Welcome to Foundation Month 2017
The Texas Retired Teachers Foundation (TRTF) is the charitable arm of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA). TRTF is responsible for providing grants and assistance to active and retired educators. November is the month that TRTF hosts its donation drive known as Foundation Month. Foundation Month is a time to celebrate the charitable works TRTF […]
Texas Retired Teachers Foundation Scholarship and Grant Applications Now Available!
Most of the members of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) know about and support our organization’s charitable arm, the Texas Retired Teachers Foundation (TRTF). The Foundation operates several wonderful programs for Texas educators of the past, present, and future, including scholarships and grants! This year, TRTF is offering a great new opportunity for soon-to-be […]
Texas Retired Teacher Foundation Nearing Fundraising Goal!
The Texas Retired Teachers Foundation (TRTF), the charitable arm of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA), would like to thank all of our members and friends for their generous donations this holiday season. As our members may know, November was designated by the TRTA Board of Directors as Foundation Month, a time to increase awareness […]
TRTF Making A Difference: Teacher Grants In Action
Allen Hubbard lives for the excitement of the classroom. When students walk through the door, Hubbard’s infectious energy sparks the curiosity of his students’ budding minds. As a physics teacher at Akins High School in Austin, Texas, Hubbard manages the thin line between education and frenzy as he works to instill his passion into the […]
Happy Thanksgiving from TRTA and TRTF!
Dear TRTA Members and Supporters, This is the time of year to reflect and be appreciative of those who have been a special part of our lives! The TRTA Board of Directors and the Texas Retired Teachers Foundation (TRTF) Board of Trustees are so very thankful for the time you spend volunteering for the Texas […]
Making a Difference: TRTF Offers New Beginning Teacher Scholarships!
As our members may know, November has been designated by the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) Board of Directors as Foundation Month, a time to increase awareness of our charitable partner organization’s programs, good deeds, and plans for the future! Just in time for Foundation Month, the Texas Retired Teachers Foundation (TRTF) is pleased to […]
Welcome to Foundation Month
Foundation Month, designated by the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) Board of Directors as November, is a time to increase awareness of our charitable partner organization’s programs, good deeds, and plans for the future! Foundation Month is also when the Texas Retired Teachers Foundation (TRTF) makes its annual call for donations. It is a time […]
Notice: Texas Retired Teachers Foundation Donation Request Error
Recently, the Texas Retired Teachers Foundation (TRTF)—the charitable arm of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA)—mailed out a special request for donations to its generous donors as part of their annual appeal to raise funds for several valuable programs. Thousands of members of TRTA are dedicated to the causes supported by TRTF, such as the […]
“A Helping Hand” Available for Retirees in Need
The Texas Retired Teachers Foundation (TRTF), the charitable arm of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA), has been busy this spring delivering grants to classroom teachers all across Texas and scholarships to future educators. As our members know, TRTF also supports a grant program that aids public education retirees experiencing critical emergencies. “A Helping Hand” […]
The Importance of Foundation Month
It’s Foundation Month! In my mind, I believe it’s been Foundation Month in the great state of Texas ever since the first school opened before the Republic of Texas was established. Teachers are the foundation for everything good that happens in our state. We know that teachers make things happen. Our patience, love, knowledge, dedication […]