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Chicago Hyde Park Village

5500 S Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
INFO@CHPV.ORG
773-363-1933

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Date: 4/16/2023
Subject: CHPV Membership Announcement
From: Chicago Hyde Park Village




Dear CHPV Community,

Chicago Hyde Park Village was founded with the goal of creating an age-friendly and supportive community of "neighbors helping neighbors." We have seen substantial growth in recent years from expanding our staff, increasing our direct support services for older South Side residents, and forging lasting partnerships throughout Chicago to improve our local Hyde Park community. CHPV is also gaining a foothold at the national level by presenting at national conferences and collaborating on large scale projects. CHPV is definitely making a positive difference in people's lives and has become an indispensable community service and neighborhood social hub.

From the beginning we've sought to keep the cost of membership as low as possible, relying on generous support from grants, sponsorships, and donations. Since its inception nearly 10 years ago, CHPV has not once increased membership dues (in fact, we reduced dues early on). While membership dues has not increased, the cost of everything except your CHPV membership has gone up — everything from rent and critically necessary infrastructure to routine supplies, food, PPE, and other vendor costs — in part due to natural inflation, but also due to unforeseen global economic volatilities such as the pandemic.
 
Associate Membership Dues Increase

To keep CHPV and this community YOU have built thriving, we must make a small increase to our Associate Membership level dues. Annual Associate Member dues will increase $20 effective immediately:

Associate Individual (Solo) — $120
Associate Household — $200

Full Membership dues is not changing. We recognize that some of our Full members stretch their budgets to have access to CHPV's vital transportation and medical appointment companion services and we do not wish to increase that cost barrier at this time.
 
Debuting CHPV's New Access Membership
 
In addition to Associate and Full Memberships, we are pleased to debut CHPV's new Access Membership. For our low-income community members, Access Membership grants all the benefits of Full Membership for only $100 annually. Visit chpv.org/join to learn more about Access Membership and the required income thresholds. There you can download the Access Membership flyer and application.

For some of us, the dues increase will not present a hardship, but others among us may be wondering if they can afford spending more right now. We understand firsthand that the Chicago South Side suffers from disproportionate economic disparity and many older community members are living on a fixed income. This is why we work hard to keep CHPV membership as affordable as possible while maximizing the rewards of membership and of aging. We believe we have the right to thrive as we age and have access to necessary resources and peer support networks when we need them. As we love to say at CHPV, it takes a Village of "neighbors helping neighbors."

Thank you for your continuing support and for being a valuable member of our community. We look forward to seeing you at our monthly Lunch Gatherings, Zoom Drop-Ins, or any number of in-person and online CHPV activities.

Our Warmest Regards,
 
Inagrace Dietterich
President of the Board

Lucas Livingston
Executive Director

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