President's Letter

Greetings From Your President

Shirley McLaren

Dear Fellow School Retirees:

I am writing this message out of concern for all our retired public school employees. If we as an organization don't work together for the good of all our membership, we are in danger of losing any chance we may have of successfully addressing our various concerns and needs.

Included in those concerns is the need to provide service to our members, service to our community, and support for public education. As an organization PASR strives to meet these concerns for our members in many ways - by providing social activities, by keeping members informed on issues of importance to senior citizens, and by doing what we can to influence legislation that affects our very way of life.

Locally we have almost 900 members in our Dauphin County Chapter of PASR. There are, however, at least that many more school retirees in our area who not members. Unfortunately, only a small percentage of all these retirees are actually active supportive members of our chapter. By support I mean what members can do as individuals to enhance the work of our chapter in the form of expanded membership, financial support, and the willingness to take on positions of leadership.

Not the least of our concerns is the need for a cost of living adjustment (COLA). Sadly, there are those who retired ten or fifteen years ago who are already feeling the pinch and they are the older retirees who need our help and support. Fortunately, our state organization with help from all the local chapters (including Dauphin County Chapter!) is working with our state legislators to solve this problem.

Why not join us in this effort? If you are not a member of our chapter, join. And if you are a member, become active and involved . We've been waiting for you!

Shirley McLaren

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