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Committee | SSAS | St. Andrews

A Brief History Of The Society Founded in 1994, and re-chartered in 2000*, We are affiliated with The Celtic Society of the Ozarks, and are chartered under the Burns Federation, an International organizations of Burns and related societies. In 2004, the Celtic Society of the Ozarks re-organized as a "pan-Celtic" umbrella organization, and the Scottish St. Andrew's Society of Springfield became one of its charter members. The society continues to support the Celtic Society's new mission of unity of the various local, regional and national Scottish and Celtic groups, while at the same time promoting and preserving Scottish and Ulster-Scottish heritage through its annual Burns Dinner, Kirkin' o' the Tartans and other Scottish events. The Society also supports the Southwest Missouri Celtic Festival and Highland Games in Buffalo, Missouri, held the second weekend in September. The society is governed by a committee made up of a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, as well as the chairs of sub-committees for society activities and programs. The society holds an Annual General Meeting each November after the St. Andrews Day Kirkin o the Tartans. Membership is open to all persons; you do not need Scottish heritage to join, only an interest in all things Scottish. *The Scottish St. Andrews Society of Springfield would like to thank the Ft. Scott, Kansas Chapter of the Scottish Knights of St. Andrew, Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, for their generous donation to our re-chartering efforts!