On behalf of the Melville Family Foundation team, I’d like to wish a happy holiday season to our friends, family, volunteers, and partners. Thank you for another fantastic year of service and giving. We are so grateful for the time and treasures you bring to the communities we serve. Because of your dedication to making a difference together our organization’s mission to improve the lives of black and brown children in the southern sector of Dallas progressed significantly.

As a result of our partnership with The Mint and our dedicated and passionate volunteers, we were able to bless over 1500 families with turkeys and Thanksgiving fixings for the holidays.

Ericsson’s African-American Alliance Employee Resource Group and The Melville Family Foundation (MFF) organized the seven-day summer camp at Uplift Peak (Dallas) and Uplift Mighty (Fort Worth) for students, aged between 11-14 years old. Uplift Education is the largest charter school network in the Dallas/Fort Worth region and is dedicated to providing a college preparatory education to all students in North Texas, currently serving 21,000 scholars across 43 schools. The camps followed a...