Jefferson and Caddo Lake Tour, April, 2016
The azaleas were in full bloom, everything was green and lush and the Bed & Breakfast was only a few blocks from downtown Jefferson as 12 TIAA members traveled to East Texas for a few days. We drove our own cars to Jefferson but did a lot of walking around...
CrossRoads Community Services, February, 2016
TIAA members worked at the CrossRoads Community Services on February 11 to make a difference in the life for many people served by this agency. Our goal at TIAA is to provide fun, interesting, and varied volunteer activities...
Carlyn Ray Glass Blowing Demo, February 25, 2016
TIAA arranged for a private demo of glass blowing at the Carlyn Ray Studio in the Dallas Design District. Twelve members watched in awe as the molten lava was tranformed into two beautiful glass creations. TIAA has bought one of the items and it will be raffled...
2016
Ghosts of Denton Tour, December 11, 2015
OK, so it wasn't "a dark and stormy night" but it wasn't pouring down rain like the originally scheduled trip in October. Twenty-five brave TIAA folks signed up for a 90-minute haunted ghost tour of Denton on December 11 led by a great storyteller,...
George W. Bush Museum Trip, December 1, 2015
Thirty-one TIAA travelers and their guests revisited Christmas 2003 at the George W. Bush Museum on December 1. President Bush was in office for eight tumultuous years and we wandered thru those times at the museum. There were the early years (family, oil...
2015 TIAA Volunteer Luncheon, December 10, 2015
On December 10, anyone who volunteered at any of the numerous TIAA-sponsored CIT events during 2015 were invited to attend a luncheon in their honor in the Activity Center's C1/C2 conference rooms. As a thank you to these volunteers TIAA provided food...
Fort Worth Zoo Trip, November, 2015
Fifteen TIAA members and guests participated in a journey to the Fort Worth Zoo on a cool, cloudy November 4. We visited their natural habitat exhibits where we were often only separated from the animals by a river or a pane of glass. Founded in 1909, this is the...
2015 Texas Instruments Retiree Luncheon
The Annual TI Retiree Luncheon was held at the Mesquite Convention Center this year. The speaker this year was Steve Lyle, who serves as director of engineering workforce development and university marketing for Texas Instruments. He oversees worldwide...
Metrocrest Services Trip, September, 2015
Eleven TIAA members participated in a Community Involvement event at the Metrocrest Service's warehouse on September 21. Metrocrest Services, located in Farmers Branch, provides a diverse number of programs to seniors, including...
Museum of American Railroads Tour, September, 2015
All aboard! On September 24, 15 members boarded a bus to visit the Museum of the American Railroad which was at the State Fair of Texas. North Texas owes its growth and prosperity to the coming of the railroads and they still play a vital role in our...
Texas Discovery Gardens trip, August, 2015
Six TIAA members visited the Texas Discovery Gardens located in the Dallas Fair Park on August 27. The Discovery Gardens is certainly an oasis located within theTexas State Fair grounds. We began our morning touring the Butterfly House which contains over 50...
The Senior Source Tour, August, 2015
TIAA members and visitors took the grand tour of The Senior Source's spiffy headquarters on Harry Hines Boulevard in Dallas to learn about all of their varied opportunities for volunteering. Their programs are very diverse and include these services:...
National Weather Forecasting Trip, August, 2015.
On the 19th of August, 26 TIAA members, spouses and guests boarded a luxury coach to the National Weather Service Forecasting Office in Fort Worth for a tour of this vital function. This office is one of 120 in the United States and it covers 46 counties in...
Ham Orchards Visit, July, 2015
Twenty-one TIAA members and guests traveled to Terrell for our annual opportunity to enjoy a BBQ sandwich out in the open air and obtain fresh veggies and fruit right from the grower. They had more than that in the store, though, with home-made bread,...
Mesquite Rodeo Event, June, 2015
Adventure-seeking TIAA members and guests spent several hours at the enclosed, climate-controlled Mesquite Championship Rodeo arena on June 12. We had prime seats near the chutes and watched bareback and saddled bronc riding, steer wrestling, team...
Alzheimers Seminars, April, 2015
Caregiver Support Group, through the Alzheimer’s Association, Dallas Chapter which meets monthly on the 2nd Wednesday, gave a seminar hosted by TIAA on April 8 in South Oak Cliff. The same seminar was held at the Plano Centre two weeks before...
TIAA-UTD Seminar, May 21, 2015
There were 40 participants in the Joint Seminar held on May 21 on UT Dallas Campus. About half of the attendees were from TIAA and half were members of the UT Dallas Retiree Association. Susan Rogers, recently named Vice President for Advancement for UT Dallas,...