TRTA Health Care Committee
2010-2011

The Health Care Committee shall collaborate with the AARP Health Advocacy Services, and other similar organizations, to develop and implement programs for the maintenance of retirees’ good health.

TRTA State Health Care Committee Chairman
Dr. Norma Hill

TRTA State Health Care Committee Members
Nancy Byler
Patsy Harper
Carolyn Lance
Ethel Hazel Wilson

22,400,163,691 steps were walked in 2009 for the TRTA Walks-A-Million Program.

Duties
The TRTA State Health Care Committee Chairman duties:
*1. Establish working contacts with persons, organizations, and agencies in the community that have information and expertise in the health field;
*2. Attend and urge committee members to attend community forums, health fairs, or special training events relative to health care;
*3 Serve as presenter to train District and Local Unit counterparts at the TRTA Convention;
*4. Gather and disseminate resource materials to District Health Care Committee Chairmen to be used at the Local Unit level; and
*5. Coordinate the TRTA Walks–A–Million program and collect from each District the total number of steps logged by members.

The TRTA District Health Care Committee Chairmen duties:
*1. Send information received from the TRTA Health Care Committee Chairman to the Local Unit Health Care Committee Chairmen in the District;
*2. Gather health–related information of interest to retired school and higher education personnel and send it to the Local Unit Health Care Committee Chairmen;
*3. Establish working contacts with persons, organizations, and agencies in the District that have information and expertise in the health care field;
*4. Compile TRTA Walks–A–Million steps/miles from each Local Unit and submit report to the TRTA Health Care Committee Chairman;
*5. Serve as presenter of the Health Care training for Local Unit Health Care Committee Chairmen at the District Spring Leadership Training Conference; and
*6. Attend the state Convention Health Care Leadership Training Session.

The TRTA Local Unit Health Care Committee Chairmen duties:
*1. Relate information received from the TRTA and District Health Care Chairmen to the members;
*2. Gather information of local interest to retired school and higher education personnel and notify the members;
*3. Establish working contacts with persons, organizations, and agencies in the community that have information and expertise in the health care field;
*4. Attend and urge members to attend community forums, health fairs, or special training events relative to health care;
*5. Report at each meeting something of significant interest to the membership even if only a tidbit from the newspaper, radio or television (three of the best current sources!);
*6. Plan one (1) Health Care Program for the Local Unit each year;
*7. Encourage participation in TRTA’s Walks–A–Million program;
*8. Become knowledgeable of community resources; and
*9. Attend the state Convention Health Care Leadership Training Session.

* Not policy, suggested

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November 3, 2009 | 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. | Madison County Health Fair | Kimbro Center, Madisonville

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