‘Wish List’ Committee

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From TEA Vice President Mary Bilinski:
 
Over the next few weeks, building reps will come around and ask what are some things YOU would like to see in your building; ex: more coffee pods/hot tea pods, more granola bars, any supplies that you think are going to help you and/or your colleagues to make it through the day, week and even the year! 🐯
 
This is brought to all of you through the OEA Action Plan. I will be creating a new committee (starting in Quarter 4), called the ‘Wish List’ Committee. If you would like to spread some cheer to your building and/or other buildings, please email me. You do NOT have to be a Building Rep; however, your Building Rep will be in charge of your building’s master wish list. You will just be responsible for spending the grant money and delivering the goodies from time to time. 🎁
 
Your Wish List will be a ‘working list’ throughout the year. You will add new items to the list whenever a member would like something added. ‘Immediate or High’ items should be highlighted. The Committee and I will check the list at the beginning of each quarter (starting in Quarter 4 this year), and we will try to make your wish/wishes come true! 🌠

Wellness Grant Update

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From Molly Manley & Chris Kuzas @THS:

I hope by now you all have noticed your break rooms have some new stuff! Instead of wellness bingo, we went a different route and got each school a brand new Keurig coffee machine, along with some new coffee pods/teas/hot chocolate and snacks! This was all brought to you by the Wellness Grant (HUGE “thank you” to Mary Bilinski for her work getting all these grants for us!). Please relax and enjoy a coffee or tea and a snack!

O.E.A. Fundraiser Results

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Results for the building that had the highest percentage of participation:
Wilcox – 24/48 = 50%
Bissell – 38/38 = 100% WINNER!
Dodge – 14/56 = 25%
RBC – 24/41 = 59%
THS – 31/78 = 40%

Results for the building that had the highest percentage of money donated:
Wilcox – $7.46 = WINNER!
Bissell – $5.61
Dodge – $3.73
RBC – $4.29
THS – $5.67

Results of monetary donation from last Spring to this Spring:
2025 – $1,319
2026 – $1,398 – WINNER!

Pictured below are some of the Bissell & Wilcox winners in their new sweatshirts.

Wilcox winners from OEA Fund drive wearing new TEA Sweatshirts.

Check out the “Inside T.E.A.” Podcast!

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From TEA Vice President Mary Bilinski:

Jim and I would like to showcase two of our members that created this informative podcast that will discuss a summary of our T.E.A. Executive Meetings each month.

Lexi Sabo and Ian Horstman, both Intervention Specialists at RBC, wanted to streamline important T.E.A. information to all members, and collaborated on this awesome idea!

Part of the OEA Action Plan Grant I wrote (more discussion on this will be in our Q3 Newsletter), is increasing T.E.A. communication across members….. THIS is exactly what that looks like. 😊

Jim and I are extremely proud of both of them, and will contribute some grant money to help with their podcast.

More info will come out how Jim and I can give you some of our T.E.A. grant money that we received.

Inside T.E.A. – February 2026