Tri-County Literacy Center, serving Warren, Washington, and Saratoga Counties, will be offering volunteer literacy tutor training as follows:

Mar. 21 through Apr. 25 (no class April 11)

Tuesdays | 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the

SUNY Adirondack Queensbury Campus

 

In this course, individuals will receive complete training by   Tri-County Literacy Center staff to begin tutoring an adult student in basic literacy, the English language or both. Why not give back by teaching reading and English to adults in the community who need help? The need for literacy tutors in our region is significant.

 

To register

NYSUT Member Benefits has a number of programs that are advantageous for retirees. Please see the following link for more information.

http://www.nysut.org/memberbenefits/mbRedirect.html

Since 2008, RC 10 has been awarding scholarships to high school seniors planning on pursuing a career in education. Four scholarships are given, one for each county represented by RC 10 members. Each scholarship is a $1,000 award, payable to the student upon receipt of a successful fall semester transcript.        

Students must complete an extensive application, which is then evaluated by a committee of RC 10 members. Each application is read and rated by three different committee members. Students are assigned points on each of two essay questions, class rank/GPA, course selection, activities

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 require a

 

We recently reached out to our members through the website and newsletter, requesting suggestions of volunteer  opportunities to share with all of our members. We received a number of opportunities and are listing a few of them below. Most organizations offer scheduling flexibility to their volunteers. Covid restrictions are being followed and it is strongly urged that you contact the organization regarding their needs and how you may help.

• AFTER THE FIRE, PO Box 4188, Halfmoon, NY 12065. Contact: https://www.facebook.com/SaratogaCountyAfterTheFire or Email: NYAftertheFire@yahoo.com  Phone

 

BY DEB ESCOBAR, 6 APR 2019

At the recent Committee of 100, Andy Pallotta stated, “They tried to kill us, and we got stronger.” He went on to say that working together, retiree and in-service members made 300,000 phone calls and broke $11 million in Vote Cope contributions. These contributions enabled political action that helped to flip the House of Representatives and our NY State Senate. Contributions also helped the efforts of NYSUT in-service teachers and NYSUT retirees as they ran for school boards, town, county, and State offices.

Vote Cope contributions have a great impact on education