Service Above Self
Our Projects
Every year the Rotary Club of Kingsport rallies around a signature service project — and every year builds on decades of impact that came before it.
Friends of Warriors’ Path State Park
Supporting a place where Kingsport comes together.
Friends of Warriors’ Path State Park
This year the Rotary Club of Kingsport is partnering with Friends of Warriors’ Path State Park to strengthen one of our community’s most-loved public spaces — supporting programs, projects, and improvements that keep Warriors’ Path a place where families, kids, and neighbors come together.
Full project details, milestones, and stories from the field will be shared here as the year unfolds. Impact Projects chair Kitty Frazier and Service Projects chair Jennifer Salyer lead the effort with our full membership behind them.
Projects through the years
A look back at recent service years and the causes we’ve stood behind together.
- 2024–25Centennial Project
“Everyday Heroes” Sculpture — Centennial Gift to Kingsport
📍 Fire Station 2 · 1904 Crescent Dr, Kingsport, TN
To mark our club’s centennial, the Rotary Club of Kingsport commissioned and dedicated the “Everyday Heroes” public art sculpture at Fire Station 2. The piece honors Kingsport’s first responders and embodies Rotary’s “Service Above Self” motto — a lasting tribute to the past, present, and future of our community.
- 2023–24Centennial Project
“Grace and Grumpy: A Tail of Giving” — Centennial Children’s Book
Commissioned in honor of our centennial and written by local author Leigh Ann Agee, “Grace and Grumpy: A Tail of Giving” tells the story of two puppies learning about giving and helping others. The club distributed free copies through Kingsport City Schools — including events like Patriot Promise Day at George Washington Elementary — and Leigh Ann led community readings at the Kingsport Public Library. The project fulfilled Rotary’s global mission to Create Hope in the World.
- 2022–23
Literacy for Kingsport Kids
Books, backpacks, and reading-night sponsorships delivered to elementary schools across Sullivan County. Members served as reading buddies through the school year.
- 2021–22
End Polio Now — District 7570
Member contributions and matching gifts through The Rotary Foundation supported polio eradication efforts worldwide as part of Rotary International’s flagship initiative.
- 2020–21
Sullivan County Isaiah 117 House — Opening the Doors
📍 Sullivan County, TN
🤝 With the Rotary Club of Kingsport-Downtown
A perfect example of the Four-Way Test in action: our club partnered with the Rotary Club of Kingsport-Downtown to help open the Sullivan County Isaiah 117 House on August 27, 2020. Rotarians funded and built an outdoor storage shed on the property, held hands-on workdays to install indoor shelving and stage the home to receive children on day one, and assembled specialized teen supply totes for older kids entering foster care. The clubs also directed local grant funding toward operational materials needed to pass inspection and open the doors — creating the infrastructure and resource pipeline that still sustains the house today.
Have a project we should feature? Reach out through our contact page — we’d love to add it to the timeline.
Tell your Rotary story
Kingsport recognizes our projects — but too often the community doesn't know Rotary is behind them. That changes this year. Every Rotarian is invited to help us tell better stories. Share a moment, a project, a testimonial, or a photo. A club officer will review each submission before it appears.
Ready to serve alongside us?
Whether you can give an hour or a season, our projects are stronger with more Kingsport neighbors at the table. Have a question about a current or upcoming project, or want to help? Send a note to our Projects Committee Chair and we’ll get right back to you.