Projects
Spring Sprint 5K-10K Road Race
The Lake Spivey-Clayton County club partners with local sponsors as well as the city of Jonesboro and the Jonesboro Police Department, Clayton County Police Department and Fire department, the latter providing traffic control and medical services should they be needed, to host a road race. The proceeds from the race are used by the club to enable them to do service projects throughout the year.
Clayton County Against Family Violence
This project will benefit the families that utilize the services of this NGO. This NGO supports Battered Women.
Cleaning the Flint River
We partnered with Finding the Flint an NGO which works in collaboration with The Conservation Fund, American Rivers, and the Atlanta Regional Commission. we Cleaned up the river that runs behind the Atlanta Hartsfield- Jackson Airport of plastic waste, trash, combustibles, debris, etc. In the end, we collected a truckload of rubbish to be hauled away.
Donation of Blankets
The club partnered with another member the president of Melanated Pearl and supported their efforts with blankets for the homeless.
Donation of Wellness Kits
Packaged toiletries and put together wellness kits for people transitioning from temporal housing to permanent housing. This was in partnership and support of Melanated Pearl and NGO based in Clayton County that assists the homeless individuals and families in finding them suitable housing and out of the shelters.
Family of Rotary Kentucky Derby Gala Event
Family of Rotary Event, the Kentucky Derby Gala is being hosted by the Rotary Club of Lake Spivey/Clayton County and The City of Jonesboro
We will invite District 6900 Rotarians and entire Clubs to join us on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at the Jonesboro City Center in Jonesboro, GA. The Gala will have an atmosphere of Southern charm, including mint juleps, ladies in fashionable Derby hats, and gents in appropriate dapper attire.
Free Little Library
This library is located in the city center with a lot of foot traffic, so we intend of promoting literacy within that area and also in other parks and recreation areas within the county.
Good Shepard Clinic
Every fourth Friday many volunteers meet at the Clinic to service the community with not only free health care but to provide them with food as well as food sources. We partner with other corporations to help make everything goes smoothly.
Laws of Life Essay contest
The Rotary Club of Lake Spivey Clayton County has been a sponsor for Georgia Laws of Life Essay contest for many years. Two of our Club members are now or have served on its board. Several members from the club assist in the judging of the essays each year.
Meals on Wheels
The Rotary Club of Lake Spivey Clayton County partners with the Senior Services of Clayton County, GA to deliver meals weekly in the Jonesboro area every Tuesday morning. We have a group of volunteers who deliver meals to the Senior community and make sure they are getting the right diet. This endeavor has been extremely rewarding to the Club participants. Our Senior Citizens count on Rotary!! At his time, we have approximately 10 Rotarians that are involved. each week we train additional club members who have never delivered before.
Midwest Food Bank
To learn about how found pantries work and how millions and millions of food is distributed worldwide. Non profit that aids to the local community.
Path to Shine
The program provides Kindergarteners thru 5th-grade students from lower-income areas with a one-to-one mentor, to help complete homework and improve reading skills.
Polio Awareness Golf Tournament
The Polio Awareness Golf Tournament was conducted by our Club on Friday, September 9, at the Lake Spivey Golf Club in Jonesboro. nineteen golf teams and dozens of sponsors and volunteers came forward to support the event. The tournament is designed to raise funds to support service projects in our community, but this year we also chose to focus additional attention on the efforts of District 6900 and Rotary International to eradicate polio. As we know, almost forty years ago Rotary International initiated our worldwide project to eradicate polio from the earth. This year, data indicate that polio is almost gone. We might be about to reach the extraordinarily ambitious goal set almost forty years ago. We at Lake Spivey/Clayton County Rotary are proud to say that all during that time our local Rotarians have partnered with Rotary International in that effort.
Rotary Reads, The Book Club of LSCC
As a rule, the book club meets from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm on the first or second Monday in July, September, November, January, March, and May of the Rotary Year. The purpose is to discuss an agreed-upon book of either fiction or non-fiction and to enjoy the fellowship of other Rotarians and non-member guests.
Star Student Luncheon
Star Students & Star Teachers are hosted for lunch and speak about their accomplishments. The Rotary Club awards each student plus the overall winner is hosted at a regional dinner on another date.
Stem-Winners of the Regional Science Fair
Winners for the different grade levels in the Clayton County Middle School Science Fair for 2023 and representatives from their schools are provided a lunch with the Rotary Club of Lake Spivey/Clayton County. During lunch, the students are given an opportunity to describe their projects, providing them additional practice in public speaking and, therefore, additional preparation for competition at the State level Science Fair.
The Crying Towel
The club invites all the High School football coaches in the county to lunch. Each coach is given time to present the funniest story of the year. The best football team story is determined as the winner and is awarded the crying towel. The purpose of this annual event is to appreciate the service the athletics department provide for the high schools and the community.