FCRE Member Activities

Afternoon Teas and Tours

Afternoon teas are held regularly, September through June, in area inns, museums, and historic homes for member enjoyment. Dates and times for those teas are announced in the FCRE Advocate and on this page.

Due to limited space for each tea, reservations are first-come, first-served, and may be made by mail only.

Reservation details and prices for FCRE members and non-member guests are listed in the FCRE Advocate. Fees are non-refundable and valid for one specific event only.

Phone (703) 425-2424 for additional information. Sorry, no phone reservations for teas.

Book Groups
Several book groups meet throughout the month:

Vienna's Tuesday Group: 2nd Tuesday @ Tysons Borders Books, 1:30 p.m.
Selection for October: The War Within by Bob Woodward
Selection for November: No, I Don't Want to Join a Book Club by Virginia Ironside

Vienna's Retired Ladies Group: 2nd Wednesday @ member's home, 12:30 p.m.
Selection for October: The Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Selection for November: Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker

Annandale Group: 2nd Wednesday @ member's home, noon (bring lunch)
Selection for October: bring a book of your choice to share
Selection for November: Soong Dynasty by Sterling Seagrave

Tyson's Towers Group: 3rd Wednesday @ Tysons Towers (Conference Room), 2:00 p.m.
Selection for October: TBA
Selection for November: The Elusive Mrs. Polifax by Dorothy Gilman

Fairfax City Group: 1st Thursday @ Borders Books (11054 Lee Highway), 10:30 a.m.
Selection for October: Plainsong by Kent Haruf
Selection for November: The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Bridge Groups

The Vienna/Oakton Bridge Group will meet on the second Tuesday of each month at 9:30 a.m. in member's home

The Fairfax/Annandale Bridge Group will meet the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 9:50 a.m. at Brion's Grille and will be followed with lunch.

The Review Bridge Group will meet at the Fairfax Regional Library at 1:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. Please call FCRE at 703-425-2424 if you are interested in joining this group.

The Evening Group will meet on the third Monday at 7:00 p.m. in private homes.

If you would like to sub in these bridge groups, please call the FCRE answer line at 703-425-2424, and leave your message, name (please spell), phone number, and email address. Sandy Smith or Joey Graves will get back to you ASAP.

Financial Discussion Group

Monday, November 2, 2009, 1-3 p.m., Mason District Government Center (small conference room)

Did you know that new laws and rules for TRUSTS and ESTATES are on the horizon for 2010 and 2011?

Mark your calendar to learn about the new rules and regulations for trusts and estates. We will have a vice president for wealth and management to speak about tools that will protect our heirs from possible disaster. Discussion of Roth IRAs and traditional IRAs will be presented with pros and cons of each. The information is presented as a service by a local financial services group. FCRE members are under no obligation to use this financial services group for financial planning.

Count on learning something useful and interesting every month from our Articles To Share segment, our investment recommendations, and our Top 10 Stock List.

Film Arts Group

We meet the third Wednesday of each month at approximately 10:00 a.m. at Cinema Arts Theatre to see a movie, have lunch at First Watch Café, and then discuss the movie.

The movie for November is:

WHAT: Precious (R, 109 minutes)

WHEN: Wednesday, November 18, 2009

TIME: 9:50 a.m.

WHERE: CINEMA ARTS THEATRE

9850 Main Street, Fairfax, VA

Fair City Mall, Across Route 236 from Woodson High School

COST: $4.00 all day for seniors

LUNCH: We will go across the parking lot to FIRST WATCH CAFE (next to Ulta Cosmetics) after the movie for lunch and a discussion of the movie.

FCRE Government Relations Team

The Government Relations Team (GRT) is a group of retired educators who are interested in speaking on behalf of all of Virginia's retired education employees. The GRT consists of members of FCRE and FEA-R working together to support and speak for the issues that we determine to be most critical in the upcoming 2010 General Assembly Session.

In September, the GRT will meet to begin looking at the Position Statement we put together for last year's General Assembly. From there, we will move on to consider the economic condition of the state and of the country in general. We will make a very strong statement for not cutting education and the Virginia Retirement System.

How can you get involved? The GRT will be meeting every month on Thursdays at 10 a.m. at the FEA Office in Fairfax. Here are the dates:

September 17, 2009
October 15, 2009
November 12, 2009
December 17, 2009
January 14, 2010

Lobby Day is scheduled for January 28, 2010 in Richmond.

The following issues will be addressed and discussed:
1. Follow-up on meetings with the School Board
2. Develop the Position Statement which addresses retiree issues for the 2010 General Assembly Session
3. Establish schedule to visit with state legislators in their home ofices
4. Plans for January 28, 2010, Lobby Day in Richmond

If you would like to join us, please call Fairfax County Retired Educators at 703-425-2424 and leave your name (please spell), your telephone number, and your email address. We will get back to you as soon as possible. Or send us an email at fcre@fcre.org.

FCRE's Legato School Museum
(adjacent to the Old Fairfax Courthouse on Route 123, Fairfax Virginia)

The Legato School Museum is the last of Fairfax County's one-room schoolhouses; it served students in all eight grades from 1870 until 1930 and was originally located at the intersection of Pender and Legato Roads in western Fairfax County. Now located in central Fairfax City on Rt 123, the Legato School Museum is open to the public on certain holidays and by appointment. The museum has no admission charge.

Phone (703) 425-2424 for additional information about the Legato School Museum.

Questions or comments?

Email us at:
fcre@fcre.org

Write to us at:
FCRE
PO Box 75
Fairfax, Virginia
22038-0075

Call our FCRE Answer Line at:
703-425-2424