Marissa's Dream, Mother keeps memory alive through project. Marissa's mother Melinda Shaw or Ripon created Marissa's Closet to give dresses to girls who can't afford one.
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Making a difference is what Marissa McLeod’s signature in life – her endless spirit – was all about in her yesterdays and continuing through today and into many tomorrows in her deep concern for others.
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A girl’s dream of attending her senior prom in a beautiful evening gown is a real possibility for more than 1,400 soon-to-be high school graduates this year that might otherwise have to stay home on their special night.
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Melinda Shaw did her best to keep her composure as she maneuvered her way through the vacant Ripon Drug and Gift building on Main Street on Saturday.
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Tears, smiles and hugs were the order of the day in Ripon Saturday as some 200 girls from all over the region picked out prom dresses for their special graduation occasions – without paying a dime for the gowns.
RIPON — Smiling teenage girls continued to stream in and out of the former Ripon Drug Store building with spectacular prom gowns in hand – a gift of love.
RIPON – The crowd around the Marissa’s Closet booth at the Crossroads Street Fair was almost overwhelming for Melinda Shaw.
Photographs of a beaming teenager with her whole life before her decorate the living room of the comfortable home in Ripon, but the true memorial to Marissa McLeod hangs on three metal racks waiting to help other teens' dreams come true.
MARISSA’S CLOSET200 wedding dresses for 200 bridesThere was magic in the air as hundreds of engaged women from as far away as Red Bluff and Santa Rosa flocked to Marissa’s Closet in Ripon Saturday morning where new wedding gowns were being offered for a mere $50 to raise funds for the non-profit.
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