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Seeking Volunteers
Light of Life Women and Children’s Program
(W&C) helps women, children and youth from families who have been ravaged by homelessness, addiction and abuse. We are a recovery program that provides services to women in recovery from addiction and homelessness. We provide programming for the women and programming for the children while their mothers are in classes.
W&C provides programming that helps children’s social and emotional development and enables them to learn skills that will serve them for many years to come.
We are currently looking for volunteers that can be with our children in the classroom while their mothers are going through programming. Our greatest need is someone with a passion for the 0–4-year age range. The volunteer opportunity would be helping to lead activities, read books, play and assist on any field trips and walks to the park during the scheduled hours.
If you are interested, please reach out to our volunteer specialist at volunteer@lightoflife.org or go to lightoflife.org and click “volunteer” – follow the steps to volunteer.
JOB/VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES FOR RETIREES
Senior Employment Programs & Resources
CLICK HERE . This guide provides tips for reentering the workforce and what seniors need to know about Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).
Volunteering Opportunities
PghASR members take pride in volunteering! Let us know about organizations that are looking for volunteers, and we will post the volunteering opportunities on this website and in our Newsletter.
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
Since 1954, The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum has shared the stories of transit history with its surrounding communities, and we are just getting started. Currently, over 30,000 visitors stop by each year to see our 50-car collection, take a trolley ride, and enjoy a variety of special events. Our new Welcome and Education Center opens this November, and we hope to draw even more visitors with our classroom space and exhibit halls.
In order to achieve this mission, PTM is looking for enthusiastic individuals to grow our volunteer team. Our museum volunteers operate streetcars, restore our collection, and act as tour guides and educators. With our frequent training sessions and flexible scheduling, anyone can join the fun.
To learn more, please email volunteer@patrolley.com
or visit patrolley.org/volunteer.
Morgan Meer
Volunteer Recruiter and Coordinator
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
mmeer@patrolley.org
1 Museum Road
Washington, PA 15301
724-228-9256 x6014
www.patrolley.org
Urban Impact
Hello. My name is Anna St. Jean, and I work in the Education Department at Urban Impact. I am reaching out to you to discuss volunteer opportunities for members of the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees.
I am not sure how much you know about Urban Impact already, but here is a brief synopsis: Urban Impact is a ministry based in the Northside of Pittsburgh that provides various in-school and out-of-school programs, investing in the lives of at-risk children, youth, and their families to do our part in fulfilling Christ’s Great Commission.
The Education Department has three main programs – Literacy Support, Tutoring Center, and Summer Day Camp.
In Literacy Support, volunteers work 1-on-1 with students providing individualized literacy intervention, two to three days a week. Tutoring Center provides homework help and individualized math and literacy support two days a week. We would not be able to run each of these programs without our amazing volunteers that give their time to teach these students and build relationships with them.
Thank you,
Anna St. Jean
Interscholastic Athletics at the Pittsburgh Public School
Karen E. Arnold Director of Interscholastic Athletics at the Pittsburgh Public School is looking for volunteers to help with football games – helping out at the concession stands and working the ticket sales and ticket taking – at Cupples Stadium. The hours for football season are Thursdays 7:00 p.m. and Fridays 3:30 and 7:00 p.m. Volunteers would be asked to arrive ½ hour earlier and may leave during the 3rd quarter.
Volunteers would need to complete: a Volunteer Intake Form; PA Resident Form and FBI Waiver (PA resident for more than 10 years); Online PA State Criminal History Report and Online Child Abuse Certification. All free to volunteers. Once the forms are completed and signed they should be sent to Karen at 625 South 10th Street, Room 105A, Pittsburgh, PA 15203.
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
My name is Patty Himes, naturalist educator, and I supervise the part time staff at the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
I have some part time nature educator jobs available, working with PPS students, through the Parks Conservancy
Contact Information:
Frick Environmental Center
2005 Beechwood Blvd
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
P: 412-445-7166
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy (Main Office)
317 East Carson Street, West Tower
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
P: 412.682.7275 · F: 412.622.016PittsburghParks.org
Oasis Intergenerational Tutoring Program – trains adults to tutor children in grades K-4 in reading and writing.
Contact Information:
412-393-7629 or oasis@literacypittsburgh.org
Join Us!
The more members we have, the stronger and more effective our organization will be. Click on the link below for a membership application form to renew your membership or give to other Pittsburgh retirees to join.
P.O. Box 9056
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
pghpasr2024@yahoo.com
Who We Are
Pittsburgh Association of School Retirees (PghASR) is a Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees (PASR). Our active PASR/PghASR membership is open to any person retired from any educational institution in the state of PA. Our associate membership is open to any person interested in the work of PASR/PghASR; any active school employee and any spouse of an active member of PASR/PghASR. To find out more about PASR visit their website at pasr.org.
| PghASR Officers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Glory Getty | 412-389-8211 | ggetty700w@aol.com |
| President-Elect | Anita Walker | 412-303-0593 | walkeranita625@gmail.com |
| Treasurer | Eileen Gavin | 412-781-7359 | eag1120@aol.com |
| Assistant Treasurer | Debra S. Rucki | 412-937-0138 | dsrucki@verizon.net |
| Secretary, Membership | Dr. A. Jay Gross | 412-683-2711 | ajaygross@msn.com |
| Secretary, Recording | Kathy Moran | 412-841-2485 | kmoran056@comcast.net |
| Secretary, Corresponding | LaVerne Anthony | 412-973-1197 | laverne.anthony07@yahoo.com |
| Region 12 Director | Ellen Estomin | 412-361-2736 | erestomin@gmail.com |
NOTE IMPORTANT NOTICE
If you are an ANNUAL member of the PghASR your 2026/2027 membership dues are due June 2026.
Annual Dues: $25.00
Lifetime Dues: $250.00
Thank you for your continued support of our organization.
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Pittsburgh Association of School Retirees
2026 Calendar
August
RECREO
No Back to School Lunch Bunch at Narcisi Winery
Thursday, August 20th, at 11:30 AM
RSVP to Glory Getty at ggetty700w@aol.com ASAP
September
Annual PASR Region 12 Meeting /Luncheon
Pittsburgh Chapter Hosts
Friday, September 25th, 11:00 AM
Rivers Casino. RSVP on page 3 due on Sept. 7th.
October
2026 Leadership Development Conference
October 13-14 at Double Tree by Hilton Pittsburgh-Cranberry
RECREO
Lunch Bunch
Thursday, October 22nd at 11:30 AM
Octoberfest at Hofbrauhaus on RSVP to ggetty700w@aol.com by October 19th.
November
RECREO
Fall Taco Tuesday
November 10th, at Waterfront El Campesino, 3:00-5:00 PM. RSVP to Kathy Moran at kmoran056@comcast.net by November 6th
RECREO
Inside Recess Day/Game Day II – TBD
December
PghASR General Membership and Holiday Luncheon
Rivers Casino
Monday, December 7th at 11:00 AM RSVP on page 13 due November 16th.
PASR RECREO – Travel Opportunity – A Biltmore Christmas in Ashville NC, December 7-11th –
for details go to pasr.org
Allegheny County Chapter Community Service- Batch Foundation Gift Wrapping- TBD
SPECIAL NOTICES TO OUR MEMBERS
- Region 12 Update – Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees Region 12/Western Region, consists of the AlleghenyCounty Chapter and the Pittsburgh Chapter. During the House of Delegates in October, Robert Marko announced thathe would be stepping down as the Region 12 Executive Director at the end of 2025. The Executive Director positionalternates between the two chapters, so it became Pittsburgh Chapter’s turn to fill the vacancy. Ellen Estomin agreed tofill the vacancy – Ellen had previously served as the regional executive director. Thank you to Ellen for assuming thisleadership position.The PASR Region 12 Annual Meeting and Luncheon hosted by the Pittsburgh Chapter is scheduled for Friday,September 25th at the Rivers Casino. Look for additional information and the RSVP form in the fall newsletter,but mark your calendars now, we would love to see you there.
- Election Year Slate/Election & Installation at the General Meeting and Holiday Luncheon 2026
2026 is an Election Year for the Officers of PghASR. The term is for two years. The term begins on January 1, 2027 and ends on December 31, 2028. The Nominating Committee of LaVerne Anthony and Jackie Blakey-Tate once again prepared this year’s slate of candidates.
The slate must be presented to the Executive Committee (at the July 16th meeting) and published in the Fall/Winter Newsletter (August). The election will take place during the December 7th General Membership Meeting and Holiday Luncheon. Installation of the officers will also occur during that meeting.
The proposed slate of officers remains the same:
President – Glory Getty
President Elect – Anita Walker
Treasurer – Eileen Gavin
Assistant Treasurer – Debra Rucki
Corresponding Secretary – LaVerne Anthony
Membership Secretary/Treasurer – Dr. A. Jay Gross
Recording Secretary – Kathy Moran
Any additional nominations (or volunteers) for all offices may be made with the nominee’s approval by contacting the Nominating Committee. Note: According to the By Laws, treasurers and secretaries may serve consecutive terms through re-election. President and president elect are eligible for re-election subject to the approval of the Executive Committee. - We communicate with all of our members through our two newsletters published in the spring and the fall of each year. If you have provided us with an up to date email, then periodically we communicate using an email service calledMail Chimp. Look for pghpasr@209715402.mailchimpapp.com. Those emails usually will start with “greetings fromthe Pittsburgh Association of School Retirees.” We have one other means of communicating with all of our members andit is so simple to use – just access our website at pghasr.org
- We also have a Facebook page that you can Like and Follow just do a search for Pittsburgh Association of SchoolRetirees. Comment on the posts and share the posts, PghASR is your organization, your community, and by sharing oursocial media content you can help us grow.
- Ernestine Reed our Social Service and Memorial Honor Fund Chairperson is always seeking information about members who we should be caringly contacting.
- If you are aware of any new retirees please talk to them about joining PghASR and PASR.
- We recently made revisions to qualifications for membership in PghASR, in our chapter by laws. Membership in thechapter shall be: Active – any person retired from any educational institution in the state of Pennsylvania; Associate – anyperson interested in the work of PghASR; any active school employee and any spouse of an active member of PghASR.
20 YEAR RECOGNITION
A. Jay Gross
Once a year, at our annual Holiday Luncheon, we take the opportunity to recognize and honor those members of the Pittsburgh Association of School Retirees who have been retired for 20 years by presenting them with a certificate to commemorate this milestone.
This year we had the privilege
of recognizing a total of eight who have achieved this
distinction, and we were honored that five of them were able
to be in attendance at the luncheon. They were Westlynn
Davis, Patricia Kelly, Thelma Lovette Morris, Ernestine
Reed and James W. White. The scroll that lists their names
also includes Raymond C. Sanders, Marilyn Barnett Waters
and Darla Del Duca Yannotti who were members that were
unable to attend.
Please Let Us Know
Ernestine Reed
If anyone is aware of any PghASR member who is ill, had a surgical procedure, or is deceased, please contact Ernestine Reed, Chairperson of the Social Services and Memorial Honor Fund. Ernestine’s contact information is in the Newsletter along with all the other officers and committee members. It is important for us as retirees to show each other that we care and that our members are remembered. Receiving a card, phone call or visitation can make all the difference when someone is ill, recovering, or being remembered when a member passes, or in some cases, when a spouse/partner of a PghASR member passes. Recognizing a family when a heartache occurs lets them know that we haven’t forgotten them or their loved one. To access Memorial Honor Fund Form, CLICK HERE.
Make the Most of your PASR Membership!
Are you getting the most out of your PASR membership? Here’s how you can ensure you’re taking full advantage of being a member:
A.Stay Informed on Legislative and Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) Updates
Visit the PASR website and scroll to the bottom to click on the “Legislative and COLA Update” link. This section providescurrent updates on our COLA journey, as well as other important information related to the COLA process. You’ll findletters and resources to help you effectively communicate with your local representatives.
B.Get Involved Locally
Join a PASR Chapter to enhance your social life and contribute to your community. PASR Chapters organize a varietyof activities, including day trips, week-long excursions, luncheons, picnics, and more. These events offer fantasticopportunities to socialize, meet like-minded individuals, and support your chapter.
*For a list of upcoming events and contact details, check the calendar on the PASR website. You can also subscribe toour Membership & PASR Activities email list, where you will receive a monthly email of upcoming events.
C.Explore Leadership Opportunities
If you’re interested in taking a more active role, consider applying for a leadership position. There are numerous rolesavailable at the Chapter, Region, and State levels. Many of these positions offer the chance to work alongside a co-chairor team, which can make the experience more enjoyable and collaborative. Sharing responsibilities with a co-chairallows you to brainstorm ideas, divide tasks, and support each other, making leadership both fun and effective. Tolearn more about these opportunities and the associated responsibilities, reach out to your local Chapter for detailedinformation.
D. Volunteer and Support Locally
Even if you can’t take on a formal leadership role, there are other ways to contribute. Connect with your Social ServiceMemorial Honor Fund Chair to see if you can assist by visiting or calling confined members. Additionally, reach out toyour Community Service Chair for a list of current chapter plans for volunteer opportunities. Local volunteering is agreat way to make a difference and engage with your community.
E. Take Advantage of Exclusive Membership Benefits
Don’t miss out on the exclusive benefits available to PASR members. To access these perks, visit the Members’ Onlysection of the website, where you can find links, promo codes, and phone numbers. Benefits include Dental and Visioninsurance, Auto/Home/RV and Motorcycle insurance, Life and Long-Term Care insurance, technology discounts, homeenergy service discounts, Wholesale Club discounts, and more.
F.Manage Your Membership Information
Stay up to date with your membership status by logging into the PASR website. Here, you can review your membershipdetails, including renewal dates for dental and vision coverage, pay dues, and update your personal information. No,we will not replace our mailing efforts. However, keeping this information current will allow us to get new and excitinginformation to you as fast as possible.
While we’ve highlighted several key areas, the PASR website offers even more resources. Explore benefit presentations to learn more about our dental and vision insurance, as well as other discounts we provide. You can also find resources for additional assistance, senior discounts not exclusive to PASR, educational Zoom recordings, fraud prevention tips, and more.
By actively engaging with these resources and opportunities, you can fully enjoy and benefit from your PASR membership. If you have any questions or need further assistance, feel free to contact your local Chapter or the PASR staff at 717-697-7077, and we will be happy to assist!
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PghASR Is Going Paperless and Needs your Contact Information
In order to keep PghASR financially solvent in the coming years, your Leadership Team is planning to move forward in the distribution of our Newsletter via email. Printing and postage costs have gone through the roof, and therefore sending out the newsletters requires a new distribution approach. In 2022, we will begin the process to transition to sending out the newsletters via email when possible, starting with compiling a list of all members who have email addresses. We need your assistance in this endeavor. We request that PghASR members who have an email address click on the link below to download and print a form to complete about your contact information. Mail the form to PghASR, PO Box 9056, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, or email our Membership Secretary, Dr. A. Jay Gross, at ajaygross@msn.com, so he can add your current email address and contact information to his membership list. We also need to know which of our members don’t have access to a computer or other device. If that is the case with you, place an X on the line on the form that says, “I have no email address,” to let your Leadership Team know the only way we will be able to communicate with you is by mail or phone. We will mail newsletters to members who don’t have email addresses. If you move, let us know. Leadership Team members have their addresses and phone numbers listed on page 13 of this newsletter. Any of us can assist you. We anticipate this process will take a year to implement. PghASR Member Demographic Information Form
Please contribute to PghASR
Text: PghASR accepts contributions for the Memorial Honor Fund, Scholarship Fund, and Newsletter expenses. Click on the link below to download the contribution form. Fill it out and then send it with your contribution to PghASR, P.O. Box 9056, Pittsburgh, PA 15224. Make your check payable to PghASR. Indicate on the memo line which category the contribution is for. Note: All contributions should be sent to PghASR and not to officers of the organization. PghASR Contribution Form
PghASR needs you! Please consider volunteering to be an officer, chair, newsletter editor, or member of one of our committees.
PghASR flourishes on partnership and collaboration. The organization depends on those who think outside the box and are not afraid to take a stand, express ideas or make suggestions. Is that you?
To volunteer or find out more about a committee, email or write a note to PghASR. Contact information is at the top of the website. You can also call one of the PghASR Officers.
Help is especially needed to assist with computer-related tasks such as keeping the membership database current, creating and maintaining a Facebook page, and emailing members with important updates.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE PGHASR BY-LAWS
pghasr.org 