Each year, the Foundation holds a golf tournament benefiting selected charitable organizations and The Bar Plan Foundation Scholarship program. The 2010 Bar Plan Foundation Golf Tournament beneficiaries are:
Turning Point, a 501(c)(3) organization, was formed for the sole purpose of providing shelter and services for victims of domestic violence and their children. It houses 75 women and 100 children annually. Additionally, it provides assistance with legal issues, case management, budgeting and the services of a licensed counselor.
Care to Learn’s mission is to provide immediate funding and action to meet any emergent health, hunger, or hygiene issue and restore a child’s self-respect so they can get back in the classroom. Having a Care to Learn chapter in their school means many hunger, health, and hygiene issues can be addressed immediately and discreetly. Currently, there are five Care to Learn chapters in the Ozarks, with more than 16,500 students helped since 2008.
The Bar Plan Foundation, established in 1993, awards annual scholarships to third-year law students at several law schools. Each candidate must possess the highest degree of professionalism and ethics. The scholarships are funded from income from the risk management seminars and The Foundation's Annual Golf Tournament. Proceeds from the tournament not only fund the scholarships but also enable the Foundation to contribute to various local not-for-profit organizations.
Past beneficiaries include:
• Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
• Court Appointed Special Advocates
• Identifying Child Abuse
• Teachers Saving Lives
• Ozarks Food Harvest
• The Lou Brock Scholarship Foundation
• Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program of Indiana
• The Boys and Girls Club of Springfield, MO
• Habitat for Humanity
• Our Little Haven
• Therapeutic Riding of the Ozarks
• CASA of St. Louis City and St. Louis County
• The James S. McDonnell USO
• Northland Early Education Center
• The Wellness Community of Greater St. Louis
• The ALS Association Keith Worthington Chapter-Wichita Office