The Foundation has identified three non-renewable types of scholarships: Academic Scholarships for Orange County Public School (OCPS) graduating seniors; Technical Scholarships for students from Orange Technical College; and an Educators Scholarship for an OCPS teacher working on at graduate degree. The number of scholarships given, and the dollar amount is dependent on the interest generated from the funds in the Foundation account. Technical Scholarship Application This scholarship is for students who attend an Orange Technical College. The requirements are that you are enrolled in a six hundred clock hour or more Career Certificate Program and have completed a semester of work in a chosen field. If selected by the scholarship committee, the recipient will be awarded $1,000. Please use the form below to apply for this scholarship. If this application is incomplete or minimum requirements are not met, it will not be considered. All submissions and recommendations must be original from the applicant and will be checked for AI use. Technical

The Florida Retired Educators Foundation (FREF) is a not-for-profit autonomous arm of the FREA. They manage scholarship monies, screen applications and grant one-year renewable scholarships as monies are available to graduating high school students who plan to become future teachers - educators Orange County, FL. Academic Scholarship Application The Retired Educators Foundation of Orange County, Florida (REFOC) will award $2,000.00 scholarships to qualifying students from the Orange County, Florida, public high schools. The scholarship check is paid to the recipient, not the institution, following proof of college enrollment — college ID and schedule. The following requirements must be met. Applications opens January 15, 2026 and closes March 23, 2026. All submissions and recommendations must be original from the applicant and will be checked for AI use. Eligibility Minimum requirements: Weighted GPA of 4.0 and SAT score of 1200 or ACT of 25. Comple ted application form. Minimum SAT score of 1200 (reading and math) or minimum ACT score of 25 (no Super scoring). Minimum WEIGHTED GPA of 4.0 — to be circled but NOT HIGHLIGHTED on transcript. Updated and stamp ed official high school transcript. One letter of recommendation from a high school teacher. A typed one page essay of no more than three hundred words. An acceptance letter from a college that is accredited by the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges or similar regionally accredited association. Attach a typed sheet titled Extracurricular Activities listing your activities using four columns: Activity Position Held School Year Approximate Hours Attach a typed sheet titled Community Leadership listing your positions and participation in church, community activities, and volunteer services using four columns: Activity Position Held School Year Approximate Hours Attach a typed sheet titled Work Experience listing the following: Position Place of Employment Responsibilities School Year Approximate Hours Use the online Academic Scholarship Application form below to apply:

Orange Couty Retired Educators Association - OCREA has several committees, each of which consists of one (1) or more persons. Each committee has its own chairperson. Committees include: By-law Cultural Affairs, The Editorial Team, Hospitality, Information Services, Legislative, Membership Committee...Join Us Orange County Retired Educators Association Committees and Chairpersons OCREA has several committees, each of which consists of one (1) or more persons. Each committee has its own chairperson. By-Laws Prince Kelley Review the OCREA bylaws and submit recommendations for changes. Credit Union Representative Mary Ly nn Williams Represent retired educators’ interests at the Addition Financia l Credit U nion. Communicate information to the membership. Cultural Affairs Joanne McNamara Provide members with information concerning local cultural activities. Encourage mem bers to participate in local cultural events. Serve on the Program Committee. Editorial Team Yearbook: Jennifer Cunningham Kim Stutsman, Ed. D. Janice Quint Prepare, edit, and publish the OCREA Yearbook Newsletter: Janice Quint Publish the Newsletter: "The Retired Educator." Historian: TBD Take pictures of meetings and events and post on social media . Fifth Grade Essay Competitions Debbie Smith Coordinate and set up the 5th Essay at local elementary schools. Hospitality Suzanne Lincoln Coordinate refreshments at all meetings. Plan for the decorations for the February potluck luncheon and May Luncheon. Schedule member volunteers for "Thought of the Day", door greeters,, and food table centerpiece at the general Meetings. Legislative Leanna Isaacson M onitor and report on the health of the Florida Retirement System (FRS) Identify and report issues critical to FREA which are being discussed in proposed legislative bills and activities. Membership Cathy Tapley Recruit retired educators and other related personnel to join the local and state association. Collaborate with the Treasurer to keep accurate membership records such as new members, renewals, address changes, deaths, etc. and report updates/changes to the F REA office. Update, print and bring member name tags to general meetings. Serve of the yearbook editorial team. Information Services Pat Franklin Acquire and disseminate current information to members on Personal Safety Health Issues Insurance, Medicare and Social Security Retirement coordination with OCPS and FREA. Necrology Fran Burns Maintain a list of names of deceased members during the year. Conduct necrology service at the Spring Luncheon. Nominating Committee Chair - Christine Woods Submit names of members to be considered for election as officers and directors of OCREA. Parliamentary Committee Christine Woods Advise, when needed, on all matters of the parliamentary procedure according to Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised. Serves as By-Law Chair. Programs Monica Johnson Sue Brown The Vice President shall serve as Program Chairperson. Responsible for planning and presenting meeting programs. Publicity Claire Stephens Submit information concerning local and state activities to the news media. Volunteer Services Monica Johnson Communicate opportunities for volunteer services in the community, including literacy training. Collect, record and submit to FREA the total number of volunteer hours served by OCREA members. Select a volunteer of the year and submit appropriate information to FREA. Webmas ter Dick Quint Serve as the primary contact fo r all aspects of the OCREA website. Maintain a functional and easy-to-use website. Update website content in a timely manner.

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News Title 01 Full Name MAR. 23, 2023 I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. Click Preview to see my content. To update me, go to the Data Manager. I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. To update me, go to the Data Manager. The Data Manager is where you store data to use in your site pages, or collect data from site visitors when they submit a form. This collection in the Data Manager is already set up with some fields and content. To customize it with your own content, you can import a CSV file or simply edit the placeholder text. You can also add more fields which you can connect to other page elements so the content displays on your published site. Remember to sync the collection so your content is live! You can add as many new collections as you need to store or collect data. With Presets, we’ve handled the page set up for you, but you can create the exact same functionality in your other site pages. To connect page elements to data, the first step is to add a dataset to the page and choose the collection you want to use. From the dataset Settings panel, you can filter or sort the available items, decide how your users can interact with the page (read/write), and more. Next, select the element you want to connect to the data, and choose the field you want to connect it to. So simple! If you want to add even more capabilities, enable Developer Tools to use JavaScript and APIs to add custom interactions and functionality to your site. To see what’s possible and get answers to your questions, check out the Wix Code Forum. < Previous News Next News >

Stay up to date with the activities and programs of Orange County Retired Educators Association. News Corner OCREA 2025-2026 Newsletters Stay up to date with the activities and programs of Orange County Retired Educators Association. Fall 2025 Spring 2025 Fall 2024 Winter 2024 Spring 2024 Winter 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2023 Winter 2023 Fall 2022 Spring 2021 OCREA Newsletter Archive

Learn More About Our Higher Learning Education for High School students who wish to pursue a career in teaching, technical students, and teachers who wish to pursue a post-graduate degree in education can apply for the scholarships using the applicstion forms available on this website. Scholarship Programs Learn More About Our Higher Learning Education for High School students who wish to pursue a career in teaching, technical students, and teachers who wish to pursue a post-graduate degree in education can apply for the scholarships using the forms available on this website. Retired Educators Foundation of Orange County Florida The leadership of Orange County Retired Educators Association (OCREA) formed a nonprofit foundation to manage funds received from the sale of property that was purchased to house retired teachers. The interest, after expenses have been paid, is used for scholarships. The Foundation has identified three non-renewable types of scholarships: Academic Scholarships for Orange County Public School (OCPS) graduating seniors Technical Scholarships for students from Orange Technical College Educators Scholarship for an OCPS teacher working on a graduate degree. The number of scholarships given, and the dollar amount is dependent on the interest generated from the funds in the Foundation account. Florida Retired Educators Foundation The Foundation (FREF) is a not for profit autonomous are the FREA. It provides scholarships to high school seniors planning to become teachers, assistance for retired educators facing financial crisis, and publishes scientific works of significance that relate to education. FREF is made up of ten trustees, one from each district. They manage scholarship monies, screen applications from the local units, and grant one-year renewable scholarships as monies are available to graduating high school students who plan to become teachers. This scholarship program is managed by an OCREA Committee. It was named for Ernest and Ruth Hawk, long-time local promoters of teaching scholarships. The goal is to support young people who wish to become teachers. The recipient of the local FREF nomination will also receive this one-time-only scholarship of $2000. Monies to fund the scholarship are raised from the Little Red School House donations and the sale of used books. Ernest & Ruth Hawk Scholarship The FREF Foundation Board is made up of nine directors elected from OCREA membership and the current OCREA President (Ex Officio). In turn, they elect their own officers. REFOC Board of Directors: David Magee, Chair Christine Woods, Vice Chair Janice Quint, Treasurer Nancy Besley, Secretary Christie Woods, Ex Officio Cynthia Hubbard Claudia Vogt Gwen Mercer Gary Moser Kim Stutsman District VIII Trustee Debra Dykes Kornhaus unionlady4ever@gmail.com FREF Local Committee Chair Kim Stutsman stutsmankim85@gmail.com

News Title 06 Full Name MAR. 23, 2023 I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. Click Preview to see my content. To update me, go to the Data Manager. I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. To update me, go to the Data Manager. The Data Manager is where you store data to use in your site pages, or collect data from site visitors when they submit a form. This collection in the Data Manager is already set up with some fields and content. To customize it with your own content, you can import a CSV file or simply edit the placeholder text. You can also add more fields which you can connect to other page elements so the content displays on your published site. Remember to sync the collection so your content is live! You can add as many new collections as you need to store or collect data. With Presets, we’ve handled the page set up for you, but you can create the exact same functionality in your other site pages. To connect page elements to data, the first step is to add a dataset to the page and choose the collection you want to use. From the dataset Settings panel, you can filter or sort the available items, decide how your users can interact with the page (read/write), and more. Next, select the element you want to connect to the data, and choose the field you want to connect it to. So simple! If you want to add even more capabilities, enable Developer Tools to use JavaScript and APIs to add custom interactions and functionality to your site. To see what’s possible and get answers to your questions, check out the Wix Code Forum. < Previous News Next News >

Orange County Retired Educators Association, OCREA offers two types of membership. One is Active Membership for retired teachers and professors. The other is associate membership for people who are not in the education field but are interested in the well being of retired and aspiring educators. Learn more and become a member. OCREA Membership Application Membership Information for 2024 - 2025 OCREA has unified dues with FREA. The annual amount is $65 (FREA $45 & OCREA $20) $2 fee for processing PayPal/ Credit Card payments. OCREA offers two types of membership. One is Active Membership for retired teachers and professors. The other is associate membership for people who are not in the education field but are interested in the wellbeing of retired and aspiring educators. Details of the membership types are shown below. Annual membership fee is $65. Active Membership The following people are eligible to join OCREA as active members: Any person who has retired from the education field under the Florida Retirement System or the Teacher Retirement System with five (5) or more years of service. Any person who has retired from a professional education system including privately funded or parochial school with five (5) or more years of service. Anyone who is interested in becoming a member can download the application form and submit it together with the membership fee of $65 per annum. Associate Membership Any person interested in the work of the Association and is approved for membership by the Board of Directors of the Association may become a member upon payment of dues and shall have all rights and privileges of Active Members, except the right to vo te, to hold office, or to serve as a delegate to the State Assembly. Retired people and other people who are not involved in education are therefore welcome to join us as associate members. The annual membership fee is $65. There are two payment options below for becoming a new member, a renewing member, or an associate member. For Check Payment Members hip Submission Click here to complete the form online, print it out, a n d then mail it in with a check . Make check s payable to: OCREA (Orange C ounty Retir ed Educato rs As sociation) Mail to: OCREA, P.O. Box 464 Lake Helen, FL 32744 For PayPal or Credit Card Payment Membership Submission Complete the f orm below and click the Submit button Online membership Form Thank you! Jennifer Cunningham treasurer.ocrea@gmail.com 407-712-4529

News Title 04 Full Name MAR. 23, 2023 I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. Click Preview to see my content. To update me, go to the Data Manager. I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. To update me, go to the Data Manager. The Data Manager is where you store data to use in your site pages, or collect data from site visitors when they submit a form. This collection in the Data Manager is already set up with some fields and content. To customize it with your own content, you can import a CSV file or simply edit the placeholder text. You can also add more fields which you can connect to other page elements so the content displays on your published site. Remember to sync the collection so your content is live! You can add as many new collections as you need to store or collect data. With Presets, we’ve handled the page set up for you, but you can create the exact same functionality in your other site pages. To connect page elements to data, the first step is to add a dataset to the page and choose the collection you want to use. From the dataset Settings panel, you can filter or sort the available items, decide how your users can interact with the page (read/write), and more. Next, select the element you want to connect to the data, and choose the field you want to connect it to. So simple! If you want to add even more capabilities, enable Developer Tools to use JavaScript and APIs to add custom interactions and functionality to your site. To see what’s possible and get answers to your questions, check out the Wix Code Forum. < Previous News Next News >

The highest office of the Association is held by the Executive Board which is composed of the Officers of the Association. The officers of the Association include President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, and the Treasurer. They are elected by the Board of Directors into these roles. Orange County Retired Educators Association Board Officers and Directors OCREA Officers of the Association The highest office of the Association is held by the Executive Board which is composed of the Officers of the Association. The officers of the Association include President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, and the Treasurer. They are elected by the Board of Directors into these roles. Board Officers 2024 - 2025 Janice Quint President Monica Johnson Vice President Kim Stutsman Recording Secretary Maria Solar Corresponding Secretary Jennifer Cunningham Treasurer Board of Directors The Board of Directors consists elected directors, five (5) of whom are elected to be the Officers of the Association. The Board of Directors is responsible for the administration of the affairs of the Association, formulating of policies and programs, and recommending the policies and programs to the Association members. Each Board member, including ex-officio members, serving on the Board have one vote. 2024 -2026 Suzanne Lincoln (2nd term) Pat Franklin ( 1st term) Chris Daniels (1st term) Christine Woods *Ex Officio - Past President 2023 -2025 Richard Gomer ( completing 2nd term of a resignation) Prince Kelley ( 1st term) Board of Directors Christine Woods 2022-2024 Dr. Gay le Hodges 2020 - 2022 Dr. Sharon Kochlany 2018 - 2020 Dr. Kim Stutsman 2016 - 2018 Dr. Ann Winn 2014 - 2016 Richard Gomer 2012 - 2014 Margie Wells 2010 - 2012 Sue Orth 2008 - 2010 *Carol Egolf 2006 - 2008 *Julia M. Greene 2004 - 2006 Tom Ard 2002 - 2004 *Phyllis Tacey 2000 - 2002 *Deceased Past Presidents

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