{"id":14,"date":"2023-10-26T17:28:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T17:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yakima-county-sra.org\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2025-10-28T21:01:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:01:35","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yakima-county-sra.org\/","title":{"rendered":"YCSRA-About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-17\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-109-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-17 ml-slider ms-theme-default nav-hidden\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Opening Slide Show\" data-height=\"300\" data-width=\"1300\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_17\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_17\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-21 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2023-10-26 17:37:06\" data-filename=\"Old-Classroom-Desks-1024x236.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yakima-county-sra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Old-Classroom-Desks-1024x236.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"1300\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-17 slide-21 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Barstow\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Preserving the Past<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-38 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2023-10-26 18:05:58\" data-filename=\"iStock-classroom1294511108-1300x300.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yakima-county-sra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/iStock-classroom1294511108-1300x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"1300\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-17 slide-38 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Teacher helping student in elementary classroom\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Protecting the Present<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-42 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2023-10-26 18:12:11\" data-filename=\"Retirees-with-Grandkids1-900x207.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yakima-county-sra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Retirees-with-Grandkids1-900x207.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"1300\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-17 slide-42 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Grandparents And Grandchildren Reading Book On Garden Seat\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Securing your Future<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Welcome To YCSRA-About Us<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-edf12a95fda8f7e2b7565f953aff9688 wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" class=\"wp-image-9\" style=\"width: 60px;\" src=\"https:\/\/yakima-county-sra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Site-Logo.png\" alt=\"\">Yakima County School Retirees&#8217; Association (YCSRA) is one of 29 local units which comprise Washington State School Retirees&#8217; Association.&nbsp; YCSRA is the largest unit in the state with nearly 1500 members, both <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>active<\/strong><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>retired<\/strong><\/span> school employees. Our members are from the city of Yakima as well as the surrounding area including the upper and lower Yakima Valley.<strong><br><br><\/strong>Yakima County School Retirees&#8217; Association meets the&nbsp;first Monday of the month in October, November, December, February, March, April &amp; May.&nbsp; We gather at 12:30 pm for snacks and socializing. The program begins at 1:00 pm and runs until 3:00 pm.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is a great place to meet new friends and greet old ones. We sincerely invite you to attend.&nbsp; Meetings are held at the Englewood Christian Church, 511 N. 44th Avenue, Yakima, Washington.<strong><br><\/strong><br>Washington State School Retirees&#8217; Association is the oldest and largest organization in the state working for the maintenance and improvement of pension benefits for all school employees. With nearly 17,000 members, an Executive Director, a paid lobbyist and a volunteer Legislative Committee, we are very intentional and effective as we work with the legislature every day that it is in session. We get results. WSSRA is the &#8220;squeaky wheel&#8221; that is very much needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/yakima-county-sra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Teacher-with-Elementary-Students-Writing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yakima-county-sra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Teacher-with-Elementary-Students-Writing.jpg 700w, https:\/\/yakima-county-sra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Teacher-with-Elementary-Students-Writing-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ACTIVE SCHOOL EMPLOYEE MEMBER GRANTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We award up to a total of $12,000.00 in teacher grants. Teacher grant applications for the current year will be available in the October &amp; November Newsletters and on this website. Check <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/yakima-county-sra.org\/?page_id=51\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> <strong>to view the application.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yakima-county-sra.org\/?page_id=51\">View Current Mini-Grant Recipients<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome To YCSRA-About Us Yakima County School Retirees&#8217; Association (YCSRA) is one of 29 local units which comprise Washington State School Retirees&#8217; Association.&nbsp; YCSRA is the largest unit in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"zakra_page_container_layout":"customizer","zakra_page_sidebar_layout":"customizer","zakra_remove_content_margin":false,"zakra_sidebar":"customizer","zakra_transparent_header":"customizer","zakra_logo":0,"zakra_main_header_style":"default","zakra_menu_item_color":"","zakra_menu_item_hover_color":"","zakra_menu_item_active_color":"","zakra_menu_active_style":"","zakra_page_header":true,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>YCSRA-About Us - Yakima County School Retirees&#039; 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