So you have decided to retire!

We hope you are enjoying your retirement and would like you to think about joining the BCRTA (British Columbia Retired Teachers’ Association) and our local Branch, the EVRTA (Elk Valley Retired Teachers’ Association).

Membership provides benefits and privileges, including opportunities to:

• participate in group insurance plans: travel, home, life, and long term care;
• have input into pension concerns and decisions through our representatives who deal with the challenges of maintaining pension indexing and health benefits;
• support educational projects in BC, throughout Canada, and abroad;
• have the means by which to keep current on matters of the interest to retired teachers through the BCRTA publication, Postscript, and through local branch newsletters that report activities in our area;
• have representation on the executive of ACER-CART (Canadian Association of Retired Teachers) and affiliation with COSCO (Council of Senior Citizens' Organization), which represent about 60,000 BC seniors and advocates on our behalf;
• engage in branch activities which permit continuing contact with colleagues from your working days as an educator.
  

In summary, what better way to:

Ø enjoy the companionship of former colleagues and working acquaintances,
Ø use your expertise to help seniors and
Ø influence decisions affecting your pension

than to join an organization that exists to "guard the interests and to promote the welfare" of retired educators throughout British Columbia?

Why not join us?

Call the BCRTA office toll free 1-877-683-2243, and check the website for information and an application form: www.bctf.bc.ca/rta/ or email: pat@bcrta.com or kristi@bcrta.com. Visit our weblink pages at: www.elkvalley.net/fdta/.

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Elk Valley Retired Teachers’ Association Membership

To verify your membership in the British Columbia Retired Teachers’ Association (BCRTA), check your September Teachers’ Pension Plan statement. If you are a member, $35.00 will have been deducted as “Other: Association Dues”. If you are also a member of the local Branch, an additional $5.00 per year will have been deducted so your “Association Dues” will total $40.00. Please note that in order to join the EVRTA, you must be a member of the BCRTA.

Application forms are available from our office next to the FDTA Office above the Ski Base in Fernie or by contacting the BCRTA office at:

550 W. 6th Ave., Ste. 100
Vancouver, B. C. V5Z 4P2
Phone Toll Free: 1-877-683-2243
E-mail: pat@bcrta.com or Kristi@bcrta.com