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This fund was begun in 1982 to provide moral support , offer financial assistance, and to provide gifts and visits to the sick and homebound of our membership. The fund began with only $10,000 and has since grown to over $300,000 to better serve PASR members who have found themselves in unfortunate circumstances.
The Social Service Memorial Honor Fund Committee is a network of volunteers at the State and local levels that give their time to assist members in need. This network consists of more than 600 volunteers across the state -- retired school employees and members of PASR! During the past year this volunteer network made nearly 3,000 phone calls and over 5,000 personal visits to homebound members or those in hospitals and nursing homes while delivering more than 3,000 flowers or other small gifts to those members in need of our services. They also sent or personally delivered over 8,000 holiday or "get well" cards .
Since its inception, our association has provided more than $70,000 in direct grants to members in need of financial assistance. This assistance has varied from a monthly stipend for medical expenses to one-time grants for home repairs. The fund has purchased a wheelchair for one impoverished member, for example, while for another it helped to install orthopedic bars in a member's bathroom.
Whatever the situation, the Social Service Memorial Honor Fund Committee tries to find those in need and then attempts to provide them with what it can to make life better for these, our less fortunate members.
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