Membership Information

The Friends is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation, and contributions are tax-deductible, to the extent allowed by law. Thank you for your interest!

New Members

Membership cost is $10/year for an individual, $15/year for a family and $50/year for a corporate membership. Our membership cycle runs from October through September. If you join between April 1 and September 30, your membership will expire October 1 in your second year of membership.

Your membership includes a subscription to our bi-monthly newsletter, published six times a year in the odd numbered months and access to the password-protected "Members Only" section of our website. Once your membership is established, you will receive a password for access to this section. We also offer a discount on our occasional canoe/kayak trips.

All issues of our newsletter are available online on the "Newsletters" page of our website. If you like the online version of our newsletter, current members can help us save paper by retrieving your newsletter online, or subscribing to email delivery. You will find more information about this option on the "Newsletters" page.

The newsletter is issued approximately one to two weeks before our General Meeting, which is held on the fourth Tuesday of every odd numbered month, except July. Check out the "Meeting Info/Events" page for information on our upcoming meetings.

Please click here for our membership application. This form will open in a new window – use your browser's "Print" feature to print it. If you would like to join and pay your membership online, please see the information below about using our PayPal™ service.

Renewals

If you are renewing your memebrship, you may mail your payment to the address on the "Contact Us" page. If none of your membership/contact information has changed, you may just send us your payment. If you would like to change any information, you may print out our Membership Application or use the online form below to update your information. You will also find a membership application on the back page of each of our newsletters.

If you would like to renew your memebrship online, please see the inforamtion below about using our PayPal™ service.

Email List

Once or twice a month we send out emails to our members with information that is timely, or items we believe will be of interest to you. We also include reminders for our upcoming public meetings. We respect your privacy and all emails are sent as "Blind Carbon Copies" so that no recipient is able to "see" any other recipient. You may opt out at any time by sending us an email at: info@fssr.org. If you would like to be included on our email mailing list, please provide a working email address on your application and check the appropriate box to be included.

Pay Online

Now available! You may chose to use our new online PayPal service to pay for a New Membership, Renewal Membership or make a General or Special Donation. PayPal is a service providing electronic payment service via the Internet or via the phone. You do not need a PayPal account to use this service. For more information about using PayPal, please click here.

To use PayPal to make a membership payment or donation, please click on the "Donate" button below. You will be taken to the PayPal payment processing web page where you will need to fill in a payment/donation amount. Memberships are $10/year for Individual membership, $15/year for Family membership or $50/year for Corporate membership. Please fill in the dollar amount corresponding to the level of membership you wish and click on the "Update Total" button. Once you have specified the total dollar amount of your payment/donation, select your payment processing option – either the "Continue" link to pay using a credit card, or use the "LOG IN TO PAYPAL" option on the right side of the page, to sign in and use your personal PayPal account options.

You may include an additional donation with your membership payment – just specify the total dollar amount. Then on the billing information page, click on the "Add special instructions for the Merchant" link to open the comment box and include a comment as to the membership level you wish and the extra donation amount. If you are making a family membership payment, please include all the persons names that you wish to appear on your membership in the "Add special instructions for the Merchant" comment box.

You may also make any type of donation at anytime using the "Donate" button below. On the PayPal payment processing web page, simply specify any dollar amount. Then on the billing information page, please specify that you are only making a donation (no membership/renewal included) and any specific additional information you wish, such as "In Memory of ..." or other instructions, in the "Add special instructions for the Merchant" comment box.

Update Your Membership Information

You can use the form below to send us updates to your membership information. Please note that when you click on the "Submit" button, you will get a "Thank you..." pop-up message (if your browser supports "Java" functionality) to let you know that your information is being sent. You may then click on "Reset" to clear the form, or just select another web page.

If you get an error message or have other problems using the form, you can always just email us the information directly to: info@fssr.org.