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RETIREE COUNCIL 10 UPCOMING EVENTS

Thursday, July 21, 2022, HUDSON RIVER CRUiSE. Travel from Albany south to Castleton on the Dutch Apple Cruise Ship. Participants will meet at the dock at 12:15; board at 12:30; the ship will leave at 1:00 and return at 3:30. The first 45 minutes will have a historian explain the history of the Hudson River. The return trip will be for relaxing and enjoying the river. The Dutch Apple website for tickets is https://tickets.dutchapplecruises.com/#/event-details/albany-sightseeing-cruise. Tickets need to be purchased online before the trip. Adults $25, over 65 $22

REGIONAL FOOD BANK BACKPACK DONATIONS

Thank you to all the individuals who have contributed their ongoing financial support to the Regional Food Bank’s BackPack Program for 35 school districts this year. To date, 97 RC 10 members donated over $13,000!!!  With so many organizations in need of support, RC 10 continued to show a strong commitment to our local students who

BY DEB ESCOBAR, 18 MAR 2020

It is such a pretty thing, almost looks like a tree ornament. So small it cannot be seen with the human eye, yet Coronavirus has changed our world and our lives.

Schools, restaurants, theaters, and more are closed to the public. RC 10 has had to cancel social events, regional conference, and planned trips. Suddenly, nothing can be done "as usual." We have to, and will, create new ways to maintain our household, stay in touch, organize, help others, and ask for help.

As seniors, we all know that we are in the high-risk group likely to develop complications if we should

NOVEMBER 2020 by Jane Weihe

A couple of weeks ago we were enjoying a Zoom session on our back porch with some NYC friends when our carbon monoxide alarm went off. It was a warm and humid night. But this time was different.

Our kitchen and back of the house living area were closed off with the air conditioning on. The first reaction of all of us was that this was a malfunction of the alarm. In fact, my husband’s first response was to wave a dish towel at the alarm to turn it off. We had often done this to shut off the smoke detector when it had obviously been activated by a cooking adventure.

For

Text or Other Messages Asking for Money for Bogus “Upgrade” of Retirement Plan Are Fraudulent

RENEW OR BECOME A SUSTAINING FEE PAYING RC 10 MEMBER

Many Retiree Council 10 members have questions about the various terms used to explain NYSUT Retiree Council 10 membership. If you have any questions after reading this, please contact Laraine Gillette at rc10secretary@hotmail.com.

1. AUTOMATIC MEMBERSHIP
2. SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP
3. PERMANENT SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP
4. SOCIAL MEMBERSHIP

AUTOMATIC MEMBERSHIP: As a NYSUT member who retired from a school district in Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, or Washington County, a person is automatically eligible for membership in RC 10. Some local associations

From Your President:

We live in an ever-changing world and sometimes that reality comes at us in the most unexpected way. RC 10 is facing some radical changes in the way we serve our members. We have a limited range of options to respond to this situation. NYSUT supports our communications with members by publishing six newsletters a year for each RC. We may do fewer but not more. Every three years they mail one newsletter that includes an election notice for us as first-class mail, so that all voters have ample notice of elections.

NYSUT is finding it necessary, for economic reasons, to reduce

BY DEB ESCOBAR 25 APRIL 2019

If you are like me, you felt a bit of alarm when you saw the recent screaming headlines in the corporate media that proclaimed, "Social Security is Going Broke!" The headlines came as a result of the annual report that was released by the Social Security Trustees. Contrary to the gloomy headlines, the report actually found that Social Security is fully funded until 2035, one year longer than the previously reported projection. Indeed, Social Security has a large surplus which is projected to be roughly $2.9 trillion next year. Social Security Works reports that