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Come Join Us!  We are looking for you

PictureBARTA members Larry Klebenow, Jon Moore and Linda DeClue enjoy the lunch at Four Seasons.
Is there anything better than getting together with old friends and colleagues? Well, maybe, but seeing  those folks with whom we can share our stories or who remember those extraordinary students and school events is very special. BARTA offers friendship and fellowship that grows from our past but connections and programs that keep us up-to-date with education and community matters. 

Membership in BARTA is open to any current or former teacher or school administrator and their spouse.
​The membership fee is only $10 per year. In August of each year BARTA sends a newsletter to current and prospective members, and included is a membership card that can be completed and returned so we can add new members to our roll. If you are not now a member but are interested in attending a meeting or receiving the August newsletter, just complete the Contact Form on the Resources & Contact page of this website. You may also call 812-372-7458.

Please consider joining BARTA. It's easy, fun, and inexpensive, four times a year.

​​BARTA MEMBERSHIP MAY BE ​ OPEN TO YOU

BARTA is an organization with a broad outreach among retired teachers, school administrators, and their spouses and companions. Our 300-member roll includes people from Bartholomew County and the surrounding counties of Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, and Johnson counties. Loyalty to and support for our public school systems and BARTA have also prompted memberships from folks now living in Arizona, California, Florida, Pennsylvania, and others.
The general membership of BARTA meets four times per year, September, November, March and May, for lunch and a program, followed by a business meeting. Generally the meetings last about 1 1/2 hours so that folks can be on their way by 1:00 pm.

Why not become a member of the Indiana Retired Teachers Assoc ?

​For only $35 per year, your membership adds strength in numbers to the Association when we lobby on behalf of Indiana's retired teachers to the state legislature for a cost of living (COLA) to pensions and a one-time payment (13th check) to retirees. By joining, you help to:
  • promote the welfare of Indiana's retired educators
  • encourage and perpetuate education in Indiana
  • provide community leadership, service, and guidance
Not only that, members save money by taking advantage of numerous discounts and group insurance plans.

Join your fellow retirees today!​ The membership form is available on the IRTA website: http://portal.retiredteachers.org/cgi-bin/register.pl
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​ For more details, go to 

https://www.retiredteachers.org/membership/ 
​OR for more info about benefits, go to
http://www.retiredteachers.org/benefits

Benefits can more than pay for your $35 IRTA membership:

AMBA Benefits for IRTA Members 
Personal security: Life Alert services
Insurance: Dental; Vision; 1st Diagnosis Cancer; Medicare Supplement; Medical Air Services; Long Term Care; Short Term Home Health Care; Whole Life; ID Protection; Auto; Home
Dining: Discounts for area restaurants
Travel: Inscribe Africa, Orlando Employee Tickets, TravelPerx, Road Scholar, Government Employee Travel
Electronics: Apple products; Dell products
Lifestyle: 1-800-Flowers
Investments: Tax-Deferred Annunity

Other Discount Providers
Hotels: LaQuinta Inn
Rental Cars: Hertz, Budget and Avis
Phone Service: AT&T; Verizon
Insurance: MetLife; VPI Pet Insurance
Security Service: Life Alert, Identity Theft Protection
Home and Health Aids: Hear in America, Premier Care in Bathing
Airport Parking: Fast Park & Relax
Realty Services: Homes for Heroes
For more information, go to 
https://www.retiredteachers.org/member-benefits .

in memory of our friends and colleagues who passed in 2017-18

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Cynthia Barnett
Bernard Brand
Jerry Brock
Larry Brock
Irene Caudill
Mary Combs
Wayne Coy
Ruth Davee
Evelyn Jean Crawl Ellis
Nancy Fleetwood
Nancy Fox
Ruth Frische

Beth Grim

Lloyd Grim
Cindy Karwacki
Glen Keller
Deborah Lienhoop
Charlotte Lockwood
Ward McCarty
Greta Otte
Marialice Ping
James Powell
John Sheedy
Donald Simpson
Rachel Stoner
​Sue Vanderbur



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