Membership

Become a Member! Click here to download the membership application.  (Student members, use this form)

Membership Benefits

Members receive the following benefits:

• Discounted conference rates
• Annual subscription to the Weekly Update and the Virginia Rural Health News
• Group purchasing through FirstChoice Cooperative
• Access to CapWiz, the National Rural Health Association's legislative tracking service
• Certificate & lapel pin
• Input into the Association as described in the VRHA bylaws
• Access to a network of other rural health community leaders

Membership Levels

ORGANIZATION: $300
Any entity with more than 25 employees wishing to sponsor up to ten individuals within their organization as members. Organization members have all the rights and privileges of an individual member.

ORGANIZATION: $150
Any entity with 25 or fewer employees wishing to sponsor up to five individuals within their organization as members. Organization members have all the rights and privileges of an individual member.

INDIVIDUAL: $50
Any person interested in rural health or rural health care issues and participating in the activities of the VRHA through its committees, constituency groups and board.

Individual members may vote at membership meetings, serve as a member of the Association Board of Directors, and serve on committees. Individual members may upgrade to Organization membership for the difference in the membership price.

RETIRED: $25
Any person interested in rural health or rural health care issues and participating in the activities of the VRHA through its committees, constituency groups and board. Retired members may vote at membership meetings, serve as a member of the Association Board of Directors, and serve on committees.

STUDENT: $10
Any full-time student in a health care profession. Student members have all the rights and privilege of individual members except the right to vote, or hold office. Students may serve on the board of directors as non-voting members.

FRIEND: $Open
Any person, corporations or organizations who wish to provide financial support to the Association beyond the established membership fees, but not interested in active participation in the governance of the Association. Friends of the Association may not vote, hold office, or serve as a member of the Board of Directors or a committee. Friends of the Association will receive all Association mailings and communications.

Membership & Privileges

Organization, individual and retired members may:

• Vote at membership meetings
• Serve on the board of directors
• Serve on committees

Any student may serve on committees and serve on the board of directors as a non-voting member.