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Five Ways to Control Your Prescription Costs

Sometimes it seems there’s very little we can do manage medication expenses. Here are some things you can do to keep hospital fees and drug costs in check.

President's Message: What's Not to Love?

Barbara Matteson
President,
NEA-Retired

Everywhere we turn we see examples of how everyday life has been altered by recently developed technology.

Tech Savvy Retired Educators Debunk Stereotypes

When someone says “techie” you’re likely to imagine a pimply-faced teenager or twenty-something hunched over a keyboard surviving on a diet of chips and soda pop. But that image is woefully inaccurate. Whoever thought computers were just for Gen X, Y, or (is there a Z?) never met someone like Loreen Jorgensen.

Members’ Lap Robe Project Keeps Hundreds Warm

While visiting a pal in a physical rehabilitation center a few years ago, Gerald Roper of Fort Walton Beach, Florida noticed wheelchair-bound patients were cold. The center’s blankets were too large and unwieldy for many of them, so Roper and friend Hilma Jenus crocheted 30 smaller ones. Find out how this compassionate project mushroomed and now warms hundreds of bodies and souls in need.

You Can Contribute!

Many stories that appear in This Active Life and in this section are inspired by letters and e-mails we get from NEA-Retired members. We're always on the lookout for members and state affiliates who exemplify a commitment to service. If you've got an idea, drop a line to: Amanda Litvinov , Editor, "This Active Life." Also if you have an address change send it to "This Active Life Magazine," NEA Interactive Media, 1201 16th Street, N.W. Room 710, Washington, DC 20036 or fax 202-822-7206.

Our members are active in NEA-Retired's mission to support public education and they work hard in their communities. Today we have:

250,000 members
Programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia
Elected officers and an Advisory Council
An elected Board of Directors
Representation on NEA Board of Directors
Representation on NEA national committees
Representation at the NEA Representative Assembly

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