Dear Brothers & Sisters, 
 The Retirees Club of Local 19 was formed especially to provide an opportunity for our retired members to get together on occasion and meet old friends who worked with each other for years either directly or indirectly, and who, after retirement, drift apart and seldom if ever see each other again.

 We also talk about matters of importance to senior citizens at our meetings.  We invite guest speakers and/or discuss special subjects of interest to us and generally try to make them interesting and informative.  We also consider and act upon the matters constantly arising that seriously affect all of the retirees.

 Meetings are held once each month on the second (2nd) Tuesday at the union hall (1301 S. Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19147) at 10:00am except for the months of June, July & August.  We have a continental breakfast and lunch served at all of the meetings. 

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 10:00am. 
 The first order of business will be the election of officers for the club.  We will also have a guest speaker attending this meeting who is a specialist on reverse mortgages.  His name is Ronald Allen and he is from Acre Mortgage. When possible, Joe Sellers, President/Business Manager likes to address the retirees at our meetings.  We are hoping to have him speak at the next meeting in September regarding the elections and other information he may have to fill us in on, so it will be a very good meeting to attend for your first time if you are able.

 To all non-members (including the retirees of Central Pennsylvania and Delaware) of the club, we extend an invitation to you all and would like you to attend our meetings, come and break bread with your old friends.  The dues for the club are $25.00 per year, make checks payable to Retiree’s Club of Local 19 and mail to the hall.  We have a spring luncheon every year and a Christmas party.  We also try to have outings that you can attend like going to a Phillies game or touring Washington DC and depending on the response we would also like to add trips to Gettysburg and the Baseball Hall of Fame.  We need to have at least 45 people for the trips to be successful.  Please contact Bill LaSalvia at 609-388-4775 and Ed Needham at 215-757-8861 if you are interested in any of the above mentioned trips. 

We look forward to having you attend,

Fraternally,

William (Bill) LaSalvia, President