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Membership fee for LLL???

I'm planning on going to the next meeting in my area. When I went online it said something about a membership fee.

Do I pay when I go to the meeting?

What do you get with membership?

Can you go to the meetings without memebership?

THANKS!

Re: Membership fee for LLL???

  • There is no membership fee to go to meetings.  I think membership is more for medical people (at least that's what I got from the website).  i have a login name (which you don't need to pay for) for the forums so you can ask questions and answer. 
  • Membership is $40 for a year- and you will get a subscription to "New Beginnings" magazine (it's very sweet, international and inspirational and informative) as well as a LLL catalog with books and some other items- and members get a discount on those things.

    BUT- you do NOT need to purchase a membership to attend the meetings- you can go for a while and make up your mind about it later- you do not need a membership to get in the door... if you find that it's not for you- you don't have any money invested in a year membership.  Also- if you can not afford the cost of a membership- you don't need to feel that you need to be a card carrying member of LLL to be a "member of the group"  that's simply not how it works... getting dues from members is like to LOWEST priority on a group's to-do list... most groups get most of their funding from donations from hospitals and Doctors and community programs- they don't need your member dues to operate.

    If you do want to buy a membership- purchasing it through your local group will make sure that some of the money goes back to the group at a local level. 

    So- relax and don't worry about a checkbook- you can go while you are pregnant, and after the birth- bring your baby!!  (yes- some people are not sure if babies are allowed!)

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    Membership is $40 for a year- and you will get a subscription to "New Beginnings" magazine (it's very sweet, international and inspirational and informative) as well as a LLL catalog with books and some other items- and members get a discount on those things.

    BUT- you do NOT need to purchase a membership to attend the meetings- you can go for a while and make up your mind about it later- you do not need a membership to get in the door... if you find that it's not for you- you don't have any money invested in a year membership.  Also- if you can not afford the cost of a membership- you don't need to feel that you need to be a card carrying member of LLL to be a "member of the group"  that's simply not how it works... getting dues from members is like to LOWEST priority on a group's to-do list... most groups get most of their funding from donations from hospitals and Doctors and community programs- they don't need your member dues to operate.

    If you do want to buy a membership- purchasing it through your local group will make sure that some of the money goes back to the group at a local level. 

    So- relax and don't worry about a checkbook- you can go while you are pregnant, and after the birth- bring your baby!!  (yes- some people are not sure if babies are allowed!)

    THANK YOU!

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