Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association (AARTA) will be host to Strike Out Hunger, bus trips to Chicago Cubs and White Sox Major League Baseball (MLB) games to benefit Aurora food pantries.
Dick Schindel, AARTA president, said the public is invited. Tailgate parties are included. Attendees are asked to bring a dish to pass.
The first outing will go to the July 6 Cubs at Milwaukee Brewers game .
A charter bus will leave at 8:30 a.m. from door 15 at East Aurora High School, 500 Tomcat Lane in Aurora. The trip is a fundraiser for Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry in Aurora.
Tickets are each $100.
Deadline to make reservations is Friday, June 16. Call Schindel at (630) 921-1307.
Sunday, July 30, a bus will go to the Sox game with Cleveland Indians at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago.
A charter bus will leave at 10 a.m. from door 15 at East Aurora High School, 500 Tomcat Lane in Aurora. The trip is a fundraiser for Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry in Aurora.
Tickets are each $75.
Deadline to make reservations is Friday, June 16. Call Schindel at (630) 921-1307.
Founded in 1958, Aurora-based AARTA is a nonprofit social-service group that includes approximately 350 retirees from Fox Valley school districts. Membership is open to retired teachers, administrators, support staff members, and spouses.
AARTA holds membership luncheon meetings at 11:30 a.m. the first Tuesday of February, April, June, October, and December at Lincoln Inn in Batavia.
Prospective members are invited.
For more information, call (630) 921-1307 or visit aurorartdtchrs@outlook.com.
—Al Benson