Monday, July 3, 2023
Sunday, April 30, 2023
2023 Scholarship Winners Announced
Emily Powers, Elementary Education, Buena Vista
Jordyn Foeske, Elementary Education, Simpson
Katey Bothe, Elementary Education, Buena Vista
Friday, June 24, 2022
Programs for 2022-2023 Program Year
September 22, 2022---Ukranian Refugees. Speaker: Nancy Strutezenberg, Director of Philanthropy, Refugee and Immigrant Services; Contact: Cheryl Cunningham. (school donations)
October 5-6, 2022---2022 IRSPA State
Conference Waterloo – Best Western Plus Executive
Residency (319-888-1000)
October 27, 2022---Mental Health and Youth. Speaker: Amber Rand, Vice Principal
of Orchard Place. Introduced by Gail Soesbe; Contact: Dee Fleishacker.
November--- no meeting
December 8, 2022---Jolly Holidays. Contact: Mike Walag.
Starting on January 26, 2023, meetings will be held at The Euclid Room located next to the HyVee Grocery Store at 2540 E. Euclid in Des Moines. This is at the corner of E. Euclid and E. 26 Street.
January 26, 2023---Lustron Homes in Des Moines, Contact; Sherry
Wilkinson.
February 23, 2023---The Underground
Railroad and the John Brown Freedom Trail. Speaker:
Gail Brewbaker; Contact; Sherry Wilkinson.
March 23, 2023---Mary’s Helping
Hands. Speaker: Lauren Burke and Robin
Fulton; Contact: Dee Fleishacker. (donations
of diapers and clothing for Mary’s Helping Hands, announce scholarship winners,
dues are due)
April 27, 2023---Farmer’s
Market—Past, Present, and Future. Speaker:
Megan Renkel from the Greater Des Moines Partnership Farmers’ Market Manager;
Contact: Marla Carr. (cash donations to DMARC Food Pantry. dues are due)
May 25, 2023---Iowa Juneteenth. Speaker Dwana Bradley; Contact: Liz Benjamin. (dues are due, election of officers)
June 22, 2023---Program: Learning at
the Loo. Speaker: Jan Mitchell, former Iowa
Teacher of the Year. Storyteller Project Speaker Erin Sears, shares her story
about her student teaching experience in a remote Eskimo village; Contact:
Marla Carr. (last chance to pay dues)
July 27, 2023---Bookend Presidents: from Hoover to Truman. Speaker: Herb Strentz; Contact: Bill Snyder.
August 24, 2023---The History of
Camp Dodge. Speaker: Michael Vogt, Curator of the
Iowa Gold Star Museum; Contact: Sherry Wilkinson. (installation of officers)
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Invitation
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Attention New Retirees!
You are invited to attend the DMARSPA (Des Moines Area Retired School Personnel Association) monthly meeting/luncheon .
All meetings are on Thursday at Forte Banquet and Conference Center, 615 3rd Street (south door), on the 4th Thursday of each month-with these exceptions: no meeting in November and meetings are on the 2nd Thursday in December, January, and February.
Any retired employee of the nation's public and private schools and colleges shall be eligible for membership, as well as spouses of those employees.
Annual dues of $18 are payable by June 30 of each year. Make your check payable to DMARSPA and sent to the treasurer: Sandra Petree, 313 Lincoln St., #306, West Des Moines, IA 50265.
Current officers are: Mike Walag, President; Marla Carr, President-Elect; Sherry Wilkinson, Secretary; Sandra Petree, Treasurer; Bill Snyder, Webmaster; Joelle Snyder, Media Coordinator; Dee Fleischacker, Courtesy
As a new retiree, your first meeting is complimentary, but, you will need to make a reservation at least one week before the monthly meeting (phone Dee at 515-221-2759). Monthly meals are regularly $15.