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Social
Services/Memorial Honor Fund Chairperson is Anna Stinner.
The Social Service Committee makes phone calls and personal visits
to homebound PASR members or those in hospitals and nursing homes while delivering flowers or other small gifts to those
members in need of our services. They also sent or personally delivered holiday or "get well" cards . If you know
of any PASR member in need of our help, contact our Social Service Committee Chairperson.
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This fund was begun in 1982 to provide moral support , offer financial assistance, and to provide
gifts and visits to the sick and homebound of our membership. The fund began with only $10,000 and has since grown to
over $300,000 to better serve PASR members who have found themselves in unfortunate circumstances.
The Social Service Memorial Honor Fund Committee is a network of volunteers at the State and
local levels that give their time to assist members in need. This network consists of more than 600 volunteers across
the state -- retired school employees and members of PASR! During the past year this volunteer network made nearly 3,000
phone calls and over 5,000 personal visits to homebound members or those in hospitals and nursing homes while delivering more
than 3,000 flowers or other small gifts to those members in need of our services. They also sent or personally delivered
over 8,000 holiday or "get well" cards .
Since its inception, our association has provided more than $70,000 in direct grants to members
in need of financial assistance. This assistance has varied from a monthly stipend for medical expenses to one-time grants
for home repairs. The fund has purchased a wheelchair for one impoverished member, for example, while for another it
helped to install orthopedic bars in a member's bathroom.
Whatever the situation, the Social Service Memorial Honor Fund Committee tries to find those
in need and then attempts to provide them with what it can to make life better for these, our less fortunate members.
Know someone who may be in need of some assistance? Here is how you can help.
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