We are people of action!
Service Above Self. One Profits Most Who Serves Best!
We meet In Person
Wednesdays at 12:00 p.m.
Adams Pointe Golf Course Clubhouse
1601 NE R.D. Mize Road
Blue Springs, MO 64014
United States of America
Blue Springs, MO 64014
United States of America
Join us for Pints with a Purpose
You are invited to join the Blue Springs Rotary Club for Pints for a Purpose on October 21st at East Forty Brewing!
October is Polio Awareness Month, Disability Employment Awareness Month, and Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It will be one big purple party! Learn about Rotary's efforts to eradicate polio, buy a beer to support Job One, and bring canned goods for Hope House's Thanksgiving meal drive.*
Not to mention, 20% of the sales will benefit Rotary's Polio Plus fund. Pints for Purpose is an event you won't want to miss!
*Food Items Needed - instant potatoes, cranberry sauce, box stuffing, green beans, fried onions, canned corn, cream of mushroom soup, gravy packets, marshmallows, canned yams, canned pumpkin, and condensed milk.
Blue Springs Rotary Banquet 2026
2026-27 Rotary Board
Paul Harris Fellow - Trisha Thompson
Paul Harris Fellow - Donna Best
Paul Harris Fellow - Galen Ericson
Melissa Winston, Rotarian of the Year 2026
Travis Hunt, 25-26 President and Katie Wolfe, 26-27 President
The 2026 Blue Springs Rotary Raffle was one for the books! 25-26 Rotary President, Travis Hunt completed his year by awarding the Rotarian of the Year to Melissa Winston, who serves as the Club's Administrator. Paul Harris Fellow Awards were presented to Trisha Thompson, Donna Best, and Galen Ericson. 26-27 Rotary President, Katie Wolfe was installed, as was the new Board of Directors. Most importantly, $35,000 that was raised from the 2026 Rotary Raffle was given away to area nonprofits doing amazing work in our community! We are thankful to all of our partners in the community who have helped us be difference makers in Blue Springs and Grain Valley this year!
2024-25 Paul Harris Fellows
Welcome to the 25-26 Board of Directors!
$35,000 was given to community non-profits to to continue their amazing work!
Another successful year of supporting Shoes for Orphan Souls! 
This year, our donated shoes will be going to children in the Dominican Republic and Guatemala. We’ve received a generous number of donations— thank you all!
This year, our donated shoes will be going to children in the Dominican Republic and Guatemala. We’ve received a generous number of donations— thank you all!
2025 Rotary Raffle raises $37,000 for GOOD!
What an unforgettable evening! A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out and supported our Annual Blue Springs Rotary Raffle. It was a night full of fun, prizes, exciting activities, and successful auctions!
And a big congrats to our Top 5 winners who split $20,000 in CASH! 
Because of your incredible generosity, we raised over $37,000 to give back to our community and grow our scholarship fund. We’ll be announcing soon which amazing organizations will receive support—stay tuned!
We truly have the BEST community here in Blue Springs. Thank you for making this event such a success! 
Father and daughter installed as Rotary presidents in different states
Blue Springs, MO, - Pat Starke joined the Blue Springs Rotary Club in 1984. His daughter, Blue Springs business owner Vanessa Starke McClaran, joined in 2013. This June, both were installed as President of their respective Rotary Clubs: Pat of the Rotary Club of Coronado, California, and Vanessa of the Rotary Club of Blue Springs.
Service to others is a guiding principle for both. The Blue Springs Rotary Club supports local non-profit organizations, such as Hope House, Community Services League, educational funds, and many others. Vanessa’s favorite project was building beds with a local non-profit that provides them to children in need. “The look on their faces when they climb into their brand-new beds is priceless.”
Pat is proud of all that his 270-member club can accomplish. “We support more than 60 community projects, from providing food for a local food bank, to putting up American flags on the city’s main avenue for national holidays, to supporting a program that provides prosthetics to those who have lost a limb,” said Pat.
Pat and Vanessa also support each other. Vanessa flew to California to run in the Low Tide Ride and Stride race that the Coronado Rotary created to fund programs serving soldiers and military families. Pat and his wife, Debbie, flew to Missouri to attend Vanessa’s installation as President. Rotary is family, too. “If I need something, I know someone in Rotary will steer me in the right
direction,” said Vanessa. Pat, who recently moved to Coronado, says, “the club embraced me as if I’ve here been forever. I’ve made lots of new “old” friends.”
direction,” said Vanessa. Pat, who recently moved to Coronado, says, “the club embraced me as if I’ve here been forever. I’ve made lots of new “old” friends.”
What’s ahead for the year? In addition to running a meeting every week, they’re focused on strengthening their clubs. For Vanessa, it’s invigorating their current members and finding new ones. For Pat, it’s continuing to reach out to younger people to bring them into the Rotary family and to introduce them to service opportunities. For both, it’s a commitment live by Rotary’s motto by putting “Service Above Self.”
The Blue Springs Rotary Club meets weekly on Wednesday at noon at the Adam’s Pointe Golf Club. For more information, you can contact Vanessa at [email protected].
Pat rode on the Coronado Rotary Club float for the July 4 parade. He was dressed as President Truman, who also came from Missouri and was the U.S. President the year of the first Coronado July 4th parade.
Vanessa Starke McClaran flew to California to run in the race sponsored by Pat Starke’s Coronado Rotary Club.
Around Blue Springs Rotary
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Monthly Board Meeting
Adam's Pointe Golf ClubhouseOct. 21, 2026
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. -
Pints for Purpose
1201 West Main StreetOct. 21, 2026 4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Central Daylight Time (UTC-05:00)