HM 5 — NM ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL RETIREES DAY

HOUSE MEMORIAL 5 54TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSIO, 2019 INTRODUCED BY Sheryl Williams Stapleton 6 8 10 A MEMORIAL RECOGNIZING THE NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL RETIREES;

156 WHEREAS, the New Mexico association of educational retirees is an inclusive organization that promotes the e t 17 professional, economic, intellectual, social and physical well-well-being w l n d 18 being of its members, encourages volunteer opportunities in the = = 19 a l community and provides advocacy for improved retirement i a e r 20 benefits for all educational retirees;

and a t m m 21 WHEREAS, the New Mexico association of educational d r e 22 retirees has twenty-six units statewide and a growing c e s k 23 membership of more than six thousand one hundred retirees;

and e a n b 24 WHEREAS, the New Mexico association of educational u [ retirees began its community service program in 2008 and offers .211176.1 retired educators the opportunity to volunteer in schools, libraries, gardens, offices, churches, prison programs and animal shelters as well as to provide transportation to social services and care for family members;

and WHEREAS, the community service program assists individuals and entities that cannot provide the quantity or quality of services required to meet the needs of the retiree HM 5 Page 1 population;

and WHEREAS, in 2008, retired educators in the community service program volunteered forty-five thousand nine hundred fifteen and one-half hours, calculated by the United States bureau of labor statistics at nineteen dollars fifty-two cents ($19.52) per hour for a monetary value of eight hundred ninety-ninety-six six thousand two hundred seventy dollars fifty-six cents ($896,270.56);

and WHEREAS, in 2018, retired educators volunteered three e e 17 hundred ten thousand seven hundred forty-two hours, calculated e e n d 18 by the United States bureau of labor statistics at twenty-four = = l ] 19 dollars sixty-nine cents ($24.69) per hour for a monetary value a l r i 20 of seven million six hundred seventy-two thousand two hundred t e a t forty-four dollars sixty-seven cents ($7,672,244.67);

and m m 21 e d r e 22 WHEREAS, the New Mexico association of educational c e r c 23 retirees additionally monitors legislation that affects e a n b 24 educational retirees and has an established "adopt a u [ legislator" program to communicate with legislators about .211176.1 - 2 - issues that affect educational retirees;

HM 5 Page 2 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico association of educational retirees be recognized for its representation and advocacy on behalf of the educational retirees in New Mexico and for its contributions to the residents of New Mexico through its volunteer services;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be e e 17 transmitted to the president of the New Mexico association of e e n d 18 educational retirees.

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