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"Shoot for the Moon" event in Allen, TX, on July 11, 2019

Twenty-six former TIers and guests registered and braved the hot July night to attend the Shoot for the Moon event by Dallas author James Donovan. It was held at the Allen Public Library and dinner (topped off by a moon-shaped cake with craters!) was provided from their cafe. Most of us could remember watching a small, black-and-white TV screen and hearing, on July 20, 1969, "Houston, the Eagle has landed" -- and the world has not been the same since.

TIAA's Annual Meeting on May 8, 2019

Even a dark and stormy day didn't prevent 85 TIAA members and guests from attending our Annual Meeting which was held at Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas on May 8, 2019 at 1:00 pm. Great refreshments were provided from the kitchen of Wolfgang Puck, courtesy of TI.

Linda Abraham-Silver, Chief Executive Officer of the Perot Museum, gave a highly informative briefing about the museum. TIAA President Debi Heaton then gave us an update on TIAA and reviewed many of the organizations activities over the last year.

TI/TIAA charity golf tournament on April 8, 2019, raises more than $36,500.

The TI Alumni Association/TI Golf Tournament, in support of TI’s United Way Campaign, attracted 100 golfers for the 20th-annual event at the Woodbridge Golf Club on April 8 in Wylie and raised $36,585 in donations and pledges.  Contributions will benefit two worthwhile nonprofits − The Senior Source and United Way. TI and the Texans Credit Union were underwriters for the tournament, making it possible for 100 percent of the donations to go directly to the agencies.

Trinity River Audubon Center Tour on April 4, 2019

Did you know that Roly-Poly’s (more commonly known in Texas as pill bugs) are listed as part of the family of lobsters?  They have gills and the males carry a tiny drop of water next to their face for the female to put her eggs into?  Yes, aquatic.  Did you also know that once a bee has collected the pollen from individual bluebonnet flowers, the white part of the flower turns pink?  Then the bee knows not to try that flower again.  It was a fun trip, and very educational, for the TIAA members who signed up for this private, 90-minute tour on April 4, 2019.  Fortunately,

Dallas Main Street Architectural Tour on March 21, 2019

On March 21, TIAA took a trip to downtown Dallas for our walking tour and it worked out well as our guide was a young architect who led us down Main Street and up Commerce Street pointing out buildings, who designed them, when they were built, what they originally were used for, and architectural features of the building. With a number of historic buildings built for banks or oil companies, it was easy to see the importance of these industries to Dallas. Many of the old buildings have been converted to residential use.

"The Foreigner" on March 16, 2019

TIAA sold all of our tickets and we met at Dos Banderas in downtown Garland, for a great Tex-Mex dinner and then walked to the 8:00 pm performance at the Granview Art Center. This is a funny, two-act comedy which takes place in a fishing lodge in rural Georgia where Sgt. “Froggy” LeSueur has dragged his depressed and socially awkward friend, Charlie.  Froggy has business with the bomb squad at the nearby army training base and Charlie’s wife has less than six months to live so she requested that Froggy take Charlie with him to America.

Dallas SPCA volunteering and touring on March 12, 2019

On Tuesday morning, March 12, nine TIAA volunteers gathered together at the Dallas SPCA center located on I-35 west of downtown.  Our first order of events was to tour the large, modern facility both indoors and outdoors – even though it was a cool, rainy day.  The weather was not a bother because we got close to the dog cages to see how well the pets were treated.  Inside, there were dozens of cages for both dogs and cats – and even a few small mice!  The SPCA even has a surgery ward and we watched as a veterinarian and his assistants treated six dogs who were not too pl

TIAA joins UT-D alumni on March 14, 2019

The University of Texas at Dallas Alumni Association and The Texas Instruments Alumni Association hosted a joint meeting on Brain Health Thursday, March 14th at 1:30 pm at the UT-D campus.  We started with refreshments and social time, followed by our interesting speaker, Molly Keebler, Head of Community Programs at Center for Brain Health, UT-D, at 2:00 pm.  The program featured the latest progress being made in brain health and biomedical research at this outstanding school.

Medical Reserve Corps volunteering on February 12, 2019

On Tuesday, February 12, 2019, 15 TIAA volunteers arrived at The Senior Source headquarters located on Harry Hines Boulevard to assemble emergency preparedness leaflets for the Medical Reserve Corps. Our Senior Source hostess had prepared the conference room with piles of leaflets and had also made ready coffee and snacks so we could be off to a great start. We put together the various emergency leaflets in the order specified and ended up filling several large boxes with the finished product – about 1,000 packets!

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