May 21, 2012
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Today in the Desert

 

Welcome to the Hi Desert Teamster Retirees Website. We invite all teamsters retirees to join and meet other brothers and sisters who enjoy the benefits of teamster retirement. We understand your needs and wanted to build a website that meets those expectations. As a member we would like your input to help develop your website and appreciate and welcome your suggestions.

You will find links to Pension, Health and Welfare, Life Styles Changes, Recreation and more. Do you have a secret recipe for some barbecue or a specialty dish you would like to share? Submit your recipe and share them with our members.

Do you have any pictures of an exotic vacation or a weekend bike run you would like to post? If so you can display them right here. Find out more in our next members meeting or contact us directly.

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Hoffa-Hall Slate Sworn In for New Term

General Executive Board Members Take Oath of Office, Begin Five-Year Term

(WASHINGTON) — Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, General Secretary-Treasurer Ken Hall and the newly elected International Vice Presidents and Trustees were sworn in today to a five-year term on the union’s General Executive Board.

The Hoffa-Hall slate won the 2011 IBT International Officer Election by a wide margin in November. The election results were certified on Jan. 6. Hoffa took office in March 1999 and won re-election in 2001 and 2006. Under his stewardship, the Teamsters Union has regained its place as the strongest labor union in North America.
 

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Current Events

 

The Teamsters Joint Council 42 Scholarship

Teamsters Joint Council 42 offers a number of financial awards for children of active Teamsters Union members who belong to one of the following Teamster Local Unions: 14, 36, 63, 166, 186, 381, 396, 399, 481, 495, 542, 572, 630, 631, 683, 848, 896, 911, 952, 986, 995 and 996. Please direct all questions to JC 42 Executive Secretary Patti Frothingham at 626-974-4212 or at patti@jc42.net. Download 2012 application.pdf

 

Teamster Night!

The Ontario Reign invite you to Teamster night!. For tickets contact Joint Council 42 or Local 63. 
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Barstow Veterans Home

Members of the High Desert Teamsters Retirees donated a Brinkman 5 burner Bar-B-Q grill to the Barstow Veterans Home . It was presented to the Administrator Arthur Robles and Skilled Nursing Administrator Jeff Aronson on Monday November 7th by the Executive Board Members of High Desert Teamsters Retirees. MORE

Executive Board Members

Executive Board Members were invited to attend the Apple Valley School District office meeting on October 20,2011. They were presented a Certificate of Appreciation for cooking 1200 hot dogs at the Phoenix Academy school for the children with perfect attendance. Out of the student body of 1400 they had 1200 with perfect attendance.

 

The High Desert Teamster Retirees

The High Desert Teamster Retirees in August donated a check for $100 to the Victor Valley Rescue Mission and the members donted another $200 to buy food for their pantry. In September and October members brought non perishable items to donate to them and will do so again at the November meeting.

 

College Scholarship Fund

Two scholarships were awarded this month in the amount of $350.00 to Selah Cosentino and Meagan Dixon. Congratulations to our lucky winners!!!

 

Your Photo's

 We need photos for the web site . Preference is you and your trucks or warehouse distribution centers. Also retirement photos of you at car shows , motorcycle shows, fishing trips etc. Photos of company trucks would be good especially of the older ones. We also want your vacation photo's. Some of the photo's will be used on the front page and the rest in our galleries. If you want to tell us a little about the photo's, please do.

 

Toy's for Tots

Our members are a giving group of people. I would like to thank all of you for remembering those families in need.  MORE

 

Legal Services

Available to all Teamster retirees, Attorney at Law, William F. Cornelas is giving a 50% discount for Living trusts. Normally his fee is $ 1,800 and our price is $900

 

High Desert Teamster Retirees

Meets the last Tuesday of the month except December  Hometown Buffet 14689 Valley Center Drive Victorville, CA. 92329 Breakfast 8:00 am (BYO), Meeting 9:00 am Hometown Buffet is requiring all in attendance to purchase a breakfast to offset the cost of opening early.

 

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Changing Page Styles

A unique feature of our website is the ability to change the look and feel of your pages. Navigate to members - styles and choose one from the 15 options.

College Scholarships and Resources

Financial Assistance is available for immediate family of our members. Please check the requirements for each program:

Our Action Items

We are dedicated to help our comunities: