Seeking Volunteer Stories

Retired Teachers of Manitoba student award program endowment fund

RTAM would like to increase the amount of the Retired Teachers' Endowment Fund at the Winnipeg Foundation.

To date the Endowment Fund has helped eight students who are relatives of RTAM members who are entering post-secondary studies. $50,000 was invested with the Winnipeg Foundation to fund four annual awards of $500.

How can you help? Donations can be made to:

The Retired Teachers' Endowment Fund The Winnipeg Foundation 1350 One Lombard Place Winnipeg, MB R3B 0X3

You will receive a tax receipt from the Winnipeg Foundation and you will be helping educate students who have been sponsored by RTAM members. As educators we believe strongly in lifelong learning and this is one opportunity to help our next generation.

Please consider giving as part of your charitable gift giving.

feel better: live longer - volunteer!

Studies on volunteering show that: 1. Volunteers report greater life satisfaction and better health than do non-volunteers. 2. Volunteers have opportunities to make new friends which can improve their social life and outlook on life. 3. A benefit of making new friends is that most of them will have positive outlooks on life because of the thanks they receive from those they help or from seeing the actual benefits they give to those they help and inspire. 4. People suffered less from chronic pain when they began to serve as peer volunteers for others also suffering from chronic pain. 5. Volunteers are more likely to live longer due to the positive outcomes from volunteering. 6. Volunteers who devote a “considerable” amount of time to volunteer activities (about 100 hours

per year; 2 to 3 hours weekly) are most likely to exhibit positive health outcomes. 7. Volunteering in places where teaching skills are needed and welcomed, positively affects spiritual and emotional wellness. 8. Volunteers who were more physically active burned twice as many calories as other study participants who didn’t volunteer. 9. Those who volunteer on physically demanding projects such as house-building, well-digging and coaching sports gain strength and stamina. 10. Improved heart function and blood pressure have been reported by seniors who volunteer for moderately physical activities.

Successful volunteering breeds successful physical, spiritual and emotional outcomes in the volunteer.

seeking volunteer stories!

Tell Us Your Story highlighting a special volunteer experience. RTAM would like to publish stories in each issue of KIT during 2015 – 2016. Please send an outline/story (with picture, if available), along with your contact information to Judy Olmstead, (Volunteer Study coordinator) at rtam@ mymts.net