{"id":685,"date":"2019-10-02T23:39:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T06:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wssra-units.org\/pierce-county-unit-27\/?page_id=685"},"modified":"2025-07-18T11:08:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T18:08:41","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wssra-units.org\/pierce-county-unit-27\/pierce-county-retirees-association\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wssra-units.org\/pierce-county-unit-27\/files\/2019\/11\/9D1CF385-FBD6-4E87-AB94-445266E14C59-1-e1573759407864.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-768\" width=\"-265\" height=\"-178\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-large-font-size\"><strong><span style=\"color:#eeeeee\" class=\"tadv-color\">Who are we?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pierce County School Retirees&#8217; Association #27 is part of the Washington State School Retirees&#8217; Association (WSSRA). <\/li><li>Membership is also open to current school employees because they are also concerned about retirement issues.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:33px\"><strong><span style=\"color:#eeeeee\" class=\"tadv-color\">What are we doing for you<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color:#eeeeee\" class=\"tadv-color\">?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>we work to protect retirement and health benefits<\/li><li>we provide mini-grants for Pierce County school employees<\/li><li>we award scholarships to graduating Pierce County High School Seniors<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who are we? 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