On Jan 20th 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.
On January 27th we will be gathering in the evening at 7:00pm in the Melissa ISD building for our Fourth Thursday Rotary after work meeting. Our speaker will be Melissa Wilmeth Bird who is the CEO of Retired Flag Project. Melissa takes old worn out flags and repurpose them into gifts for Veterans. Come learn how she goes about this effort. Bring a friend and introduce them to Rotary. Everyone bring one.
Melissa Rotary Club Blood Ddrive
Saturday, January 29, 2022 8:00 am – 2:00 pm
Melissa United Methodist Church – In the Sanctuary– 3851 McKinney St, Melissa, TX 75454
Last week we gathered to hear from Anil Srivatsa a Rotarian who has found purpose in his life championing the cause of Organ Donation. Unfortunately we had sound issues so we instead spoke to the newer members about Why Rotary and the good we do in service to others. Thanks for Kathy for leading the tail end of the meeting and for our guests who attended. Welcome to Kevin Brockus and Brad Alexander.
Craig has lived in Dallas since age 4. He learned to fly at age 17 and started his career in aviation after a 3 year service in the US army. He flew professionally for over 45years. He has flown to every state in the Union, Alaska too many times even the north pole! He has been all over Europe, Africa, South America Central America, Mexico, Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Russia and the Black Sea. He has crossed the oceans many, many times! He has nine jet
Type ratings a DC3 rating and has flown about 14 different airplanes end still loves to fly!
Craig and Raeleen have four children, 2 boys and 2 girls all married with 7 grand children. Craig has coached soccer for 3 of the kids, attended many boring gymnastic meets and baseball games He has been a super Dad and Granddad.
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