Pioneers of RG&E Newsletter - 11/25/2017

A Newsletter for Retirees * Also posted at www.pioneersofrge.com Happy Holidays! I hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful and you are prepared for Christmas and whatever other holidays you celebrate. Click reply and let me know if there are other things you'd like to hear about. Though I know you love hearing about the obituaries, and company stuff if I can find anything interesting, I'd love to know if there are other general topics you'd like me to share. I think the majority of this audience is the retired bunch, over 60 years of age. I don't know what is interesting to you at this point in your lives! If you have things to share with the bunch, you can email me that information and I can paste updates into this newsletter. Chances are, if you would like to hear about what other retirees are up to and how their lives are going, so does everyone else... Molly Avangrid offers Separation Package At the end of September, there was a voluntary early separation package offered to a select group of employees across the companies. The various departments had different eligibility rules and exclusions. But the majority of the eligibility rules required them to be 55 and have at least 15 years of service. This was offered to about 270 employees. The package offered was a week of pay for every year of service plus $40K cash. They had until November 15th to decide and November 30th will be their last day if they chose to accept. It is unknown how many have accepted this package.    The RG&E Armed Forces Club held their annual Veterans Day service on November 10th. There are a couple of pictures below.  Retirements - Click name for party information! Gary Litto Rudy Conaway Obits - NONE!! I did not see any obituaries this month (finally).  If you know of folks that should be getting this newsletter - have them check their spam or junk folders. I have come across a few that we send to, request that I put their email in, but they never open them, so I assume they are caught up in spam. Newsletter & User Maintenance: Unsubscribe Update Profile - help us collect retiree info! Subscribe Contact: molly@pioneersofrge.com / info@pioneersofrge.com   Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2017 Pioneers of RG&E, All rights reserved.

Pioneers of RG&E Newsletter - 11/04/2017

A Newsletter for Retirees * Also posted at www.pioneersofrge.com Hello everyone, Sorry, it has been such a long time since the last newsletter (June). Summer has been quite busy over here and there is a lot to catch up on! I hope this finds you well and warm. Everyone says it is going to be a long, snowy winter...stay warm and stay SAFE! Molly The August Picnic This year was one of my favorites yet! We had great weather again and a great turnout - about 205 folks showed up. I'd say our consistent base of about 200 retirees each year shows you how special this event really is. Special thanks to Arnie and Ann Stockslader, Mary Dibble and Fred Worden who are my "happy to help" volunteers that help me keep my sanity every year! I'm super excited folks liked my lanyard idea - versus the stick-on name tags, so I'll keep that going, though next year we'll make sure your name is on both sides because they do spin around a lot. Many of you missed our 50/50 raffle, unfortunately both my volunteers had other things come up and couldn't make it. Hopefully we'll be able to reinstate that next year. ALSO, a super special thanks to Ken Kuzia - he took a lot of wonderful pictures this year at the picnic and has been happy to share them with you. Be sure to check them out here when you get a chance: 2017 Picnic Pictures Next year marks our 80th year...we'll have to add in some special giveaways or something! Email me with any ideas. The event will be at the same place August 2, 2018.  The RG&E Armed Forces Club will be holding a service for Veterans Day on Friday, November 10, 2017 at NOON at the RG&E Service Center at 1300 Scottsville Road. RG&E has moved to a new HR Hub as one-stop shopping for their employees. Not sure if this is also for retirees, but that phone number is 1-833-246-6347 FREE! Who doesn't love free?? Please click HERE for more information on some free workshops. Some are already over, but some still are open - Medicare, Power of Attorney and Care-giving Series are some of the available workshops. If you have any questions, you can contact our friend Julie Murawski at (585) 287-6382 or jmurawski@lifespan-roch.org Since many of you complain about benefits and RG&E, don't underestimate the other resources available to you regarding healthcare and other things. There are many support opportunities at Lifespan and they are often free! Obits - since June 11, 2017 The names should be clickable to their obituary link: Costanzo Marianetti (one we missed from May) JOHN EWING Daniel Benedetto Ruth E. Maher Raymond Batz John J. "Jack" Haskell Charles V. Hartlieb William L. Gleason Timothy J. Scanlon Sally Crowley John J. Andrews Jr. Vito E. Vincelli Diane McAllister Joseph Hartman Maria Harrington And very sad, Joey, the son of John (Rags) Radell passed away in a terrible accident a couple of weeks ago: Joseph Radell If you know of folks that should be getting this newsletter - have them check their spam or junk folders. I have come across a few that we send to, request that I put their email in, but they never open them, so I assume they are caught up in spam. Newsletter & User Maintenance: Unsubscribe Update Profile - help us collect retiree info! Subscribe Contact: molly@pioneersofrge.com / info@pioneersofrge.com Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2017 Pioneers of RG&E, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because in the past you signed up to receive the Pioneer's of RG&E Newsletter. Our mailing address is: Pioneers of RG&E 51 Chautauqua Drive Rochester, NEW YORK (NY) 14623 Add us to your address book

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Pioneers of RG&E Newsletter - 07/13/2017 - Picnic Reminder

A Newsletter for Retirees * Also posted at www.pioneersofrge.com Picnic Update - Lifespan will be setting up a table at the picnic. This amazing organization has a lot to offer. Please stop by and check them out! Payment for your slot at the picnic is due by next Wednesday 7/19 so that I can provide proper headcount. If someone wants to attend but truly can't afford the $15, there is an anonymous donor that is happy to provide a few extra tickets...please contact me if you know someone in this situation. -Molly August Picnic - Reminder Note that this event is also open to current employees, former employees, retirees, and friends of RG&E. Here are the details: 79th Annual RG&E Pioneer’s Picnic THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2017 Barnard Exempt Party House, 360 Maiden Lane 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM; food available from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM; Cash beverages and bar $15 per person Please pay in advance by Wednesday, July 19, 2017: Make check out to “PIONEERS OF RG&E” Please include names of attendees Mail to: Molly Johnston 51 Chautauqua Drive Rochester, NY 14623 Hope to see you there! Newsletter & User Maintenance: Unsubscribe Update Profile - help us collect retiree info! Subscribe Contact: molly@pioneersofrge.com / info@pioneersofrge.com Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2017 Pioneers of RG&E, All rights reserved.

Pioneers of RG&E Newsletter - 06/11/2017

A Newsletter for Retirees * Also posted at www.pioneersofrge.com August Picnic Mailings went out a couple of weeks ago and I've already received good responses! Note that this event is also open to current employees, former employees, retirees, and friends of RG&E. Here are the details: 79th Annual RG&E Pioneer’s Picnic   THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2017 Barnard Exempt Party House, 360 Maiden Lane 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM; food available from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM; Cash beverages and bar $15 per person Please pay in advance by Wednesday, July 19, 2017: Make check out to “PIONEERS OF RG&E” Please include names of attendees Mail to: Molly Johnston 51 Chautauqua Drive Rochester, NY 14623   Hope to see you there! Here is a picture from the Florida Picnic in March. I got an email from Ray Sciarratta that had the subject line "Roy at the latest Honor Flight". Retirements: From our friends at Ginna - Chuck Kain's retirement June 28th at Hooligans in Webster at 4pm. Appetizers and Cash Bar Respond to Barb Eckl at 315-791-3461 or barbara.eckl@exeloncorp.com by June 26th John Walden's retirement June 15th at the Filling Station - 1839 Ridge Rd Webster 4:30pm - 7:30pm. RSVP to Joan Sorrell by June 13th at 315-791-3601 or joan.sorrell@exeloncorp.com   From Richard Meier: Some photos from the RG&E Armed Forces Club’s Memorial Day Observance, Tuesday, May 30 at the Scottsville Road facility: CLICK HERE If you support Ginna and Nuclear Power: Ginna Needs You – Please Show Your Support for the Clean Energy Standard! During the current New York Legislative Session, several state assemblymen introduced legislation that would place a moratorium on the ZEC portion of the CES (bills A5985A and S4800A). For the proposed bills to pass, they must go through the Assembly and Senate Energy Committees, and finally be voted upon by the entire Assembly and Senate respectively as  “Same As” legislation.  If it reaches this point, then the “Same As” legislation is sent to the Governor for his approval or veto. We must ensure no action is taken on these bills before the expected end of session on June 21, 2017. Thousands of letters have been sent through the Nuclear Matters website registering opposition against legislation that would place a moratorium on zero emissions credits (ZEC). Have you sent your letter yet? Please take five minutes to do so now! Please click here to visit the Nuclear Matters website and fill out a short form to send an email to your elected officials. Nuclear Matters is a national advocacy coalition that Exelon works very closely with on nuclear energy issues. The form will ask for your home address in order to verify you are a resident of New York and your phone number, which is required for contacting officials’ offices. You can also opt in to receiving future updates from Nuclear Matters.   Obits The names should be clickable to their obituary link: Richard (Pat) Brooks Harold W. Bruns Dewey E. Horning Guy Tarquinio Gualtiero (Walter) Faustoferri Jim Adair Lyle R. St.Clair Raymond Finocchio Charles B. Sandway Jr. Leslie Stubbe William E. "Bill" Gannon Richard A. Fox Joseph R. Collura "Ron" If you know of folks that should be getting this newsletter - have them check their spam or junk folders. I have come across a few that we send to, request that I put their email in, but they never open them, so I assume they are caught up in spam. Newsletter & User Maintenance: Unsubscribe Update Profile - help us collect retiree info! Subscribe Contact: molly@pioneersofrge.com / info@pioneersofrge.com   Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2017 Pioneers of RG&E, All rights reserved. This email was sent to <<Email Address>> why did I get this?    unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences Pioneers of RG&E · 51 Chautauqua Drive · Rochester, NEW YORK (NY) 14623 · USA