Downtown Fort Smith Sertoma

Sertoma is an acronym for SERvice TO MAnkind

Welcome

We hope you find our site informative and useful.  Our club is proud to have been serving the local communities for more than 50 years and truly believe 'Life is worth living in Fort Smith, Arkansas'.  We will be updating our site often, so be sure to check back to catch up on things and find out what your local Sertoman's are doing around town.

We will be redoing our website over the next several weeks.  We ask you to be patient with us as we hope the new site will be more informative and useful.

 The 14th Annual Jim Griffith Memorial Golf Tournament was held on August 7, 2010

Jim Griffith was a very active and dedicated member of the Downtown Fort Smith Sertoma club and support of the local Fort Smith Community.  It is with great honor we hold our major fund raiser for the year in his memory.  This will be the fourteenth year for the Jim Griffith memorial golf tournament and this year it was held on Saturday, August 7, 2010 at the Deer Trails Golf Course at Fort Chaffee.

Donations go back to the local community in the form of sponsorships for hearing aids for individuals, Field and Track medals for Special Olympics, equipment for the Kistler Center for Children, Christmas for families, etc.  For a list of last years sponsorships, see our FAQ page (select from menu on left) under the question 'Who has the Downtown Sertoma helped this year?'.

Sponsors for this years event

Hug Chevrolet
407 East Main St, Charleston
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Putnam Lincoln Mercury
4515 Towson Ave, Fort Smith
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Eunice's Country Cooking
3325 S 74th St, Fort Smith
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Grand Plaza Barber Shop
920 N 32nd St, Fort Smith
Map
Fort Smith Restaurant Supply
930 S Phoenix Ave, Fort Smith
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Midwest Sporting Goods
1310 S Zero St, Fort Smith
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Coca Cola Bottling
3600 Phoenix Ave, Fort Smith
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Burford Distributing
925 S H St, Fort Smith
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First National Bank
602 Garrison Ave, Fort Smith
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Total Rehabilitation
7320 Rogers Avenue, Fort Smith
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Smith Chevrolet Cadillac
1215 Hwy 71 S, Fort Smith
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Hanna Oil and Gas
Fort Smith
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Quality Lawns, Inc
6210 S 29th St, Fort Smith
Map
C & H Tire Company
Downtown & Rogers in Fort Smith, and Alma
Maps - Downtown, Rogers, Alma
Bancorp South
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Shelter Insurance
James Wagner
2920 Jenny Lind, Fort Smith
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Arkansas Oklahoma Gas
115 N 12th St, Fort Smith
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Golden Corral
1801 S Waldron Avenue, Fort Smith
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We're Giving Away Money

The money we receive in donations go back to our local communities.  For the July 2009 - June 2010 fiscal year, we have given the following sponsorships...

  300 - Golden Corral Employee involved in accident
  200 - Sertoma International - Lavaca Serteen Club*
  200 - Sertoma International - Kistler Center*
  175 - Sertoma International - Foundation Matching Grants*
    50 - First Christian Church - memorial for Pete Hatley
  800 - Boy's & Girls Clubs of Fort Smith
  800 - Gregory Kistler Center for Children
    25 - Reynold's Cancer Support House - memorial for Harold Blaylock
    25 - Wesley United Methodist Church - memorial for Harold Blaylock
  300 - Unversity of Arkansas at Fort Smith Athletic Club
  200 - Good Samaritan Clinic
  200 - Fort Smith Police Officer Banquet
  Case of Bibles - Fort Smith Rescue Mission
1,500 - Special Olympics
  100 - Food for Rescue Mission
  100 - Food for Salvation Army
  100 - Food for Next Step Dayroom
  200 - Hanna House
  200 - Fort Smith Fire Department Awards Program (new program)
  100 - Deaf Ministry Program
  100 - Fellowship of Christian Athletes
 
 
*$200 to Sertoma International for the Lavaca Serteen club keeps them from having to pay dues themselves.  The Lavaca Serteen club is a club made of eigth graders in the Lavaca school and has been highly active in getting young boys and girls involved in serving their community.

*$200 to Sertoma International for the Kistler Center gives their employee the ability to apply for scholorships to further their education in the speach and hearing field.

*$175 to Sertoma Internationl for Matching Grants provides money as a pool for Sertoma clubs to apply for grants for their local communities.  The Fort Smith Club has received several of these over the past years.