WCAS Membership Options

New Membership Options:
"Friends of Western Cuyahoga Audubon"

Western Cuyahoga Audubon is now offering a chapter-only membership – "Friends of Western Cuyahoga Audubon." This is a membership in the Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society only.

You can still be a member of National Audubon Society with Western Cuyahoga Audubon as your local chapter affiliation, or you can be a member of Western Cuyahoga Audubon only… or both! Confusing? Here’s how it works.

The National Audubon Society has recently changed its relationship with local chapters. This has prompted many chapters to initiate chapter-only memberships. We are calling our chapter-only members "Friends of Western Cuyahoga Audubon." The main advantages of this kind of membership are that all your dues will stay local, and that Western Cuyahoga Audubon will not share your name and contact information with other organizations if you so desire. Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society will use your dues in its education, conservation, and recreation programs.

Audubon membership is flexible, and you need not change your current membership if you do not want to. Here are the options that are now available to you.

Friends of Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society (Option 1) click here for chapter only membership form
If you sign up to be a "Friend" only, you will receive our newsletter the “Feathered Flyer”, a nametag, and welcome to attend our programs and field trips. Other benefits are available at different rates. Please see membership form.

With the "Friends" membership, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that all your dues go to Western Cuyahoga Audubon for use in our local programs. If you mainly want to support Audubon’s work in Northeast Ohio, this is the way to go!

National Audubon Members with Western Cuyahoga Audubon as your local chapter affiliation (Option 2)
click here for National membership form
When you join the National Audubon Society you are enrolled in Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society as your local chapter. You receive the benefits of being a National Audubon member, such as receiving Audubon magazine and welcome to attend our monthly meetings and field trips.

National Audubon member and Friends of Western Cuyahoga Audubon (Option 3)
click here for Combined Membership form
You can, of course, sign up for both! If you are currently a National Audubon Society member and you want to continue to support their nationwide programs, but you also want to support Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society in a more substantial way, you can add a "Friends" membership! This way you get the Audubon Magazine, the Feathered Flyer and the knowledge that your "Friends" dues are going to work in your community.

The new "Friends" membership is another innovative way that Western Cuyahoga Audubon is addressing the needs of our local community and environment. While it will not be right for everyone, we believe that many will find it an exciting new opportunity for the Northeast Ohio community to support conservation, environmental education, and recreation in our own neck of the woods. If you have questions or concerns, feel free to contact Tom or Mary Anne Romito at (216) 741-2352 or Romito@wcasohio.org

Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society, 4310 Bush Ave, Cleveland, OH 44109 info@wcasohio.org