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Saturday, April 10, 2010
Enjoy 99 miles of back road beauty in North Collin County.
We’ll start in McKinney, travel north toward Melisa, back south and around to Blue Ridge. Next up to Leonard, turn back west and cruise on over to Proper. Then it is east and a cool down to McKinney and lunch!
Collect five (5) site stamps along the way and enter your card as we draw for an extra raffle ticket and a special surprise!!!
Plan to join us and help the MEF
Drive the Future!
Event Details:
7:30 Show, Shine & Stage
8:30 1st Stamp; Start - Independent Bank Corp Headquarters at 1600 Redbud, McKinney
- 2nd Stamp at Texas Vineyard Homes in Blue Ridge
- 3rd Stamp at the Leonard Dairy Queen in Leonard
- 4th Stamp at the Cotton Gin Café in Prosper
12:00 5th Stamp at Rick’s Chophouse in Downtown McKinney for the Finish & Lunch
Donation:
$200 Drive Includes a $100 Raffle Ticket and lunch at Rick’s Chophouse
$150 Drive Includes a $100 Raffle Ticket
$100 Purchase of Raffle Ticket
$ 50 Join us for lunch!!!
The Raffle is for a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid, Motor Trends 2010 Car of the Year! And from Bob Tomes, Ford-Lincoln-Mercury
Contact Information:
Melanie Perkins
469 742-6313
FAFSA workshops
Continue in March
MEF Advisors are offering free workshops to help families fill out the comprehensive Free Application for Federal Student Aid applications. Families are encouraged to bring their financial information to the workshop, where they will be able to complete their application with the Advisor's help. The final workshop will be held at McKinney North High School on March 1.
7 p.m.
March 1
MNHS Library
MEF Scholarship Applications Deadline
Has Passed
Students will be notified in May whether or not they will receive a scholarship, and all scholarships will be awarded at the annual MEF Scholarship Award Ceremony on May 28.
For more information on scholarships or applying for college, contact an MEF Advisor located on each of the high school campuses or the MEF office at 469-742-6313.
If you or your organization would like to provide a scholarship for a graduate of MISD, contact Melanie Perkins at 469-742-6314.
MEF Advisors:
MHS - Cindy Monogue, 469-742-5724
MBHS - Ashley Walton, 469-424-5437
MNHS - Trisha Williams, 469-742-4363
Drive Home a Winner!
Drive home a winner with a raffle ticket for a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid
benefiting the McKinney Education Foundation. Tickets make great gifts for friends, family and co-workers, while helping MISD graduates pursue their dreams through higher education. Tickets are $100 each and sales are limited to just 999 tickets. Bob Tomes Ford Lincoln Mercury in McKinney and the McKinney Education Foundation (MEF) will raffle off the car May 28, 2010, at the MEF Scholarship Awards Ceremony. For more details and program rules, click here. Tickets may be purchased at Bob Tomes Ford Lincoln Mercury, Central Expressway between Virginia and Eldorado, at the MEF office at 510 Heard St. in the historic district or online here.
Make Your Teacher a Star!!
Tell your favorite teacher they’re a Star! Tell us about that special teacher, and we will send them a Golden Star pin to put on their MISD badge so everyone will know how exceptional they are!
The McKinney Education Foundation (MEF) has created an award to help recognize the amazing difference a special teacher can make. For a tax-deductible donation of just $25 to MEF, we will deliver a note to your teacher saying why you think they are so special. Attached to the card is a Golden Star pin they can wear or put on their MISD badge to proclaim to all that they are pretty terrific!
Click here to order online, or call the MEF Office at 469-742-6313 for more information.
Who is MEF?
The McKinney Education Foundation is a non-profit education foundation created to centralize, simplify and enhance the process of raising money for and awarding scholarships to deserving graduates of the three McKinney high schools, as well as Serenity High and LINC. MEF also has advisors who specialize in higher education admissions at all of the McKinney high schools to help students apply for and find additional funding for college.
In addition, MEF offers Classroom and Professional Development grants for MISD staff members, honors the top 10 percent of MISD graduates through the Lambda Epsilon Rho honor society and helps keep alumni connected through the McKinney Ex-Students Association (MESA).
If you would like to help young people achieve their dreams of attending college by starting a scholarship for your PTA, PTO, booster club or business, please contact Melanie Perkins at 469-742-6314.