NEWS & MINUTES
NEWS
NEWS BRIEFS WANTED - The UCSF Retirees Association comprises more than 700 members, all of whom share a special bond.
They worked for one of the finest campuses in the UC system. Please help us maintain our social network by contacting us
whenever you have news to share about fellow UCSF retirees. You may send us brief messages by email or telephone. Our email
address is info@retirees.ucsf.edu - our phone number is 415-514-2019.
__________________________________________________
Health Care Facilitator Corner
Improve Your Health by Taking a 2010 Health Assessment
It’s not too late to get off to a healthy start in 2010 and reap the rewards. Retirees and their spouses or domestic partners
enrolled in a non-Kaiser medical plan are eligible to complete the “StayWell Online” health assessment at:
https://uclivingwell.online.staywell.com/includes/login/index.aspx
The health assessment is a tool for learning how lifestyle habits can affect health and well-being. After completing the online
questionnaire ― a process that takes roughly 10 minutes ― the StayWell program creates a personalized online health
assessment report. This report can provide information on individual health risks; offer information on relevant topics related
to those risks; and provides tools and guidance for making positive health behavior changes, including follow-up wellness
coaching, when appropriate.
The 2010 incentive is a $100 gift card for retirees and a $50 gift card for spouses/domestic partners. The cards may be
used at dozens of retailers, restaurants, specialty shops, and online stores. (Individuals may participate in 2010 even if they
participated last year and received the incentive for 2009.)
To qualify for the incentive:
· You must be enrolled in a UC medical plan on January 1, 2010.
· The health assessment must be completed by April 15, 2010.
UC Kaiser Permanente members and their family members age 18 and older are not eligible to participate in the StayWell
program, but they can take a free health assessment through Kaiser’s “HealthWorks by Kaiser Permanente” at:
http://my.kp.org/ca/universityofcalifornia/healthworks/index.htm
For more information, contact Sue at sue.forstat@ucsf.edu or 415/514-3324.
_________________________________________________
A Message from Your President. . .
Greetings, Retirees Association members!
Our recent mass mailing to you includes information about our most popular activity — The
San Francisco Symphony Silver Savers Program. This program features special low-priced
packages of matinee concerts offered exclusively to seniors. You will enjoy savings of up to
65%, an option to buy prepaid parking, and symphony talks preceding all Thursday matinee
performances.
Our Program Committee has many other popular activities scheduled for later this year. Look
for new event flyers in your mailbox soon. Requests from our members for private docent
tours of the Birth of Impressionism exhibition at the de Young Museum brought in requests for
140 attendees.
As always, we encourage you to share your ideas with us.
Sincerely,
Rod Seeger
President, UCSF Retirees Association
_______________________________________________
We’ve Been “Boxed”
UCSF recently implemented a new mail-sorting system. We’ve seen it, and it’s impressive!
The new system does require, however, a minor change in our mailing address.
Here is the old mailing address that you had been using until recently:
UCSF Retirees Association
Laurel Heights Campus, Suite 219
San Francisco, CA 94143-1247
And here is the new mailing address, which includes a box number that is specific to the
UCSF Laurel Heights campus:
UCSF Retirees Association
UCSF Box 1247, LHts Ste. 219
San Francisco, CA 94143-1247
Many of our members have already begun using our new mailing address. Please continue
doing so. Thank you very much!
____________________________________________________
See’s Candies are excellent personal gifts, and we are offering our members Gift
Certificates at a cost of $12.00 each, which entitles you to purchase a one-pound box of
candy. The current retail price is $16.10. The Gift Certificates have no expiration date,
and they can be redeemed at any See’s Candies store. To order your Gift Certificate(s),
complete the order form provided:
_____________________________________________________
In Memoriam
Louise Jacobs (April 2010)
Joan Seib (May 2010)
_______________________________________________