WELCOME
to the Delaware County Chapter of
the Ohio Retired Teacher's Association
* ORTA's Number One Priority is protecting and improving teacher retirement benefits. *
We invite you to attend one of the Delaware County Retired Teachers Association quarterly luncheon meetings. Our members are more than happy to answer any questions you may have about the organization and how you can join.
If you live in Delaware County and are a retired educator, you are welcome regardless of where you taught! Retired administrators, school nurses, spouses and guests are also welcome.
Bring a friend!
THERE IS STRENGTH IN NUMBERS - GET INVOLVED - JOIN OR RENEW MEMBERSHIP TODAY
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Our next meeting is on
Friday, December 2, 2022
The Delaware County Retired Teachers Association will gather for their Winter luncheon and meeting on Friday, December 2 at 11:30 AM. Lunch will be served at 12 noon.
Invite friends, spouses, other retirees - all are welcome!
Box lunches provided by the Rutherford Cafe will be available for order closer to the event. A bottle of water is included with the meal. If you bring your own lunch there will be a $1.00 charge for the water.
We will also hold our only fundraiser, our 6th annual
! SILENT AUCTION !
Please bring items to donate and be prepared to fill out a bid sheet describing the contents and a suggested starting bid - we will help set up your items and provide the bid sheets. Suggestions of what to bring: gift items for Christmas, decorative pieces, baked goods, candy, plants, flowers, crafts, homemade articles and themed gift baskets.
Arrive at 11:30 to drop off your items, examine what is being offered, and to get a head start on placing your bids.
This is an opportunity to do some holiday shopping!
Proceeds will go into our treasury to help defray the cost of special programs and increase our charitable donations.
Meet at the Compassion Center at 41 Firestone Dr, Delaware OH.
Park next to the shelter and enter the Center through the door located under the shelter - not the side entrance with the steps.
(The meeting is NOT in the church building.)
A map to the church/center is located on this page below the last meeting review.
If you wish to contact us and/or have your email added to the DCRTA mailing list please use our Contact Us page on this website.
RECENT MEETING REVIEW
The Delaware County Retired Teachers Association met on Friday, September 9 at 12 noon in the Compassion Center in Delaware.
Members enjoyed box lunches
from Rutherford Cafe followed by a speaker, business meeting and a game.
Robin Rayfield, Executive Director of ORTA, updated the membership on STRS and its current operations that have reduced our pensions. ORTA has been instrumental in the push to restore our COLA (cost of living allowance) as well as other issues concerning Ohio’s retired teachers. Although one year of COLA has been implemented for members, STRS has not offered to reinstate the yearly COLA promised to retirees. Meanwhile STRS staff are awarded 6% raises as well as significant increases in fringe benefits and travel expenses, even though they have not met their benchmarks and goals and have lost our money in often risky investments. ORTA will continue to work on behalf of the membership to ensure that our retirement funds invested in STRS go to our pensions, not to staff raises and bonuses.
Donations - money, dry and paper goods - were collected for People In Need of Delaware County.
A short business meeting was held. President Carolyn Kneisly indicated that we are in immediate need of a Treasurer as our current treasurer, Pat Bateman, will be retiring from her position in December of this year. Pat, who has served in the position for many years, has graciously offered to train a new treasurer over the next year to learn the job.
Pam Young, Hospitality Chairman, followed a money theme. She decorated tables with play money and led a game featuring a tree covered with questions about money rather than leaves. The questions were read by Wally Gibson and members who answered correctly were awarded prizes.
The next meeting will be on December 2, 2022
at the Compassion Center next to Compassion Christian Church in Delaware.
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Please use this map for all remaining 2022 meetings.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
MASK DONATION NEWS
The Delaware County Retired Teachers Association has donated a case of 500 disposable child masks to each of the 29 elementary schools in Delaware County. The DCRTA members want to let students, teachers and staff know that the retired teachers are thinking of them as they navigate these uncertain educational times. The cases of masks were delivered to all
Delaware County elementary schools during the second week of January.
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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: DCRTA has partnered with the local Habitat for Humanity chapter. Use the Links button at the top of this page to access their website. It provides members with opportunities to assist in Habitat's work.
Local chapter involvement and photos above:
In the photos above Carolyn Kneisly, President of The Delaware County Retired Teachers Association, presents books to children of three of the most recent Habitat for Humanity of Delaware & Union Counties homeowners. Both homes are located in Delaware.
History: In 2016, after speaking to local Habitat officials who indicated they needed books for children of home owners, DCRTA embarked on a group project to gift a book to each child moving into a new Habitat house in Delaware County. For the past few years DCRTA has purchased age appropriate books focused on homes and shelter for various age levels. Recently members have augmented our supply by donating books at meetings. DCRTA is proud to join other chapters across Ohio in this collaborative effort to help those in need.
NOTE: During the pandemic Habitat for Humanity continued to build homes but the dedications have been for families only. DCRTA stored our books at the Habitat office and suggested that they present a book to the children in our stead.
( Photos courtesy of Habitat for Humanity of Delaware & Union Counties and Karen Deighton)
Local chapter involvement and photos above:
In the photos above Carolyn Kneisly, President of The Delaware County Retired Teachers Association, presents books to children of three of the most recent Habitat for Humanity of Delaware & Union Counties homeowners. Both homes are located in Delaware.
History: In 2016, after speaking to local Habitat officials who indicated they needed books for children of home owners, DCRTA embarked on a group project to gift a book to each child moving into a new Habitat house in Delaware County. For the past few years DCRTA has purchased age appropriate books focused on homes and shelter for various age levels. Recently members have augmented our supply by donating books at meetings. DCRTA is proud to join other chapters across Ohio in this collaborative effort to help those in need.
NOTE: During the pandemic Habitat for Humanity continued to build homes but the dedications have been for families only. DCRTA stored our books at the Habitat office and suggested that they present a book to the children in our stead.
( Photos courtesy of Habitat for Humanity of Delaware & Union Counties and Karen Deighton)
