The December meeting of the Retired Teachers held at San Juan Oaks Golf Club found our group again working to benefit San Benito County.
A raffle was held with prizes donated by members. Many baskets using simple themes such as reading baskets, tea and coffee baskets, baking baskets, bath products and kitchen products baskets, food baskets plus Christmas decorations were on the raffle table. At the finish of the raffle, $500 was collected and presented to the Community Food Bank of San Benito County. Several boxes of canned and packaged food items were also presented to the CFB.
The Teacher Grant Drawing was also held to draw names of the grant recipients. The names drawn were Grace Rosa – San Juan School, Jeff Deacon – Cerra Vista, Caroline Barminski – Sunnyslope School, Nancy Wilcox – Tres Pinos School, Rachel Gable – Aromas School, and Gabriella Armenta – Spring Grove School. A tea was held at the County Office of Education to present the winners with $50 each to be used in various ways for the education of students in their classrooms.
The year 2014 promises to be another hardworking year with retired teachers volunteering in many different areas for the betterment of the people of San Benito County.
