From: Mike Trainer, Pensioners Association President
Attached is the information on all four position available for this election cycle:
1.      Vice President - At present Bart Moczygemba
2.      Recording Secretary - At present Earnest Gay
3.      Sgt-At-Arms - At present is William Lambrides
4.      Corresponding Secretary Fire - At present is David Perez
Any members wanting to also run for any of these offices, please contact Mike and submit your name for the position.                                       
Voting will be done at October meeting. A proposed change in By Laws, Sec.4, to allow Audio and Visual Zoom meeting will also be voted on.                                                   
Mike Trainer,  President                                                                                                                                                                                     
San Antonio Fire and Police Pensioners Association                                                              
P.O. Box 461566, 
San Antonio, TX  78246
(210) 452-7553    

Retirees Health Care Clinics
By the end of September our Health Care Clinics, all three locations, should have
enough Flu Vaccine available for members interested in getting one.

Be sure to call and set up an appointment to receive it. It is free to members and immediate family.

Annual l3 Harris/Dailey-Wells Blue Santa Golf Tournament
Date: November 20, 2020 | Location: TPC Golf Club
 
Everyone who attends helps to support Blue Cares and SAPOA’s community outreach programs.

Blue Cares programs provide year-round services and assistance to underprivileged, low-income, at risk children and their families. Through Blue Cares, SAPOA members help these families by volunteering their time and resources.

We also ask community members like you for support to help us continue to assist these families.

Event is still on But Subject to Change

Registration:   www.bluecaresicare.com/golf    

Hector Cardenas
SA Fire Museum (behind the Alamo) No. 1 Fire Station

We will open the Museum on Saturday, September 5th (Next Saturday), to sell 2020 Fiesta Medals, 10am to 2pm (or until we run out of medals)
Some people believe that these will be "collectors items" due to the fact that they commemorate the 2020 Fiesta that didn't happen!  It can also be used as a keychain.  A photo of the medals is attached.
Medals will be $8 each, tax included.  No online, phone, or mail orders, must purchase at the Museum.
  Bob Heckman, President
  San Antonio Fire Museum Society

 
Join Our Association Meeting by Zoom on September 8

The Pensioners’ Association will have its Board member meeting on Tuesday, September 8 at 1:30 p.m. via the software application called Zoom.Our guest speaker is Greta Ratliff, Vice President of operations at Hear in America, who will have an offer likely of interest to our members. Hear in America currently serves more than 10 million members nationwide by bringing quality hearing care services to professional groups, like ours.  
We invite all our members to attend. 

To get the Zoom info, please go to this page and fill in the form:

https://safppa.org/zoom-meeting-info 

 

TO MEMBERS OF THE
 FIRE AND POLICE HEALTH FUND
                                                                          
                                                                                                          AUGUST 1, 2020
           The Board of Directors of the Fire and Police Retiree Healthcare Fund has extended the Telehealth Benefit due to the COVID‒19 Pandemic.  The benefit change will apply to Telehealth visits with a date of service of 3/23/20 to 2/28/21.  The benefit will only be considered for payment if the service is provided by Aetna Signature Administrators physician to an established patient.
           It’s been hard changing the way we used to live.  Not being able to hug your grand kids; difficult to come together to celebrate a birthday or an anniversary; prayers and goodbyes to a love one.   When is this all going to end?  When are we going back to normal?
           I myself thought that after two or three months everything would get back to the way it was.  I was terribly wrong.  It’s now going on 9 months.   Hopefully, we can soon start seeing a light at the end of the tunnel.  We may be close to a vaccine; maybe we will have it by the end of the year. 
           All this will come to pass.  We must be ready when that time comes.  We have to continue living and working. We must continue striving and paving the way for our young generation that is coming to take our place.  The important thing is to keep busy and our bodies healthy so we can welcome our upcoming generation. 
           Now is not the time to give up.  Let’s talk about exercise.  Don’t miss your daily walk or run.  While you’re doing cardio exercise, you must walk or run fast enough to increase your pulse rate.  After you stop or slow down your heart rate will revert back to its normal beat.  
           While doing cardio exercise you’re strengthening your heart.  Over time, as your heart gets stronger it will work more efficiently.  It will pump more blood with less beats per minute.  As you exercise you will breathe faster and your lungs will expand. Your heart will distribute oxygenated blood throughout your body faster and more efficiently. 
           Osteoporosis is a condition in which bones become weak and brittle. The body constantly absorbs and replaces bone tissue. With osteoporosis, new bone creation doesn't keep up with old bone removal.  Many people have no symptoms until they have a bone fracture.
   
           Osteoporosis onset usually starts after the age of 50.  Both men and women are prone to this malady.   Women, especially, suffer from Osteoporosis earlier than men.  Women start losing bone mass after menopause.  This does not have to be in your future if you eat wisely and exercise regularly.  
           Borrow or buy a few light weights.  Exercising with weights helps you in many ways.  It strengthens your muscles, gives you flexibility, and helps solidify your bones.  Elderly people are very prone to falls.  Broken bones are extremely debilitating and they take a long time to heal. 
           Watch where you walk; get rid of all your throw rugs; get rid of all furniture that you never use; get rid of all clutter around the house. Have small lights on all rooms that you go to at night. 
           Continue having your physical exams.  The new clinic on Tezel road is now open.  If you need some service from a Health Fund Clinic, be sure to call the clinic first.  They will help you make an appointment and tell you what procedures will be necessary while visiting one of the clinics. 
 
Henry Trevino
Fire and Police Health Fund Trustee