On Feb 17th we will be hearing from Ruth Thompson Founder, Hugs Cafe, Inc. In 2012, she dreamed of a restaurant where the majority of those employed would be adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. With the support of her husband, she formed a nonprofit organization and in October 2015, opened the doors to Hugs Cafe. Through a lot of hard work and the grace of God, the dream became a reality. During the fall of 2018, the organization opened Hugs Greenhouse, another social enterprise that employs other adults with special abilities who have no interest in working in food service but a love of the outdoors. In 2015, Ruth was named one of McKinney’s Top 25 Women in Business. She has been given the Community Builder Award by the Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas. In 2017, she received the “Quality of Life” Award from the McKinney Community Development Corporation.
Our February 24thevening meeting will feature Mr. Kenneth Wooten, Principal of Melissa High School, and we are excited to invite you to join us.
Mr. Wooten uses the Rotary Four-Way Test in his leadership of school staff and we're thrilled he will be sharing more about that during this meeting.
We will begin at 7:00pm on Thursday, February 24th at the Melissa ISD Administration building and hope you will join us. We continue to meet at 7:30am all other weeks of the month. Please feel free to bring family and friends as Rotary is always open to everyone.
Last week we heard from Shane Hicks speaking about RebootVA The intent of RebootVA is to focus these efforts on Veterans and their supporting families, by surrounding them with the proper people and resources, to enable them to find employment or start their own businesses, just like they had to do many years ago.” For more information, please contact Info@RebootVA.org
Our Member of the Month is Ken Truax. Ken Truax has moved to Melissa from New Mexico to be closer to family. He and his wife attend Our Savior Lutheran Church and are active volunteers. Ken works at the Melissa Community Outreach and has helped at Meals on Wheels in McKinney. Ken has a heart for service and is excited to be a part of the Melissa Rotary. The picture below is at the Melissa Library where Ken worked with a team of Rotarians putting together some new computer desks for the library.
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