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Welcome to the Melissa Rotary Club

We are an active service organization whose volunteer members

work under the motto SERVICE ABOVE SELF.

From its beginning in 2010, the Melissa Rotary Club has had an impact through many service efforts in vital areas of our growing community. You will see us involved with the community in service throughout each month.

Come Join Us! All our "Upcoming Events" are listed below with times & locations.

We meet on Thursdays - all open to the public:

7:30 a.m. the first and third Thursdays;

12 noon the second Thursday (Community Luncheon);

6:00 p.m. the fourth Thursday evening (Community Social);

No meeting the fifth Thursday.

What Do My Rotary Donations Support?

When you give to Melissa Rotary, you are also participating in local and international service, such as youth scholarships, developing future leaders, supporting water, health, education, and clothing projects at home and abroad,

and much more...

Revitalizing Playgrounds

The Melissa Rotary Club and local volunteers supported the community and City Parks Department by spreading huge piles of new mulch under playgrounds and trees.

Connecting Generations

Melissa Rotary sponsors quarterly social opportunities for people of all ages to build relationships with senior members of the Melissa Community at the Gala Apartments.

What does my Melissa Rotary flag lease pay for?

When you support the Melissa Rotary flag program, you are also contributing to our local and international service projects, including:

youth scholarships, teacher of the year awards, Buddy Bench & other Melissa ISD materials & programs

developing future leaders through the Interact Club at Melissa High School
transitional apartments for the homeless

community service such as blood drives, events for seniors at Gala Apartments, and helping add mulch to the playgrounds

supporting water, health, education, and clothing projects in Africa, Cozumel, Jamaica, Kenya, and Malawi

supporting international distribution of hygiene kits after disasters

and much more...

Melissa Community Finds How to Protect Natural Resources

One of the many ways Rotary is addressing challenging environmental issues is through its commitment to supporting education initiatives. This includes promoting the protection and restoration of our natural resources. The Melissa Rotary Club coordinated with Blackland Prairie Master Naturalist and Heard Museum Educator, Dave Powell, to bring the community up to speed on relevant programs in Collin County. As Collin County continues to experience rapid urbanization of previously undeveloped farms and natural spaces, Dave Powell gave a meaningful and timely presentation on how development affects the environment.

Melissa Rotary Chili Cookoff Connects Community for World Service

The Melissa Community Chili Cook-off sponsored by the Rotary Club of Melissa in February 2024 brought together volunteer chefs from the community to raise funds for the Rotary International Foundation. Tasters voted with their dollars, raising close to $400 at the weekday luncheon to improve health, provide quality education, improve the environment and alleviate poverty. The most votes and cash prize went to Melissa ISD Transportation.

Volunteer with us: https://www.melissa-rotary.org/

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Melissa High School Interact Club Plants the Seeds of Worthiness

Thanks from Little Dresses for Africa to the Melissa High School Interact Club and their sponsors, the Melissa Rotary Club. The Interact Club pulled together materials and nearly 40 people from their club, the Melissa Rotary Club, and other organizations this past summer at the LDS Church of Melissa over several weekends to finish and ship more than 400 dresses this year.

Little Dresses for Africa, founded in 2008 to provide dresses and support for the most vulnerable, little girls, works alongside the people of the village to address their specific needs through water, education and community.

Melissa Rotary Identifies Additional Honored Veteran Graves

Participating in the annual Wreaths Across America program, on Saturday December 14th, 2024, volunteers and guests from the community gathered at Melissa Cemetery and St Paul Baptist Church Cemetery. Melissa Rotarians worked behind the scenes to assist with identification and marking the graves, as well as laying of wreaths.