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Foothills Retired Teachers’ Association donate $500 to the Okotoks & District Seniors’ Club

  • May 21, 2020
At the Foothills Annual General Meeting, a motion was passed to donate $500 to the Okotoks & District Seniors' Club. The club is a registered non-profit society and is the…

ARTA Responds to AIMCo $4 billion Loss

  • May 6, 2020
In response to the reported four billion dollar loss by AIMCo, ARTA President Lorna McIlroy sent a letter to Honourable Travis Toews on behalf of all ARTA members. Letter to…

Palliser Teachers Convention – Thank You

  • February 26, 2020
FRTA hosted the ARTA booth at the Palliser Teachers Convention on February 20 and 21. Thank you to our volunteers, including: Graham Sewell Janet Jack Myrna Pauls Carole Malmberg Pat…

FRTA Nominates Gerhard Sawatzky for an ARTA Volunteer Award

  • December 16, 2019
Foothills Retired Teachers Association (FRTA) wishes to acknowledge the many contributions Gary Sawatzky has made to FRTA, to ARTA, and to other organizations over his lifetime. Gerhard — or Gary…

2019 Membership Fees

  • October 28, 2019
2019 membership fees are now due. For information on renewal, please visit: https://artabranches.net/foothills/join-frta/

Donation to High River handibus

  • August 9, 2019
FRTA presented a $500 cheque to High River handibus. This organization allows seniors and others to get to appointments and to get out into the community. At our AGM we…

$25,000 Donation to Parkinson Association of Alberta

  • July 24, 2019
Alberta Retired Teachers Charitable Foundation makes $25,000 Donation to Parkinson Association of Alberta The Alberta Retired Teachers Charitable Foundation was pleased to have the opportunity to make a $25,000 dollar…

New FRTA President

  • July 24, 2019
The 2018-19 FRTA Executive includes President Carol Henderson, Vice-President Carole Malmberg, Secretary Janet Jack, Treasurer Graham Sewell, Director Myrna Pauls, Director Pat McGuigan, Past-President Gary Sawatzky, and ARTA Reps Shirley…

Call for Nominations

  • July 24, 2019
FRTA members are invited to submit written nominations for the Annual ARTA Volunteer Awards.  FRTA Executive will select up to two recipients from the nominations received. Nomination deadline is September…

Calgary Central Library Tour

  • June 5, 2019
On June 5 FRTA directors, Pat McGuigan and Myrna Pauls, hosted a trip to the fabulous Calgary Central Library. The library provided a guide for a 45 minute tour. Participants…