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Delaware County Chapter - PASR
The Annual PASR Spring Luncheon was held at Granite Farms Estates on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 and was attended by over one hundred twenty-five members. Two $5,000 scholarships were presented to Delaware County seniors, and the Lauretta Woodson Award was presented to two members of the Southeast Delco School District.
Luncheon speaker was Sergeant Anthony Colgan of the Marple Township Police Department.
Reports on two successful Chapter Projects
Project #1: In the past year Delaware Coounty Chapter of PASR contributed over $500 dollars to the food bankfor the needy in the city of Chester. This effort is part of the community service program sponsored by the chapter. Food was greatly appreciated especially at the time of the holidays.
Project #2: Our local PASR Chapter recently honored Dr.Paul Miller of Aston for his services over the past years to the youth of the County as chairman of the Scholarship program. The first scholarship awarded by our chapter in 1995 was for $1,000. Since that time sixty one thousand dollars in scholarships have been given to students of Delaware County by our chapter. All of this was accomplished through the efforts of Dr Miller who contacted Superintendents, principals, and teachers in Delaware County concerning the scholarships available to students interested in entering teaching profession. He then arranged to have the scholarships prepared and presented to the selected recipients. We are proud of our scholarship program and we thank Dr. Miller for all he has done to create and sustain the program.
2008-2009 News
NEWS FROM DELAWARE COUNTY CHAPTER of PASR (Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees)
All standing committee chairs have been working hard to achieve the goals of our chapter. Recently recognized were Muriel Schultz for the production of an outstanding newsletter, Jesse Powell for setting up luncheons for our monthly meetings and serving as sergeant-at-arms, Barbara Stauts for her tireless efforts with membership and Steve Kupsov for his updates on Mechanicsberg happenings and the COLA issues.
The Fall luncheon of the Chapter will be held Wednesday, November 5th at Granite Farms Estates. The Keynote speaker will be Philip Heron, Editor of the Delaware County Daily Times. The fare will be Surf 'n' Turf. The cost for this event is $17.00 per person.
Volunteerism is one of the goals of our Chapter. At our September meeting it was announced that twenty-five volunteer forms were received totaling 28,340 hours of service. Almeda Norris' 3,125 hours led the list. Opportunities for service were discussed and Laura C. Romano, Director of Volunteer Services at Riddle Memorial Hospital spoke briefly.
Pearl Klausner has started the practice of passing around a loose change jar for the Social Services Memorial Honor Fund at each meeting.
The Delaware County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees will hold a Pre-Retirement seminar on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 at 4 p.m. in the Delaware County Intermediate Unit in Morton, Pa. Information will be presented by representatives from Wachovia Bank, Social Security, and the Pennsylvania School Employees Retirement System. For information on pre-retirement seminars contact Anita Manetta at (610) 358- 4070.
Caroline Fedena has been doing a terrific job with Recreo/Travel. She has planned numerous trips and activities. A trip to Winterthur's Country Estate Yuletide Tour is scheduled for Monday, December 29th-- $18.00 per person includes admission, tram tour, museum and tour of the mansion. A decision will be made later about lunch depending upon group preference.This page was updated 09/30/08
