North Carolina Retired Association

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Raleigh, NC 27605
The most recent legislature had authorized the governor to appoint a commission to study the status of all governmental employees so our group met to discuss and organize a committee to visit the commission concerning needs of retirees. After this experience, the group of about 10 realized that state retirees needed to have their own organization. A board of directors and officers were elected and instructed to proceed with development of plans the Association. In the early days of NCRGEA, many leaders came from Wake County and the surrounding area but as the organization grew, leaders joined in from across the state. During the early seventies, a great deal of attention was devoted to providing increased benefits to those who had retired in the earlier years at a lower rate of pay. These efforts were successful and benefit increases were given at a prorated rate for some years. Early efforts of Association included issues such as the Homestead Exemption issue, credit for military service, repayment of withdrawn contributions, credit for work outside of North Carolina and the issue of disability retirement. A big milestone for the Association's leaders and members was reached in 1978 when the legislature approved the payment of health insurance for state retirees. Also, because of gains in the retirement systems, NCRGEA worked for those extra funds to be given back to retirees in the form of cost-of-living increases. Most recently, the accidental death insurance was increased to $7, 000 and then to $10, 000. A group dental plan with MetLife was offered beginning in January of 2002 and the HearPo hearing aid discount program was introduced in 2005. And just in 2009, NCRGEA created Associate Member category to allow spouses of current members the ability to join our group and introduced the Superior Vision Discount Card and optional group vision insurance. Forty years later with membership of over 54, 000, who would have thought that the vision of NCRGEA's early pioneers would have resulted in the strength Association has today? NCRGEA is the largest lobbying Association in the nation for retired state and local government employees. The objectives and mission of this Association continues to be to advance, promote and defend by any lawful means the rights, interests and welfare of retired employees of State of North Carolina.
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North Carolina National Guard

The North Carolina National Guard Association ( NCNGA ) is a non-profit organization established in 1960 to support the active, separated and retired members of the North Carolina Army and Air National Guard. The Association is governed by the Executive Council ( board of directors ) comprised of equal representation from each major command, the Air National Guard, and the retired group. The basis for the web site is to provide our 15, 000 members with complete and accurate information concerning membership, benefits, and legislative actions affecting the National Guard and our members. Please look around our web site and gain more knowledge about us. If you have questions or need additional information, please contact us at ncnga@bellsouth.net or call 919 851-3390. Excerpt from the Legislative Report By Fisk Outwater, Legislative Committee Chairman: You are our most powerful tool, individually and collectively. If we have your e-mails, we can keep you better informed on the issues and let you know when help is needed to support these issues. We can even provide you with pre-worded messages and a direct line to the General Assembly. The benefits that we strive for, and that have been painstakingly achieved over the years, require hours and hours of planning, formulating, and nurturing. Meetings must take place, and publication of Association activities must be done. This is done, for the most part, by a small dedicated full time staff, an executive body and its committees, and a few members who can always be counted on to step up when they are asked to support issues involving the NCNG. The rest of our members are, at present, a very silent majority. Fiscally, this is probably the tightest two-year span that the state and nation has seen since WWII. The immediate future does not give much indication that there will be any positive changes forthcoming. Scarce resources available to this state's legislature will be scrutinized and squeezed as never before. If we are to be effective in achieving our goals of improving our pensions, exempting Title 32 pay, reestablishing funding for the Tuition Assistance Program and others, then our voice must be strong, unified, and convey to our legislators that we are deserving of their support. This will never happen if less than 1% of our members are involved in the process, as is now the case. We must be heard above the many deserving organizations that will be lobbying for these resources as one loud, recognizable voice. There are of course many ways to do your part. You can make a phone call. You can e-mail a message. You can mail a letter. You can visit a Senator or Representative at home or in Raleigh. You can work for the Association. You can talk to your fellow unit members and retirees and family members. You can attend the convention. You can invite legislators to speak about the Guard at the local organizations to which you belong. But for now, the easiest and most effective contribution you can make to help all of us is to make certain that the Association has your current contact information, most importantly, your e-mail address. If you don't have an email address, your best phone contact and mailing address is fine.
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