by Charles S.P. Hodge
As a fully paid-up ACB life member myself, one of the biggest thrills I get each year at the ACB national convention is witnessing presentations of new ACB life membership plaques. There are two ways to become a life member of ACB: One can step forward oneself to become a life member, or one can be honored by an affiliate or local chapter with an ACB life membership. The growing circle of ACB life members genuinely wants more of you to join our ranks.
Individuals and contributing affiliates and local chapters can play a significant role in assisting ACB in meeting its ever-expanding list of new challenges and needed programs and activities by purchasing life memberships in our organization. As a new life member, you will have the satisfaction of seeing many of ACB’s dreams become reality! In addition, each new life member and a guest of his/her choice will be invited to a special reception, which will be held in the president’s suite at the ACB national convention in Louisville.
I want to take this opportunity to encourage affiliates and local chapters to seriously consider honoring one of your own — who may have given your organization sustained years of devoted service — by bestowing upon that individual member an ACB life membership. Such an honored member will be able to bask in a very special and warming light when his/her life membership is presented on the floor of the ACB national convention.
Now, to be sure, covering the $1,000 ACB life membership dues is a substantial financial commitment, but this heavy load can be mitigated since it can be paid off in up to five annual installments of $200 apiece. That’s right, an investment of barely more than 50 cents a day can enable an individual to become an ACB life member under an installment payment plan. What a deal!
If you or your affiliate or chapter are interested in becoming an ACB life member, or bestowing such a membership on a deserving person, please contact ACB’s new Chief Financial Officer, Jim Olsen, at (800) 866-3242.
I hope to see at least a dozen new life membership plaques awarded during the ACB national convention in Louisville.