Membership
Our organization offers membership to companies (on behalf of
their employees), vendors, or individuals (whose company might not
participate). Choose one of the categories below to learn more
about each type of membership level:
An investment in my Better Benefits is an investment in your
professional development, your business, and your employees.
It's one of the least expensive and most important investments you
may make.
If you're a member and you refer a company to mBB who joins, we're
happy to reward you with a
Referral Reward - cash
or charitable contribution for tax purposes based upon the
company's joining fee.
Company/Not-for-profit
Membership
It’s time to be a hero to your
employees! When selecting an employee benefits program, do you
want the very best value provided by a full-time staff? my
Better Benefits is one of the largest programs of its kind,
providing member companies and organizations along with their
employees and members an enhanced benefits portfolio with
discount offerings on products and services unmatched by any
other. Our discounts are nationwide and across an entire
spectrum of entertainment, travel, and more but with a strong
presence in upstate NY, we also offer more local and regional
savings ins the Northeast than does ANY other entity - compare.
And unlike other organizations, mBB does not mark-up its
products to you or your employees and we are a charitable
not-for-profit so a portion of all proceeds to go support
underprivileged children in the communities we operate within.
mBB - the best savings with a higher purpose.
An application for membership is below or you may email us at
[email protected] and
we'll furnish you an email version that you can quickly complete
and submit. Current or former mBB members do not need to fill
out an application to renew your membership.
Why my Better
Benefits?
There is no other program comparable to my Better Benefits - not
nationally, not in the Northeast, and certainly not
in upstate NY.
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We pass along
our most sought after tickets at cost to our membership -
with no mark-up. Other
local and national organizations charge significantly more.
For example, mBB members save up to 40% on car wash and
detail packages, save up to 38% off Red Wings, Syracuse Mets,
and Buffalo Bisons tickets, and 50% off NY Yankees
tickets. Our service orientation, one where members
come first, means we offer the lowest prices offered to members
for common items purchased every day (like movie tickets, car
wash tickets, and more).
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We offer personalized service and local pickup of tickets for
individuals
(in the Rochester area), a consignment ticket program for
companies, and most importantly, because we are a charitable
organization that donates back to the community, we are also
less expensive for our company members to participate in and the
savings offered to our individual employee members are several
times greater than any other organization.
Membership for companies and not-for-profits is designed for
businesses or community organizations interested in enhancing,
developing, or starting employee services programs within their
companies. Membership in my Better Benefits is held by a
company and will provide ALL employees/members of your
organization (and their families) who voluntarily wish to be
included with discounts on goods and/or services that are
provided by our vendors. Over 350 organizations with a total employee population of over 360,000+
people enjoy access to thousands of
savings nationwide. Applications for membership are available
above.
We are
periodically provided grant funding to help charitable and/or
not-for-profit organizations, depending upon their mission, further
defray the cost of membership.
E-mail us
for more info.
my Better Benefits also provides access to group discounts on life
insurance, workmen's compensation insurance, auto & home insurance as
well as long-term care insurance to its organizations through
relationships with select companies such as Mass Mutual. my
Better Benefits also provides discounts on Wellness Access cards
which provide discounts on prescription drugs, Lasik discounts, vision discounts, hearing
discounts, and more.
Testimonials and comments from our
members and HR representatives:
"Love
all the discounts I get throughout the yr with your company!"
Christie B., University of Rochester Medical Center
"I
wonder how you can find and share all the great information!"
Yonjong C., University of Rochester Medical Center
"Because
of your service, I and my loved ones have been able to partake in
events that I would not normally be able to partake in. You have
saved me so much money and I have talked about My Better Benefits to
many, many people. Thank you for providing such a great service!"
Anne S., Hillside Family of Agencies
"I
just wanted to let you know that I got a much better deal on a car
rental thru your site. You had noted that Avis had the best deals
and that was so true. That $ saved can now go to towards gas,
especially now that gas prices are on the rise. Thanks so
much!" Karen R., Rochester Regional Healthcare
"Wow,
that was fast . . . I appreciate you adding on to the original order.
You guys are great! I [also] used My Better Benefits for my
recent vacation to Six Flags Great Adventure (hotel, car rental and
tickets) and couldn’t be happier with the discounts we received; we
saved quite a bit of money." Damaris T., Hillside Family
of Agencies
"Thank
you! I just got a new Samsung Galaxy S-9 through Verizon's offer
on my Better Benefits.: Barbar S., University of Rochester
"I just picked up my tickets, I just
wanted to say thank you and what an awesome thing this is with the
ticket pick up! It's very convenient. Thank you again!" Taylor Y.,
Lifetime Assistance
"Thank you! I was very impressed when the tickets were
in the mail [from Rochester to Bath, NY] the very next day!!!"
Irene C., Bath VA
"Thank you so much!! I really appreciate
the quick email from you! VERY much appreciated and EXCELLENT customer
service!!" Robin S., University of Rochester
"Thank you for all
your help. You make me believe in people again. You have been so
helpful and understanding through this whole thing. This show what a
great organization you are and how you are easy to work with. Thank
you again for the great customer service." Sharon W.
"I love using your site when looking for gifts and items, it is always
very helpful!" Christie Shapero, Vice President, Information
Technology, Retail, Key Bank
"I have had the pleasure to work with the mBB staff for over the last
8 plus years as a Human Resource Professional in the Rochester, NY
area. The mBB staff has created wonderful opportunities for discounts
both locally and nationally for employees working in local companies
in the Rochester area. They have consistently maintained a reasonable
cost for employers to provide this wonderful benefit. The customer
service that Brian and his staff provides is always top notch. I
highly recommend working with Brian and his group. You will not be
disappointed." Karen Jenkins, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Gunlocke
"We are not be renewing our membership with [organization name
redacted] this year. We [will
be joining] my Better Benefits. We always received superior service
from you in the past and I know you will continue to provide us with
the same this year. It will be a pleasure working with you again."
Barb Moynihan, Assistant Vice President, M & T Bank
"Thank you for all
your help. You make me believe in people again. You have been so
helpful and understanding through this whole thing. This show what a
great organization you are and how you are easy to work with. Thank
you again for the great customer service." Sharon W., ARC of
Monroe
“Thank
you for your quick response . . . ALWAYS great service, very well
organized, very responsive! Much Appreciated!” Kathleen
M., Sutherland Global
"Hi! I just wanted to let you I used one
of the discounts you offered for a Sidewalk Food Tour in Los Angeles,
CA. It was normally $75 and I paid $49. It was a great tour! I
highly recommend it. Thought I would give you the feedback. Thank
you!" Kathleen P., ARC of Monroe
Why our program?
Program Features
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my Better Benefits |
Your Current Program
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Cash Back Rewards Program |
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Web
site updated daily |
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Regular weekly newsletter - easy to read, concise, with the latest
offers featured |
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Online webstore |
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Online purchasing from your mobile device |
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Exclusive local & regional offers. E.g., Marineland,
Seabreeze, Speedy's Cleaners, Rochester Museum and Science
Center, Red Wings, Genesee Country Village and Museum, and
others |
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Exclusive national offers - BJ's, Sam's Club, Costco, Disney on Ice, Harlem
Globetrotters, etc. |
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Over
3,850 opportunities to save |
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Customer service available by phone, text or e-mail - 7 AM to 8 PM, 7
days a week
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Lowest price on car wash & movie tickets |
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Same
day pickup of tickets available for Rochester-area residents, 7
AM-8 PM, 7 days a week |
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Lowest company membership dues or no dues at all |
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Membership benefits also extend to family members and company
retirees |
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my Better Benefits endeavors to host a number of seminars
throughout the year on topics of interest to the Human Resource
and Benefits Community as well as seminars devoted to improving
business practices. Many of these seminars award continuing
education credit to help our membership in maintaining
professional certification standards.
Company representatives may opt to receive and retain select
discounted tickets at your business on consignment. Employees may
purchase the tickets at work for maximum convenience and your
Better Benefits Club Representative periodically reconciles sales
with our office. Car wash, all movie tickets, and selected
amusement park tickets are available on consignment.
Alternatively, you may also have your employees obtain all
discounted tickets directly through my Better Benefits office (or
any combination of the two). my Better Benefits strives to offer
your company the maximum flexibility in administering your
benefits programs.
What are your employees worth to you? Well, here's what a
typical employee with a spouse and one child (family of 3) could
easily save in a year with my Better Benefits if
they availed themselves of just some of the thousands of opportunities
to save (These are actual figures taken from an survey we
undertake bi-annually of over 270 members).
ACTIVITY |
SAVINGS |
Travel:
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Hotel Booking through Choice Hotels, Hotels.com, or Expedia
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Airfare through One Travel or Cheap O Air
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Car rental (Hertz, Avis, Budget, etc.)
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$43.00
10.00
14.60 |
Cash
Back Rewards:
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Online shopping at over 2,000 retailers
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$ 25.00
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Entertainment:
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3 trips to the movies ($3.255 savings per ticket for a family of
3 = 9 tickets)
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1 trip to an amusement park with the family
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$29.25
40.00 |
Home & Clothing purchases:
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$75 purchase at Target.com ($7 off)
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$60 purchase at Shoebuy.com (15%)
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Online clothing purchase from Jones New York
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$7.00
9.00
7.75 |
Automobiles:
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3 oil changes
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8 car washes (Super Kiss washes)
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Insurance (5-10% savings)
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$36.00
32.00
67.00 |
Sporting Events:
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$4.50 |
On
the Town:
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A night away from home without the kid at Geva (2 of the
Saturday evening tickets - 15% savings)
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$12.00
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Electronics:
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New desktop PC from Dell (3% to 12% savings)
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$70.00 |
For the kids . . .
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Chairs & table rental from Bob Spatola's Party Rental for your
daughter's birthday party
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Harlem
Globetrotters tickets
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Disney on Ice tickets
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$26.00
25.00
15.00 |
Family Pets:
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Heartworm medication from 1800PETMEDS
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$6.00 |
Cleaning:
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15% discount from any Speedy’s Cleaners
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$24.00 |
Total Savings |
$475+ |
And if a member decided to buy or sell their house, they could save
THOUSANDS of dollars on real estate commissions (and that applies to
buyers, not just sellers), hundreds or thousands on their mortgage
costs, and other great savings on their legal costs and homeowners
insurance. Realistically, your employees can save many hundreds
more, even thousands, each and every year if they actively use the
program. Multiply these savings by the number of individuals in your
company and you can see what a spectacular investment as part of your
benefits package that my Better Benefits truly is.
Company Membership Dues
At mBB, we like to
say we're the Costco of perks programs (and yes, we offer
discounts on Costco memberships as well). That's because
like Costco, we ask our member companies to pay a small annual
fee that underwrites our operating costs. And your
employees then get to utilize the services and products we offer
for free and like Costco, we offer them at the best savings
you'll find anywhere.
Why pay for membership elsewhere and receive fewer
benefits when mBB membership may be available to your company
for just pennies per employee? Contact us for further
information and be sure and include your company's employment size
(both local and national). Current annual dues guidelines
may be found
here.
Membership runs on an
annual basis, January - December and automatically renews for
companies unless the mBB office is notified of any plans to
non-renew before November 15. Renewal notices are typically
sent in late October, early November of each year.
In many instances, all my Better Benefits members need to do to
receive their discount is show their my Better Benefits Membership
ID Card (available at no cost from their my Better Benefits
Representative) at the box office or retail counter.
Please note that the participation of vendor organizations and
their discounts may change at any time.
my Better Benefits web site lists all companies who are presently
members of my Better Benefits and the current discounts they
offer. New members are added frequently so please check the web
site for further information on vendors who offer discounts
through my Better Benefits.
Benefits & Services to Companies
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Employee discount ticket and consignment programs for a variety of
cost-saving services provided for member companies.
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A
cash back rewards program
that
offers members coupon savings and cash back at thousands of retailers.
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Combined strength of a professional organization with goals,
interests, and influence in the employee services and recreation
field. Networking opportunities.
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Seminars featuring presentations by employee services experts and
Vendors on a variety of issues and trends.
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Newsletters featuring upcoming events, company and vendor member
news and other timely articles.
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Increased buying power by representing over 350,000 employees in
nationwide.
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Membership Directory of vendor members.
Participating
Companies
We are
pleased to work with over 350+ organizations and their employees
- companies such as Xerox, the Friends of Strong Hospital at the
University of Rochester, the SUNY system, Roswell Park Cancer
Institute and others.
These are companies who have joined mBB to offer discounts and
savings to their employees. If you would like to see what
companies participate or if you're a vendor looking to see what
companies you might offer your services or products to, please
look here.
For a listing of vendors and our
thousands of opportunities to save,
look here.
Vendor Membership
Vendor Membership Application:
"I have been a member of mBB for years and I am certain that I have
increased business because of the fine marketing, benefits and
customer service that mBB consistently provides. I encourage
entrepreneurs to add mBB to your marketing strategy." BJ Mann
Mediation Services
my
Better Benefits offers discounted
goods and/or services as well as value added items that benefit or
enhance employee programs. These discounts or value adds are
offered to all my Better Benefits members. For a small
annual fee and a discount that you set to drive business, vendors
can promote their products or services to our more than 350,000
members and their 350+ participating organizations through this web
site, a regular newsletter, and special events such as Vendor
Fairs. And as all of our information is communicated
electronically (either via our web site or through our
newsletters), you may adjust your offers to our membership as
business situations change.
Dues paid by vendors fund many of our activities including
ongoing educational seminars and charitable contributions
supporting the local community and activities benefiting children.
It is the goal of my Better Benefits to utilize its collective
"buying power" to maximize the savings available to its members.
Vendors agree to offer my Better Benefits members a discount on
their goods or services which is greater than the price offered to
the general public. In return, vendors who take advantage of our
membership network receive a very attractive marketing opportunity
and potential return on their investment.
Better Benefits vendor membership is an extremely effective,
no-cost or low-cost method for reaching thousands of individuals with
information about your product or service.
We offer rates to our vendors that are less than half of competing
organizations or in many instances, no charge for promoting your
products at all.
my Better Benefits offers you the following a-la-carte membership
levels beginning with our preferred Profile Page membership level that
will drive hundreds of interested discount seekers to your web page
each month by virtue of our ongoing monthly prize giveaway program.
** MAKE AN ANNUAL DONATION TO US IN EXCESS OF THE $ LEVELS BELOW
AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO EXTEND TO YOU COMPLIMENTARY MEMBERSHIP IN
mBB AND ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR GIFT AS A TAX DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTION TO
OUR CHARITABLE ENTITY.
Contact us
for details.
mBB vendors agree to:
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Offer a
significant discount other than that typically offered to the general
public;
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Re-negotiate offers periodically as appropriate;
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Practice
good ethical business standards;
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When contacting mBB member HR &
Benefits Reps indicate that the vendor is a member of my Better
Benefits and only use contact information and lists provided by
my Better Benefits for such outreach;
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Not
offer a similar savings or discount through any other membership
organization within a 25 mile radius of Rochester (does not
apply to individual companies or but only to a membership
organization that attempts to operate in a similar
fashion to that of mBB);
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Pay an
annual membership fee or in lieu of an annual membership fee
furnish complimentary items as a donation to mBB per agreements
reached in advance with the mBB Board of Directors;
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Participate
in surveys, mailings or phone inquiries by the mBB office regarding
member utilization of program discounts.
Vendor Participation Costs
Many organizations may
participate without paying any membership dues at all. Other,
for profit organizations may be asked to make a small contribution
to mBB (we are a 501(c)3 charitable organization.
Email us and tell us a bit
about your company and what you may offer to our membership and
we'll get back to you about membership.
Regardless, mBB offers the most cost-effective method for you to
reach thousands of individuals on a regular basis.
How do
we help you promote your organization or services?
Our online newsletter is published about 49-50
times a year with a readership of 29,000+ and is available (space
permitting) for promoting your program at no extra charge. New
members are highlighted in each issue. Click on this
link to
see what our newsletters look like.
We
will also work with you to target your promotions directly to
HR/Benefits personnel as appropriate.
Vendor Benefits & Services
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Membership Directory (additional cost)
my Better Benefits Membership Directory is published annually (updated regularly,
typically about 3-4 times a year) and available to all vendors for an
annual fee (see Company Membership Directory above). The Membership
Directory is a complete mailing, e-mail, and telephone list of my Better Benefits
representatives within our company population (typically Human
Resource and Benefits Specialists) - providing you with an excellent
means for creating the opportunity for one-on-one contact. Please
note that we do limit the # of Vendors who may obtain the Membership
Directory in an effort to control the amount of mail and e-mail our
company representatives receive.
Our online
newsletter
is published weekly (approximately 50 times a year) with a
readership of 29,000+ for each issue and is available (space
permitting) for promoting your program.
Better Benefits Club also helps you promote your products through our
web site. Banner ads, vendor profiles and links to your
company's web site are all available. If a my Better Benefits
member agrees to offer your program they will distribute promotional
materials and sell the program to their employees and their families.
The
most successful Vendors in my Better Benefits are those who truly offer a real value
and significant discount on their product or service coupled with a
good promotional program and a strong desire to work closely with my Better Benefits association and its members.
Exposure to our membership
As a vendor, you'll want to know who you reach. There is no
average my Better Benefits member. Our members are employees
of our 350+ member companies (and more than 150 vendors) and as such
they cover the spectrum in ages and lifestyles. The total
employee population reported to us by our member companies
is in excess of 350,000. In Upstate NY, there are over
145 member companies with an employment base of over 120,000. We are
happy to publish a list of all current member companies
here.
Our
website contains a listing of current vendors that offer discounts to
my Better Benefits members. For information on current savings, an
alphabetical
listing is available to members on the web site as well.
Are we
effective in reaching your audience? Web site traffic to my
Better Benefits is 50% greater than that of similar organizations.
For a
small additional donation, vendors may also become a company member,
whereby your employees also become eligible to receive all of the
discounts offered by other my Better Benefits vendors - allowing you to enhance your
own employee benefits and services.
Individual/Family Members
If your employer is not
a member of my Better Benefits, our organization makes available to
individuals and families the chance to join and enjoy all of the
benefits for a reasonable price.
The
annual dues for individual/family (it's one and the same) membership
are just $10 ($10.70 with fees and cover the period January - December
of the current year. Membership is immediate when you pay
online and you'll receive your mBB ID # electronically 1-3 hours
after enrolling.
Enroll and pay online
For one small annual fee, you receive a my Better Benefits ID #
which will provide you with access to all of the educational
activities that mBB sponsors, more than 3,500+ savings
opportunities that my Better Benefits members enjoy, and the
chance to order discounted attraction tickets directly from my
Better Benefits office.
Membership runs from January 1 to December 31 and is not pro-rated
(the cost is the same for joining for the 1st 10 months of the
year. If you join in November or December, we'll run your
membership through the following calendar year.
To not run afoul of our organizing principles, we significantly
limit the # of individuals memberships so please don't be
disappointed if we decline a membership or ask for additional
information.
Individual Membership Application (choose a link below
if you choose not to enroll online). Use this link to send us a
check for $10 for your membership via the mail. Allow time for
USPS processing.