STRSEA GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING & LUNCHEON

Thursday, December 9 

10:30 AM meeting & luncheon

Location:  Treen Technology Center 

2420 Livingston St. Mandeville, LA 70448

St. Tammany Retired School Employees Association will hold its December meeting at the Treen Center.  Our social time will begin at 10:30.  Please note the change in time for this meeting.  It is our annual holiday luncheon.  We will have entertainment, food, fun and games, and giveaways.  We hope that you will be able to join us!

Just a few reminders for those who plan to attend.  This luncheon is a bring your own lunch in a bag….this has changed from the original pot luck plans…the board members will bring desserts and drinks.  We are also collecting snacks for the Safe Haven volunteers.  Please bring individually packaged snacks such as beef jerky, trail mix, "healthy" chips, crackers, etc. 
I will also post a list of examples of what they are looking for in the newsletter and on our Facebook page.  If you still want to donate to the food drive and Project Christmas and haven’t already, you can bring those donations too.  And, we hope that in the spirit of the season that you consider wearing your “worst” Christmas sweater or shirt.  We will hold a little competition on whose is the “worst” at our meeting.  Please feel free to be as festive as you would like!

We hope that you had a great Thanksgiving and that you will have a peaceful and prosperous holiday season!  Enjoy your blessings!

 Eric Sacks, President STRSEA 2020

Upcoming dates for 2022:

January 13

March 10

May 12

For more up to date activities, join the Facebook group for STRSEA. 

Retired Teachers Meet in Mandeville

 The St. Tammany Retired School Employees Association met the morning of May 13 at the David Treen Instructional Technology Center in Mandeville.

 

Ron Caruso at the podium gives treasurers report.

President Eric Sacks welcomed those present and introduced the several board and committee members who gave reports on the status of various projects.

Scholarship Presented

He announced that Isabelle Massey of Covington High School had won the group's Educational Scholarship for the year. She had been presented the scholarship award at a meeting the week before, with her parents present.

 

 

Isabelle Massey

Miss Massey gave an emotional appreciation for the funds, promising to become the kind of teacher that she had met throughout her schooling who had been such a help to her.

"Thank you so much, and I really appreciate receiving this grant," Miss Massey stated. "I want to become a teacher because I want to be there for my students as my teachers have been for me."

Scholarship Chairman Pam Montreuil said that the student had touched their hearts with her comments thanking the group. Her father is also a teacher, Sacks stated. She has a passion for becoming a teacher, it was obvious, and the group looks forward to keeping up with her educational and work career achievements.

She plans to attend Southeastern Louisiana University and study education and history.

Legislative Report

Jack Loup presented the legislative report, updating the members on issues now being discussed in Baton Rouge which could affect retirement programs.

Memorial Program

The traditional "Memorial Program" was then held, wherein members who have passed away in the previous year were named and remembered. This ceremony covered the past two years, however, due to COV-19 issues last year, and a total of 29 names were given. Bill and Carolyn Brugmann helped conduct the solemn ceremony.

Those who had passed on were the following: Mary Adams, Charles Alder, Vicki Antrainer, Israel Batiste Sr., Mercy Burtch, Patty Carbajal, Peggy Chapoton, Ruth Core, Jennette M. Fitte, Hallie Claydene Glynn, Ruth P. Harrison, Clemeal Harry, Nancy M. Hudson, Marilyn A. Kelly, Betty H. Kintner, Caroline M. (Carol) Landry, Teresa Magruder, Ronnie Pogue, Richard Tanner, Helen Taylor, Myra Trimble, Warren G. Troxclair, Essie Mae Tyson, Erlene Howser Ward, Ron Wascom, Ric Watkins, Norma Weary, Albert Wilheim, and Nancy Woods.

 

 

Roxanne Lagarde and Rhonda Chambers sharing a rose honoring a departed member

A bouquet of roses was part of the memorial ceremony and members were invited to take single roses to the relatives and loved ones of the members who had passed.

An update on services offered by the Louisiana Retired Teachers was provided, via Zoom, by Jennifer Tran from her Baton Rouge office. She went over various links on the LRTA website that offer information of importance to members with specific problems.

Two new members were welcomed to the group.

 

 

A highlight of the meeting was a "silent auction," where members bid on items brought in and donated to help raise funds for next year's educational grant scholarship fund. 

 

 

 

The meeting was well attended and spaced out.

 

 

It was the annual spring luncheon, so box lunches were served after the business meeting.