Phyllis Doyle being presented with the Distinguished Service Award by President Joanne Weeks at the May 6 Spring Luncheon
District 13 would like to congratulate Phyllis Doyle on receiving the Distinguished Service to District 13 Award at the Spring Annual Meeting Luncheon.
Phyllis has been the Chairperson of the Social Committee for 18 years — arranging luncheon locations, choosing menus, collecting cheques, selecting speakers/entertainment and being the “Meet and Greet” person at all of our District 13 events. She has done an amazing job!
We are extremely pleased that Phyllis is not leaving the Executive; she will continue as the Tours Committee Chair.
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Retired Teachers of Ontario (Hamilton-Wentworth Haldimand) presented the $4000 “Service to Others” cheque to Louise Dompierre, the President and C.E.O. of the Art Gallery of Hamilton, at a recent opening of a new exhibit. This grant will assist with the summer art program/camp “Art Without Barriers” for needy art students ages 8-12.
The camp takes place at the Art Gallery of Hamilton during a week in August and the Art educators involved are hoping to have up to 20 students attend. The Hamilton-Wentworth Haldimand District added $300 to the RTO/ERO Provincial “Service to Others” grant for a grand total of $4000. These funds will be used to purchase art materials, provide meals and snacks during the camp and for each student to have a “takehome” art kit at the conclusion of the camp.
Cheque presentation to the Art Gallery of Hamilton
Presenting the cheque were District 13 Service to Others Committee members Tom Pettigrew (Chair) and Rita Mauro as well as Past President Joanne Weeks. Also in attendance were District 13 members Helen Szydlowski, Lee Hondronicols, Marilyn Hill and Jan Lukas.
The most recent RTO/ERO “Health Matters” booklet lists four wellness websites that may interest you. As you know, we need to focus on maintaining our health and wellness while we enjoy these retirement years.
There are two websites about the benefits of increasing your activity level:
“Canada’s Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living for Older Adults”
at www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/hp-ps/hl-mvs/pag-gap/pdf/guide-handbook-older-eng.pdf
and “Active Living Coalition for Older Adults” (ALCOA) at www.alcoa.ca.
There are also two websites about changing your lifestyle and eating well:
“Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide” at www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index-eng.php
and “EatRight Ontario ” at www.ontario.ca/eatright.
Let’s focus on lasting a little longer in a healthy way.
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