A new school year

I forgot to take pictures at our September lunch until just a few of us were left.
Our next date is on a Thursday this time....October 20th.

Sad news

Allen Zwick's mother passed away on August 6th. His wife Judy posted the obituary link on Facebook today (Sept. 12).(that's how I found out).

http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/obituaries/bct/betty-zwick/article_b3e88dd5-9d09-53ef-a155-857c956d8f21.html

He and his family have our heartfelt condolences.

See you soon!

It's almost time for our next DEAR lunch and I look forward to seeing all of you!

My husband, Tom, and I drove to Seaside for my annual First Day of School Trip to Seaside. I hope that you, too, had a day of happy celebration  (and for you newly retireds....you can always stop by and visit...and then leave! whoohoo)

Have a great week-end!

More retired friends found on Facebook!

It's always so heartwarming to see our former colleagues getting together and having fun!

Looks like this lovely group of birthday ladies go to celebrate with a show in NYC regularly...23 years?!!! Wow. :-)

Remember Joanne Karwacki?

I just came across this Facebook photo of Joanne with her son, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren and wanted to share it with those of you who remember her from her old Delran days.

I see her upon occasion when we are in Myrtle Beach (she is in North Carolina...near Allan Zwick, actually...) and is just as wonderful as ever! (Sometimes she is in our area, too, en route to somewhere! :-)

Hot hot summer, but all is well

Lunch at Dooney's Pub on August 17th was fun. Best regards to all who were elsewhere. Hope you are feeling better/having a great time/staying cool.

I forgot to have everyone say cheese for a group shot, so here we all are close up and personal....

Great to see Kate!

Janet bought a house in FL

Husband Jimmy came with Rosina....come again, Jim!

Rosina, Judie, and Suzanne enjoying lunch

Carol and Rosemary sans Bruce (hope you're feeling better soon, Bruce)

Barb, Judy, Kris (welcome!)

Fun lunch and pension news

Our July lunch was fun as always. Paul Ordog was back :-) and a non-retiree (!), Kathryn Schneider, joined us. Jean Lombardi shared a photo book she'd made of her trip to Nova Scotia, and Carol Reed shared her photos from Italy.

Carol, Joyce, Jean, and Marcia

We set the next lunch date for Wednesday, August 17th. (Dooney's Pub, Delran, 12:30)

An important item of note regarding our pension situation:
With our hopes pinned on the passage of a constitutional amendment to guarantee the funding for and preservation of our pension system as we know it, it becomes critical to ensure that the Senate will vote to allow that amendment to appear on the November ballot.

To that end, all retirees and current school employees are encouraged to call and/or email Steve Sweeney and their districts' state senators to 1) post the bill (SCR-2) for a vote (that's for Steve Sweeny) and 2) support its passage.

Senator Sweeney - 856 - 251-9801                     email:  SenSweeney@njleg.org  LD 3  (Senate President)

Senator Beach - 856-429-1572                            email:  SenBeach@njleg.org  LD 6

Senator Diane Allen - 856-314-8835                   email: SenAllen@njleg.org  LD 7

Senator Addiego - 609-654-1498                        email: SenAddiego@njleg.org LD 8

Senator Connors - 609-693-2469                       email:  SenConnors@njleg.org   LD 9

Senator Thompson  732-607-7580                     email: SenThompson@njleg.org  LD 12

I am heading to Trenton Monday (Aug. 1) for NJEA's Lobby Day. Any members are welcome to join me...and all non BCREA members are encouraged to join. This is a seriously critical time for all of us.