{"id":834,"date":"2026-06-29T17:27:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artabranches.net\/wcrta\/?p=834"},"modified":"2026-06-30T13:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:10:11","slug":"june-2026-wcrta-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artabranches.net\/wcrta\/june-2026-wcrta-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"June 2026 WCRTA Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Reminder to save\u00a0<strong>Monday, August 24<\/strong><strong>, 2026<\/strong> on your calendars for the\u00a0<strong>Welcome to Retirement \/ To Hell With The Bell Brunch.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Further\u00a0 details and RSVP information will be sent at the end of July.\u00a0 In addition to our usual memorial time, short AGM, and welcome to new retirees, we will have Laurie Bauer from ARTA&#8217;s insurance partner, Orbit, sharing her knowledge of the upcoming Alberta vehicle insurance changes.\u00a0 We will also have Jennifer Hope and Amanda Shaw from the ARTA office to present on ARTA Perks and Membership Advantages and virtual care options.\u00a0 Brunch will be at 10:30 am with the program to follow.<\/p>\n<p>If you are receiving this email at a school address, we would appreciate you sending us your home email and phone number so that we don&#8217;t lose contact with you when that changes.<\/p>\n<p>If you know someone who is retiring, please check with them to make sure they have made contact with us.\u00a0 Also, please reach out to those that may not be aware of us.\u00a0 A reminder that we welcome all education staff including support staff.\u00a0 We also welcome others with public pensions that have joined ARTA.<\/p>\n<p>Our luncheon on June 1, 2026 had 64 people in attendance.\u00a0 Despite the blustery weather 12 people participated in the ARTA sponsored walk and those in attendance donated to the Rimbey Food Bank.\u00a0 Following is a\u00a0thank you from Rimbey.\u00a0 You can also see a picture of the Food Bank staff appreciating our donation in the Photo Gallery of our website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artabranches.net\/wcrta\/\">www.artabranches.net\/wcrta\/<\/a> .\u00a0 This event brought to an end our year long celebration of the 50th anniversary of our branch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Rimbey Food Bank would like to thank the Wolf Creek Retired <\/strong><strong>Teachers&#8217; Association for the donation of $265 cash and 116 pounds <\/strong><strong>of food products, gathered at their annual spring walk and luncheon <\/strong><strong>on\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Monday, June 1<\/strong><strong>, 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reminder of the<strong> July 31, 2026<\/strong> deadline for ARTA scholarship applications. Early October will bring the ARTA AGM.\u00a0 At this meeting there will be\u00a0 elections for executive positions and various committees.\u00a0 We have had many Wolf Creek members, both past and present, get involved in these interesting volunteer positions serving their fellow retirees.\u00a0 Check out the ARTA website,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arta.net\/\">www.arta.net<\/a> , for information about these positions. ARTA has been very busy of late advocating to government on our behalf on education, healthcare and seniors issues.\u00a0 Check out more on the website.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to our upcoming event on<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>August 24<\/strong><strong>, 2026<\/strong>, save Monday,\u00a0<strong>November 30<\/strong><strong>, 2026<\/strong> on your calendars for our always popular Christmas Luncheon.<\/p>\n<p>Hope everyone is surviving monsoon season and looking forward to some actual summer weather.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Tschabold<br \/>\nWCRTA President<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:fwctschabold@shaw.ca\">fwctschabold@shaw.ca<\/a><br \/>\n403-783-6436[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Reminder to save\u00a0Monday, August 24, 2026 on your calendars for the\u00a0Welcome to Retirement \/ To Hell With The Bell Brunch.\u00a0\u00a0Further\u00a0 details and RSVP information will be sent at the end of July.\u00a0 In addition to our usual memorial time, short AGM, and welcome to new retirees, we will have Laurie Bauer from ARTA&#8217;s insurance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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