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LUNCH BUNCH time with MCREA 9/19/23

What do we do? We get together socially, not at a formal meeting, and we talk about our families, we talk about our retirement, we network, we talk about different ways we can fundraise for scholarships, and best of all, we do an awful lot of laughing and a lot of eating!
Thank you Chairperson Elaine Goldfisher.
It Was A Great Day!

9/13/23 – MCREA (MORRIS) LUNCHEON MEETING AT BIRCHWOOD MANOR!

Another productive Luncheon / Meeting to begin the new school year! Of course, we are retired, but will continue to support our active educators and will focus on Fundraising for Scholarships through the Morris County Retirees Education Association Philanthropic Fund (MCREAPF) for graduating students who choose education as their future career.

We want to thank Michael Salerno from NJEA Research, and Eloy Delgado from Government Relations for attending. We were happy to have two politicians, Senator Anthony Bucco and

Assemblywoman Aura Dunn from District 25, who always supported public education.

After a productive meeting and a wonderful meal, we had Trish Chamber pose as “Mrs. Hamilton” as she presented the Life of “Elizabeth Schuyler”, the wife of Alexander Hamilton.

Please support all of our Fundraising events as we post them. Members, you can access our website for all MCREA and MCREAPF events.

See you again soon!

8/30/23 LUNCH BUNCH

MCREA-Morris in the house!

As retired educators, at MCREA, we support our active teachers and our public schools in any way we can and we continue fundraising for scholarships for our graduates who enter the field of education. We also have our social “LUNCH BUNCH” lunches where we laugh, eat good food at our local Morris County restaurants, network, talk about retirement, and of course, talk about how we support our educators and students in New Jersey public schools. New Jersey Schools remain number one in the nation!

As an ending to summer and the beginning of another school year, today we were at Muldoon’s located at the Rockaway Mall. Visit our website where we will post where our next lunch bunches will be as well as get info about MCREA & NJREA events & activities. Please keep looking at our Facebook philanthropic page for fundraising events. Thank you Elaine Frank Goldfisher for organizing this event as you always get input from all of us on where to go! We are a team!

6/7/23 - MORRIS COUNTY RETIREES EDUCATION ASSOCIATION - MCREA SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEON at Birchwood Manor

THIS IS WHAT WE FUNDRAISE FOR ALL YEAR...

MCREA is one of the associations in NJ that gives the most scholarships to graduates going into education as a career. Even today, there was a 50-50 and a mini Tricky Tray for fundraising.

The luncheon theme was tropical HAWAII.

Another very successful Fundraising MCREA Luncheon! After our business meeting, the students listed below spoke about what they wish to pursue in the future as educators. These are students at the top of their class. Scholarship chair ladies, Arlene Pepe and Betty Levine introduced the scholarship winners. After their individual presentations, they were each awarded a "Senate and General Assembly Citation" as the one in the photo below by Senator Anthony M. Bucco (R)

Congratulations

to all the scholarship winners!

Eight scholarships were awarded to graduating honor seniors in New Jersey’s Public-Schools who chose education as a career. Three additional scholarships were awarded to three students as Second Year Scholarship Winners.

SCHOLARSHIP NAME – STUDENT – HIGH SCHOOL – UNIVERSITY – MAJOR

• VISIONS - 2 Yr. $4,000 – RACHEL BODNARCHUK – Morris Knolls HS - Attending Fairleigh Dickinson Univ – Majoring in Teacher of K – 12 Math

• MCREAP - 1 Yr. $2,000 - TAMARA KYLE - Boonton H - attending George Washington Univ – Majoring in Teacher of Secondary Ed / History

• MCREAP - 1 Yr. $2000 - ELLA CISTARO - Parsippany HS - Attending Un of Delaware – Majoring in Special Education / School Psychologist

• MCREAP - 1 Yr. $2,000 - MADELINE TUBBS - Morris School of Technology - Attending Rutgers Un – Majoring in Teacher of History / Geography

• BUD SATZ - 1 Yr. $2,000 - EMILY MYLOD - Jefferson HS - Attending Kutztown Univ - Majoring in Special Education / Visual Impairments

• MICHAEL N. PROTOPAPAS - 1 Yr. $2,000 - KIERSTEN DRAZEK - Randolph HS - Attending Montclair State Un - Majoring in Teacher of Students with Disabilities / Psychology

• RAY DOLTZ - Yr. $2,000 – KYRA MORENA - Morris Hills HS -Attending Montclair State Un - Majoring in Elementary Education

• ANN KORINDA - Yr. - $2000 - ANGELA PARADISO - Hanover Park HS -Attending Rutgers Univ - Majoring in School Psychology / Guidance Counselor

Second-year Scholarship

• VISIONS – 2nd Yr. - $2,000 – ISABEL LIN

• MCREAP – 2nd Yr. - $2,000 – EMMA MAGGIO (College of NJ)

• MCREAP – 2nd Yr. - $2,000 – ABIGAIL DIGLIO (Muhlenberg

College)

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5/10/23 - MCREA LUNCHEON MEETING AT BIRCHWOOD MANOR IN WHIPPANY, NJ

Another very successful MCREA Morris Luncheon Meeting at the Birchwood Manor began with our business meeting, our wonderful lunch, and our visit with NJEA Associate Director of Government Relations, Eloy Delgado, ending with entertainment from our piano player and violinist Leah Frank.
Visit our website to get information on our next fundraising event, or scroll through our page and support our scholarship fundraising.
“MCREA - Morris Retirees - we are the daytime faces of MCCEA
and
NJREA - NJ Retirees- are the daytime faces of NJEA”
(Thank you to ”Al Wood” for the quote)

NJREA SPRING LUNCHEON - 4/27/23

MCREA in the House together at Nottingham Ballroom with other retired associations in New Jersey, represented by their county presidents and their members. We continue to support our public schools, our educators, and their students, and with advocacy and united with NJEA, New Jersey public schools are still #1 in the USA! Congrats!

4/26/23 - MCREA Morris is in the House at

The Meadow in Randolph, NJ

We thank Morris County Council of Education Associations (MCCEA) for honoring three of our MCREA retirees...

CHARLES HAAS, CHERYL DOLTZ, and Robert HAVAS as this year’s award recipients at its Friend of Education Celebration for 2023 along with active educator award recipients Joao Goncalves and Tracy Swain. Their ongoing assistance and support for our public schools earned them the honor of being exceptionally honored.

We thank our Morris County students for their musical performances as well as MCCEA Executive Board & Office Staff for inviting us to their eclectic event!

Below are photos of the retiree recipients and MCREA Morris members who came to support them. Visit us for our scholarship fundraising events at Morris County Retirees Education Association Philanthropic Fund

March 22nd CAFE NAVONA 147 Rt 46, Rockaway, NJ -so much fun! Join us next time!

MCREA - Morris LUNCH BUNCH did it again with our fun, loving Elaine Goldfisher, who plans our Lunch Bunch get-togethers while you choose the venue! You can hear the laughter and networking in the whole room take-over at CAFE NAVONA in Rockaway, NJ.

Join us on April 19th at CASA BELLA in Denville, NJ. - Just sent a message to Elaine. You can find her information on our website as well as our next Lunch Bunches and our Member MCREA luncheon meetings.

3/8/23 - MCREA MARCH MEETING / LUNCHEON - ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT AT THE BIRCHWOOD MANOR IN WHIPPANY!

We Welcome our new members to MCREA and to our March Meeting / Luncheon! Before our meeting, we had vendors who provided discounts through the NJEA Member Discount Program. Our members got a "PASSPORT" to Savings & Prizes, and by completing the "PASSPORT", members were eligible for door prizes.

Another productive meeting where we had our committee reports, old business, new business, and information about our health benefits from a representative from AETNA. Once the meeting was completed, a delicious lunch was served, and we got a wealth of information from NJEA's Tom Predale who gave us an update on Pension and Benefits. We thank all who attended and we look forward to seeing you at our future luncheon meetings and fundraising events.

12/7/22 - MCREA DECEMBER MEEETING / LUNCHEON - ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT AT THE BIRCHWOOD MANOR IN WHIPPANY!

Today was another successful meeting with a quite a few of surprises added this year.

(Hint - look for a little bird in the photos. Members took a trip to Spain & Portugal, and were amazed with this little bird whistle - when you add water, it sings! Our traveling members performed as birds! To HEAR THEM, go to our Facebook "Morris County Retirees Education Association Philonthropic Fund" page. "Hear" the Pequannock Acapella songs as well!)

Our officers gave their reports as did our committee chairs. Pins were given to our new MCREA members and we welcome them! Thank you to MARY CLEMENTS, NJREA Secretary, for joining us. To add to our scholarship fundraising, we had a "mini trick tray" auction and a"50-50" raffle and we thank our members for participating as we raise money to award scholarships to students who will attend a four year college and choose education as a career. After our business meeting ended, we had our meal and some great entertainment from the Acapella Chorus students from Pequannock High School who entertained us with holiday songs and later introduced themselves adding their goals for post graduation. Between lunch and dessert, auction prizes were called as well as one winner of our "50-50" raffle all for scholarships! Thank you to all who attended and we are looking forward to seeing at our next Luncheon meeting on March 8th!

10/19/22 - MCREA LUNCH BUNCH GROUP DOES IT AGAIN!

MCREA Morris Lunch Bunch group really had fun at “The Exchange “ in Rockaway. They bonded, networked, laughed, and couldn’t stop eating at our informal lunch! Next time? “Hunan Taste”, in November, then “The Barn” in December, then let’s see how they decide! Call Elaine and join us!

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MCREA Morris OCTOBER 12TH MEETING / LUNCHEON!

Another successful meeting with our MCREA Morris retirees. Our committee chairs discussed relevant issues and business and guess what? We had new members and we are growing! We also had fundraising events with our jewelry sales as well as a "Mini Tricky Tray" to raise money for our scholarships. Do you know we are #1 in New Jersey with the most scholarships awarded to students who choose education as their career goal? During lunch, we had our story teller, JENNIFER RANU!

We hope to see you again at our December Meeting with a few surprises! Thank you to all who attended!