home. Services include
Nursing and Therapy, Support Services (bathing, personal care,
housekeeping, laundry, meal preparation, shopping, transportation and companionship), Hospice and Palliative Care,
Telemonitoring and Lifeline Medical Alert. Volunteer opportunities are available.
Phone: 417-459-2259
A club for those interested in the exploration, preservation and
restoration of caves and karst features.
Ozark Lakes Porsche Club
3537 W. Beechwood Place
Oxford HealthCare Hospice and Palliative Care
Phone: 417-881-0925
Web: www.olk.pca.org
Provides social and competitive automobile events for Porsche
Club members.
Phone: 417-883-7500
Toll Free: 1-800-749-6555
Fax: 417-841-2854
Web: www.oxfordhealthcare.net
Ozark Linux Users Group
P.O. Box 151
Strafford, MO 65757
Provides the only full-service hospice and palliative care program
in the area. Also offers grief support groups for Daughters
Phone: 417-736-2573
41
O
Web: www.ozlug.org
Web: www.omrscca.org
Facebook: Ozark Mountain Region (OMR) SCCA
Studies the Linux operating system on personal computers,
laptops and desktops.
Ozarks-area affiliate of a nation-wide organization which promotes safe driving and organizes competitive motorsport events
for sports cars enthusiasts including Autocross, Road Racing,
Rally and social events for members and guests.
Ozark Mountain Basket Weavers
P.O. Box 11458
Phone: 417-883-8970
Ozark Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Inc.
P.O. Box 4931
Local chapter of the Missouri Basket Weavers Guild.
Ozark Mountain Cat Fanciers Club
Web: www.ozarkpiecemakers.com
333 Wild Horse Road
Billings, MO 65610
Promotes a fellowship of those interested in the preservation
and the sharing of the art, knowledge and enjoyment of quilting;
encourages community awareness of quilting, quilting education
and community service.
Phone: 417-883-2547
Web: www.acfasouthcentralregion.com
Furthers the health and welfare of purebred and household cats
through championship shows; plans an annual cat show and supports rescue organizations.
Ozark Regional Lily Society
2528 W. Grayrock St.
Ozark Mountain Dulcimers Players
Phone: 417-877-0763
Web: www.lilies.org
840 W. Talmage St.
Phone: 417-863-6337
Promotes the research, hybridizing and growing of lillium.
Promotes the enjoyment of the dulcimer stringed musical instrument through training of new and existing dulcimer players, and
performances.
Ozark Scandinavian Society of Springfield
Missouri
1840 E. Vincent Drive
Ozark Mountain Gem & Mineral Society
O
Phone: 417-724-1357
Web: www.osssm.net
Facebook: Ozarks Scandinavian Society of Springfield, Mo
(O.S.S.S.M.)
2131 W. Republic Road
P.O. Box 35
Phone: 417-887-4755
Facebook: Ozark Mountain Gem & Mineral Society
Twitter: @omgms57
A social group for people who are Scandinavian (from Denmark,
Iceland, Faroe Islands, Finland, Norway and Sweden) by birth,
heritage or marriage to a Scandinavian. Meetings are designed
to help increase interest in and knowledge of Scandinavian
heritage and culture; meetings are in February, March, April, May,
September, October and November at 6:30 p.m. at the Library
Center with the day of the month determined by the open dates
available, current date information is on the organization website;
two annual events are held by the organization: Midsommer in
June and Yulefest in December.
Promotes interest in geology, mineralogy and lapidary arts. Meets
fourth Monday of each month at Missouri Institute of Natural
Science.
Ozark Mountain H.O.G.® Chapter
3980 W. Sunshine St.
Phone: 417-882-0100
Fax: 417-882-1046
Web: www.ozarkmtnhog.com
Ozark Senior Center
727 N. 9th St.
P.O. Box 681
Ozark, MO 65721
A family-based, Harley Davidson motorcycle riding group
devoted to riding and having fun.
Phone: 417-581-2538
Web: www.swmoa.com
Ozark Mountain Knitting Guild
4741 S. Glenn Ave.
Phone: 417-224-5624
Facebook: Ozark Mountain Knitting Guild
International
Phone: 417-890-6212
Web: www.ozarkshowcase.org
Holds monthly meetings, field trips and retreats for people of any
knitting skill to help others learn more, exchange information
and have fun.
An international organization for women’s a capella singing.
Ozark Mountain Region, Sports Car Club of
America, (SCCA)
Ozarks Alliance of Professional Organizations
P.O. Box 792
42
Corporation
Twitter: @ozarksoacac
Republic, MO 65738
Phone: 417-861-2036
Web: www.ozarksalliance.org
Facebook: Ozarks Alliance of Professional Organizations
Offers support in parenting skills, employment, personal development, household management and budgeting, health and nutrition and life skills.
An informational clearinghouse for the activities of women’s
organizations.
Head Start
(OACAC)
215 S. Barnes Ave.
215 S. Barnes Ave.
Phone: 417-864-3430
Toll Free: 1-866-282-3430
Fax: 417-864-3449
TTY: 417-864-3495
Web: www.oacac-caa.org
Facebook: OACAC Ozarks Area Community Action
Corporation
Twitter: @OzarksOACAC
Phone: 417-862-4314
Fax: 417-864-3499
TTY: 417-864-3495
Web: www.oac.ac
Facebook: OACAC Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation
Twitter: @ozarksoacac
Provides a preschool learning experience and medical and
dental care for children from birth to age 5 from income-eligible
families.
Provides a wide range of services to assist low-income families in
achieving self-sufficiency. Programs include Family Planning and
Family Supportive/Referral Services (Neighborhood Centers,)
Foster Grandparents, Head Start, Housing Assistance, LowIncome Home Energy Assistance Program, and Weatherization.
Housing Assistance Program
215 S. Barnes Ave.
Family Planning
Phone: 417-864-3444
Fax: 417-873-3360
TTY: 417-864-3445
Web: www.oac.ac
Corporation
215 S. Barnes Ave.
Phone: 417-864-3410
Fax: 417-864-3416
Web: oac.ac
Facebook: OACAC Family Planning
Services include Section 8 rental assistance funded by HUD to
low-income families; also assists households with special needs
who are homeless and/or disabled.
Provides individuals with family planning, low-cost contraceptive
methods and reproductive health services including pregnancy
testing, pap smears, breast exams and STD testing and treatment,
throughout the southwest Missouri area.
Foster Grandparent Program
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP)
215 S. Barnes Ave.
215 S. Barnes Ave.
Phone: 417-864-3420
Toll Free: 1-866-380-4420
Fax: 417-873-3354
Corporation
Phone: 417-862-4314
Fax: 417-864-3499
TTY: 417-864-3495
Corporation
Provides low-income seniors (55 and older) the opportunity to
help teachers with tutoring, therapy, developing motor skills and
other classroom activities for physically, mentally and emotionally
disabled children.
Assists low-income households having an energy-related crisis in
paying heating/cooling bills; provides information and education
on energy conservation.
Weatherization Program
Greene County Center
560-A N. Stewart Ave.
Phone: 417-865-7797
Fax: 417-865-7542
Corporation
Phone: 417-447-0554
Fax: 417-832-0303
Web: www.oac.ac
43
O
Facebook: Ozarks Transportation Organization
Twitter: @giveusyourinput
Provides free services to conserve energy for low-income homeowners and renters. Crews insulate and repair homes to make
them more energy-efficient.
Ozarks Area Crochet Group
Offers information on wise commuting choices that reduce
traffic congestion, pollution, commuting stress and saves money;
provides carpool matches on a map using custom schedules and
driving routes.
1329 S. Meadowview Ave.
Ozarks Counseling Center
614 South Ave.
Phone: 417-890-5893
Web: www.ozarkscrochet.tripod.com
Phone: 417-869-9011
Fax: 417-889-6307
Web: www.ozarkscounselingcenter.org
Crochet enthusiasts who meet to trade patterns, provide training
to beginners and to promote and preserve the craft.
Children (OAEYC)
Provides outpatient counseling for individuals, families, and married couples; fees based on income. A United Way of the Ozarks
partner agency.
P.O. Box 4912
Ozarks Food Harvest
Web: www.oaeyc-mo.org
Facebook: Ozarks Association for the Education of Young
Children
2810 N. Cedarbrook Ave. (physical)
An early childhood organization that promotes advocacy and
early education for children birth to age 8.
Phone: 417-865-3411
Fax: 417-865-0504
Web: www.ozarksfoodharvest.org
Facebook: Ozarks Food Harvest
Twitter: @ozksfoodharvest
Ozarks Chapter of American Christian Writers
5042 E. Cherry Hills Blvd.
O
Phone: 417-832-8409
Web: www.ozarksacw.org
Facebook: Ozarks Chapter of American Christian Writers
The Feeding America food bank for southwest Missouri, serving
200 organizations across 28 Ozarks counties. Distributes more
than 13 million meals annually to 260,000 individuals.
Provides writing instruction, encouragement, fellowship,
networking opportunities and Share & Critique Group
opportunities.
Ozarks Genealogical Society, Inc. (OGS)
534 W. Catalpa St.
P.O. Box 3945
Ozarks Chapter, Missouri Archaeological Society
Phone: 417-831-2773
Web: www.ozarksgs.org
Facebook: Ozarks Genealogical Society
c/o Center for Archaeological Research — Missouri
State University
Conducts genealogical research, preserves genealogical, biographical and historical records and operates a library open to the
public during limited hours.
Phone: 417-836-5363
Fax: 417-836-4772
Web: www.missouristate.edu/car/2620.htm
Facebook: Ozarks Chapter of the Missouri Archaeological
Society
Ozarks Green Building Coalition
P.O. Box 14572
Promotes the investigation, preservation and interpretation of
prehistoric and historic remains in Missouri. Open meetings
are held at 7 p.m. the first Wednesday of the months September
through May at the Center for Archaeological Research, 622 S.
Kimbrough, east entrance.
Web: www.ozarksgreenbuilding.org
Facebook: Ozarks Green Building Coalition
Serves as a clearinghouse for information about local green
resources and a coalition of regional green building organizations, professionals and interested members of the public. Meets
monthly.
Ozarks’ Coin Club, Inc.
P.O. Box 3913
Web: www.ozarkscoinclub.com
Facebook: Ozarks’ Coin Club
Ozarks Health Advocacy Foundation
P.O. Box 3195
Promotes coin collecting and educates people about numismatics.
Phone: 417-885-9155
Web: www.ohaf.org
Ozarks Commute (Regional Rideshare Program)
205 Park Central East, Suite 205
Dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in southwest Missouri
by providing support to area non-profit agencies addressing
children’s critical physical, mental and dental health needs in the
Ozarks.
Phone: 417-831-RIDE (7433)
Fax: 417-862-6013
Web: www.ozarkscommute.com
44
Ozarks Kennel Club, Inc.
triathlons and adventure races.
5741 E. Meadowmere St.
Ozarks Needleworkers Chapter of the
Embroiderers Guild of America
Phone: 417-234-6141
Web: www.ozarkskennelclub.org
Facebook: Ozarks Kennel Club
4741 S. Glenn Ave.
Phone: 417-224-5624
Promotes purebred dogs and holds a four-day dog show annually.
Promotes interest in embroidery and needlework. Provides
information on needleworking techniques and materials; teaches
classes.
Ozarks Labor Union Archives (OLUA)
c/o Meyer Library, Missouri State University
Ozarks Public Television (OPT)
Strong Hall 100
Phone: 417-836-4298
Fax: 417-836-4764
Web: www.library.missouristate.edu/archives
Phone: 417-836-3500
Toll Free: 1-866-684-5695
Fax: 417-836-3569
Web: www.optv.org
Missouri’s largest repository of records documenting labor union
history in the Ozarks; more than 2,000 linear feet of records,
photographs, oral histories and ephemeral items.
Ozarks Literacy Council
Provides informative and entertaining television programming.
397 E. Central St.
Midtown Carnegie Branch Library (Lower Level)
Ozarks Regional YMCA — Corporate Office
417 S. Jefferson Ave.
Phone: 417-616-0505
Fax: 417-831-3555
Web: www.ozarksliteracy.org
Facebook: Ozarks Literacy Council
Twitter: @OzarksLiteracy
Phone: 417-862-8962
Fax: 417-862-4004
Web: www.orymca.org
Facebook: Ozarks Regional YMCA
Raises awareness and promotes literacy by offering free services
to children and adults in southwest Missouri.
Promotes life-enriching activities for youth, teens, adults, and
older adults through fitness centers, aquatics, sports, child care
and community development; operates Camp Wakonda Resident
Camp and eight YMCA branches.
Ozarks Model Railroad Association
424 W. Commercial St.
Ozarks Romance Authors
Web: www.Ozarks-Romance-Authors.com
Facebook: Ozarks Romance Authors
Twitter: @OzarksRomance
Phone: 417-664-4208
Web: www.omraspringfield.org
Dedicated to the development, promotion and enjoyment of the
art and craft of model railroading.
Founded in 1987, the group stimulates and supports interest in the
art of fiction writing. ORA is the perfect home for romance writers, but welcomes authors of all genres. Meets the first Saturday
of each month at the Library Station.
American Revolution
P.O. Box 1421
Ozarks Steam Engine Association (OSEA)
3848 S. Farm Road 93
Republic, MO 65738
Phone: 417-865-0777
Web: www.rootsweb.com/~moomcsam/index.html
Phone: 417-732-7136
Web: www.steamorama.com
Facebook: Ozarks Steam Engine Association
A patriotic organization that recognizes Revolutionary War
ancestors.
Restores, shows and demonstrates antique steam engines, gas
tractors, gas engines and other antiques; holds a steam engine
show at OSEA Grounds, 7175 W. Farm Road 170, Republic.
Ozarks Multi-Sport Club
c/o Ultramax
1254 E. Republic Road
Ozarks Studies Institute, Missouri State University
Phone: 417-890-7200
Web: www.go-omc.com
Facebook: Ozarks Multisport Club
Twitter: @omctweets
Phone: 417-836-4804
Web: www.ozarksstudies.missouristate.edu
Provides education, support and training opportunities for those
who want to challenge themselves with multi-sport events such as
Studies and preserves the culture and history of the Ozarks
region.
45
O
Ozarks Table Tennis Club
(PTA)
3818 S. Farm Road 103
Brookline Station, MO 65619
Phone: 417-890-8092
Web: www.ozarkstabletennisclub.org
Phone: 417-523-0000 or 417-861-9382
Web: www.scptamo.com
Facebook: Springfield Council of PTAs
For table tennis (ping pong) enthusiasts of all ages and levels, playing weekly at the O’Reilly-Tefft Gymnasium at 1438 E. Pythian.
Serves as a clearinghouse for PTA units in local schools and operates a clothing bank for children who are enrolled in a Springfield
Public School and are receiving free or reduced lunches.
Ozarks Technical Community College
Parkinson’s Group of the Ozarks
Phone: 417-447-7500
TTY: 417-447-8195
Web: www.otc.edu
Facebook: Ozarks Technical Community College
Twitter: @otcedu
P.O. Box 50595
Phone: 417-269-3617
Web: www.parkinsonsgroup.org
Facebook: Parkinson’s Group of the Ozarks
Promotes student learning through accessible, high quality,
affordable workforce training, and technical and general education that is responsive to the educational needs of the community
and its diverse constituencies.
Educates, supports research and improves the quality of life for
persons affected by Parkinson’s disease.
Parkwest Village Homeowners’ Association
Ozarks Technical Community College:
Adult Education and Literacy
3919 S. Park Lane
221 Graff Hall
725 E. Bob Barker Blvd.
Phone: 417-883-6731
Promotes the interests of the residents of Parkwest Village
subdivision.
Phone: 417-447-8860
Fax: 417-447-8863
Web: www.otc.edu/adulteducation.php.
P
Parkwood Survival Association and
Improvement District
Provides classes and tutoring in adult basic education and literacy,
HSE test preparation and English as a Second Language.
2514 N. Clayton Ave.
Phone: 417-865-8510
Ozarks Whittlers And Woodcarvers
Promotes the interests of the residents of Parkwood subdivision.
7476 Quince Lane
Webb City, MO 64870
Peace Network of the Ozarks
Phone: 417-439-2780
Facebook: Ozark Whittlers And Wood Carvers
Facebook: Peace Network of the Ozarks
Committed to the promotion of world peace with justice through
active participation in the democratic process in nonviolent and
peaceful ways.
Promotes and preserves the art of woodcarving.
Ozarks Writers League (OWL)
Pet Therapy of the Ozarks, Inc.
P.O. Box 114
Farmington, AR 72730
P.O. Box 9462
Web: www.ozarkswritersleague.com
Facebook: Ozarks Writers League
Phone: 417-883-2066
Web: www.pettherapyozarks.org
Informs, educates and entertains professional and amateur writers, photographers and artists who live in the Ozarks; meets four
times a year at the College of the Ozarks.
Provides medical, emotional and educational therapy through the
use of trained and evaluated pets; volunteers take their own dogs,
cats and birds to visit patients in area hospitals and care facilities,
and students in area schools.
Parenting Life Skills Center (PLSC) — A Great
Circle Agency
PFLAG-Springfield
600 S. Jefferson Ave.
P.O. Box 1752
Phone: 417-831-9596
Fax: 417-831-7423
Web: www.greatcircle.org
Phone: 417-350-5300
Web: www.pflag-springfield.org
Facebook: PFLAG Springfield
Serves families by teaching life skills through home visitations,
and parent education in a caring, nurturing and accessible environment to promote self-worth and quality of life.
Provides support for families, allies and people who are LGBTQ;
educates about the unique issues and challenges facing people
who are LGBTQ; advocates in our communities to change
46
attitudes and create policies and laws that achieve full equality for
people who are LGBTQ. Meets 3 p.m., the third Sunday of each
month at National Avenue Christian Church, 1515 S. National
Ave.
TTY: 417-886-1188
Web: www.swcil.org
Twitter: @swcil_sgf
Phelps Neighborhood Association
Provides education and a support group.
P.O. Box 1356
Pregnancy Care Center
1342 E. Primrose St., Suite C
Phone: 417-864-5756
Web: www.phelpsneighborhood.org
Phone: 417-877-0800
Toll Free: 1-866-677-0800
Fax: 417-877-0830
Web: 417choices.com
Facebook: Springfield Pregnancy Care Center
Twitter: @SpringfieldPCC
Promotes, protects and enhances the quality of life in the Phelps
Grove neighborhood.
Pink Dogwood Garden Club
6242 S. Woodside Circle
Ozark, MO 65721
Provides pregnancy testing and confirmation of pregnancy
through ultrasound. Other services include ongoing mentoring, parenting and adoption preparation, labor and birth classes,
relationship enhancement workshops, and nutrition and lactation
consultation.
Phone: 417-881-6499
Encourages creativity in gardening, plants Pink Dogwood trees
and maintains the White Garden at the Springfield Botanical
Center. New members welcome.
Project Linus
Plaid Door Junior League Resale Shop
2612 E. Linwood St.
2574 E. Bennett St.
Phone: 417-886-0392
Web: www.orgsites.com/mo/net
Phone: 417-887-9422
Web: www.JLspringfield.org
Facebook: Plaid Door
Provides handmade blankets for children and weighted blankets
for children with autism spectrum disorder.
Sells quality pre-owned and new clothing donated to raise funds
for charitable causes.
Quail Creek Property Owners Association
4205 S. Quail Creek Ave.
Planned Parenthood of Southwest Missouri
Phone: 417-889-2304
Phone: 417-883-3800
Fax: 417-883-3994
Web: www.ppslr.org
Facebook: Planned Parenthood of Southwest Missouri
Twitter: @ppswmo
Promotes the interests of the residents of Quail Creek
subdivision.
Queen City Chevelle Club
2116 N. Delaware Ave.
Provides health services that give individuals the power and the
ability to take control of their lives, their health and their future.
Works in public policy to empower individuals to take action to
influence local, state and federal elected officials to protect and
advance access to reproductive health services.
Phone: 417-840-9797
Web: www.queencitychevelles.com
A social and automotive club for owners of 1964-1972 Chevelles
and El Caminos.
Plymouth Owners Club, Inc., Missouri
“Show-Me” Region
Queen City for the Blind
Phone: 417-864-8888
1602 E. Dale St.
Works to improve the economic, social and educational opportunities for the blind and helps in meeting any special needs they
may have; local affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind.
Phone: 417-865-1318
Web: www.plymouthbulletin.com
Queen City Sertoma Club
Preserves and promotes Plymouth and Fargo vehicles more than
25 years old.
P.O. Box 11434
Phone: 417-234-7918
Web: www.QueenCitySertoma.org
Facebook: Queen City Sertoma
Post Polio Support Group
Sponsors Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield and other children’s
charities, and hearing health initiatives.
Phone: 417-886-1188
Toll Free: 1-800-676-7245
Fax: 417-886-3619
47
Q
International
1565 S. Metzletein Rd.
Clever, MO 65631
1216 W. School Road
Ozark, MO 65721
Phone: 417-743-2790
Web: rarspa.weebly.com
Phone: 417-582-1651
Web: www.queencitysound.org
A community service organization made up of retired school
personnel and others who live in Republic and its surrounding
areas; serves schools, community organizations as well as active
and retired school personnel; active in the legislation process,
watching for issues that adversely affect public schools and the
public school retirement system PSRS/PEERS.
An international award-winning women’s chorus that sings fourpart a capella harmony.
Rainbow Network
Republic Business Community Women
Phone: 417-889-8088
Web: www.rainbownetwork.org
P.O. Box 64
Republic, MO 65738
Phone: 417-861-2036
Fax: 417-732-8350
An Ozarks-based organization that helps people in Central
America.
Promotes women of Republic by recognizing their importance
and contributions to the growth and well-being of the Republic
community.
Rare Breed Youth Services
301 N. Main Ave.
Republic Community Band (RCB)
Phone: 417-865-6400
Fax: 417-865-6409
Hotline: 417-837-1572
Web: www.therarebreed.com
R
541 N. Allen Ave.
Republic, MO 65738
Phone: 417-732-7401 or 417-631-1360
Provides a wide range of outreach services designed by and for
youth. Professional staff supervise youth who can access television, stereo, a computer lab, games, arts and crafts, billiards,
foosball and a message board; provides access to emergency
shelter, survival aid, individual assessments, and information on
goal-setting skills, prevention and education activities, information and referral, case management advocacy and crisis intervention. A Kitchen, Inc. program.
Promotes band music in the community; provides an opportunity
for instrumental musicians to participate in large ensemble; open
to musicians from all area communities; no auditions necessary.
Republic Pregnancy Resource Center
291 U.S. Highway 60 West
Republic, MO 65738
Phone: 417-732-5993
Web: republicprc.org
Facebook: Republic Pregnancy Resource Center
Ravenwood Homeowners Association
P.O. Box 237
Offers support and comfort to those in our community affected
by unplanned pregnancy through mentoring, education, and
providing hope for a better future.
Phone: 417-887-3348
Facebook: Ravenwood Homeowners Association,
Springfield Missouri
Republic Pumpkin Daze, Inc.
Promotes the interests of all Ravenwood subdivision residents.
P.O. Box 56
Republic, MO 65738
Reading Is Fundamental of Springfield, Inc. (RIF)
Phone: 417-732-6210
Web: www.pumpkindaze.com
Facebook: Republic Pumpkin Daze, Republic, MO
P.O. Box 11253
Phone: 417-883-6727
Fax: 417-863-7825
Web: www.rif.org
An event that promotes community relationships and goodwill.
Raises funds for community betterment and scholarships.
A reading motivation program for first- and second-graders that
provides free books three times a year to each child in Springfield
public, Catholic and Lutheran schools.
Republic Senior Friendship Center
Real Estate & Mortgage Professionals (REMP)
Phone: 417-732-7672
Fax: 417-732-1144
Web: www.swmoa.com
210 E. Hines St.
Republic, MO 65738
Phone: 417-887-6688
A professional organization of industry specialists serving as
a conduit for education, networking and referrals within the
Springfield and surrounding area.
Robberson Neighborhood Association
Republic Area Retired School Personnel
Association
P.O. Box 9653
48
Volunteer organization that focuses on service projects and financial support locally, nationally, and internationally, with special
emphasis on polio eradication, clean water, youth and health.
Phone: 417-719-3741
Facebook: Robberson Neighborhood Association
Rotary Club of Springfield
Promotes community spirit and restores personality and brotherhood of Robberson neighborhood; is the eyes of Robberson
community and identifies neighborhood issues, advocates for
Robberson residents and communicate problems with proper
authorities; promotes knowledge of community resources.
Rogersville Area Senior Center
Phone: 417-886-8606
Fax: 417-886-3685
Web: www.rotaryofspringfieldmo.org
197 S. Marshall St.
P.O. Box 52
Volunteer organization that focuses on service projects and financial support locally, nationally and internationally, with special
Phone: 417-753-7800
Fax: 417-753-4246
Web: www.rogersvilleseniorcenter.org
Rotary Club of Springfield Metro
P.O. Box 8166
Web: www.rotaryspringfieldmetro.com
Facebook: Rotary Club of Springfield Metro
Twitter: @rotarysgfmetro
Ronald McDonald Care Mobile
(The “Tooth Truck”)
Volunteer organization that focuses on service projects and financial support locally, nationally and internationally, with special
949 E. Primrose St.
Phone: 417-891-1238 administrative — 417-875-3504
Fax: 417-882-7206
Web: www.toothtruck.org
Facebook: Ronald McDonald House Charities of the
Ozarks in Springfield, Missouri
Rotary Club of Springfield North
Provides a mobile dental unit for at-risk children.
P.O. Box 10164
Fax: 417-887-1552
Web: www.rotaryclubofspringfieldnorth.com
Ronald McDonald House Charities® of the
Ozarks, Inc.
Rotary Club of Springfield Sunrise
949 E. Primrose St.
Phone: 417-875-3503
Fax: 417-882-7206
Web: www.RMHCOzarks.org
Facebook: Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Ozarks
Phone: 417-886-8606
Fax: 417-886-3685
Web: www.sunriserotaryclub.com
Provides lodging, hope and comfort for families of seriously
ill children receiving medical care at two Ronald McDonald
Houses in Springfield; provides dental treatment and prevention
education for at-risk children who qualify for free/reduced school
lunches on the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile (also known at the
Tooth Truck).
Route 66 Association of Missouri
1602 E. Dale St.
Rose Society of the Ozarks (RSOO)
Phone: 417-865-1318
Web: www.missouri66.org
13888 Ibex Road
Neosho, MO 64850
Phone: 417-592-6187
Web: www.ars.org
Preserves, promotes and develops historic Route 66 in Missouri.
Promotes the culture and appreciation of the rose, our national
flower.
P.O. Box 335
Nixa, MO 65714-0335
Rotary Club of Southeast Springfield
Phone: 417-725-0364
Web: www.route66rescueinc.com
Facebook: Route 66 Rescue Inc.
Route 66 Rescue, Inc.
Phone: 417-886-8606
Fax: 417-886-3685
Web: www.springfieldsoutheastrotary.org
Facebook: Rotary Club of Springfield Southeast
Works to place homeless dogs in forever homes to keep them
from being euthanized.
49
R
RSVP
The Salvation Army Family Enrichment Center
627 N Glenstone Ave.(physical)
1707 W. Chestnut Expressway
Phone: 417-862-5509
Web: www.usc.salvationarmy.org/springfield-mo
Facebook: The Salvation Army — Springfield, MO
Phone: 417-862-3595
Fax: 417-862-2129
Web: www.CCOzarks.org
A transitional housing program for homeless or at-risk families;
clients are provided with intensive, supportive services and structured guidance as they work toward regaining independence and
self-sufficiency.
Matches volunteers age 55 and older with opportunities to make
a positive difference in the lives of children, veterans and seniors.
Contributes to real, lasting change in the community; a service
agency of the Council of Churches of the Ozarks.
The Salvation Army Family Thrift Store
RSVP Reading Buddy Program
P.O. Box 3947
Phone: 417-866-9426
Phone: 417-831-9696 or 417-862-3595
Fax: 417-862-2129
Web: ccozarks.org
Sells new and donated items to benefit the Salvation Army.
The Salvation Army Superstore
Volunteers, age 55 and older, read with and mentor students in
grades K-3 on a weekly basis. Training is provided. Fifty area
schools in three counties participate. Funding is partially provided by the United Way of the Ozarks.
Phone: 417-865-1770
Fax: 417-862-1499
Safe At Home
S
Sells new and donated items to benefit the Salvation Army.
Phone: 417-863-7233
Toll Free: 1-877-603-7805
Fax: 417-823-0390
Web: www.livesafeathome.org
Facebook: Safe at Home
The Salvation Army: Day Labor Program
Phone: 417-831-3371
We provide compassion, resources and personal emergency systems to seniors at little or no cost, so they can live Safe At Home,
longer.
Provides opportunities for occasional labor to those looking for a
day’s work.
Safe Kids Springfield
The Salvation Army: Harbor House
Phone: 417-820-6671
Fax: 417-820-7227
Hotline: 417-820-7233
Web: www.safekidsspringfield.org
Facebook: Safe Kids Springfield
Provides safety and injury prevention programs for children and
their families to reduce unintentional deaths and injuries.
Provides an opportunity for men struggling with addictions to reestablish themselves in the community through classes, counseling, and work experience and accountability, and a safe environment in which to give men a new start in life. Day Labor program
also at this facility.
Phone: 417-831-3371
SafeHaven of the Ozarks
925 E. Seminole St.
227 E. Sunshine St. Suite 120
The Salvation Army: Main Office
Phone: 417-693-7533
Web: www.SafeHavenoftheOzarks.com
Phone: 417-862-5509
Fax: 417-862-1135
To prevent child abuse by providing a safe, home-like site for
supervised visitation, as well as counseling services for children
in foster care who have been neglected or abused. Support and
linkage to community resources also are provided to grandparents
who are raising grandchildren through SafeHaven’s Grandparents
Parenting Again (GPA) program.
Available assistance includes shelter and housing programs,
an emergency food pantry, rental and prescription assistance,
50
Toll Free: 1-800-722-4673
Fax: 417-866-4297
Web: www.sclero.org
emergency disaster services, a senior citizens program, backto-school assistance, Christmas assistance, a Community
Thanksgiving Day meal, a Community Christmas Day meal, daily
feeding programs, summer day camp and after-school programs
for children, an emergency cold weather shelter, an emergency
cooling center, family and youth activities, and general social
service assistance.
A support group for persons with scleroderma and their families.
SCORE: Counselors to America’s Small Business
405 N. Jefferson Ave. Room 1430
The Salvation Army: New Start Housing
Program
Phone: 417-837-2619
Web: www.swmoscore.org
Facebook: Springfield Score
Phone: 417-862-5509
Fax: 417-862-1135
Assists small business owners and potential owners with expert
counseling on a no-charge basis, and provides pre-business seminars for a modest fee.
Scottish St. Andrews Society of Springfield
Helps homeless families with children residing in shelters become
self-sufficient by providing temporary housing and supportive
services.
2858 Grasshill Rd. #222
Brookline, MO 65619
Phone: 417-496-8610
Web: www.springfieldmissouriscots.org
Facebook: Scottish St. Andrew’s Society of Springfield,
Missouri
Sammy’s Window
Phone: 417-849-7941
Provides assistance, such as clothing and personal hygiene items,
to children entering the foster care system.
Promotes and preserves the Scottish and Scots-Irish heritage in
Springfield and the Ozarks.
Saving Sight (formerly Heartland Lions Eye Bank)
3506 S. Culpepper Circle, Suite D
Seasons Hospice
1831 W. Melville Road
Phone: 417-882-1532
Fax: 417-882-8206
Web: www.saving-sight.org
Facebook: Saving Sight
Twitter: @hleb@eyebanks
Phone: 417-890-5533
Fax: 417-890-5560
Web: www.seasonshospice.com
Solicits, obtains and delivers eye tissue for cornea transplants.
Offers professional education.
A faith-based hospice that strives to bring comfort, compassion
and share hope. Volunteer opportunities are available.
School of Metaphysics (SOM)
Seminole/Holland Neighborhood Association
925 E. Seminole St.
Phone: 417-831-0955
Fax: 417-831-0955 (call)
Web: www.som.org
Phone: 417-893-0699
Web: www.seminoleholland.com
Facebook: Seminole-Holland-Neighborhood-Association
Educational and service organization that aids anyone to become
a whole, functioning self through coursework, lectures, books,
and services for the purpose of accelerating humanity’s evolution.
Works to improve aesthetics and overall quality of life within the
neighborhood boundaries of East Sunshine to East Sunset, and
South Campbell to South National Ave.
Scleroderma Foundation Missouri Chapter
Senior Democrats of the Ozarks
P.O. Box 4123
2323 E. Rosebrier St.
Phone: 417-890-1502
Web: www.scleroderma.org
Facebook: Scleroderma Foundation- Missouri Chapter
Phone: 417-886-7199
Fax: 417-886-5661
Strives to further the basic philosophy of the Democratic Party;
works for passage or defeat of certain legislation, and encourages
discussion of issues of special concern for seniors.
Supports scleroderma research in the United States; promotes the
education of the disease and facilitates health and professional
seminars; produces and distributes literature and conducts awareness campaigns; offers peer counseling, mutual support programs
and physician referrals.
Seniors As Stars
819 N. Cedarbrook Ave., #E
Scleroderma Support Group
4121 W. Tilden St.
Phone: 417-869-5281
Web: www.seniortheatre.com
Phone: 417-866-4297
51
S
Web: www.abashrine.com
Provides training and theatrical opportunities and activities for
seniors to utilize skills, increase self-esteem and improve their
quality of life.
A fraternal organization which supports Shriners Hospitals for
Children®, a health care system of 22 hospitals dedicated to
improving the lives of children by providing pediatric specialty
care, innovative research and outstanding teaching programs for
medical professionals. Children up to age 18 with orthopaedic
conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries and cleft lip and palate
are eligible for care and receive all services in a family-centered
environment, regardless of the patients’ ability to pay.
Sertoma Clubs of Springfield
901 E. St. Louis St., Suite 200-1
Phone: 417-863-1231
Web: www.springfieldsertoma.org
SIDS Resources, Inc.
A civic and service organization dedicated to supporting the
children of the community. Primarily sponsors the Boys & Girls
Clubs of Springfield and other children’s charities.
1120 South 6th St., Suite 100
Administrative Office
St. Louis, MO 63104-3602
SGM Guy J. Killingsworth Chapter 621 Military
Order of the Purple Heart
Phone: 1-573-364-5900
Toll Free: 1-800-421-3511
Fax: 1-314-588-0850
Hotline: 1-800-421-3511
Web: www.sidsresources.org
Facebook: SIDS Resources
Phone: 417-848-1888
Web: www.purpleheart.org and www.mophmissouri.com/
chapter621
A group for those who have been awarded the Purple Heart
Medal for wounds received in action and their immediate family.
Promotes the interests of the residents of Sherman Avenue and
Silver Springs area.
Private, not-for-profit network that connects people to programs, services and information relating to Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome (SIDS). Provides a variety of individual, group and educational services to families directly affected by a SIDS-related
loss, expectant parents looking for the latest risk-reduction information, health, medical and human-services professionals looking
for the most accurate information about SIDS and coping with
infant death and the community at large, including neighborhood
and civic organizations through presentations and workshops.
Sho-Me Statesmen
Sigma Kappa Daytime Alumnae
4106 S. Tipperary St.
2508 E. Meadow Drive
Phone: 417-894-4097 (leave message)
Web: www.shomestatesmen.org
Facebook: Sho-Me Statesmen Chorus
Web: www.sigmakappa.org
Promotes barbershop-style a cappella harmony and participates
with quartets and choruses. Available to perform at any nonpolitical venue.
Silver-Haired Legislature
Sherman Avenue Project Area Committee, Inc.
P.O. Box 6317
Phone: 417-860-3626
S
Supports the active chapter of Sigma Kappa at Missouri State
University (Delta Upsilon).
c/o Southwest Missouri Office on Aging
1735 S. Fort Ave.
Show-Me Ts Model T Ford Club
Phone: 417-862-0762
Toll Free: 1-800-497-0822
Fax: 417-865-2683
5990 S. Spring Ridge Lane
Republic, MO 65738-2104
Phone: 417-732-7222
Recreational group focusing on the restoration and showing of
Model T Fords
Peer-elected representatives recommend legislation important to
seniors to the Missouri General Assembly. Members must be at
least 60 years old and live in the county they represent.
Show-Me-Strokes Decorative Painters
Sleuths’ Ink
6800 W. Lone Oak St.
4750 S. Ridgecrest Drive
Phone: 417-719-4613
Phone: 417-889-1409
Web: sleuthsink.blogspot.com
Promotes an appreciation of and interest in decorative painting
using a variety of mediums and surfaces; educates about the diversity of the art form through programs and seminars. A member of
the National Society of Decorative Painters.
A writers’ organization that provides members with resources
to support their interests in the genres of mystery, crime and
suspense.
Shriners, Abou Ben Adhem
601 St. Louis St.
Society of Financial Service Professionals,
Ozark Chapter
Phone: 417-869-9164
Fax: 417-863-7444
1901 S. Ventura Ave., Suite B-100
Phone: 417-883-1551
52
Fax: 417-883-0820
Web: www.financialpro.org
Provides basic and advanced financial planning information for
members and the public; members are credentialed through various fields of study, and have advanced industry designations such
as ChFC, CFP, CLU, RHU and others.
A club for the breeding and flying of performing roller pigeons.
Phone: 417-886-1188
Toll Free: 1-800-676-7245
Fax: 417-886-3619
TTY: 417-886-1188
Web: www.swcil.org
Twitter: @swcil_sgf
Chapter 321
P.O. Box 8326
Phone: 417-343-4203
Fax: 417-887-9308
Web: i.sme.org/c321/Home/
Provides services, advocacy, and resources for people with any
disability in southwest Missouri; promotes a barrier-free environment for all disabilities through public education and advocacy
for social change, and provides a full range of independent living
services.
Provides educational programs, promotes awareness of new
industry products and manufacturing in southwest Missouri.
Provides scholarships to Missouri State University and Ozarks
Technical College students in manufacturing.
Southwest Home Education Ministry (SHEM)
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
P.O. Box 722
Nixa, MO 65714
1329 S. Meadowview Ave.
Phone: 417-725-8648
Web: www.shemonline.org
Facebook: SHEM (Southwest Home Education Ministry
Phone: 417-890-5893
Web: www.phelpscamp.blogspot.com
A heritage-based, educational, patriotic and fraternal
organization.
Sponsors a convention and new homeschooler trainings and
events for the home-schooling community.
Soroptimist International of Springfield,
Missouri
Southwest Missouri Amateur Radio Club
c/o Patricia Flowers-Palmer
3021 E. Catalpa St.
P.O. Box 2501, PMB 137
Phone: 417-224-0234
Web: www.smarc.org
Phone: 417-840-4908
Web: www.soroptimist.org
Facebook: Soroptimist International of the Americas
Promotes the use of amateur radio in southwest Missouri.
Professional women’s organization that provides various scholarships to individuals who meet the eligibility requirements. This
organization also completes projects to improve the lives of
women and children nationally and internationally.
Southwest Missouri Area of Narcotics
Anonymous (SWMOANA)
South Side Senior Center
P.O. Box 3902
Hotline: 1-855-866-7392
Web: www.na.org and www.swmoana.org
Phone: 417-890-1313
Fax: 417-890-9998
Web: www.swmoa.com
A hotline for drug abuse; publishes list of Narcotics Anonymous
meeting dates, times and locations.
P.O. Box 350
Southwest Missouri Art and Craft Guild
Phone: 417-689-4536
Web: www.artcraftguild.org
Facebook: SW MO Art & Craft Guild
Southern Missouri Combine
5352 S. Allen Ave.
A support, social and business group for working artists and
craftspeople; sponsors the annual Art in the Park art fair in
Sequiota Park.
Phone: 417-343-1427
A combination of clubs that meets and flies pigeons for
competition.
Southwest Missouri Camera Club
Southern Missouri Roller Club
3111 E. Topping Circle
5352 S. Allen Ave.
Phone: 417-830-5008
Phone: 417-343-1427
53
S
Web: www.swmocameraclub.org
Facebook: Southwest Missouri Camera Club
Promotes, encourages and fosters the photographic art in all its
forms.
Phone: 417-837-5700
Fax: 417-837-5704 attn: SMMA
Web: www.artmuseumassociates.org
Facebook: SMMA
Southwest Missouri Code Officials, Inc.
840 Boonville Ave.
Provides support for the Springfield Art Museum through operation of a volunteer-run gift shop, making contributions to the
museum library, purchasing paintings, and other fundraising;
encourages artistic endeavors in southwest Missouri.
Phone: 417-864-1059
Web: www.smcodeofficials.org
Updates coding information, promotes educational seminars on
materials, equipment and techniques of construction as applied
to code enforcement.
Southwest Missouri Office on Aging (SWMOA)
1735 S. Fort Ave.
Southwest Missouri Council of Governments
Phone: 417-862-0762
Toll Free: 1-800-497-0822
Fax: 417-865-2683
Web: www.swmoa.com
Phone: 417-836-6900
Fax: 417-836-4146
Web: www.smcog.missouristate.edu
Serves the older population by coordinating and funding programs that enhance their quality of life.
Provides technical and advisory services in planning and community development to local governments and public organizations;
includes grant writing, planning and zoning information and specialized planning in transportation, hazard mitigation, economic
development and comprehensive planning.
Southwest Missouri Retriever Club
1374 Santa Fe Road
Phone: 417-827-1989
Web: www.swmorc.com
Facebook: Southwest Missouri Retriever Club
Southwest Missouri Early Day Gas Engine and
Tractor Association BR 16
Restores, preserves and exhibits antique and classic tractors,
gas engines, steam engines and related equipment. Hosts annual
event in September in Republic, Mo.
Encourages and promotes the role of pure-bred retrievers
as hunting dogs and provides a vehicle for retriever handlers
to improve their skills, education and working knowledge of
retriever breeds in gundog and hunting test competitions; conducts sanctioned and licensed AKC and UKC/HRC hunt tests.
Southwest Missouri Indian Center
Southwest Missouri Youth Basketball
Phone: 417-445-2507
Web: www.steamorama.com
S
3929 E. State Highway D
543 S. Scenic Ave.
Phone: 417-869-9550
Fax: 417-869-0922
Phone: 417-883-3000
Fax: 417-883-4323
A social service organization, food bank and clothing bank for
low-income Native American families from federally recognized
tribes.
Competitive youth basketball organization that provides structure and leadership to help youth excel; helps children with talent
improve their skills and work toward the goal of achieving college
scholarships.
Southwest Missouri Libertarian Party
Spay Neuter Assistance Program, Inc. (SNAP)
P.O. Box 9712
P.O. Box 14354
Phone: 417-268-9893
Web: www.lpmo.org
Facebook: Southwest Missouri Libertarian Party
Phone: 417-823-7627
Web: www.snap123.org
Works to restore America’s commitment to free enterprise and
civil liberties through the political process.
Provides financial spay and neuter assistance to low-income pet
owners who would not otherwise have their pet sterilized.
Southwest Missouri Model A Ford Club
Spring Creek Property Owners Association
P.O. Box 9735
P.O. Box 14082
Phone: 417-942-9378
Phone: 417-353-3266
Web: www.springcreekspringfield.com
Develops interest in preservation and restoration of Model A
Fords.
A group for the residents of Spring Creek subdivision.
Springbike Bicycle Club
Southwest Missouri Museum Associates, Inc.
54
P.O. Box 9823
Phone: 417-831-8607
Web: www.salsp.org
Phone: 417-887-6235
Web: www.springbike.org
For legal secretaries, paralegals, legal support staff and anyone
employed in the legal field.
Promotes enjoyable and safe cycling for the community.
Springfield Area Music Teachers Association
(SAAFhouse)
5554 S. Woodcliffe Drive
1600 N. Washington Ave.
Phone: 417-881-3694
Web: www.missourimta.org
Phone: 417-831-7223
Web: www.spayneuterspringfield.org
Facebook: SAAF-Springfield Animal Advocacy Foundation
A local chapter of the national organization for all types of music
teachers of K-12 schools and colleges as well as private instructors.
A collaborative effort to improve animal welfare, promote
accountability in pet ownership and reduce animal overpopulation. Operates a high-volume, low-cost spay/neuter clinic to provide sterilization for rescues, animal shelters, feral cat caregivers
and low-income pet owners.
Springfield Area Retired Teachers
Springfield Aquatics
Works for the betterment and welfare of retired public school
employees.
Phone: 417-732-2192
Web: www.springfieldretiredteachers.weebly.com
Drury University
900 N. Benton Ave.
Springfield Art Museum
Phone: 417-873-6382
Fax: 417-873-7293
Web: www.spaswim.org
Phone: 417-837-5700
Fax: 417-837-5704
Web: www.sgfmuseum.org
Facebook: Springfield Art Museum
Provides competitive swimming for all ages.
Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce
Collects, preserves and displays works of art, provides classes for
children and adults in arts and crafts, and maintains an art reference library.
202 S. John Q Hammons Parkway
P.O. Box 1687
Springfield Astronomical Society
Phone: 417-862-5567
Fax: 417-862-1611
Web: www.springfieldchamber.com
Facebook: Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce
Twitter: @SGFChamber
455 Wild Turkey Drive
Billings, MO 65610
Phone: 417-743-0210
Web: www.springfieldastronomy.org
Facebook: Springfield Astronomical Society
Serves as an advocate for Springfield and its business community in promoting economic development, stimulating jobs and
improving the quality of life.
Strives to increase the pleasure and understanding of astronomy
among amateurs.
Springfield Area Herb Society
Springfield Ballet, Inc.
2209 Burrows Lane
Brookline, MO 65619
Phone: 417-725-5134
Web: www.springfieldareaherbsociety.wordpress.com
Phone: 417-862-1343
Fax: 417-862-7877
Web: www.springfieldballet.org
Facebook: Springfield Ballet
Twitter: @SpfldBallet
Educates the public about the use of herbs for culinary, medicinal,
decorative and craft purposes.
Springfield Area Human Resources Association
P.O. Box 4252
Springfield Ballet, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization dedicated
to advancing the art of ballet through premiere education, performance, outreach and collaboration.
Web: www.sahramo.org
Springfield Benchrest Rifle Club, Inc.
Educates and supports human resources professionals in the
Springfield area.
646 Kastendieck Road
Billings, MO 65610
Phone: 417-864-2869
Web: www.springfieldbenchrestrifleclub.org
Springfield Area Legal Support Professionals
4125 S. Parkhill Court
A target shooting club with private membership. Matches are
55
S
government, owners and other trade groups, and facilitates job
placement in construction fields.
open to the public.
Springfield BMW RoadRiders
Springfield Council of Federated Garden Clubs
331 W. Anderson St.
Republic, MO 65738
Phone: 417-887-2036
Phone: 417-827-3198
Web: www.motomo.org
Coordinates the Annual Flower Show, plant sales, work days in
city gardens and other activities.
Promotes the camaraderie and friendship of members and BMW
motorcycle clubs.
Springfield Dog Training Club
Springfield Bridge Center
1675 E. Seminole, Suite F
Phone: 417-862-7967
Web: www.smdtc.org
Phone: 417-881-3354
Web: www. Bridgewebs.com/acblunit101
Offers classes to help dog owners train their dogs for basic home
manners, obedience, tracking, agility and rally; affiliated with
AKC and UKC.
Hosts American Contract Bridge League games for beginning
and experienced bridge players. Free introductory lessons are
offered at the Library Center. Additional lessons are available at
the bridge center for players interested in completing beginning
lessons or increasing their knowledge of the game of bridge.
Springfield Evening Lions Club
Springfield Business Builders Club
506 N. Lone Pine Ave.
Phone: 417-862-2647
Phone: 417-886-8606
Fax: 417-886-3685
Web: www.springfieldbusinessbuildersclub.com
Helps sight and hearing impaired individuals. Collects used eye
glasses and hearing aids.
Springfield Executive Breakfast Club
Promotes business referrals.
Springfield Collectors Club, Inc.
S
Phone: 417-886-8606
Fax: 417-886-3685
Web: www.springfieldexecutivebreakfastclub.com
1727 E. McClernon St.
Phone: 417-833-0314
Builds referral networks.
Works to further the interest of members in their collection of
antiques and collectibles.
Springfield Exposition Center
635 St. Louis St.
Springfield Community Center (SCC)
Phone: 417-522-3976
Fax: 417-864-3077
Web: www.upspringfield.com
911 E. Division St.
Phone: 417-866-6319
Fax: 417-862-7877
A city-owned events facility with 92,000 square feet of exhibition
space and 13,000 square feet of pre-function space.
Offers educational, social and recreational programs for children/
youth, ages 6-17.
Springfield Federated Music Club
Springfield Conservation Nature Center
Phone: 417-831-1962
Web: www.nfmc-music.org
4601 S. Nature Center Way
Phone: 417-888-4237
Fax: 417-888-4241
Web: mdc.mo.gov/node/287
Features walking trails, a nature center, programs, auditorium,
classrooms and exhibits on the outdoors.
Aids and encourages public knowledge and appreciation of the
arts; allows people to participate in musical outlets. Affiliated
with Missouri Federation of Music Clubs and National
Federation of Music Clubs. Dues $25 per year. New members
welcome.
Springfield Contractors Association (SCA)
Springfield Fiber Artists (SFA)
647 S. Weller Ave.
1313 N. Nias Ave.
Phone: 417-830-3275
Phone: 417-862-1313
Fax: 417-862-6892
Web: www.springfieldcontractors.org
Promotes and educates the community about fiber art and
welcomes those interested in weaving, spinning, surface design,
Furthers communication among commercial contractors,
56
knitting, quilting and basketry. Meets the third Wednesday of
each month, September through April at 6:30-9 p.m. at the
Library Center.
Springfield Little Theatre Guild
Springfield Gouge Chippers
Phone: 417-569-7124
Web: www.springfieldlittletheatre.org/about/guild
1731 E. Elm St.
4774 W. Kingsbury St.
Aids in the promotion and financial support of the Springfield
Little Theatre, Inc.
Phone: 417-866-0053
Web: www.gougechipcarving.com
Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association
1615 S. Ingram Mill Road, Bldg. D
Provides instruction in gouge chip carving.
Phone: 417-831-2783
Fax: 417-831-2842
Web: www.springfieldbar.com
Springfield Hospitality Club
2660 E. Ridgewood Drive
Phone: 417-766-5022
Web: www.springfieldhospitality.org
An association of 800+ attorneys that provides seminars, referral
service, events and advocacy.
A social, civic and charitable organization that provides new
residents with information about the area.
Springfield Mid-America Singers
Springfield Host Lions Club
Phone: 417-863-7464 (SING)
Fax: 417-863-7464
Web: www.smasingers.com
P.O. Box 3161
Phone: 417-833-9879
Web: www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/springfieldhostmo/
A semi-professional choral ensemble that performs a four-concert
series and tours the area.
Service club that assists people in need with eye care and
eyeglasses.
Springfield Missouri Employer Committee (MEC)
Springfield Hotel and Lodging Association
P.O. Box 4632
Phone: 417-841-3366
Fax: 417-888-4076
Web: www.ozarksjobpath.com
Phone: 417-447-4466
Web: www.shla.com
Provides information to the business community through meetings and seminars; solicits input from the business community on
workforce issues. Missouri Career Center provides staff support
to the committee.
Facilitates the city’s hotels and motels in bettering their marketing position with conventions, tourists and the public.
Springfield Ladies Saturday Club
2204 E. Bancroft St.
(MSTA)
Phone: 417-886-4779
A women’s club and service organization which promotes home
life, art and conservation.
Phone: 417-827-9348
Web: www.msta.org
Springfield Lasers
A professional organization that serves the city’s educational
personnel.
2331 E Pythian St.
Springfield Orchid Society
Phone: 417-837-5800
Fax: 417-837-5804
Web: www.springfieldlasers.com
4887 E. Farm Road 164
A World Team Tennis Pro League franchise owned by the City of
Springfield.
Phone: 417-883-8757
Web: www.springfieldorchidsociety.org
Springfield Little Theatre
Promotes the growing and exhibition of orchids.
311 E. Walnut St.
Springfield Organic Gardening Club
Springfield, MO
Fax: 417-869-4047
Web: www.springfieldlittletheatre.org
Facebook: Springfield Little Theatre
Promotes organic gardening practices through education and
community outreach.
Springfield Ostomy Support Group
Provides live theater performances and educational programs.
2865 S. Ingram Mill Rd., Apt. D-204
57
S
Special Education
Phone: 417-882-8261
Provides ostomates and their caregivers with the opportunity
to find knowledge, understanding and support; member of the
UOAA.
Springfield Piano Teachers Forum
Phone: 417-523-7700
Fax: 417-523-7795
Web: www.springfieldpublicschoolsmo.org/pages/spsmo/about/departments/special_education
702 N. Oak Grove Ave.
Early intervention services for developmentally delayed children
ages 3-5.
Phone: 417-831-5399
Underprivileged School Children’s Fund)
Provides programs designed to mentor and educate area piano
teachers.
Naturalists
Phone: 417-523-1630
Fax: 417-523-1695
Web: www.springfieldpublicschoolsmo.org
Phone: 417-895-6881 ext. 1643
Fax: 417-895-6910
Web: www.springfieldmasternaturalist.com
Assists needy children enrolled in Springfield Public Schools with
vision exams, glasses, medical services, school supplies, clothing
and shoes; provides childcare and parenting classes for students
attending Bailey Alternative High School.
Engages Missourians in stewardship of natural resources through
science-based education and volunteer community service.
Develops well-informed volunteers to provide education, outreach and service.
Diversity
Springfield Police Museum — Springfield
Calaboose
Phone: 417-523-0064
Fax: 417-523-0099
409 W. McDaniel St. (physical)
Springfield Police, 321 E. Chestnut Expressway
S
Committed to building a school district community in which all
areas of cultural diversity are valued; strives to enrich educational
experiences by affording opportunities to challenge stereotypes
and misconceptions that are often the foundation for insensitivity, misunderstanding and conflict.
Phone: 417-832-1200 or 417-831-1976
Web: www.historymuseumonthesquare.org
Facebook: Springfield Police Museum
Collects, preserves and exhibits a history of the Springfield
Police Department. Open by appointment through the History
Museum on the Square.
(PAT) /Early Childhood Education
Springfield Porcelain Artists
1423 W. Atlantic St.
4750 E. Washita Court
Phone: 417-523-1160
Fax: 417-523-1199
Facebook: Springfield MO Parents as Teachers
Phone: 417-844-4583
Enjoy china painting with other local artists; learn new techniques and ideas; find out about state and local organizations that
support artists in other mediums.
Offers information and support to parents of preschool children
through home visits and group meetings.
Springfield Public Schools
Springfield Public Schools: Teen Parent Program
1423 W. Atlantic St.
Phone: 417-523-0000
Fax: 417-523-0196
Facebook: Springfield Public Schools, Springfield, MO
Twitter: @officialSPS
Phone: 417-523-1160
Fax: 417-523-1199
Facebook: Springfield MO Parents as Teachers
Administers 36 elementary schools, nine middle schools, one
5/6 school, five high schools, one alternative education center,
one gifted education center and three early childhood centers in
Springfield.
Provides information on effective parenting and child development through personal home visits and monthly group meetings
at each high school.
Springfield Public Schools: Early Childhood
Field Address: 7775 N Farm Road 189
Mailing Address: 1686 State Highway E
Springfield RC Club
58
Provides support for the Springfield Symphony and assists music
education in the community.
Phone: 417-759-9072
Web: www.springfieldrcclub.org
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Educates and unites local radio control modelers, and provides a
safe and fun flying site.
Phone: 417-864-6683
Fax: 417-864-8967
Web: www.springfieldmosymphony.org
Facebook: Springfield Symphony Orchestra (MO)
Twitter: @SprngfldSymph
Springfield Regional Arts Council
The Creamery Arts Center
Phone: 417-862-2787
Fax: 417-862-7877
Web: www.springfieldarts.org
Facebook: Springfield Regional Arts Council
Twitter: @springfieldarts
Provides the highest level of symphonic music and music education to all of southwest Missouri, with a balance of artistic interests and sound fiscal responsibility.
Springfield Tennis Association
Advocates for the local arts and provides outreach programs to 27
area counties; operates The Creamery Arts Center which houses
the offices of the Springfield Ballet, SRO Lyric Theatre, the
Springfield Symphony, Springfield Community Center, Care to
Learn and First Friday Art Walk.
Cooper Tennis Complex
2331 E. Pythian St.
Springfield Regional Opera Guild
Supports and promotes the Springfield Lasers and all phases of
tennis.
Phone: 417-837-5826
Springfield Toastmasters Club 527
Phone: 417-860-1960
Web: www.srolyrictheatre.org
Facebook: SRO Lyric Theatre
1525 E. Republic Road Suite W
Phone: 417-880-7079
Web: www.527.toastmastersclubs.org
Facebook: Springfield Toastmasters 527
A volunteer group of opera lovers that supports SRO — A Lyric
Theatre Company.
Springfield Rotaract Club
Strives to increase an individual’s ability to communicate effectively in the arena of public speaking by providing opportunities
to practice and improve speech organization, presentation skills
and leadership skills.
Fax: 417-447-2663
Web: www.springfieldrotaract.org
Facebook: Rotaract Club of Springfield
Service organization of young business and professional people,
ages 18-30, that promotes humanitarian projects and ethical standards; Rotaract is a program of Rotary International.
Springfield Victory Mission
Springfield Service Club of the Blind
Phone: 417-831-6387
Fax: 417-831-9980
Web: www.victorymission.com
Facebook: Springfield Victory Mission
Springfield, MO
Phone: 417-865-3169
Toll Free: 1-800-342-5632
Hotline: 314-832-7172
Web: www.moblind.org
Meets physical and spiritual needs of the homeless and poor
through emergency and educational services. These includes lodging, food, clothing, school supplies, counseling, recovery and life
skills and job training.
Promotes social, educational and legislative interests of blind
persons.
Springfield Summit Optimist Club
Springfield Victory Vintage Thrift Store
P.O. Box 460
Nixa, MO 65714
824 W. Commercial St.
Phone: 417-350-5912
Web: www.SpringfieldSummitOptimists.org and www.
Optimists.org
Facebook: Springfield Summit Optimist Club
Phone: 417-864-2244
Web: www.victorymission.com
Sells used clothing, appliances and household items at a reasonable price; gives clothing to singles and families in need and other
missionary groups.
Encourages the development of youth.
Springfield Symphony Guild
Springfield Vintage Motor Club
P.O. Box 608
Phone: 417-864-6683
Fax: 417-864-8967
Web: www.springfieldmosymphony.org
Facebook: Springfield Vintage Motor Club
Gathers to talk about vintage cars and ways to care for them;
59
S
Web: www.sdco.drury.edu
Facebook: Springfield-Drury Civic Orchestra
tours landmarks related to Route 66 and private collections.
Meets at Heritage Cafeteria on the first Friday of every month at
7 p.m. to discuss vintage cars, car shows and possible tours. You
do not have to own an antique or vintage car to join.
A civic orchestra featuring professional and student classical
musicians. Community members are welcome to audition.
Springfield Women’s Intersports Network (WIN)
Springfield-Greene County Health Department
1923 N. Weller Ave.
Phone: 417-864-1049
Fax: 417-863-1026
Web: www.springfieldwin.com
Twitter: @WIN4Springfield
Phone: 417-864-1658
Web: health.springfieldmo.gov
Facebook: Springfield-Greene County Health Department
Public health services related to food safety, animal control, and
disease prevention and surveillance. Missouri birth and death
certificates may be obtained through this office.
Recognizes and promotes awareness of girl’s and women’s amateur and professional sports competition and their participants.
Springfield Workshop, Inc.
Westside Public Health Center
2835 W. Bennett St.
660 S. Scenic Ave.
Phone: 417-866-2339
Fax: 417-866-6485
Web: www.springfieldworkshop.com
Facebook: SWI Industrial Solutions
Phone: 417-874-1220
Fax: 417-874-1215
Web: www.health.springfieldmo.gov
Provides meaningful employment for those with disabilities.
Provides immunization services to the community from birth to
adult.
Springfield Writers’ Guild
Nutrition Program (WIC)
Phone: 417-883-4532
Web: www.springfieldwritersguild.org
Facebook: Springfield Writers’ Guild
S
Provides encouragement to local writers in their craft and mutual
support among members; encourages aspiring writers in the marketing of their literary material for payment through emphasizing mentoring, genre interest, motivation and publishing of its
members.
440 E. Tampa St.
Springfield Writers’ Workshop
Provides nutrition education, health risk assessment, referral
services, lactation services, and a supplemental food package for
all eligible women, infants and children up to the age of 5 years.
Phone: 417-851-1580
Fax: 417-863-8790
Web: www.health.springfieldmo.gov/wic
3141-C E. Mimosa St.
Phone: 417-886-9679
Springfield-Greene County Library District
A critique group that helps writers improve their work and get
published; meets weekly.
Springfield, Missouri Convention & Visitors
Bureau
Phone: 417-883-5366
Fax: 417-889-2547
Web: thelibrary.org
Facebook: Springfield-Greene County Library District
Twitter: @springfieldlib
815 E. Saint Louis St.
Phone: 417-881-5300
Toll Free: 1-800-678-8767
Fax: 417-881-2231
Web: www.springfieldmo.org
Facebook: I Love Springfield, MO!
Twitter: @SpringfieldCVB
Provides library services through 10 branches and the Mobile
Library.
Ash Grove Branch Library
101 E. Main St.
Ash Grove, MO 65604
Promotes tourism, conventions, sporting events and trade
shows in Springfield; operates the Route 66 Springfield Visitor
Center on East St. Louis Street and an information desk at the
Springfield-Branson National Airport.
Phone: 417-751-2933
TTY: 417-882-0714
Web: thelibrary.org
Twitter: @ashgrovelibrary
Springfield-Drury Civic Orchestra
c/o Drury University — Attn: Dr. Koch
900 N. Benton Ave.
A branch of the Springfield-Greene County Library District.
Phone: 417-873-7298
60
Brentwood Branch Library
Park Central Branch Library
2214 Brentwood Blvd.
128 Park Central Square
Phone: 417-883-1974
Fax: 417-883-6412
TTY: 417-882-0714
Web: thelibrary.org
Phone: 417-831-1342
TTY: 417-882-0714
Web: thelibrary.org
Twitter: @ParkCentralLibr
Republic Branch Library
Fair Grove Branch Library
921 N. Lindsey Ave.
Republic, MO 65738
81 S. Orchard Blvd.
Phone: 417-759-2637
TTY: 417-882-0714
Web: thelibrary.org
Phone: 417-732-7284
Fax: 417-732-6143
TTY: 417-882-0714
Web: thelibrary.org
Library Outreach Services
Strafford Branch Library
101 S. Highway 125, Suite H
Strafford, MO 65757
Phone: 417-883-5366
Fax: 417-889-2547
TTY: 417-882-0714
Web: thelibrary.org
Phone: 417-736-9233
TTY: 417-882-0714
Web: thelibrary.org
Provides Mobile Library, child care site storytimes and other
library outreach services in Greene County, including delivery
of library materials to the homebound. A department of the
Springfield-Greene County Library District.
A branch of the Springfield-Greene County Library District
The Library Center
Walking Books
Phone: 417-882-0714
Fax: 417-883-9348
TTY: 417-882-0714
Web: thelibrary.org
Phone: 417-883-6112
Fax: 417-889-2547
Web: thelibrary.org/services/walkbook.cfm
Main library of the Springfield-Greene County Library District.
Also houses administrative offices, human resources, community
relations and other service departments.
Provides free delivery of library materials to patrons who cannot
easily travel due to physical limitations. Volunteer drivers make
regularly scheduled deliveries of books, audio books and DVDs. A
department of the Springfield-Greene County Library District.
The Library Station
2535 N. Kansas Expressway
397 E. Central St.
Phone: 417-865-1340
Fax: 417-862-6514
TTY: 417-882-0714
Web: thelibrary.org
Phone: 417-862-0135
Fax: 417-866-1259
TTY: 417-882-0714
Web: thelibrary.org
61
S
Willard Branch Library
Bill & Payne Stewart Golf Course
304 E. Jackson St. #1A
Willard, MO 65781
1825 E. Norton Road
Phone: 417-742-4258
Fax: 417-742-4589
TTY: 417-882-0714
Web: thelibrary.org
Twitter: @willardlibrary
Phone: 417-833-9962
Fax: 417-833-3334
Facebook: Springfield-Greene County Park Board
Twitter: @TheParkBoard
Renowned designer Perry Maxwell designed this 18-hole, 6,162yard par 70 course. Named for Missouri Amateur winner Bill
Stewart, and his son, PGA pro Payne Stewart, who was an 11-time
tour winner, including two U.S. Opens and a PGA Championship.
Course offers driving range, practice greens and pro shops.
Management (OEM)
330 W. Scott St.
Chess Club
Phone: 417-869-6040
Fax: 417-869-6654
Hotline: 417-829-6200
Web: www.greenecountyoem.org
Facebook: Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management
Twitter: @gcoem
2278 S. Inglewood Road
Phone: 417-827-1102
Web: www.springfieldparkboardchessclub.com
Meets weekly to play, watch and study the game of chess.
Members can compete for ratings from the U.S. Chess
Federation; meetings held at Southside Senior Center most
Fridays.
Assists the community in disaster preparedness efforts and emergency operations.
Springfield-Greene County Park Board
Chesterfield Family and Aquatic Center
1923 N. Weller Ave.
S
2511 W. Republic Road
Phone: 417-864-1049
Fax: 417-837-5811
Phone: 417-891-1616
Fax: 417-891-1615
Maintains parks and recreation.
Features a gymnasium, indoor track, cardio exercise and free
weight rooms, aerobics, indoor cycling, child care, game room, a
28-foot rock climbing wall and a community room for rent. The
Chesterfield Indoor Aquatics Center offers a zero-depth entry, a
100-foot water slide, resistance walk, whirlpool, and child’s play
area. A variety of memberships and day passes are available.
Springfield-Greene County Park Board/ASA:
Softball Hall of Fame Museum
Roger Killian Sports Complex
2141 E. Pythian St.
Phone: 417-837-5817
Fax: 417-837-5829
Cooper Tennis Complex
2331 E. Pythian St.
Houses a documented history and memorabilia of Springfield
softball competition dating from the 1920s.
Phone: 417-837-5800
Fax: 417-837-5804
Betty Allison Golf Course at Oscar Blom
1825 E. Norton Road
2006 USTA/ Missouri Valley Section Facility of the Year, Cooper
Tennis offers 12 indoor courts and 17 outdoor lighted courts with
the outdoor 2,500-seat Mediacom Tennis Stadium. The facility
houses a full-service pro shop with racquet stringing and grip
service; locker rooms with showers, a fitness room with exercise equipment and free weights, a conference room and a large
meeting area. Lessons and leagues available for all ages and skill
levels. Home to the Greater Springfield Community Olympic
Development Program (CODP) for Tennis. Also home to the
Springfield Lasers pro World TeamTennis franchise. Lasers home
Phone: 417-833-9962
A par-3, lighted, 9-hole, easy-to-walk course — the perfect course
to learn and sharpen golf skills for any member of the family. Kids
play free Sunday-Thursday. Open for evening play. Next door to
Bill & Payne Stewart Golf Course.
62
matches played in Springfield throughout July.
Located on site of Doling’s former roller skating rink, the
museum features Doling Park’s 130-year history, including
memorabilia from the bygone amusement park. Courtyard rentals
available. Open Tuesday, Friday and Sunday, April-October.
Cruse Dog Park
1923 N. Weller Ave.
Founders Park
Phone: 417-864-1049
Fax: 417-864-2095
Hotline: 417-864-1404
330 E. Water St.
Phone: 417-837-5710
This 6-acre park is Springfield’s first off-leash dog park featuring designated areas for small and large dogs to play and run. The
park is located just west of Kansas Expressway, off Grand Street.
The fenced facility features water stations for both canines and
humans. Open seven days a week, dawn-to-dusk, weather and
conditions permitting. Dogs must be registered and owners must
privide specific vaccination records.
Take a walking tour at the founding site of Springfield. Pictures
and narrative text take you through our city’s history at this
downtown Springfield park location. Walk the greenway trail to
nearby Jordan Valley Park. Founders Park is home to a summer
weekday concert series, summer Movies at Founders Park and
other activities. Free.
Dan Kinney Family Center
Gray-Campbell Farmstead
2701 S. Blackman Road
2400 S. Scenic Ave.
Phone: 417-891-1500
Phone: 417-725-4921
Web: www.graycampbellfarmstead.org
Facebook: The Gray Campbell Farmstead
A historical preservation site that hosts special events that are
educational in nature throughout the year; the farmstead, located
at 2400 S. Scenic in Springfield, is operated and maintained by
the Friends of the Gray-Campbell Farmstead. Weekend tours
available.
The Park Board’s newest family center opened in 2013 with a
gymnasium, 1/16 mile indoor walking/running tack, fitness center,
aerobics room, child care, game room, community room and
locker rooms. Located in Dan Kinney Park adjacent to Miracle
League Ball Field. A variety of memberships and day passes are
available.
Horton Smith Golf Course
Family Center and Indoor Aquatics Center
2409 S. Scenic Ave.
301 E. Talmage St.
Phone: 417-891-1639
Phone: 417-837-5900
Fax: 417-837-5904
This 18-hole, 6,312-yard course with driving range is perfect for
the novice, intermediate or highly skilled player. Full line pro
shop with golf equipment, private golf lessons, junior clinics and leagues throughout the sunmer. Course was named for
Springfield’s first local champion, winner of the inaugural Masters
Tournament in 1934, Horton Smith.
Full-service family center in historic Doling Park includes gymnasium, indoor track, weight room, cardio equipment, aerobics
room, game room, child care and locker rooms. The new Doling
Indoor Aquatics Center features a zero-depth entry recreational
pool, slide, water spouts, water-brella and other interactive features. Also includes a three-lane,-25-meter lap pool and therapeutic whirlpool spa. A variety of memberships and day passes are
available.
Jordan Valley Park
735 E. Trafficway
Doling History Museum
Phone: 417-866-7444
Fax: 417-866-4888
Doling Park, 301 E. Talmage
Phone: 417-837-5808
Jordan Valley Park, located in the heart of Springfield, is an urban
meadow vast enough to find places for solitude and places to
socialize. This community gathering place was designed with a
mixture of open spaces, buildings, water, meadows, playgrounds
63
S
cushioned synthetic surface, which enables players using wheelchairs or walkers to glide unrestricted. The entire facility is accessible, next to Dan Kinney Park Universal Playground. Kids and
adult leagues in spring and fall.
and plazas.
Killian Sports Complex
2141 E. Pythian St.
Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden
Phone: 417-837-5817
2400 S. Scenic Ave.
Phone: 417-891-1515
A 1,080-seat softball stadium and five other fields make up the
lighted complex. The stadium is home to the Missouri State
University Softball team. A number of annual state, regional, and
national softball tournaments are hosted at the complex.
Lake Springfield Boathouse and Marina
Unique garden of Japanese design, complete with teahouse,
moon bridge, pagoda and three lakes. Located in Nathanael
Greene/Close Memorial Park. Hosts Japanese Fall Festival each
September. Open Thursday-Monday, April-October.
2312 E. Lake Springfield Park Road
5324 S. Kissick Ave.
Northview Center
301 E. Talmage St.
Phone: 417-891-1550
Fax: 417-891-1555
Phone: 417-837-5808
Fax: 417-837-5905
This 153-acre property has more than one mile of shoreline and
the 5-mile James River Water Trail. The beautiful Lake Springfield
Boathouse, overlooking the lake, is available for special events
along with public and private bookings. Canoe/kayak rentals
available, weather permitting.
S
Northview Center offers weekday programming and meals for
ages 55+. There is no membership fee, although some programs
have nominal fees. Programs include arts & crafts, billiards, fitness, computers and hospitality with library and book exchange.
SWMOA provides services and lunch Monday-Friday (except
holidays). Northview also houses the Accessible Recreation programs for persons 18+ years with disabilities. Northview may be
rented for meetings or special events.
Mediacom Ice Park
635 E. Trafficway
Oak Grove Community Center
Phone: 417-866-7444
Fax: 417-866-4888
1538 S. Oak Grove St.
Phone: 417-891-1635
Fax: 417-891-1941
Recreational and competitive ice sports can be found at the Ice
Park. Enjoy open ice skating, figure skating, or join a hockey team
(lessons and leagues available for all ages). The Ice Park is home
to the Missouri State Ice Bears Div. I and II hockey teams; The
Springfield Express Junior-A hockey team, the Springfield Youth
Hockey Association; and the Jordan Valley Figure Skating Club.
The facility is available for birthday parties, group functions or
special events. Group discounts available.
Offers regulation-size gym with drop-down basketball goals, volleyball, climbing wall, ping-pong table and a variety of sport balls
for gym sports. The center also has a community room with tables
and chairs, kitchen sink, refrigerator and microwave. Located in
beautiful Oak Grove Park, with kids playground, outdoor basketball goals and a challenging disc golf course.
Miracle League Ball Field
O’Reilly Tefft Gym
301 E. Talmage St.
1408 E. Pythian St.
Phone: 417-837-5808
Fax: 417-837-5905
Phone: 417-837-5817
Fax: 417-864-1343
The Betty and Bobby Allison Miracle League Field was built
to help players with physical or developmental disabilities hit,
run, catch and play ball. The 1/3-size field features a barrier-free,
Offers a variety of basketball and volleyball leagues and programs
64
throughout the year.
Phone: 417-837-5817
Fax: 417-837-5829
Web: www.springfieldsoftball.com
Facebook: Springfield Softball
Railroad Historical Museum
1300 N. Grant Ave.
Promotes amateur softball in Springfield.
Phone: 417-865-6829
Springfield Botanical Gardens at Nathanael
Greene-Close Memorial Park
2400 S. Scenic Ave.
The Railroad Historical Museum is located in Grant Beach Park,
with access to a public pool, playground and picnic areas. This is
a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of railroad
history. The museum is staffed by volunteers, most of whom have
a connection to the railroad industry and can answer your questions. Open Saturday, 2-4 p.m., May-October, or by appointment.
Phone: 417-891-1515
Fax: 417-823-4818
Facebook: Springfield Botanical Gardens at Nathanael
Greene/Close Memorial Park
Rivercut Golf Course
The Park Board’s premier location for everything “green
thumb,” Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park is home to
the Springfield Botanical Gardens, now one of the area’s top
attractions. The 113-acre park boasts dozens of themed gardens
maintained by Friends of the Garden and other volunteers. The
park also features the Dr. Bill Roston Butterfly House, The Gray
Campbell Farmstead, Master Gardener Demonstration Gardens,
the Misumoto Japanese Stroll Garden and several garden-themed
playgrounds. Visitors can learn about plant life through events,
demonstrations, volunteer opportunities, signage and a “guideby-cell phone” tool. Lake Drummond sits on the south of the
property with a link into the Ozark Greenway’s South Creek
Greenway.
Phone: 417-891-1645
Ranked 4.5 stars out of 5 and Golf Digest’s No. 1 Municipal Golf
Course in the State of Missouri (2009), Rivercut is the “Crown
Jewel” of Springfield-Greene County Park Board’s public courses.
An 18-hole, 7,066-yard par 72 golf course, it offers a practice facility, driving range, pro shop and golf-themed playground.
Rutledge-Wilson Farm Park
Springfield Skate Park
945 W. Meadowmere St.
Phone: 417-837-5949
Fax: 417-837-5948
Facebook: Rutledge-Wilson Farm Park
Phone: 417-868-8758
Fax: 417-868-8758
A 207-acre farm park designed for visitors to have fun while learning about our community’s rich agricultural heritage. Includes a
variety of farm animals, barns and pens, a catch-and-release fishing pond, seasonal crops, walking trail, farm-themed playground
and gift shop. Free admission.
The skatepark features a 13,500-square foot indoor park with
Finland-birch ramps; and 25,00-square foot outdoor concrete
park with rippin’ bowl, flow course, and street plaza. Safe
environment for young kids and great for spectators. Open
Tuesday-Sunday.
SPARC School-Park Program
Valley Water Mill Equestrian Center
300 E. Harrison St.
Phone: 417-837-5737
Phone: 417-833-3291
Fax: 417-833-8052
SPARC (School, Parks are Reaching Communities) includes
before-and-after school programs, summer day camps and intramural sports, in partnership with Springfield Public Schools.
Learn to ride a horse. This facility features a 200-foot-by-90-foot
indoor arena with sand footing and 170-foot-by-115-foot fenced
outdoor arena with all-weather sand footing. Children’s equestrian programs, Horsemanship 101, private rentals and birthday
packages are all available. Home of the Greene County Sheriff ’s
Posse.
Springfield Amateur Softball Association
1923 N. Weller Ave.
65
S
Springfield’s Best Locally Owned Companies
Fax: 417-888-4202
Web: www.doc.mo.gov
901 E. St. Louis St., Suite 105
Conducts investigations for the courts and supervises adult
offenders released into the community.
Phone: 417-868-0290
Fax: 417-868-0267
Web: www.springfieldsbest.com
State of Missouri: Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education — Division of Adult
Learning and Rehabilitation Services, Office of
Vocational Rehabilitation (South Springfield)
Provides a forum for local companies to share marketing strategies, resources and ideas.
SRO Lyric Theatre (Springfield Regional Opera)
1735 W. Catalpa St., Suite C
c/o The Creamery Arts Center
Phone: 417-895-5720
Toll Free: 1-877-222-8967
Fax: 417-895-5725
Web: www.vr.dese.mo.gov
Phone: 417-863-1960
Fax: 417-862-7877
Web: www.srolyrictheatre.org
Facebook: SRO Lyric Theatre
Helps individuals with physical or mental disabilities obtain
employment or maintain current employment.
Fosters, promotes, develops, supports and encourages the art of
opera. Presents several productions each season in Springfield
venues such as the Gillioz Theatre, Springfield Contemporary
Theatre and the Springfield Art Museum.
State of Missouri: Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education — Division of Adult
Learning and Rehabilitation Services, Office of
Vocational Rehabilitation (North Springfield)
St. Vincent de Paul
613 E. Kearney St.
Immaculate Conception Church
Phone: 417-895-5863
Toll Free: 1-877-222-8965
Fax: 417-895-5869
Web: www.vr.dese.mo.gov
Phone: 417-887-0600
Fax: 417-887-0027
Helps physically or mentally disabled persons obtain employment
or maintain current employment.
A service organization established to help people in need; operates a food pantry.
S
State of Missouri: Department of Health and
Senior Services — Bureau of Special Health Care
Needs
Stained Glass Theatre
1996 W. Evangel St.
Ozark, MO 65721
149 Park Central Square, Suite 116 (physical location)
P.O. Box 777, MPO
Phone: 417-581-9192
Web: www.sgtheatre.com
Facebook: Stained Glass Theatre
Phone: 417-895-6905
Fax: 417-895-6990
Web: www.health.mo.gov
Non-denominational Christian theater.
Starlight Debonaires Ballroom Dance Club
Helps children and adults to age 21 who have serious or chronic
medical conditions obtain treatment they may not be able to
afford.
193 Peach Tree Drive
Cape Fair, MO 65624
Phone: 417-538-2172
Senior Services — Division of Senior and
Disability Services
A membership club that meets at various private rental facilities
in Springfield to dance to live music.
149 Park Central Square, Suite 244
State of Missouri: Attorney General
149 Park Central Square, Room 1017
Phone: 417-895-6433
Fax: 417-895-6430
Hotline: 1-800-392-0210 Elder Abuse & Neglect Hotline
Web: www.dhss.mo.gov
Phone: 417-895-6567
Toll Free: 1-800-392-8222
Fax: 417-895-6382
Web: www.ago.mo.gov
Provides social services to the elderly and adult disabled through
a variety of in-home support services, and direct and protective
services.
Acts as the consumer protection advocate for Missouri residents.
State of Missouri: Department of Health
and Senior Services, Section for Child Care
Regulations
Division of Probation and Parole
2530 S. Campbell Ave., Suite H
Phone: 417-888-4203
66
Phone: 417-895-6541
Fax: 417-895-6994
Web: www.dnr.mo.gov
Licenses and monitors child care facilities; provides technical
assistance to applicants and licensed providers including review
of building plans; conducts free group inquiry meetings for
those interested in operating a day care; conducts complaint
investigations.
— Greene County Family Support Division
Enforces state pollution control laws.
Phone: 417-895-6000
Toll Free: 1-855-373-4636
Fax: (417) 895-6080 /6098
Web: www.dss.mo.gov
Senior Services, Southwest District
P.O. Box 777
Determines eligibility for medical assistance (Mo HealthNet,
Medicaid and MHABD for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled),
Temporary Assistance (TANF), food stamps and day care.
Phone: 417-895-6900
Fax: 417-895-6975
— Rehabilitation Services for the Blind (RSB)
Provides support to area health departments and other public
health partners and promotes quality of life and health for all
Missourians.
State of Missouri: Department of Labor and
Industrial Relations — Division of Workers
Compensation
Phone: 417-895-6386
Toll Free: 1-800-592-6004
Fax: 417-895-6392
Web: www.dss.mo.gov/fsd/rsb
Provides job training, job placement, visual aids, independent living skills and daily living skills training.
Phone: 417-888-4100
Toll Free: 1-800-775-2667
Fax: 417-888-4105
Web: www.labor.mo.gov
Greene County Children’s Division
Adjudicates workers’ compensation claims in Springfield, West
Plains, Branson, Lebanon and surrounding counties.
Phone: 417-895-6000
Hotline: Child Abuse & Neglect Hotline 1-800-392-3738
TTY: 1-800-735-2966
Web: www.dss.mo.gov/cd
Comprehensive Psychiatric Services
2600 E. 12th St.
Responds to reports of child abuse and neglect and administers
a system of care for children who cannot safely remain at home;
partners in early childhood and prevention programs.
Phone: 816-482-5770
Fax: 816-482-5774
Web: www.dmh.mo.gov
— Division of Youth Services
Provides information on programs for alcohol and drug abuse,
prevention and treatment.
1735 W. Catalpa St., Suite B
Phone: 417-895-6485
Toll Free: 1-800-735-2466
Fax: 417-895-5853
Web: www.dss.mo.gov/dys
— Division of Developmental Disabilities,
Springfield Regional Office
1515 E. Pythian St.
Provides care and treatment for youth who have been committed
to the Division by the State of Missouri’s juvenile court system.
Phone: 417-895-7400
Fax: 417-895-7412
Hotline: 1-888-549-6635
Web: www.dmh.mo.gov
State of Missouri: Family Support Division —
Child Support Enforcement
1410 S. Kansas Expressway, Suite 100
Serves a population that has developmental disabilities such
as intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, head injuries, autism,
epilepsy and certain learning disabilities.
Phone: 417-895-6338
Fax: 417-895-6337
Web: www.dss.mo.gov/cse
State of Missouri: Department of Natural
Resources, Southwest Regional Office
Enforces the payment of child support, establishes child support
orders, establishes paternity and makes order modifications.
2040 W. Woodland St.
State of Missouri: Highway Patrol, Troop D
3131 E. Kearney St.
Phone: 417-891-4300
Toll Free: 1-800-361-4827
Fax: 417-891-4399
Phone: 417-895-6868
67
S
Strafford Senior Center
Fax: 417-895-6877
Web: www.mshp.dps.mo.gov
201 W. Bumgarner Blvd.
Strafford, MO 65757
Enforces traffic laws and promotes highway safety, maintains telecommunications network with FBI, oversees driver examination
program, and assists in drug and crime control.
Phone: 417-736-9898
Fax: 417-736-3194
Springfield
5201 S. Southwood Road
Studio 55 Fine Arts Guild
c/o National Avenue Christian Church
Phone: 417-823-3944
Toll Free: 1-866-251-0428
Fax: 417-823-0252
Web: www.mvc.dps.mo.gov
Phone: 417-869-7812
Web: www.studio55arts.blogspot.com
Facebook: Studio 55 Fine Arts Guild
Veterans’ cemetery for U.S. military veterans and their spouses.
Supports and promotes all forms of fine art in the Springfield and
surrounding area. Holds art shows at various venues, a charity
exhibit in the fall and helps sponsor the Senior Art Exhibit at
Hammons Hall.
State of Missouri: Secretary of State
Phone: 417-895-6330
Toll Free: 1-866-223-6535
Fax: 417-895-6537
Web: www.sos.mo.gov
SWMO Public Relations Society of America
P.O. Box 4807
Web: www.swmoprsa.org
Facebook: SWMO PRSA
Twitter: @swmoprsa
Directs and aids in all matters affecting Missouri corporations
and businesses.
State of Missouri: State Public Defender —
District 31
S
An organization for public relations professionals.
Table Rock Art Guild and Gallery
11863 State Highway 13, Unit 11
P.O. Box 31
Kimberling City, MO 65686
Phone: 417-895-6740
Fax: 417-895-6780
Web: www.publicdefender.mo.gov
Phone: 417-739-5829
Web: www.tablerockartguild.com
Facebook: Table Rock Art Guild
Provides legal representation to indigent citizens accused of, or
convicted of, crimes in Missouri.
Promotes the advancement of art; acquaints art-oriented people
with others and encourages them to further their talents;
promotes and sponsors art fairs, exhibits and sales. Nominal
membership fee required.
State of Missouri: Veterans Commission
1410 S. Kansas Expressway, Room 115
Task Force on Gangs and Youth Violence
Phone: 417-895-6532
Fax: 417-895-6533
Web: www.mvc.dps.mo.gov
Phone: 417-888-2020
Fax: 417-888-2322
Facebook: Community Partnership of the Ozarks
Aids veterans or their dependents in filing for VA benefits.
Stony Point Club
Ash Grove, MO 65604
A regional effort to act as a catalyst in coordinating efforts
to reduce gang activity and youth violence. A program of
Community Partnership of the Ozarks.
Phone: 417-751-2268
Promotes the betterment and improvement of family and community through education.
Teamsters Local 245 Retiree Club
Storytellers of the Ozarks (SOTO)
712 E. Barracuda Drive
Nixa, MO 65714
1530 E. Erie St., #214S
Phone: 417-827-9564
Web: www.teamster.org
Phone: 417-848-5859
A social group that helps needy families at Christmas.
A volunteer group that promotes the artistry of oral tradition
through storytelling.
Through the Roof
P.O. Box 481
68
the Missouri State community with the grace of the Christian
Gospel.
Phone: 417-894-7844
Fax: 417-832-8610
Web: www.ttrspringfield.org
Facebook: Through the Roof-a ministry to people with
disabilities & their loved ones
United Ostomy Association of America, Inc.
2404 W. Bridlewood Trail
Ozark, MO 65721
Phone: 417-581-1231
Strives to meet the spiritual and physical needs of those with disabilities and their families; offers encouragement and training for
those who minister to the disabled.
Provides support for ostomy patients who have bowel or bladder
diversion due to cancer, colitis or Crohns disease.
Tom Watkins Neighborhood Association
United States Small Business Administration
(SBA)
2339 N. Lexington Ave.
830 E. Primrose St., Suite 101
Phone: 417-864-7239 or 417-616-4064
Web: tomwatkinsneighborhood.weebly.com
Facebook: Tom Watkins Neighborhood Association
Phone: 417-890-8501
Fax: 417-889-0074
Promotes the interests of the residents and families of the area
defined as I-44 on the north, Kansas Expressway on the east,
Division Street on the south, and West Bypass on the west.
Provides financial, technical and management assistance to help
individuals start, run and grow their business.
Springfield Vet Center of Greene County
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)
2639 E. Charolais St.
Phone: 417-368-5755
Toll Free: 1-800-932-8677
Web: www.tops.org
Phone: 417-881-4197
Toll Free: 1-866-644-5371
Fax: 417-881-4932
Web: www.vetcenter.va.gov
Support group for people wishing to lose weight.
Provides career and readjustment counseling for combat veterans,
including counseling for PTSD, anger management and sexual
trauma; provides bereavement counseling for family members.
Traditional Dance and Music Society
Web: www.springfieldcontra.org
United States: Food and Drug Administration
Traditional community dancing with the best live music in the
Ozarks.
901 E. St. Louis St., Suite 707
Transplant Before & After Support Group
Phone: 417-575-8037
Fax: 417-575-8040
Web: www.fda.gov
3850 S. National Ave., 4th Floor Hulston Cancer Center
3624 S. Nettleton Ave. (mailing)
Enforces food, drug, medical devices and cosmetic act regulations
and investigates consumer complaints.
Phone: 417-887-7981
United States: Internal Revenue Service
Provides support for anyone who has had a transplant and those
on waiting lists for a transplant.
2937 S. Claremont Ave., Building A, Suite 115
Tri-Lakes General Motors Retirees Club
Phone: 417-889-9828
Toll Free: 1-800-829-1040
Web: www.irs.gov
Facebook: IRS
Twitter: @IRSnews
270 Lone Pine Road
Branson, MO 65616
Phone: 417-334-6853
Web: www.trilakesgmret.org
Provides general federal income tax information and account
services.
Provides fellowship and information-sharing for General Motors
retirees and their spouses in southwest Missouri.
Springfield Office
United Ministries in Higher Education
Phone: 417-865-8711
Web: www.UMHE.org
Facebook: United Ministries in Higher Education - Missouri
State University
Phone: 1-877-850-7824
Toll Free: 1-800-772-1213
Fax: 417-866-6571
TTY: 1-800-325-0778
Web: www.socialsecurity.gov
A campus ministry at Missouri State University provided by the
Disciples of Christ, Evangelical Lutheran, Presbyterian USA
and the United Church of Christ denominations; strives to greet
Issues cards, assists in filing claims and maintains all records on
69
T
United States: Springfield National Cemetery
Phone: 417-881-8909 ext. 320
Web: www.mggreene.org
Provides information to the general public regarding ornamental
horticulture and gardening practices.
Phone: 417-881-9499
Fax: 417-881-7862
Web: www.cem.va.gov
Urban Districts Alliance
Serves burial needs for honorably discharged veterans and their
eligible dependents. Now a closed cemetery except for second interment casket burials and first and second cremation
interment.
Phone: 417-831-6200
Fax: 417-831-6217
Social Security.
304 W. McDaniel St.
A nonprofit community development corporation providing
leadership, programs and services to preserve and strengthen
the economic vitality of Center City and each of its distinctive
historic business districts.
United Way of the Ozarks
Phone: 417-863-7700
Fax: 417-863-9102
Web: www.uwozarks.com
Facebook: United Way of the Ozarks
USA Dance
Phone: 417-379-3360
Web: www.usadance2044.com or usadance.org
Promotes ballroom dancing for all ages of beginner and seasoned
dancers as a social activity. Hosts a semiformal dance on first
Friday of each month at Northview Center.
Provides funding for essential services that are offered by partner
agencies; coordinates “Hands on for Seniors” a program that
matches senior citizens who are physically or financially unable to
perform needed home maintenance tasks to volunteers who can
complete these tasks; coordinates the “Suit Yourself Boutique”
where women re-entering the workplace can receive clothing,
shoes and accessories for job interviews.
Vegetarian Club of the Ozarks
Phone: 417-380-2607
Web: www.meetup.com/Vegetarian-Vegan-Club-of-theOzarks
University Heights Neighborhood Association
U
A social group for vegans, vegetarians, raw foodists, curious or
transitioning omnivores; provides support and education to those
exploring (or on) a plant-based diet, raising awareness of benefits
to human health, the environment and animals. Offers free pamphlets, recipes and occasional speakers, cooking demos and film
screenings.
810 E. Stanford St.
Phone: 417-501-6147
Brookside Street on the north, National Avenue on the east,
Sunshine Street on the south and Kimbrough Avenue on the west.
The Veterans Center (formerly Myrl Billings
Memorial Veterans Center)
University of Missouri Extension: Greene County
Phone: 417-862-8387 or 816-561-8387
Fax: 417-832-8387
Web: www.vva317.com
2400 S. Scenic Ave.
Phone: 417-881-8909
Fax: 417-823-4818
Web: www.extension.missouri.edu/greene
Contact information for Vietnam Veterans of America, who
assist veterans with VA compensation and pension claims, GI Bill
education benefits, vocational rehabilitation programs, military
records retrieval, burial and memorial services, acquiring military
decorations, and entrance into the VA health system provided by
VA outpatient clinics and hospitals.
Provides practical, research-based information and programs to
meet the educational needs of local citizens.
University of Missouri Extension: Greene County
4-H
Veterans Coming Home Center
2400 S. Scenic Ave.
Phone: 417-866-3363
Fax: 417-866-3378
Phone: 417-881-8909, ext. 311
Web: www.extension.missouri.edu/greene/4h
Provides persons in need with free clothing, day shelter, food,
beverage, laundry, showers and a place to rest. A division of New
Life Evangelistic Center.
Open to all youth ages 5-18. Fosters character development and
good citizenship among youth. A youth development program of
the University of Missouri Extension Center.
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 3404
University of Missouri Extension: Master
Gardeners of Greene County
Phone: 417-865-6929
Web: www.vfwpost3404.org
University of Missouri Extension
2400 S. Scenic Ave.
Promotes the interests of veterans of foreign wars.
70
Auxiliary
Watershed Committee of the Ozarks
320 N. Main Ave.
Phone: 417-866-1127
Fax: 417-866-1918
Web: www.watershedcommittee.org
Facebook: Watershed Committee of the Ozarks, Inc.
Phone: 417-865-6929
Web: www.vfwpost3404.org
A philanthropic, patriotic group that supports the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Post 3404.
An organization whose mission is to sustain and improve the
water resources of Springfield and Greene County through education and effective management of the region’s watersheds.
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 3404, Men’s
Auxiliary
Weller Neighborhood Association
Phone: 417-865-6929
Phone: 417-848-5047
Facebook: Weller Neighborhood Association
A philanthropic, patriotic group that supports the Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 3404.
Provides a public forum to address issues affecting the residents
living east of National Avenue, west of Glenstone Avenue, south
of Florida Street and north of Chestnut Expressway.
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 4593
129 N. Main Ave.
Republic, MO 65738
West Central Neighborhood Alliance
807 W. Walnut St.
Phone: 417-732-9231
Promotes the interests of veterans.
Phone: 417-569-8866
Fax: 417-831-6217
Web: www.westcentralspringfield.org
The Victim Center
Promotes the interests of residents of the area defined as
Chestnut Expressway on the north, South Avenue on the east,
Grand Avenue on the south and Kansas Expressway on the west.
Phone: 417-863-7273
Toll Free: 1-800-743-5265
Fax: 417-863-9048
Hotline: 24 hour — 417-864-SAFE (7233)
Web: www.thevictimcenter.org
Facebook: The Victim Center
Westside Neighborhood Betterment
Association
2401 W. Elm St.
Provides a wide range of services for victims of violent and sexual
crimes.
Phone: 417-838-0041
Facebook: WNBA.SpringfieldMO
Victory Trade School
Chestnut Expressway on the north, Kansas Expressway on the
east, Grand Street on the south and West Bypass (U.S. 160) on the
west.
Phone: 417-864-2222
Fax: 417-831-9980
Web: www.victorytradeschool.edu
Facebook: Victory Trade School
Twitter: @victradeschool
Will Rogers Indian Club
106 S. Teakwood Ave.
Ozark, MO 65721
Phone: 417-766-2666 or 417-732-6016
Offers certificates in culinary arts and family science. Provides
debt-free education to non-traditional students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Students learn hands-on job skills and
academic excellence through holistic teaching and professionallyled laboratories. Also maintains Cook’s Kettle, a student-operated
restaurant open to the public for breakfast and lunch.
Promotes and preserves the arts, crafts and culture of the North
American Indian.
Willard Recreation Center
133 N. State Highway Z
P.O. Box 187
Willard, MO 65781
Volunteers For Outdoor Missouri, Inc.
1458 E. Whiteside St.
Phone: 417-742-2262
Fax: 417-742-6868
Web: www.willardparks.com
Facebook: Willard Parks
Phone: 417-268-7322
Web: www.vfom.org
Facebook: Volunteers for Outdoor Missouri
Provides youth and adult sports, exercise classes and game days
for senior citizens; hosts citywide special events; operates and
maintains Willard city parks.
Builds and maintains sustainable hiking and biking trails on
public and private lands in southwest Missouri with the help of
volunteers.
71
W
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
promote businesses.
Republic, MO 65738-9514
Writers Hall of Fame
c/o Amos Bridges
1036 W. Hovey St.
Phone: 417-732-2662
Fax: 417-732-1167
Web: www.nps.gov/wicr
Phone: 417-368-1231
Web: www.writershalloffame.org
Preserves the site of the Civil War Battle of Wilson’s Creek and
promotes an understanding of its role in our nation’s history;
includes visitor center, research library and 5-mile battlefield tour
road. Walking, driving and bicycling only are allowed on the tour
road; provides five walking trails varying in length from 1/4-mile
to 3/4-mile and 7-mile trail system for horseback riding and hiking
accessible from the tour road with limited parking for trailers; riders are encouraged to call ahead for availability. This is a fee park
— all entry onto the tour road requires payment of an entrance
fee.
Holds an annual student writing contest, awards college scholarships and presents the annual Quill Award to a professional writer
from Missouri.
Youth of the Ozarks Community Thrift Store
Phone: 417-890-7283
Web: yotothriftstore.org
Facebook: Youth of the Ozarks Thrift Store
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Foundation
P.O. Box 8163
Accepts and resells donations of furniture, clothing, toys, household goods, etc., to benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield, Inc.
Phone: 417-864-3041
Web: www.wilsonscreek.com
Facebook: Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Foundation
Youth of Unity
c/o Unity of Springfield
Encourages awareness, appreciation, educational use and development of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, and raises funds
for projects not covered by the National Park Service.
Phone: 417-887-2214
Web: www.unityofspringfield.org
Facebook: Unity of Springfield
Women in Need
P.O. Box 4626
W
The Youth of Unity gathers in Oneness and friendship to be
the truth-seeking, fun-loving spiritual beings that we came here
to be in a safe and positive environment. Meets Sundays and
Wednesdays for grades 9–12.
Phone: 417-234-7338
Fax: 417-862-6892
Web: womeninneedoftheozarks.org
Provides funds to assist working women with one-time, shortterm needs such as tires, utilities, furniture and appliances, and
child care, etc.
Women’s Council of Realtors, Springfield
Chapter
Toll Free: 1-800-245-8512
Web: www.wcr.org
Facebook: WCR of Springfield Missouri
Provides professional education and raises funds for CASA
(Court Appointed Special Advocates) and other charities.
Woodland Heights Neighborhood Association
P.O. Box 2152
Web: woodlandheightsneighborhood.org
Promotes the interests of the residents of the area defined
as Kearney Street on the north, Chase Street on the south,
Washington Avenue on the east and Kansas Expressway on the
west.
Working Women In Nixa (WWIN)
P.O. Box 548
Nixa, MO 65714
Phone: 417-725-1545
Fax: 417-725-4532
A networking organization for working women in Nixa to
72

2015–2016 Edition - Springfield

Transcription

Similar documents

©2010 by Gospel Publishing House, 1445 N. Boonville, Springfield

how to apply for a position on talent ed

October 28-29, 2015 - EXPO, Inc. Industrial Trade Shows

Family. Comm

Preplanning Form - Butler Funeral Homes

Watershed Committee of the Ozarks

dusty springfield - LGBT History Month

SPIRITED DEBATE

KimberlY L. Seiz A Pictoral Resume