Meetings & Events
Members of our local association, OCREA and our parent FREA, participate in many activities and projects to promote our mutual goals. The following are just a few of them.
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We support the state legislative committee in various ways. Some of our legislative activities include visiting, calling, writing, and emailing legislators concerning our positions on issues pertaining to retirement legislation and other educational issues that are important to us.
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We donate regularly to several activities to support both state and local scholarships. Monetary collections at all meetings, paperback book sales, and fund-raising activities at district and state meetings are just a few of our activities.
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We volunteer our time to assist others such as working in schools, hospitals, or churches, tutoring non-English speaking individuals, and serving as docents at local museums and meals-on-wheels, keep our spare time occupied. Providing desserts, other goodies, and household and personal items to Russell Home for Children for families of hospital patients is a popular project. We also collect pop-top tabs for their collection.
Meeting Calendar
General Meetings
Location and Time
General meetings are from September through May, with the exception of January.
Meet and Greet With Refreshments Begins at 10:00 AM.
Programs Begin at 10:30 AM.
Exceptions: February and May - Programs start at 11:30 AM.
No meeting will take place in January.
Location:
Church on the Drive
1914 Edgewater Drive
Orlando, FL. 32804
(Parking is located behind and on both sides of the church.)
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Program Calendar 2024 - 2025
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September 5, 2024
Jason Locker - OCPS
Refreshments: The Board
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October 3, 2024
Sally McArthur - Fly Into a Book
Refreshments: General Membership A - D
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November 7, 2024
Shawn Welcome - Orlando Poet Laureate
Refreshments: General Membership E - H
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December 5, 2024
Holiday Celebration: OCPS Performing Arts
Refreshments: General Membership I - L
January 2025
No Meeting
February 6, 2025
Hilary Ayers - UF/IFAS Extension Orange County Family & Consumer Sciences
90th Birthday Celebration
Refreshments: General Membership Potluck
March 6, 2025
Ernesto Roman Cruz- Director of Central Florida USO
General Election
Refreshments: General Membership M - R
April 3, 2025
Hsiao Alisson Lin - Red Cross of Orange County
Refreshments: General Membership S - Z
May 1, 2025
Spring Luncheon
Installations of Officers, Directors & Foundation Directors
Volunteer of the Year Award
Scholarship Recipients
Necrology Services
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Contributions will be accepted at every meeting for:
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House of Hope
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Earnest and Ruth Hawk Scholarship
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Russell Home
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Ronald McDonald House
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*In the event of inclement weather, OCREA will follow Orange County Public School System’s decision relating to the closing of schools. Check your local TV station relating to the closing of schools.
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