 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
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What does my Melissa Rotary flag lease pay for?
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Jackie Truax
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2025-05-09 05:00:00Z |
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 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 $500 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/ #PeopleOfAction
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Melissa Rotary Chili Cookoff Connects Community for World Service
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Ken Truax
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2025-02-24 06:00:00Z |
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 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.
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Melissa Rotary Identifies Additional Honored Veteran Graves
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2024-12-29 06:00:00Z |
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 Melissa Rotary President Elect, Dana Conklin is recognized for her service to the community and club, leading the flag program to grow to over 1,000 flags distributed six times a year.
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Rotarian Recognized for Flag Program Leadership
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John Cave
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2024-11-19 06:00:00Z |
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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.
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Melissa High School Interact Club Plants the Seeds of Worthiness
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Jackie Truax
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2024-09-14 05:00:00Z |
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DID YOU KNOW? During fiscal year 2023-24, the 6 Melissa Rotary Club blood drives collected 69 pints of whole and 6 double units of plasma. That is equal to providing for around 243 patients. YOU can easily participate this year, beginning on Saturday, September 21!
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Blood Collected to Serve 243 Patients
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Jackie Truax
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2024-09-03 05:00:00Z |
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 On Thursday, May 9th, the Melissa community is invited to a District 67 update at a hosted Rotary luncheon with Texas State Representative Jeff Leach, now serving in his sixth term. The District, which encompasses 19% of Collin County, includes all of Melissa, Blue Ridge, Farmersville, New Hope and Westminster, and portions of 6 other cities in Collin County. This free luncheon will be held at 12 noon on May 9th at 1904 Cooper Street in the Red Building. RSVP: MelissaRotary@gmail.com, 972-850-6765. Please park in the NE parking lot, in the back of the complex. Born and raised in Plano, Representative Leach graduated from Plano Senior High before attending Baylor University. He earned his law degree from Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law, and currently practices at the law firm of Gray Reed & McGraw LLP in Dallas. Jeff specializes in complex commercial and civil litigation, construction law and real estate. Jeff serves on the Board of Trustees for Houston Baptist University, on the Texas Judicial Council and as a board member of the Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute. In January 2021, he was appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of the Prestonwood Pregnancy Center. Jeff and his wife Becky, a speaker, writer and artist, are the proud parents of Brady, Charlotte and Landry. In addition to service with numerous other community organizations, Jeff and Becky are active members of Cottonwood Creek Church. District 67 District Address:
300 E. Davis St., #170
McKinney, Texas 75069
(214) 491-1537
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Melissa Rotary Hosts State District 67 Update
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Ken Truax
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2024-03-30 05:00:00Z |
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 The Melissa High School Interact Club pulled together materials and nearly 40 people from their club and other organizations in several shifts both Saturday workdays for their service project making Little Dresses for Africa. https://littledressesforafrica.org
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Melissa High School Interact Club Teams Up for Little Dresses for Africa
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Ken Truax
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2024-03-23 05:00:00Z |
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 Melissa High School Interact Club puts service above self in cleaning up the community. This weekend Interact volunteers cleaned up the Rotary Park, hauling in 8 giant garbage bags of trash.
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Melissa Interact Cleans Up Rotary Park
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Ken Truax
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2024-02-24 06:00:00Z |
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 January 25th, 2024, our "Rotary at Night" community program was for all those interested in global efforts to provide water and sanitation to the impoverished.
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Rotarians Go "Beyond Water" to Serve the Poor
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Ken Truax
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2024-01-06 06:00:00Z |
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 The Rotary Club of Melissa once again sponsored a successful Carter BloodCare of Texas blood drive on December 9th. Upcoming Melissa Rotary - Carter BloodCare drives will be Feb 10, Apr 13, Jun 15, 2024. The Melissa Rotary Club Service Committee supports the publicity and arranges the location (the Melissa United Methodist Church) in a bi-monthly blood drive campaign for 2023-2024, working with Carter BloodCare to collect much needed blood for Texans who need it.
On December 9th, in addition to regular sign-ups online, there were 6 walk-ins, most likely due to the club's Public Image Committee posting signs in the community and posts on Facebook.
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Melissa Rotary Service Provides Much-Needed Blood for Texans
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Judy Dobbs
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2023-12-13 06:00:00Z |
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 Melissa Rotary teamed up with Anytime Fitness Anna to collect and deliver over 100 pounds of food to the Melissa Community Outreach. Anytime Fitness, Anna has donated $125 for food that Melissa Rotary has committed to the MCO. Anytime Fitness, Anna donated $5 for each new member that they signed up, plus donations they received from other people. This is a joint service project that Melissa Rotary Club and Anytime Fitness, Anna have worked on together for the past three years.
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Melissa Rotary Club Teams Up to Deliver Food
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John Cave
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2023-12-13 06:00:00Z |
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  Melissa Rotary Club and Melissa High School Interact Club have joined forces to serve the community, including Melissa's Fall Fest, Flag installations, and the Veterans' Day Ceremony. These service projects include helping with parking and booth set-up at the local Fall Fest sponsored by Krogers and supported by the local Chamber of Commerce, and Interact is sponsoring the Fall 2023 Food Drive benefitting the First Melissa Christmas Angel Program and the Melissa Community Outreach Food Pantry, which the Melissa Rotary Club also supports.  The Interact Club also is a contractor for the Melissa Rotary Club Flag Lease Program. These high school students install and collect U.S. flags in some of the Melissa neighborhoods six times each year, most recently for Veterans Day.  Students from the Melissa High School Interact Club supported this year's annual Melissa Rotary-sponsored Veteran's Day ceremony, which was followed by the dedication of the new Rotary Park. 
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Melissa Rotary and Melissa Interact Join Forces for Community Service
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Ken Truax
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2023-11-14 06:00:00Z |
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 Melissa Chief of Police, Erik Stokes, will give the community an update at a Rotary-sponsored luncheon on Thursday, November 9th. The "Thanks-giving" luncheon will be held at the Melissa ISD campus in the red building at 12 noon. It is free to the Melissa residents who RSVP: MelissaRotary@gmail.com Nov. 9th, 12 noon. Crossland Learning Center (the red building) at the Melissa ISD headquarters 1904 Cooper Street
Melissa, TX 75454 Please park in the northeast / rear parking lot.
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Melissa City Police Chief Updates Community at Luncheon
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Ken Truax
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2023-10-20 05:00:00Z |
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On October 26th at 7 pm, Michael Pugh, District 5810 Youth Exchange Officer, will be speaking at the Melissa Rotary Club "After Work" community get-together. If your High Schoolers or anyone in your family has considered involvement in International Student Exchange programs, you will not want to miss this "Rotary After Work" speaker. The meeting will start at 7pm, at the Crossland Learning Center (the red building) at the Melissa ISD headquarters, 1904 Cooper Street, Melissa, TX 75454. Please park in the northeast (back) parking lot. Rotary Youth Exchange is the only truly international youth exchange with local Rotarians in every location that students would be staying around the world. Melissa Rotary is getting started with Rotary Youth Exchange https://www.rotary.org/en/our-programs/youth-exchanges by encouraging local Melissa High Schoolers to become an outbound Rotary Exchange Student. The best way to start is by coming to this meeting and by working with our own High School Interact Program. Youth exchange experience looks good on a college resume, due to developing independent thinking skills, living on your own, and developing the ability to adapt to unfamiliar situations.
Exchange students unlock their true potential to:
- Develop lifelong leadership skills
- Learn a new language and culture
- Build lasting friendships with young people from around the world
- Become a global citizen
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Melissa Rotary Sponsors Community Event on Rotary Youth Exchange
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Ken Truax
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2023-10-20 05:00:00Z |
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 The September "second Thursday community luncheon", hosted by Melissa Rotary, will feature George James, president of the Melissa ISD Board of Trustees.
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Melissa Rotary Invites Community to Luncheon Featuring ISD Board of Trustees Chairman
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Ken Truax
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2023-09-05 05:00:00Z |
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 Come to a free lunch THIS THURSDAY, noon/12pm at the United Methodist Church at 3851 McKinney St, Melissa, TX 75454. Everything you've ever wanted to know about the Melissa Rotary Flag Lease Program. If you are a contractor for the program, a customer of the program, or just want more information. What is the Melissa Rotary Flag Lease Program? How many and when do the flags get installed in the community? What do the lease payments go toward? Who puts out and picks up the flags? How does this benefit the Melissa Community? Can my family get involved?
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Everything You've Wanted to Know About the Flag Lease Program
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Ken Truax
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2023-08-16 05:00:00Z |
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 Melissa Rotary provided $500 toward the Melissa ISD Transportation award at today's Teacher Awards Convocation. A teacher from every school in Melissa was selected by their peers for these awards, plus awards were given to the overall Melissa ISD Teacher of the Year, along with awards for support groups, such as transportation, technology, security, etc. The multimedia function was a colorful celebration of all these people do for our young people in our schools. Each recipient received the award from the sponsor(s) from the Melissa community. Ken Truax represented the Melissa Rotary Club, along with a sponsor from Vista Physical Therapy, to provide a $1,000 award to the transportation department of Melissa ISD.
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Melissa Rotary Supports Melissa ISD at Convocation
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2023-08-14 05:00:00Z |
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Melissa Rotary Club scheduled another flag repair day to keep the Melissa Rotary Flag Lease flags in order. On Saturday, August 5th, the Melissa Rotary volunteers had a successful Flag workday. The new Melissa Chief of Police, Eric Stokes, came and helped. A couple of members sewed up some of the damaged flags and the rest of the club members and volunteers replaced the old flags with new.
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Flag Repair is Part of the Job
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John Cave
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2023-08-07 05:00:00Z |
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Melissa Rotary supported the residents of the Gala Apartments at a Christmas in July party.
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Residents Enjoy Rotary-Sponsored Christmas in July at the Gala Apartments
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John Cave
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2023-07-26 05:00:00Z |
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 Ronda Neuert, founder and President at Helping Hands with Helping Hearts, will be speaking to the Melissa Rotary Club this Thursday evening at 7 pm. The Melissa community is invited to find out about this local service organization.
Helping Hands with Helping Hearts is a 501 c (3) non-profit organization that helps people who are struggling with auto repairs and transportation needs. Ronda and her husband own Progressive Auto, and they their skill and expertise of the automotive industry and give back to the community by providing automotive repairs free of charge for people who can't afford it. They also repair donated vehicles and give them to families without transportation. This enables families to get back on the road and back on their feet. All Melissa residents are welcome. The event will be held at the Crossland Learning Center (the red building) at the Melissa ISD headquarters, 1904 Cooper Street, Melissa, TX 75454. Please park in the rear (east) parking lot.
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Melissa Auto Repair Business Serves Those in Need
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Ken Truax
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2023-07-25 05:00:00Z |
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 This past weekend, the Melissa Rotary Club launched a new opportunity for the Melissa community to build relationships. Young and old alike enjoyed the social get together at the Gala apartments on Saturday morning. This was the start of Melissa Rotary-sponsored quarterly social opportunities for the young to build relationships with these senior members of the Melissa Community. The next get-together will be a Christmas in July event for the seniors. If you are interested in making a big difference in the lives of others, bring your talents and join us. Share an hour of your time and talents in July by contacting John Cave or Melissa Rotary Club (MelissaRotary@gmail.com) to bring Christmas in July to the seniors at Gala apartments. These seniors are eager to visit with the young people in our Melissa community.
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Rotary Helps Melissa Build Relationships at Gala Apartments
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Ken Truax
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2023-05-14 05:00:00Z |
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 The Melissa Rotary Club had the most members participate and complete the Go Green Challenge during March and April. The Plano Community Rotaract Club created the Go Green Challenge to celebrate World Rotaract Week and support one of Rotary's seven areas of focus: Protecting the Environment. This was an opportunity for Rotarians and Rotaractors to take action together, as well as to make a difference in their communities.
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Melissa Rotary Wins Go Green Certificate
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Ken Truax
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2023-05-10 05:00:00Z |
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Th e Melissa Rotary Club has awarded $10,000 in college scholarships to Melissa High School students who are active in the Interact Club. These scholarships are annually awarded to students heading for college. This is a program of the Melissa Rotary Club Foundation, supported by proceeds from the Melissa Rotary flag lease program. Students receiving the scholarships toward their freshman year in college 2023-2024 are: - Lindsay Anderson
- Hannah Avila
- Blaise Barker
- Abigail Chaloupka
- Faith Fortenberry
- Maisy Gustaveson
- Rayanne Jones
- LaGayla Philliph
- Kenzie Segleski
- Chloe Walton
The Melissa Rotary Club initiated and sponsors the independent Melissa High School Interact Club. Interact is an international organization that empowers middle school and high school students to serve in their community, developing leadership skills and discovering the power of Service Above Self. Today, there are 20,000+ Interact clubs and 400,000+ Interactors in 150+ countries around the world. The Melissa Rotary Club promotes service efforts in vital areas of our growing community by developing partnerships in a joint effort to strengthen the community. This includes working with individuals and many student and non-profit organizations in Melissa to coordinate service projects, as well as putting out almost 1,200 flags in Melissa six times per year.
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Melissa Rotary Awarded HS Students $10,000 in College Scholarships
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Ken Truax
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2023-05-04 05:00:00Z |
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 The Melissa Community was invited to a free luncheon hosted by the Melissa Rotary Club April 13, 2023. Robert Palmer, BSN, RN, CEN, the Stroke Coordinator at Texas Health Allen, spoke to around 20 members and leaders of Rotary and the Melissa Community. Palmer has been a registered nurse for 25 years, and for the past 18 years has worked at Texas Health Plano. As a registered nurse, he has managed the emergency department at Texas Health Prosper. He has also worked in the emergency and critical care departments at Texas Health Plano. The luncheon was held 12pm to 1pm Thursday, April 13th, at the Crossland Learning Center (the red building) at the Melissa ISD headquarters, 1904 Cooper Street, Melissa, TX 75454.
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Community Stroke Program Hosted by Melissa Rotary Club
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Ken Truax
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2023-04-14 05:00:00Z |
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 On Saturday, March 25th, 2023, the Melissa Interact Club, a high school organization sponsored by the Melissa Rotary Club, led a community project to sew and fill boxes of pillowcase dresses to ship to Africa and many other countries. The club provided opportunities for volunteers to help sew and package the dresses. The students and volunteers made over 200 dresses to ship to little girls in Africa. The club also pro  vided opportunities for volunteers to donate materials and money to buy materials, as well as contribute to the $2/dress average shipping cost You can find more information on the global project here, or inquire at Info@LittleDressesforAfrica.com Dresses are sent to LDFA to distribute through mission groups all over the world, and taken personally by our teams, or sent in large quantities through our 40 ft containers twice a year to our warehouse in Malawi. During dress distribution, the LDFA organization identifies other needs with regard to: clean water, primary education, and community. Little Dresses for Africa is a registered Christian non-profit 501c3, founded in 2008, which sends relief to all parts of Africa and many countries beyond, through the distribution of little dresses made by volunteers from all over the world.  "We're not just sending dresses, we're sending hope."; Hope changes how a child sees himself. The LDFA goal continues to be to honor the most vulnerable of God's children through this type of humanitarian relief. Through these dresses, LDFA offers relief through clean water, education and community.
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Melissa HS Interact Club Service Project Sews 200 Dresses
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Ken Truax
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2023-02-27 06:00:00Z |
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 Major Jay Northcut delivered a "State of the City" address on Thursday evening, Jan. 26, at a free Melissa Rotary Club - sponsored event, open to the public.
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Mayor Presented "State of the City" January 26, 2023
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Ken Truax
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2023-01-30 06:00:00Z |
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Posted by Ken Truax
 The Melissa Rotary Club and volunteers supported the community and City Parks Department by spreading huge piles of new mulch under playgrounds and trees on Saturday, October 1st.
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People of Action - Melissa Rotary Club Stirs Up Community Parks Project
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Ken Truax
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2022-10-01 05:00:00Z |
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The Melissa Rotary Club has earned the Rotary Citation, the most significant award a Rotary club can achieve, for 2021-22 
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Melissa Rotary Receives Major Citation
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Ken Truax
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2022-09-28 05:00:00Z |
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 The newly formed Melissa Fallen Warriors' Association, in conjunction with the Melissa Rotary Club, has begun work on obtaining permits and funds to install a polished triangular black granite monument at the Melissa City Hall Plaza.
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Monument Association Formed to Honor Melissa's Fallen Warriors
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Ken Truax
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2022-08-30 05:00:00Z |
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 The Melissa Chamber of Commerce put on a terrific "Heart of Melissa" party on Cooper Street on August 8th, 2022, with 650+ people coming from this great community in waves of 200+ through the 4 hours of the event! The Melissa Rotary Club, with their team of volunteers, provided help with traffic, parking, safety, and as needed with setting up, tearing down, and whatever was needed.
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Chamber "Heart of Melissa" Event is a Wild Success!
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Ken Truax
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2022-08-25 05:00:00Z |
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These award recipients recommended that the incoming MISD juniors get involved in the Melissa InterAct Club and apply for the upcoming 2023 RYLA camp awards in order to participate in the ultimate leadership training experience. Those involved with Texas youth, or anyone wanting to find out how a 2022-23 high school junior you know can get involved, keep in touch with the MHS Interact Club and Melissa Rotary Club. The MHS Interact club brings together Melissa students ages 12-18 to develop leadership skills and learn about the world through service projects and activities.
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RYLA Award Recipients REACH FOR THE FUTURE
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Ken Truax
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2022-08-18 05:00:00Z |
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Melissa Rotary Recognizes MREC Teacher of the Year
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Ken Truax
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2022-08-08 05:00:00Z |
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 Melissa Rotary volunteers helped put new desks together at the Melissa Library Work Day!
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Library Work Day
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John Cave
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2022-02-07 06:00:00Z |
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