Welcome to another issue of our weekly bulletin! Find out who our upcoming speakers are and what we covered during the last business meetings. Meeting tasks and duties are now in your ClubRunner app. You can volunteer for any task or duty and register for upcoming meetings and events.
Rotary Social Happy Hour
April 23, 2026 6-7:30pm
The Red Feather
2610 Sentinel Way, Ste 400
Melissa, TX
Join Rotary for an evening of fun and an opportunity to meet others in the community. The Red Feather is graciously extending their Happy Hour prices until 7:30pm. All are welcome, so please drop in for some fun and great food and fellowship.
The Texas Special Olympics Summer Games are coming up, and this is one of the most meaningful service opportunities of the year. Our athletes from across the state are preparing for an inspiring weekend of competition, and Melissa Rotary is stepping up to support them—but we need more helping hands from our community.
How Melissa Rotary Can Make an Impact
Creating a welcoming, encouraging environment for athletes and families
Bringing the Rotary spirit of service, teamwork, and compassion
Showing North Texas what “Service Above Self” looks like in action
Volunteer Roles
Wednesday 4/29 Event and Awards Set Up (All Day) most needed
Thursday 4/30 Event and Awards Set Up (All Day) most needed
Thursday 4/30 Track Support 3pm-8pm
Saturday 5/2 Event Teardown 3pm-9pm
No prior experience is required—just a willingness to serve and a heart for inclusion. This is a great opportunity for Rotarians, families, students, and anyone in Melissa who wants to make a difference.Sign up through the Special Olympics volunteer portal https://portals.specialolympics.org/event-details/?id=156ffefd-7dea-f011-8544-6045bd077ae1 and list Melissa Rotary in the Organizational are of the volunteer profile.
💙 Let’s show these athletes the strength and heart of our community.
Last morning business meeting
Jody Lytle was inducted as our newest member.
Darren Collins from Hands Up which started as a puppetry AIDS and HIV education program in Kenya now reaches millions of children on TV. Using entertainment for health education, child safety and disease prevention is not tackling intestinal worm diseases.
Bob Christianson spoke about Head for the Cure, a non-profit organization providing support for brain tumor support and resources. A walk to raise funds will be May 2 in Plano with a goal of $200,000. Ken presented the $2500 Phillip Morris donation to Head for the Cure.
