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SUPPORT BAY AREA BABYWEARING!

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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.

We are always happy to accept donations, of money, of baby carriers suitable for adding to our library, and of your time and energy to help us grow!  Monetary donations are used primarily to expand and maintain our baby carrier library, but may also fund printing costs and other "outreach" expenses.  Our administrative expenses are minimal and our organization is 100% volunteer-run.

 

Babywearing International of the Bay Area, Inc. also maintains a fund of donations earmarked to provide membership benefits to local babywearers in financial need. Ever heard of a “suspended coffee” or a “pinned pizza slice”? Ever paid the bridge toll or fast food drive-through bill for the person behind you, or paid off a stranger’s Christmastime layaway account? BWI-BA’s Pay-It-Forward Program works in a similar way. If you can, please make a donation to help the next Bay Area babywearer (or would-be babywearer) who could really use the library borrowing benefits but cannot afford the $30 dues.  Simply make a note on your PayPal transaction or let the volunteer accepting your cash, check, or credit card payment know that you wish the donation to be allocated to the Pay-It-Forward Prorgram.   

 

If you wish to contribute a gently-used baby carrier or make arrangements for any special gift, please contact any VBE.  We will also gratefully accept donations at any meeting.

 

We are a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit and your donation is a tax-deductible charitable contribution; we will be happy to provide a written receipt upon request.  Our tax ID number is 26-2104481.

 

Thank you!  Your generosity is very much appreciated.

 

Use the PayPal button below, or log in to PayPal and send a donation of any amount to bayareababywearers@yahoo.com

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The Amazon Smile program will donate a percentage of your purchase amount to us when you use the button at right.  Or, every time you shop, visit www.smile.amazon.com and be sure to select Babywearing International of the Bay Area as your designated charity.

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Help us raise funds for our library, outreach programs and other activities while you shop!

Show us off with products from the Baywearing International of the Bay Area CafePress store!

 

At our CafePress store, you can buy t-shirts, tote bags, and more bearing the BWI of the Bay Area logo, anytime, and they will be be shipped right to your home.  A portion of the proceeds of every sale comes back to us - and of course, having our members and fans sporting our logo around town helps us reach more Bay Area babywearers! Go to www.cafepress.com/bwibayarea or use the button below.

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION ONLINE

 

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION in PDF form

(packet includes a complete copy of

our lending library policies)

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Use the PayPal button below to send us $30 for membership dues.

Thank you!

If you would like a donation receipt sent to you for tax purposes, please email us and we'll be happy to provide one.

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