School Bell Award

RULES TO PARTICIPATE:

• Work together with your local association.

• Sign up new regular or associate members for the Indiana Retired Teachers Association (IRTA).

• Encourage current regular IRTA members to sign up for automatic renewal via Dues Deduction.

• The contest runs July 1, 2025 to April 30, 2026.

PRIZES AND ELIGIBILITY:

• Any local association that achieves a 5% or more increase in membership will be eligible to win.

• The local with the highest percentage increase will receive $200.

• All other locals reaching the 5% threshold will be entered into a random drawing, where three winners will each receive $100, courtesy of AMBA.

HOW INCREASES ARE CALCULATED:

The increase is based on:

• New regular memberships

• New associate memberships

• New use of dues deduction

These numbers are compared to your local association’s totals from 2024–25.

Example:

• A local starts the year with 115 members. By year-end, some members are no longer active, but the local adds 4 new retirees, 2 new associate members, and 2 members who switch to dues deduction. This results in a 4.3% increase, just shy of the 5% goal.

• If one more retiree joins, the increase becomes 5.2%, qualifying the local for the prize drawing.

The IRTA office will automatically track new members and dues deduction updates for each local. To sign up or update members, please use retiredteachers.org or the enrollment brochure.

This contest is sponsored by the IRTA Membership Committee and AMBA.