Membership in Babywearing International is optional, but highly recommended. Annual dues are $30. Your donation supports babywearing education and advocacy everywhere, improves and maintains our Bay Area library of baby carriers, and helps us keep doing what we do.  Dues-paying members have free access to borrow carriers from our library without fees or deposits, are eligible for discounts from local and babywearing-specialty businesses, and receive any and all other discounts, swag, and other benefits that may be offered by either Babywearing International, Inc. or BWI of the Bay Area, Inc.  Check here for a list of currently-offered member discounts!

To be eligible for membership benefits, make your donation of $30 for annual dues, and complete the BWI-BA membership application form and agreement, which is available in paper form at any meeting, in pdf form here, or online here. If you are using the paper or pdf form, return it to any VBE at a meeting or via email, along with your dues payment of $30. Dues may be paid at a meeting by cash, check, credit or debit card, or via PayPal. We are a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization and dues are a tax-deductible charitable contribution.  

We also offer gift memberships! These make a wonderful baby shower or new-baby gift.  Email us to arrange for a gift certificate.

If you would greatly benefit from membership in Babywearing International of the Bay Area, Inc. but cannot afford the $30 dues, we invite you to apply for a membership funded by our "Pay-It-Forward" Program.  You can do that at any meeting by speaking to the meeting leader, or submit an online application here.  You will also need to fill out the regular membership application, in person or using the form linked below.