Perry County Retired Teachers Association Home PERRY COUNTY RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION is located in Perry County, Illinois, and is affiliated with the Illinois Retired Teachers Association. (Unit 84) OFFICERS (2020) PRESIDENT--PAT FERRARI VICE PRESIDENT--GARY BROCK SECRETARY--CINDY BARGE TREASURER--BARBARA BROCK MEETINGS ARE HELD THE SECOND THURSDAY PAST PRESIDENT--SARAH DOERNER AT 11:30. (During February, May, July, and October) I am canceling the October meeting due to the increase of cases of the Covid virus. I do not want to put our members in harm's way. Hopefully, we can meet in 2022. Please stay safe. - - - - - If you have any items for the newsletter or the web site, please contact the President. - - - - - COMMITTEE CHAIRS: MEMBERSHIP--PAT FERRARI COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION--SHIRLEY BIGHAM PUBLIC RELATIONS--SARAH DOERNER REMEMBRANCE-BARBARA BROCK LEGISLATIVE--RAMONA PLUMLEE - - - - - Members who are 90 years old or older, receive their local dues free. If you have a birthday any time this year where you turn 90, please let the President know. - - - - - Visit the new and improved IRTA website at www.irtaonline.org. IRTA has moved. The new address is 828 S. Second St, 4th Floor, Springfield, IL 62704 - - - - - If you have a friend that is not a member of PCRTA, please encourage them to join. All of us need to be working to keep our pension and health insurance intact. One way to do that is by joining PCRTA and IRTA. - - - - - Are you already a member of the IRTA? No? You might want to consider joining at the state level because it's the only organization that works solely to protect the pension rights of TRS Annuitants. And you might want to consider joining our local unit, too. When you come to the unit meetings you will get to spend time with the retirees from your school who belong. You'll also get to hang out with retirees from rival school districts as well and discover that the only disagreements in retirement are with those, such as political leaders who want to take away our promised benefits. Just what scares those politicians? Large numbers of opponents, such as IRTA members. So, join with us. Our unit's dues are very reasonable ($10) and so are the IRTA dues that TRS, will deduct at only $2.50 a month. Just go to the IRTA website. LIFE MEMBERSHIP: Years old: Amount of Dues 55-65 $150 66-75 $100 76-85 $50 86-90 $10 90+ Free - - - - - POWERED BY