President: Margaret (Margo) Sacco
1st Vice President: Nancy Bushman
2nd Vice President: Mary Kay Fischer
Recording Secretary: Jill O'Hara
Corresponding Secretary: Sue Lowery
Treasurer: Donna Burnett
Trustee: Elza Sapp
STRS Ohio members are encouraged to visit the STRS Ohio website frequently for updates on pension legislation. Hearing schedules and contact information for legislators can also be found there. Go to http://www.strsoh.org/
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OHIO PRIMARY ELECTION IS TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012
To request an absentee ballot click here.
For other election information click here.
Click on 'Legislation' to read information about Mark Hardig and Suzi Rubin.
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"THE YEAR OF THE VOLUNTEER - A TIME FOR CELEBRATION" 2012 will be ORTA's 65th year; The Year of the Volunteer - a time for celebration.Studies show that volunteers are healthier and happier people. ORTA is strong because retired educators have been building a robust organization for 65 years. ORTA honors and salutes both our predecessors and our current members and leaders. The National Retired Teachers Association (NRTA) was started 65 years ago by Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus to guarantee retirement and health benefits for retired teachers. That was the same year ORTA began. Dr. Andres taught everyone that our goal is to serve and not to be served. What is a volunteer? A volunteer is a person that has a spirit of service, creativity, sensitivity for human pain, strong moral values, the ability to work in a team and a social conscience. Volunteers practice solidarity, leaadership, good interpersonal relationships, discipline, communication skills and care for themselves and for others. What is volunteer work? Formally, volunteer work is work done not for profit. It contributes to a greater cause that is for the good of one's fellow man and society in general. Reasons to volunteer!Reasons that are ideological, ethical and moral; that reveal a sense of the needs and problems of others. To better society, change situations and transform the world. Personal reasons: to feel useful, to know and live new experiences, to develop as a person, to build relationships and to work with others. 2012 "The Year of the Volunteer - A Time for Celebration!" (This information is taken from the Winter Issue of the ORTA Quarterly.)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twenty-nine BCRTA members completed a volunteer form for 2011. Those 29 members volunteered a total of 7,950 hours; averaging 274.1 volunteer hours each. The five top volunteeres, Beverly Howard, Nancy Follmer, Deanie Raiche, Betty Kibby and Laura Kolb, volunteered 4,000 of those hours. Thank you to the 29 members who completed a BCRTA volunteer form! With your help, BCRTA can increase the hours volunteered in 2012! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
