Sunday, March 22, 2009
Hot topic : Emergency phone numbers kept on "ICE"
Ben Strickland gives update regarding our health plan--Tom Redmon, Boone police officer, is demonstrating how to put emergency phone numbers in cell phone. George Durfor from EMS demonstrates how to to give yourself the heimlich manever.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
March Meeting--Early Meeting Time -- 10:30 -- Lunch: Regular Schedule
The Red Pencil
The Newsletter of Watauga County Retired School Personnel
Vol.XI, No.4, March 2009
Nanci Tolbert Nance, editor ntn1066@hotmail.com 963-8892
March Meeting
10.30AM, Thursday, March 19, 2009
Deerfield Methodist Church
Cost per meal is $10, check payable to
Watauga Unit, NCRSP
HEADS UP!!! ALERT!!! ACHTUNG!!! NEWS!!! PAY ATTENTION!!!
Please, please PLEASE note the change in our meeting time for our March gathering.
The program will begin at 10.30 and will be EXTREMELY important. Our vice-president and program chairman, La Verne Franklin, has worked really hard to create a morning presentation that she is calling Health Matters, and you will find the subject of our health is also the theme of this issue of The Red Pencil.
Our health matters, and at our meeting we will be hearing from an expert on identifying heart attack symptoms for men and women (two sets of very different symptoms), recognizing the symptoms of stroke, treating the most common allergies, and learning the Heimlich maneuver – how to apply it to others and to ourselves.
We will take a brief break during the program for stretching and exercising and ask you to bring TWO identical 14-oz cans of food – two cans of baked beans or two cans of spinach or green beans or stewed tomatoes or whatever, just two cans of the same weight. We’re going to use them for a little exercising and then donate them to the Hunger Coalition.
ALSO bring your cell phone and a card or piece of paper with the phone numbers you would use for emergencies, including a close relative or two and your doctor. A Boone police officer will be present at the meeting to explain programming your phone for emergency use AND he will program your phone for you!
We will have lunch on our regular schedule.
Please bring as much non-perishable food as you can manage for the Hunger Coalition. Powdered milk, cans of soup, oatmeal and pasta products, canned fruit and vegetables, ANYTHING non-perishable, will be acceptable. Remember those empty medicine bottles, too; each one of them saves the Hunger Coalition.
Very important note: If your caller has not phoned you by the 15th of March, call your caller if you plan to attend. If you change your mind at the last minute about attending, call Margaret Sigmon at 264-2036 immediately and come ahead! As usual, Margaret thanks her team of callers who generously volunteer their time doing important work for our organization.
What a lot to remember! Our meeting begins at 10.30AM, not noon, and before you leave the house, look over this checklist and be sure that you have:
ü Your check for $10 for lunch
ü Your cell phone and a list of emergency numbers, including those of a close relative or two and your doctor
ü Two identical 14-oz cans of food to use in exercising
ü Food for the Hunger Coalition
ü Medicine bottles
ü Loose change for the scholarship fund
ü At least $5 for raffle tickets for Janice’s coconut pound cake to benefit the scholarship fund
Whew! See you at 10.30AM on the 19th!
NCRSP Scholarship Fund in Need
Each May, our chapter of NCRSP awards a $1,000 scholarship to a graduating high school senior who plans to become a teacher. Our generosity to the scholarship winner depends entirely on each NCRSP member’s generosity to the Scholarship Fund.
First, PLEASE bring all your spare change for the little watering cans on your table and plan to make an enormous noise when you pour those nickels and dimes and quarters into the pots.
Second, if you haven’t made your annual gift to the Scholarship Fund, please do so at the March meeting or mail a check to Watauga County NCRSP Scholarship Fund to Dot Barker, 451 Poplar Hill Dr., Boone NC 28607.
Third, if you have already contributed to the fund, please consider doing it again, this time in memory or in honor of a deceased member of our chapter, a colleague, or a favorite teacher. Write the name of the honoree on your check and we’ll make a point of including it in the next Red Pencil.
Fourth, heads up! In order to help raise money for the Scholarship Fund, we will be raffling off a coconut pound cake baked by Janice Burns. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5.
President’s Message
George Burns, he of the enormous cigar and the “Say goodnight, Gracie,” is famous for having said, “You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.” “Old” is an attitude as well as a condition we allow to happen to us, and we can choose a number of ways not to allow “old” to happen.
One of those ways is exercise. When I go to the Broyhill Wellness Center or walk on the greenway, my fellow exercisers and I smile at each other as we plug along. I lead an exercise class at Appalachian Brian Estates and am always uplifted to see that the “stars” of the class are retired teachers – including Charlotte Stanley, Ruth Lisk and Lou Martin. One of my ‘students’ is in her late 90’s, and she said after a recent class, “I always feel better after I exercise.” Don’t we all!
Any number of medical studies show that physical fitness and mental fitness go hand in hand. One recent study from Case Western Reserve University notes that individuals who exercise by walking or engage in active hobbies such as gardening actually have a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
One very important factor in a healthy longevity is the relationships we have with other people. Our social interactions are vital to our well-being. As our newsletter editor noted in a recent email informing us about several of our members, “The simple act of sharing our joys and our griefs make us so important to each other.” During the past several months, our thoughts and prayers have been with our beloved Margaret Sigmon as she was treated for colon cancer. Nanci, sitting at the center of our NCRSP newsline, was able to keep us all informed of Margaret’s treatment and recuperation, and Margaret, as soon as she was able, wrote to all of us that our caring and our support were a big part of her recovery.
Let us always reach out to each other, to share not only our good news but our sorrows, as well. Staying connected is balm for our hearts. Ultimately, the old saw is absolutely right: Friendships multiply our joys and divide our griefs. We are so fortunate to have each other.
Beth Carrin
From 1955 – the way things change:
'Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long before $2,000.00 will only buy a used one.’
'If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous!’
'When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon? Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage.’
'I'm afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business.’
'I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now.’
Each month, more and more of our members save the unit the cost of postage and printing by subscribing to the online edition of our newsletter. Please consider this simple and efficient way to receive our newsletter and send a message to Nanci at ntn@skybest.com including your name and email address. The cost of postage is going up in May, and you’ll be doing the Watauga Unit of NCRSP a HUGE service!
AND, while you’re playing on your computer, don’t forget http://wataugacountyretiredpersonnel.blogspot.com/, the website for our blog. Lee Stroupe, our webmaster, posts the schedule of our activities and pictures from our meetings as well as links to all kinds of helpful information. Lee does such a good job, and this website is attractive and user-friendly.
Health Matters, Part Two
Our Sue Aldridge is a member of the Women’s Health Initiative and shares the following crucial advice for preventing falls in the home. Did you know that more than 30% of us older than 60 will fall each year? Of those who fall, roughly 25% suffer moderate to serious injuries, resulting in problems with everything from dressing to bathing to walking around. If you and your family will take a few minutes to read and follow these suggestions, you may just save yourself a great deal of trouble and woe.
FALL PREVENTION GUIDE
Step One: Taking Care of Yourself
· Have your hearing and vision checked regularly.
· Get regular medical checkups. Review your medications with your doctor to ensure that you are taking the appropriate levels and types.
· Take medication as directed and DO NOT skip medications.
· Get plenty of rest, water and proper nutrition.
· Be aware of how you feel. Listen to your body. If you do not feel well, take time to walk slow and deliberately or ask someone to walk with you.
· Use a cane or a walker if one has been prescribed or if you feel even slightly unsteady.
Step Two: Removing Hazards
· Remove throw rugs that slide or fasten them to the floor with carpet tape. Make sure that kitchen and bathroom rugs have non-skid backing. NEVER use a towel as a bath mat.
· Keep cords and clutter from pathways.
· Arrange furniture to create a clear pathway between rooms. Be sure you have 38-42 inches of clearance in your path.
· Remove low coffee tables, magazine racks, footstools, floor plants and anything that would be easy to trip over from your walkways.
· Clean up spills immediately.
· Use sturdy stepstools with handrails. Stay off ladders.
· Make sure that sidewalks and walkways are level. If they are not, ask for help in having them repaired.
Step Three: Protecting Yourself and your House
· Wear safe footwear – shoes or slippers with non-skid soles.
· Hold on to steady furniture if you are unsteady on your feet.
· Be especially aware and careful in the fall “trouble spots” – the bathroom and kitchen. Install grab bars near sinks, toilets and showers.
· Use a shower chair or transfer bench when getting in and out of the bathtub.
· Keep your home well lit and turn on lights when walking through dark rooms or hallways.
· Use nightlights in bathrooms, bedrooms and hallways.
· Keep a flashlight handy at all times in case of power failure.
· Store lightweight or rarely-used items on the top shelves of cabinets.
· Install handrails on both sides of stairways.
· Do not place items on or at the top of the stairs where you might trip over them.
· Add a contrasting color strip to the first and last steps of a stairway to indicate the level changes.
· Keep phones in several rooms in case you need to call for emergency help.
Step Four: Fall-proofing the Outside
· Make sure outside doors, patios, porches, steps and walkways are well lit.
· Keep outside steps and walkways clear of obstacles and in good condition.
· Make sure you have handrails on both sides of exterior steps and be sure to use them.
· Be extra careful when sidewalks are wet, snowy or icy.
If you should ever fall, call 9-1-1, and if any type of cover is within reach, try to keep yourself warm with a blanket or a rug. Even if you are not seriously injured, be sure to mention the fall to your personal physician, since falling can be a sign of illness or problems with medications.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Miss Daisy Adams tells Santa that she doesn’t need a thing for Christmas because she has been so fortunate. We’re lucky to have her!
Bits and Pieces of Extremely Important, Extremely Interesting, and Otherwise Notable Information
ü At our March meeting, NEA-R members will be voting on delegates to represent North Carolina at the national NEA convention. The February Panorama contains brief resumes for each of the candidates. Please read those little pieces and choose ELEVEN individuals for whom to vote. REALLY important this time: you MUST mark your ballot with PEN, not pencil, because use of pencil invalidates your ballot.
ü The State NCRSP Convention is happening in Durham at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center, March 24-25. Representing our unit will be Beth Carrin, Eula Mae Fox, Ben and Lois Strickland, and Jimmie Owen.
ü Our unit currently has 126 members. Every single member is important, yet we obviously need to grow. If you are aware of current members of the education community who are nearing retirement, please begin now to explain the value of their membership in NC Retired School Personnel.
ü Health Matters, Part Three: Given the current state of the economy, our legislators are examining the state of our health plan and considering a number of options for ways to deal with the deficit of $580 million. The most recent plan, still just a proposal, is to tap the state’s ‘rainy day’ fund and make some changes that include an increase in co-payments and an incentive prescription drug plan as well instituting ways to reward members who do not smoke and are below 30% BMI (body mass index).
Remember that this proposal is just that, a proposal, and that NCAE will continue to work with legislators to hold down costs as much as possible and to protect the promise of an employer-funded health care plan.
For recent actions coming from Raleigh that affect our lives, go to the email box for NCAE Government Relations at g.relations@ncae.org and sign up for the regular legislative updates to be delivered to your email box.
Our Service to the Community Matters, Too
We increased our volunteer hours in ‘08! Total hours reported were 6650. Of those, 1155 were for educational activities and 5495 were in the "other" category. One of our newest retirees, Billy Ralph Winkler, logged the most hours of volunteer work, and we know he served our county with many paid hours as a Commissioner also.
The bad news is that only 28 people turned in a report. We can do a better job of recording our hours of service.
On the next page you’ll find another volunteer hours form. Put it on your fridge or next to your monthly calendar and keep track of all the time you donate to activities and events in your life. Do remember that taking care of family members does NOT count in your volunteer hours.
* Volunteer hours for the “Other” category would include the following activities. Please circle the ones in which you participated.
· Political
· Governmental
· Neighborhood
· Civic organization
· Hospital
· Companion to shut-in
· Healthcare/Red Cross
· Church/religious work
· Schools
· Athletics
· Transportation
· Mentoring/tutoring
· NCRSP
· Libraries
· Social Services
· Habitat for Humanity
N.B.
· Activities for which you are paid (i.e., honoria or stipends) do not count for volunteer hours.
· While the NCRSP Executive Board considers time caring for grandchildren, elderly parents, or other family members as very important, it considers these activities to be family obligations and does NOT accept these hours as volunteer hours.
North Carolina Retired School Personnel
Individual Volunteer Hours Record for 2008
The Newsletter of Watauga County Retired School Personnel
Vol.XI, No.4, March 2009
Nanci Tolbert Nance, editor ntn1066@hotmail.com 963-8892
March Meeting
10.30AM, Thursday, March 19, 2009
Deerfield Methodist Church
Cost per meal is $10, check payable to
Watauga Unit, NCRSP
HEADS UP!!! ALERT!!! ACHTUNG!!! NEWS!!! PAY ATTENTION!!!
Please, please PLEASE note the change in our meeting time for our March gathering.
The program will begin at 10.30 and will be EXTREMELY important. Our vice-president and program chairman, La Verne Franklin, has worked really hard to create a morning presentation that she is calling Health Matters, and you will find the subject of our health is also the theme of this issue of The Red Pencil.
Our health matters, and at our meeting we will be hearing from an expert on identifying heart attack symptoms for men and women (two sets of very different symptoms), recognizing the symptoms of stroke, treating the most common allergies, and learning the Heimlich maneuver – how to apply it to others and to ourselves.
We will take a brief break during the program for stretching and exercising and ask you to bring TWO identical 14-oz cans of food – two cans of baked beans or two cans of spinach or green beans or stewed tomatoes or whatever, just two cans of the same weight. We’re going to use them for a little exercising and then donate them to the Hunger Coalition.
ALSO bring your cell phone and a card or piece of paper with the phone numbers you would use for emergencies, including a close relative or two and your doctor. A Boone police officer will be present at the meeting to explain programming your phone for emergency use AND he will program your phone for you!
We will have lunch on our regular schedule.
Please bring as much non-perishable food as you can manage for the Hunger Coalition. Powdered milk, cans of soup, oatmeal and pasta products, canned fruit and vegetables, ANYTHING non-perishable, will be acceptable. Remember those empty medicine bottles, too; each one of them saves the Hunger Coalition.
Very important note: If your caller has not phoned you by the 15th of March, call your caller if you plan to attend. If you change your mind at the last minute about attending, call Margaret Sigmon at 264-2036 immediately and come ahead! As usual, Margaret thanks her team of callers who generously volunteer their time doing important work for our organization.
What a lot to remember! Our meeting begins at 10.30AM, not noon, and before you leave the house, look over this checklist and be sure that you have:
ü Your check for $10 for lunch
ü Your cell phone and a list of emergency numbers, including those of a close relative or two and your doctor
ü Two identical 14-oz cans of food to use in exercising
ü Food for the Hunger Coalition
ü Medicine bottles
ü Loose change for the scholarship fund
ü At least $5 for raffle tickets for Janice’s coconut pound cake to benefit the scholarship fund
Whew! See you at 10.30AM on the 19th!
NCRSP Scholarship Fund in Need
Each May, our chapter of NCRSP awards a $1,000 scholarship to a graduating high school senior who plans to become a teacher. Our generosity to the scholarship winner depends entirely on each NCRSP member’s generosity to the Scholarship Fund.
First, PLEASE bring all your spare change for the little watering cans on your table and plan to make an enormous noise when you pour those nickels and dimes and quarters into the pots.
Second, if you haven’t made your annual gift to the Scholarship Fund, please do so at the March meeting or mail a check to Watauga County NCRSP Scholarship Fund to Dot Barker, 451 Poplar Hill Dr., Boone NC 28607.
Third, if you have already contributed to the fund, please consider doing it again, this time in memory or in honor of a deceased member of our chapter, a colleague, or a favorite teacher. Write the name of the honoree on your check and we’ll make a point of including it in the next Red Pencil.
Fourth, heads up! In order to help raise money for the Scholarship Fund, we will be raffling off a coconut pound cake baked by Janice Burns. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5.
President’s Message
George Burns, he of the enormous cigar and the “Say goodnight, Gracie,” is famous for having said, “You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.” “Old” is an attitude as well as a condition we allow to happen to us, and we can choose a number of ways not to allow “old” to happen.
One of those ways is exercise. When I go to the Broyhill Wellness Center or walk on the greenway, my fellow exercisers and I smile at each other as we plug along. I lead an exercise class at Appalachian Brian Estates and am always uplifted to see that the “stars” of the class are retired teachers – including Charlotte Stanley, Ruth Lisk and Lou Martin. One of my ‘students’ is in her late 90’s, and she said after a recent class, “I always feel better after I exercise.” Don’t we all!
Any number of medical studies show that physical fitness and mental fitness go hand in hand. One recent study from Case Western Reserve University notes that individuals who exercise by walking or engage in active hobbies such as gardening actually have a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
One very important factor in a healthy longevity is the relationships we have with other people. Our social interactions are vital to our well-being. As our newsletter editor noted in a recent email informing us about several of our members, “The simple act of sharing our joys and our griefs make us so important to each other.” During the past several months, our thoughts and prayers have been with our beloved Margaret Sigmon as she was treated for colon cancer. Nanci, sitting at the center of our NCRSP newsline, was able to keep us all informed of Margaret’s treatment and recuperation, and Margaret, as soon as she was able, wrote to all of us that our caring and our support were a big part of her recovery.
Let us always reach out to each other, to share not only our good news but our sorrows, as well. Staying connected is balm for our hearts. Ultimately, the old saw is absolutely right: Friendships multiply our joys and divide our griefs. We are so fortunate to have each other.
Beth Carrin
From 1955 – the way things change:
'Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long before $2,000.00 will only buy a used one.’
'If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous!’
'When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon? Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage.’
'I'm afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business.’
'I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now.’
Each month, more and more of our members save the unit the cost of postage and printing by subscribing to the online edition of our newsletter. Please consider this simple and efficient way to receive our newsletter and send a message to Nanci at ntn@skybest.com including your name and email address. The cost of postage is going up in May, and you’ll be doing the Watauga Unit of NCRSP a HUGE service!
AND, while you’re playing on your computer, don’t forget http://wataugacountyretiredpersonnel.blogspot.com/, the website for our blog. Lee Stroupe, our webmaster, posts the schedule of our activities and pictures from our meetings as well as links to all kinds of helpful information. Lee does such a good job, and this website is attractive and user-friendly.
Health Matters, Part Two
Our Sue Aldridge is a member of the Women’s Health Initiative and shares the following crucial advice for preventing falls in the home. Did you know that more than 30% of us older than 60 will fall each year? Of those who fall, roughly 25% suffer moderate to serious injuries, resulting in problems with everything from dressing to bathing to walking around. If you and your family will take a few minutes to read and follow these suggestions, you may just save yourself a great deal of trouble and woe.
FALL PREVENTION GUIDE
Step One: Taking Care of Yourself
· Have your hearing and vision checked regularly.
· Get regular medical checkups. Review your medications with your doctor to ensure that you are taking the appropriate levels and types.
· Take medication as directed and DO NOT skip medications.
· Get plenty of rest, water and proper nutrition.
· Be aware of how you feel. Listen to your body. If you do not feel well, take time to walk slow and deliberately or ask someone to walk with you.
· Use a cane or a walker if one has been prescribed or if you feel even slightly unsteady.
Step Two: Removing Hazards
· Remove throw rugs that slide or fasten them to the floor with carpet tape. Make sure that kitchen and bathroom rugs have non-skid backing. NEVER use a towel as a bath mat.
· Keep cords and clutter from pathways.
· Arrange furniture to create a clear pathway between rooms. Be sure you have 38-42 inches of clearance in your path.
· Remove low coffee tables, magazine racks, footstools, floor plants and anything that would be easy to trip over from your walkways.
· Clean up spills immediately.
· Use sturdy stepstools with handrails. Stay off ladders.
· Make sure that sidewalks and walkways are level. If they are not, ask for help in having them repaired.
Step Three: Protecting Yourself and your House
· Wear safe footwear – shoes or slippers with non-skid soles.
· Hold on to steady furniture if you are unsteady on your feet.
· Be especially aware and careful in the fall “trouble spots” – the bathroom and kitchen. Install grab bars near sinks, toilets and showers.
· Use a shower chair or transfer bench when getting in and out of the bathtub.
· Keep your home well lit and turn on lights when walking through dark rooms or hallways.
· Use nightlights in bathrooms, bedrooms and hallways.
· Keep a flashlight handy at all times in case of power failure.
· Store lightweight or rarely-used items on the top shelves of cabinets.
· Install handrails on both sides of stairways.
· Do not place items on or at the top of the stairs where you might trip over them.
· Add a contrasting color strip to the first and last steps of a stairway to indicate the level changes.
· Keep phones in several rooms in case you need to call for emergency help.
Step Four: Fall-proofing the Outside
· Make sure outside doors, patios, porches, steps and walkways are well lit.
· Keep outside steps and walkways clear of obstacles and in good condition.
· Make sure you have handrails on both sides of exterior steps and be sure to use them.
· Be extra careful when sidewalks are wet, snowy or icy.
If you should ever fall, call 9-1-1, and if any type of cover is within reach, try to keep yourself warm with a blanket or a rug. Even if you are not seriously injured, be sure to mention the fall to your personal physician, since falling can be a sign of illness or problems with medications.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Miss Daisy Adams tells Santa that she doesn’t need a thing for Christmas because she has been so fortunate. We’re lucky to have her!
Bits and Pieces of Extremely Important, Extremely Interesting, and Otherwise Notable Information
ü At our March meeting, NEA-R members will be voting on delegates to represent North Carolina at the national NEA convention. The February Panorama contains brief resumes for each of the candidates. Please read those little pieces and choose ELEVEN individuals for whom to vote. REALLY important this time: you MUST mark your ballot with PEN, not pencil, because use of pencil invalidates your ballot.
ü The State NCRSP Convention is happening in Durham at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center, March 24-25. Representing our unit will be Beth Carrin, Eula Mae Fox, Ben and Lois Strickland, and Jimmie Owen.
ü Our unit currently has 126 members. Every single member is important, yet we obviously need to grow. If you are aware of current members of the education community who are nearing retirement, please begin now to explain the value of their membership in NC Retired School Personnel.
ü Health Matters, Part Three: Given the current state of the economy, our legislators are examining the state of our health plan and considering a number of options for ways to deal with the deficit of $580 million. The most recent plan, still just a proposal, is to tap the state’s ‘rainy day’ fund and make some changes that include an increase in co-payments and an incentive prescription drug plan as well instituting ways to reward members who do not smoke and are below 30% BMI (body mass index).
Remember that this proposal is just that, a proposal, and that NCAE will continue to work with legislators to hold down costs as much as possible and to protect the promise of an employer-funded health care plan.
For recent actions coming from Raleigh that affect our lives, go to the email box for NCAE Government Relations at g.relations@ncae.org and sign up for the regular legislative updates to be delivered to your email box.
Our Service to the Community Matters, Too
We increased our volunteer hours in ‘08! Total hours reported were 6650. Of those, 1155 were for educational activities and 5495 were in the "other" category. One of our newest retirees, Billy Ralph Winkler, logged the most hours of volunteer work, and we know he served our county with many paid hours as a Commissioner also.
The bad news is that only 28 people turned in a report. We can do a better job of recording our hours of service.
On the next page you’ll find another volunteer hours form. Put it on your fridge or next to your monthly calendar and keep track of all the time you donate to activities and events in your life. Do remember that taking care of family members does NOT count in your volunteer hours.
* Volunteer hours for the “Other” category would include the following activities. Please circle the ones in which you participated.
· Political
· Governmental
· Neighborhood
· Civic organization
· Hospital
· Companion to shut-in
· Healthcare/Red Cross
· Church/religious work
· Schools
· Athletics
· Transportation
· Mentoring/tutoring
· NCRSP
· Libraries
· Social Services
· Habitat for Humanity
N.B.
· Activities for which you are paid (i.e., honoria or stipends) do not count for volunteer hours.
· While the NCRSP Executive Board considers time caring for grandchildren, elderly parents, or other family members as very important, it considers these activities to be family obligations and does NOT accept these hours as volunteer hours.
North Carolina Retired School Personnel
Individual Volunteer Hours Record for 2008
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