{"id":101,"date":"2013-04-10T15:08:33","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T15:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2013-04-10T15:08:33","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T15:08:33","slug":"starting-a-chapter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/?page_id=101","title":{"rendered":"Starting a Chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PFLAG is an extraordinary grassroots organization with a growing network of members in the United States and abroad.\u00a0As an affiliate, you benefit from the credibility and stature built by more than 35 years of work from PFLAG members.\u00a0As a chapter leader, you&#8217;ll join a family of members and friends, working together to make all of our communities fair and safe places.<\/p>\n<p>There are three types of affiliates within the national PFLAG network:<em>representatives, chapters,\u00a0<\/em>and<em>\u00a0state councils.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Representative.<\/strong>\u00a0An individual or single family working to further PFLAG\u2019s goals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chapter.<\/strong>\u00a0A group of\u00a0three or more individuals or families working together to further PFLAG\u2019s goals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>State council.<\/strong>\u00a0A statewide organization of PFLAG chapters, representatives and at-large members working to further PFLAG\u2019s goals.<\/p>\n<p>As a recognized PFLAG representative, chapter, or state council, you also have access to PFLAG\u2019s volunteer and staff resources including trainings, conferences, and written materials.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters and state councils also receive:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exclusive access to our\u00a0<strong>PFLAGall affiliate leader listserve\n<p><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>$50 worth of free publications<\/strong>\u00a0and PFLAG publications at a special member discount<\/li>\n<li>Discount registration costs for the<strong>\u00a0PFLAG National Convention\n<p><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Organizing tools<\/strong>\u00a0including project-specific kits and resources<\/li>\n<li><strong>Organizational materials<\/strong>\u00a0such\u00a0as use\u00a0of the PFLAG logo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>All chapters and state councils are required to complete the affiliation paperwork.<\/strong>\u00a0Upon completion, each chapter and state council will gain the additional benefit of nonprofit status which\u00a0includes the ability to accept tax-deductible donations.<\/p>\n<p>Field Coordinators can assist you with the affiliation process. You can e-mail<a href=\"mailto:chapterservices@pflag.org\"><strong>chapterservices@pflag.org<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or call (202) 467-8180.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PFLAG is an extraordinary grassroots organization with a growing network of members in the United States and abroad.\u00a0As an affiliate, you benefit from the credibility and stature built by more than 35 years of work from PFLAG members.\u00a0As a chapter leader, you&#8217;ll join a family of members and friends, working together to make all of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":47,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-101","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102,"href":"https:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101\/revisions\/102"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}