RFArea REA Supports Local Causes

Memorials for RFArea Members

The River Falls Area Retired Educators’ Association recently presented a $275 check to the River Falls Public Library to purchase books for children and adolescents in memory of members who have passed away in 2015.  Gene Kreibich, Edna Munn, and Shirley Huser spent their careers as elementary school teachers.  Robert Pionke was a professor of sociology at UW-River Falls.  Pictured are RFArea REA Treasurer Laura Zlogar and Library Director Nancy Miller.

"Read to Feed" Receives Contribution at Westside Elementary School

The River Falls Retired Educators’ Association also presented a check in the amount of $200 to Westside Elementary School Counselor Amy Kraemer, a contribution to the “Read to Feed” reading challenge program currently underway at the school.  Westside students are receiving pledges and donations as they meet their reading goals.  The money raised will be given to Heifer International, which provides livestock, seeds, and instruction to impoverished people so that they are able to feed themselves and their families.

The RFArea Retired Educators’ Association serves retired educators in the River Falls area, including K-12 school districts in River Falls, Prescott, Hudson, Ellsworth, Roberts, Spring Valley, New Richmond, Baldwin, Woodville, and Hammond.  Membership also includes educators from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and area technical colleges. 

The organization is an affiliated unit of the Wisconsin Retired Educators’ Association (WREA), the state’s largest organization of retired educators with more than 12,000 members and 60 units throughout the United States.

RFArea REA meets the second Thursday of the month at the West Wind Supper Club at 11:00 a.m.  All retired educators in the area are invited to attend.

(The second press release was posted on the River Falls Journal website at http://www.riverfallsjournal.com/news/education/3948260-donates-read-feed-westside.)