Welcome WVU Retirees
To learn more about the West Virginia University Retirees Association, see the About WVURA menu option. To learn more about current activity, see the following Inside Story.
The Inside Story . . .
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Backpack Feeding Program
Retirees showed up again, even in January, to pack food bags for our school children. With 15 bags per crate, this group was able to fill them in one round. We're a fun group but always moving. Come join us.
WVURA Book Club
Members of the Book Club met on January 2 to discuss The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson. In the book, the author explores the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. For more information about the club and the book selections, click on Book Club.
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Backpack Feeding Program
You can tell that retirees have the Christmas spirit. We packed double food bags before the holiday and look at our turnout. We asked for more help and got it. Thanks, retirees.
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Toy and Food Distribution
Members of the Retirees Association volunteered at the United Way 38th Annual Holiday Toy and Food Distribution. United Way and Christian Help partnered for this event. Retirees worked as a team at the Toy Table helping to distribute toys to close to 800 families at the WV National Guard Armory.
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Christmas in the Laurel Highlands
Our activities team (that's Susan and Lana on the bus who just happened to have identical sweaters) lead the tour through the Laurel Highlands. We stopped at the Old General Store for a look at nostalgic products in a unique general store. Then on to Ligonier to visit the quaint town for a little shopping and eating. The Lincoln Highway Museum was next for at look at the first coast-to-coast highway. Then it was on to the Overly's Country Christmas to enjoy the lights and sounds of the season.
WVURA Book Club
Members of the Book Club met on December 6 to discuss R adium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore. The Curies' newly discovered element of radium makes headlines as the fresh face of beauty and medical wonder drug. Hundreds of girls work in the glowing dust of the radium-dial factories. It is a coveted job and these "shining girls" are the luckiest alive - until they being to fall mysteriously ill. For more information about the club and the book selections, click on Book Club.