Retired Teachers supports SALT program in Central and North Frontenac

Oct 05, 2022

The Retired Teachers of Ontario (RTOERO) is an organisation that promotes active living for its 80,000 members, and is also committed to promoting social engagement and political advocacy.

Among the many services RTOERO offers to members and the communities where they live, are grant monies that are donated to goodwill activities.

The Frontenac Lennox and Addington Chapter of RTOERO decided to look for a rural organisation to support in 2022, and the found the Central and North Frontenac SALT group.

SALT, Senior’s and Law Enforcement Together, is a partnership between the Frontenac OPP detachment, Rural Frontenac Community Services, and the local SALT committee. It puts on a series of workshops for senior’s, usually over the lunch hour, at locations in Central and North Frontenac.

In September, Juanita Everett and Madeleine Wotherspoon from RTOERO, made the trek to the Child Centre in Sharbot Lake, where a meeting of the SALT committee was taking place, to present a cheque for $2,000. Fred Fowler, of the SALT Committee, and Frontenac OPP detachment Commander S/SGt Marty McConnel were on hand to accept the check.

When funding is available, SALT events include a meal for attendees.

“The meals kind of make SALT a social event, in addition to an educational event and an outreach opportunity for the Frontenac detachment,” said Fred Fowler of the SALT committee. The donation is much appreciated.