New District Membership Chair:
Debbie Selfridge 757-872-9624
dhselfridge@aol.com
305-B Circuit Lane
Newport News 23608
We do have a few schools whose dues have not been paid. Please get them in
ASAP. We don't want to disqualify students from programs because adults
overlooked a deadline.
Membership drives should be held year round. Are you offering memberships at
all meetings? If not you should. Studies show that 18% of members joined in
the months of January/February.
The Why of Membership Dues
While the PTA collects annual dues, the real working capital of a PTA lies in
the membership, not in its treasury. The primary emphasis of PTA is promoting
the PTA Mission and Purpose. The challenge being to work with fellow members,
school administrators, parents, and teachers to find ways to improve the
lives of children, their families and the community.
Dues provide the operating expenses of the Virginia PTA/PTSA and the National
PTA. Without dues, the many services available through the state and national
PTA would be in jeopardy. The state and national portion of dues do not
belong to the local unit and are not recorded as income. Prompt payment of
dues by December 1st each year enables the Virginia PTA/PTSA and the National
PTA to continue service to the local units.
The membership dues paid by each member include the state portion,
established by the state bylaws, the national portion, established by
national bylaws, and the local portion, established by the local unit bylaws.
An individual who pays dues to a local unit automatically becomes a member of
the state and national PTAs. People belonging to more than one PTA must pay
membership dues to each local unit they join.
Note: Dues are not tax-deductible.
State Portion National Portion Total Paid Per Member/ per local unit
$0.75 $1.75 = $2.50 (as of July 1, 2010, state portion will be $1.00).
Membership Committee
The goal of ALL Virginia PTA Membership Committees is to build an informed,
participating membership, familiar with the purpose, policies and programs of
the National PTA and the Virginia PTA and to maintain an awareness of the
pressing concerns of the school community.
You can join PTA any time during the year. It is a year round campaign that
does not end after open house or 100% membership or on December 1st when dues
are paid to the state PTA.
For more information, contact the Virginia PTA/PTSA Membership Committee
Chair, membership@vapta.org
Visit the National PTA (www.pta.org) web site for detailed Membership
Recruitment and Retention information. Or refer to the National PTA Annual
Resources for PTAs mailed to Local Unit Presidents or online in the National
PTA Members section.