Memorial Board
Our Memorial Board
awards two $1,000 scholarships annually; one each to a grad in the
field of Gerontology at OSU and PSU.
Salem Retired
Educators Association-Unit 2
SREA annual
scholarships go to two future teachers who are in their last terms in
the teacher training program. This year each winner received $600 to
go toward their college expenses. Both recipients spoke at one of the
SREA meetings. Contributed by Ruth Aydelott,
Unit 2 President.
Umatilla/Morrow
County-Unit 9
The Morrow/Umatilla
unit of Oregon Retired Educators selected
two students who will each receive a $750 scholarship for the coming
school year. The unit gives scholarships annually to students who are
either college undergraduates or post graduates who are studying for a
career in education.
Linn-Benton
Counties-Unit 18
Unit 18 contributed
$200 and 17 books to a grade school in New Orleans which had been
devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The project was through The Heart Of
America. Unit 18 also supports the SMART reading program.
Mid Columbia /The
Dalles/Hood River-Unit 20
Our Unit 20 awards one $750 scholarship
annually to a 4-yr. college student in their third, fourth, or fifth
year with aspirations of becoming a teacher.
King City-Unit 34
Unit 34 gave two $500
scholarships this year.
Yamhill County-Unit
37
Unit 37 gives a $1,000
award to a student in Yamhill County attending
Linfield, George Fox College , or
Western Oregon University in Monmouth (WOU). The funds may be used at
the discretion of the student teacher—for supplies, clothes, gas,
etc. The recipient is a guest speaker at one of the Unit’s spring
meetings.
We Did
This! 2006-2007 Projects
Contributed by Unit 34 King City
--this is a partial list!
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Monthly speakers on: poverty, genealogy,
elder law
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Made and sold Christmas swags for the
scholarship fund
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Items collected for the King City
Rehabilitation Center
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Collected eye glasses, walkers, canes,
hearing aides for those in need
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Worked at Loaves and Fishes
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Provided workers and food for the Good
Neighbor Center
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Taught female inmates at Coffee Creek
Correctional Facility to make quilts
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And much more
Invitation
to Start a New Unit
OREA is interested in
helping you start a new unit or renew one. At the state level there
are resources to reach out and support this effort. If you would like
assistance, please contact me as soon as possible. We have exciting
new directions.
Margaret Dutton,
President
Phone: 1-541-928-9644
Email:
margaretdutton@hotmail.com
