Associate Membership Categories (Public Categories)

¨Community Leaders/Board Membership ($35) – Lay citizen members of recreation and park commissions, or lay citizen community leaders who are supportive of the objectives and programs of this association.

¨Associate Individual Membership ($35) – Individuals outside/not currently employed in the parks and recreation field, who are advocates of the parks and recreation movement BUT may be employed in related fields.

¨Retired Membership ($30) – Individuals who have been members of the association and have retired from service in the field, not working in other states in the field.

¨Associate Entertainer Membership ($35) – Individuals not professionally employed in the parks and recreation field, who are in a performing group/act, that wish to support the parks and recreation field through membership. (Companies/Firms representing multiple groups/acts must obtain a Commercial membership, or purchase an Associate Entertainer membership for each group/act)

¨Student Membership ($20) – Full-time students attending institutions of higher education (Students are defined as anyone who is currently enrolled as a full-time or part-time student pursuing a degree in parks, recreation, conservation, or related matters, and is not simultaneously employed as a full-time professional. Verification must be submitted at the same time as application.)