Showing posts with label Kids Our Kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kids Our Kids. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Melissa Rotary Announces 2011 Business Partners





The Melissa Rotary is proud to announce the Melissa Rotary Business partners of
2011. In the first year, this fund-raising program has raised $3,500 that will go back into serving Melissa and the world. (each description below is a link to the companies website) Photos: J.J. Chapa awards Xavier Chapa, Dorothy McGrath and Scott Driscoll their Rotary Sponsorship certificates.

Maranot Real Estate Services (Owner, Xavier Chapa, P.E., R.P.L.S.) is a residential land development company that specializes in land surveying, engineering and consulting on land planning.

Paradise Dental (Owner, Dr. Nadia Taiyari) is a full service dental office located in Melissa and serving many local and area families and offering a full spectrum of dental services.

All American Dry Cleaning and Embroidery Spirit Wear (Owner, Dorothy McGrath) is a full service dry cleaning service located in Melissa that can also assist with embroidery services. (no website link, phone 972-837-4880)

First National Bank of Trenton (contact, Scott Driscoll) is the local bank on Highway 121 in Melissa and serves many local and area families through checking, savings, home loans, safe deposit boxes and other banking activities.

Stacy's Studio of Music and Arts (owner, Stacy Caldwell) offers music arts lessons, preschool and summer camp services in their home campus in Mckinney to area families and their children.

Mudpies and Lullabies Creative Pre-School (Owner, Danielle Dorman-Chapa) offers childare educational services to area families at their home campus in Melissa to children infant to 12 years of age.

J.J. Chapa Real Estate and Insurance (owner, J.J. Chapa) offers residential/commercial real estate services and homeowners/auto/life/health insurance to many families all across the DFW area.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Melissa Rotary In The News


Anna Melissa Rotary Press Release


end of year 2010 press release

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Melissa Rotary Recognizes First Paul Harris Fellow



The Melissa Rotary Club recognized its first Paul Harris Fellow on December 9, 2010 at its 7:30 a.m. meeting. Julie Anderson of Melissa receieved recognition from Rotary International for her contribution of over $1,000 to Rotary Internationals Annual Programs Fund, Polio Plus/PolioPlus Partners or the Humanitarian Grants Program.

The Paul Harris Fellow is named after Paul Harris who formed the world's first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago on February 23, 1905. Today, the Paul Harris Society contributions to the Rotary Foundation support a wide range of Humanitarian grants and educational programs that enable Rotarians to bring hope and promote international understanding throughout the world (Paul Harris Society Brochure).

For more inforation regarding the Paul Harris Society click link ( link ).

Thanks to Julie Anderson from the Melissa Rotary Club.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

"Kids Our Kids" Respite program for Special Needs Families Announced


The Melissa Rotary has planned it's yearly service calander for 2011. One of the new programs that will be implemented this year is the Rotary Club's respite program for special needs families to be called "Kids Our Kids".


This program is to be modeled after the Highland Park United Methodist Church Night Owls Program.



The dates for this program are 3/12, 6/11, 9/10, 12/10 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Bascially this program is an opportunity to give parents with special needs kids a night out. Special needs families can't just call up regular sitters. It takes one-on-one attention. However, the families also bring their typical children to the program as well and they also get one-on-one attention.


Special needs families have divorce rates of between 85-90 percent. Much of this can be attributed to the fact that the parents can not focus any time on each other with a high focus needing to be on one child. The effects even trickle down to siblings who are also pushed aside to deal with the issues of the disabled child.


The Melissa Rotary Club is looking for families who will benefit from this type of service. If you know someone that could benefit from this service, please have them call J.J. Chapa at 972-254-2011.


Additionally, the Rotary Club is looking for business partners to help offset any costs through our business partership program. The service projects that the Melissa Rotary will be putting together will have some costs (ie. food expenses for participants) but will be powered by the volunteer efforts of the Melissa Rotary Club. For more information on how to be a Melissa Rotary Business Partner visit www.MelissaRotaryBusiness Partner.INFO.


For more information regarding the Kids our Kids Program visit: www.KidsOurKids.INFO

Friday, January 1, 2010