Meet Team ISEA's Reigning PAC Queen

For the past 10 years Team ISEA has given the responsibility of our fundraising efforts at the NEA Representative Assembly to retired Council Bluffs Earth Science teacher, Wanda Synhorst. Wanda served as the Grievance Chair for the CBEA for a good share of her career and into her first years of retirement. She was "hooked" on fundraising for delegate expenses early on--after attending one of her first NEA Representative Assemblies. This year at Summer Conference I decided it was time to honor Wanda Synhorst and bring recognition to her efforts in raising money for the NEA Fund for Children and Public Education. Wanda (pictured in the center) was properly "crowned" ISEA PAC Queen--given a sash and crown at the Summer Conference banquet. Also pictured are Vice President Chris Bern/Knoxville EA and South Central UniServ Unit and myself.

For years Wanda has gone to garage sales, picking up items for the "silent auction" held each morning of the RA in the Iowa caucus--filling an extra suitcase with all the items she is donating. She has been known to "access" her friends over lunch or coffee a dollar or two--continuing to "fundraise for expenses for the RA". Wanda is also the person that hand-makes the old-fashioned sock monkies that we auction each RA for hundreds of dollars!

Thanks Wanda for all you have done and continue to do to bring awareness of "raising funds back home for RA expenses". You are indeed Team ISEA's "PAC Queen"!