I’d like to acquaint you with the memory of my 17 year old daughter, Marissa McLeod, who had been a student at Ripon High School in Ripon, California. Marissa was an extremely bright, talented, and popular student who excelled academically while also staying highly involved in sports and other school activities. She embodied the spirit of community service and had genuine concern for others. She acted on her ideals by developing and implementing programs for those in need. Marissa’s future was looking exceptionally bright as she prepared for a career in law. Despite her extraordinary talent and promising future Marissa suddenly and tragically took her own life on December 1, 2009.
After Marissa's untimely death, Marissa's Family continued her vision and dream of helping others. Marissa's objective was to collect and distribute prom dresses to young women who were less fortunate; our goals have expanded to offer additional oppurtunities for deserving young women.
To Date the following are just some of what Marissa's Closet has successfully accomplished.
- March 13, 2010 doors opened with 1500 dresses for the first giveaway.
- To date we have distributed over 5000 dresses.
- Partnered with Assist International by sending over 1000 dresses to third world countries, helping women learn to provide for themselves and their children.
- We sponsor Ripon High Schools Sober Grad Fashion Show
- We sponsor An Evening of Dreams, which is a special needs ball in Sacramento by providing dresses, host and hostesses, chapperones, and people for the medical team
- We sponsored Camp Taylor, which is a camp that specializes in helping children with heart disease or who had to endure heart transplants.
- We ship dresses to numerous states to young women who have contacted us for help. A high school teacher in Wisconsin that oversees a program called Expect Respect contacted us and asked if we would sponsor all the dresses for all the girls in this program. The program helps abused teens realize they deserve so much more in life. We were happy to be a part of such an amazing event!
- We provide prom tickets for those who cannot afford them
- We provide a minimum of 2 scholarships per year to graduating seniors at Ripon High School. Our goal is to be able to offer more scholarships to other local high schools in the future.
- We collect and donate clothes and toys to Sierra Vista Child and Family Services
Our Mission
Changing Lives One Dress At A Time
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Phone: (209)613-0836
