Dauphin Area Retired Teachers’ Association (DARTA)

Members: 56

Respectfully submitted by Joyce McGinnis, President

Meetings

Our DARTA group has 56 paid memberships for this 2022-2023 year. We had our re-organization meeting in September at the Watson Art Centre’s, Firehall.

We continue to apply for both the Chapter and Wellness Initiative Grants each year.

Currently, most members have e-mail access for maintaining regular contact. Those without e-mail are contacted by phone.

The events and activities of the DARTA Chapter for this year include:

August: Picnic in the Park Bring your own lunch and a chair to enjoy the company and weather.

September: Re-organization meeting with 23 present. Some members helped decorate Smile Cookies at Tim Horton’s fundraiser. Toured Vermillion Growers’ site

October: Members enjoyed a German themed lunch at La Grange, Laurier with some members from the Neepawa chapter joining us. We used our Wellness Initiative Grant for this activity.

November: Sponsored and laid a wreath at the Remembrance Day Service on November 11. Decorated Watson Art Centre for Christmas.

December: Held annual Cheer and Chat afternoon in the Firehall of the WAC. A Tin for the Bin was brought and donated to the Food Bank.

Annual December donation was made to the Parkland Ukrainian Fund, to help with relocation of Ukrainians fleeing the war.

January, February, March: Supervised exit doors at Dauphin Kings’ Games

February: Valentine’s Party

March: Walking Poles Clinic – initiated idea and instructors to recreation director at the CUP for members to take part in. Invited Kit Daley to speak at monthly meeting about the Dauphin and District Community Foundation. A monetary donation was made to the foundation.

April: The AGM of DARTA will be held in April where the officers for the 2023-24 year will be elected at that time.