AERA District 10 Annual Meeting
Please join your fellow higher education retirees for the Alabama Education Retirees Association District 10 annual meeting, which will be held via webinar on Tuesday, Aug. 16 starting at 2 p.m. The agenda will include updates on membership, the 2022 legislative session and community service activities. Presenters include AERA’s president John Paul Jones and executive director Jill Jackson, as well as representatives from TRS, PEEHIP, Alabama Securities Commission and United Healthcare.
Agenda
- Welcome and Introductions: Debbie Lane, Director-District 10
- Invocation: Debbie Lane
- Pledge of Allegiance: Debbie Lane
- Comments from AERA President: John Paul Jones
- Executive Director’s State Office Report: Jill Jackson
- Membership
- Legislative Updates
- Community Service Program
- TRS Update: Anita Gibson, TRS Board
- Alabama Securities Commission: Faith Feaga, ASC
- PEEHIP Update: Erica Collins-Thomas, Assistant Director-PEEHIP
- United Healthcare: Michelle Alvarez
- Closing Remarks: Debbie Lane
- Adjourn
See the information below to register for the webinar. We’ll look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, Aug. 16!
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qzOMPcj_QHGPCRlG_KW0tg
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Volunteer Opportunities
UA Move-in 2022
UA Housing and Residential Communities is seeking volunteers to assist with moving personal possessions from individual vehicles to living spaces in HRC facilities. This is a great opportunity to help UA students and families feel at ease in their new home at UA and introduce your department to them. Sign up to volunteer Aug. 3-5, Aug. 7 and Aug 12-14. Shifts are 8 a.m.-noon or 1-5 p.m.
Panhellenic Sorority Bid Day
The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life needs volunteers to assist with bid day activities Aug. 14 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Sign up online.
Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic
In this, the year of the 50th Anniversary of the passage of Title IX, 120 professional women’s golfers from across the globe who play on the Epsom Tour will play in the 2022 Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic at Ol’ Colony Golf Course. The tournament, along with two pro-ams, will take place the week of Sept. 26 – Oct. 2, 2022, with the three-round professional tournament taking place Friday, Sept. 30 through Sunday, October 2.
As you will see on the website link below, there are a variety of areas for volunteer opportunities — from scoring to social events to whatever. And opportunities that involve sitting, standing or walking.
VOLUNTEER | Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic
This is a great opportunity to volunteer and represent our community as Tuscaloosa hosts this prestigious professional women’s sporting event. Whether you are a golfer or not, there are many volunteer positions available. In order to help with planning, you are encouraged to submit the volunteer form as soon as possible.
Questions? Please contact TUARA executive board members Marie Robbins, marobbins08@gmail.com, or Kevin Almond, kalmond6@gmail.com.
Research Study Seeks Participants
A UA College of Engineering research project is looking for adults 60 years and older to explore how virtual reality can be used to implement an innovative spatial navigation test that could help in detecting early signs of cognitive decline. Participants must be able to safely walk without mobility aids and have no history of neurological disease. Participants will be asked to complete two 90-minute visits and will receive $50 for each visit. For more information, contact Dr. Dario Martelli at dmartelli@ua.edu or 925-726-1712 (his cell phone).
AERA Membership Drive
All TUARA members are encouraged to join the Alabama Education Retirees Association (AERA). AERA is our voice in Montgomery, thanks to their strong legislative program geared to protecting retirees’ TRS funding and PEEHIP benefits. AERA was instrumental in the Alabama Legislature passing the Education Retiree Bonus Check bill this spring. While TUARA is a unit of AERA, they are separate organizations. We encourage TUARA members to join AERA in addition to TUARA. For more information, contact Cynthia Peebles at 205-792-0638 or cpeeblesretired@gmail.com or visit aerainc.org.
Volunteer Hours
Please report your volunteer hours to TUARA. We share reported hours with AERA. AERA, in turn, uses retirees’ volunteer hours statewide to demonstrate the value that retirees bring to Alabama’s economy and quality of life. That tremendous impact assists efforts to build support for retiree issues and benefits in Montgomery. Please report any previously unreported hours from Jan. 1, 2022 through the present. Send hours, broken down by the categories in the chart below, to tuara.ua@gmail.com.
Service hours should include activities in Alabama for which you have not received financial reimbursement. Hours should also not include 1) Sunday school and church attendance, 2) Caring for family members, and 3) Participation in AERA activities on state committees or the Board of Directors. You may include hours spent on TUARA activities, except for attending board meetings.
| Categories | Examples | # of Service Hours |
| Arts | Children’s Hands-On Museum, theater, opera, arts | |
| Church | Church related service projects (not attendance for worship services) | |
| Civic | Organizational projects, civic and special interest | |
| Health | Bloodmobile, clinics, nursing home, nutrition, home care | |
| Education | Mentoring, literacy projects | |
| Transportation | Shopping, errands, escort services | |
| RSVP/Volunteer Programs | Shut-Ins, telephone, etc. | |
| Youth Work | Big Brothers Big Sisters, work related to youth programs | |
| TUARA | TUARA volunteer activities, administrative work, communications, etc. | |
| Other (specify) | ||
| Total Hours |