SBEA Events

Roller City Skating Rink
March 28, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

SBEA members please show your 2019 SBEA membership card at the door and enjoy roller-skating free of charge. Skate rental is included. Members and immediate family & 2 guest allowed.

   Bedding Sale

POSTPONED – We will update you with a new date when we get more information.

Bedding Sale this Thursday Feb. 28 – Postponed!

 Main Cafeteria, Plant II
March 26, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

JR Expressions offers soft bed sheets ready to sleep on and extremely soft and luxurious Sherpa blankets to help keep you warm on those cold winter nights. Cash, checks, debit cards and most major credit cards accepted. Payroll deductions will be available for SBEA members.

       Cosmic Bowling

Free Glow In The Dark Bowling
March 30, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

SBEA members may bowl for free at Seneca Bowling Alley with their current 2019 SBEA membership card (includes shoe rental). You must show your card at the table set up inside the door to get in free. This event is for you and your immediate family only. Limit one game unless there is no one waiting to play.

       Urban Air Party

April 27 – 2 1/2 Hours
All Access Pass

Enjoy 2 ½ hours of fun at Urban Air Trampoline Park, tickets are $11.00 for members and $15.00 for non-members. You must buy your ticket in advance at any SBEA store location. Take the ticket and signed waiver form to the park any time during business hours 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. to receive your arm band(s) for 2 1/2 hours of fun. One arm band includes access to all trampoline attractions and the 2^nd armband is good for a session of High Ropes Obstacle Course (height restrictions apply, 50” or taller and gripper socks are required for the ropes course). All participants will need to have a signed waiver. Please be sure go online to Urbanairwaiver.com to complete your waiver in advance. Urban Air Trampoline Park, 8545 W. Irving St., Wichita. Tickets are on sale in all SBEA stores.

       Lunker Catfish Tournament

May 18 & 19
Only those entered in tournament will be allowed to fish. This is a fund raiser for SBEA.

Your chance to catch the “BIG” one and take 1st place has just gotten better. Grab your fishing poles and don’t worry about bait, our lake store can accommodate all your needs for this tournament. Once the fish for this tournament have been stocked in the lake there will be not fishing until the tournament starts at 8 a.m. on May 18. Only those that have paid to enter the tournament will be allowed to fish until the tournament is over. This is a 24 hour tournament; registration starts at 7 a.m. on May 18 and the tournament starts at 8 a.m. May 19 weigh in time is at 8 a.m. sharp; however you may weigh in anytime during the tournament if you do not want to stay the whole time. You may pre-register at the lake store and pay your $25 entry fee or pay any time to enter the fishing tournament The lake will be stocked with “BIG” channel cat for this tournament. There will be 3 cash prizes for the three largest creel of 4 catfish; 1st place, ($250), 2nd place ($150) and 3rd place ($100) and then $100 if you want to enter the contest for largest catfish caught for an additional $5.00 entry fee. All rules of the lake must be followed with no gold fish allowed for bait and 2 poles per fisherman. No buddy system will be allowed, you must catch your own fish and they must be kept on your own stringer or in your own basket and kept in the water. Vehicles will be subject to inspection. Contestants will be supplied with an armband and rods used in the tournament will be tagged. Tournament ends promptly at 8 a.m. on May 19. If you do not present your fish by that time you will be disqualified, so be sure to be on time. For your convenience the bait shop will be open until midnight on May 18. This event will be open to the public however if contestant is not a member they will have to pay the $15 day fee to enter the property. The lake will be closed for fishing to everyone who is not a contestant in the tournament. Camping will be allowed for those in the tournament on May 18.

       SBEA Garage Sale

June 22, 7:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Don’t pack or throw away any of those winter clothes or camping items. Join the SBEA garage sale at the SBEA Recreation Area, 4226 S. Gold. You can reserve a spot for your own garage sale for only $5.00. Tables are available for $3.50 per table, while supplies last. Concessions will be available. Sign up forms are available in all SBEA stores or call 522-2996. Set up time will be 5:30 a.m. June 22. The garage sale will be open to all our members and the general public. Rain date will be June 29.

Shoe Repair & Dry Cleaning Services

We are always working to bring new things to our members. In the next couple weeks we will have two services Jack Smith Shoe Repair & Welch Cleaners available at our main SBEA Store location. Jack Smith Shoe Repair (shoe shine, coats, purses etc.) will pick up on Mondays, and they will quote us a price to do the work at that time. We will call the member and tell them the price and they must come and pay before the work is done. Then they will be back in about 1 week. Welch Cleaners members will drop off and pick up will be on Mondays & Thursdays. You must drop your items off at our Main SBEA Store location and pick up will be the same place. We hope with these two new services we can make our members life more convenient. Please contact SBEA main store more information or questions at 526-2111.2019 SBEA Membership Cards

Merchant Discounts

One of the most popular “perks” SBEA members have is access to discounts across the city.  SBEA provides a listing of merchants willing to provide wonderful discounts as a service to our members that can be accessed on line by visiting this page at https://beatoday.com/merchant-discounts/. The following are just a start to the discounts that are offered, you can find a complete list of all of the merchants online. Simply present your current SBEA membership card at the listed businesses. We continually look for additional discounts to offer our members.

New Merchant

Wichita Fit Body Boot Camp, 316-749-8484, 1520 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, is offering SBEA members 20% off current membership price. Members pay $29.60/week (reg. $37.00/week). Please call to make an appointment. Must present current SBEA card for discount

  2019 Membership Cards

Did You Get Your Spouse/Dependents Cards?
Did you give SBEA this information?
Your spouse and children between the ages of 14 to 21 living at home are already members off of your membership. You may apply for a spouse/dependent card so they may have their own card. However if your children are older than 21 you may purchase an SBEA extended membership for them off of your membership. Simply pick up a form at any SBEA store or at the lake office.

The 2019 SBEA membership cards have been delivered to your company mail code in January. The list we received from Spirit to update our system prior to printing out the 2019 cards had a lot of old mail codes in the list. We realize this is a problem and are sorry for the inconvenience. We have a lot of member’s cards with no mail codes, and will hold on to them at the office until you call us with a mail code. If you have not receive your 2019 SBEA membership card please check your “my mailroom rack now” or call Susan at 522-2996 to check on the status of your card. Please take a moment to make sure we have your correct Spirit mail code (check with your supervisors for this if you are not sure). Please make any changes on the form on the back of the newsletter and return them to SBEA at K30-35 or email us at susan@beatoday.com.

   Spirit/Boeing Today Newsletter

Did you know SBEA has a store located in the basement of the Meritrust Credit Union on South Oliver? Store hours are Mon. – Fri. 2:30 p.m.– 4:00 p.m. Check us out on your way home from work. Our friendly clerk is always ready to serve you. Spouses, retirees, extended members and family members can also utilize the credit union and lake store to purchase movie tickets, gift cards, SBEA gift certificates, cards for all occasions, gifts and much more. Stop in today and see what all the Meritrust Credit Union SBEA store and SBEA lake store has to offer.

   Save up to 30% on Great Wolf Lodge

Your discount is valid at any Great Wolf’s 14 Lodges throughout the U.S. and Canada!!

Great Wolf Lodge in Kansas City is the only place you can go and be able to experience a huge indoor waterpark; stay in guest rooms designed like the beautiful north woods cabins and dine in restaurants that will make you feel like you are camping under the stars. Plus the lodge is conveniently located on Kansas City’s west side right next to The Kansas Speedway, Sporting Park, Cabela’s, and The Legends Shopping Center. SBEA members save up to 30% off best available rates which includes waterpark admission the day you arrive through the day you depart. You must show your SBEA membership card at time of check-in. Check with your SBEA stores to get your corporate code for the discount. Offer is valid now until the end of December 30, 2018.

  Retiree & Other Membership Options

Extended Membership: Current members can purchase an extended membership for any family member in their family.

Open Membership: SBEA is now extending the opportunity to join the SBEA to all armed services and emergency relief personnel (Military, Firemen, Policemen, and EMS) Current active duty identification or retirement identification cards must be shown.

Going To Retire? When you retire from Boeing or Spirit, and do not go to work for the other company, you are eligible to keep your membership current. Bring something to show your retirement status down to the lake office to join.

Affiliate Membership: If you are laid off, you may purchase an affiliate membership (up to 4 years). If you are laid off and then retire you are eligible for a retiree membership. Bring something to show your retirement status down to the lake office to join.

  Is Your Membership Changing?

SBEA Reaches Out To Its Members

With all the employment changes in the last few years at Spirit & Boeing, SBEA wants to ensure that our members know that they are eligible to keep their SBEA memberships when they retire or leave the company. You retain most of your membership privileges and still get all the discounts and perks that you had as a member. For a full list of SBEA membership opportunities go to www.beatoday.com and click on the “Membership” tab. It will tell you what type of SBEA memberships are available to you and what the cost will be.