KANSAS PTA  
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP

In recognition of outstanding service to PTA or to children and youth, Kansas PTA Honorary Life Memberships are bestowed upon individuals by a unit or the area council.  The proceeds from Kansas PTA Honorary Life Memberships contribute to the Future Teacher Scholarship Fund and the Vocational Technical Fund. Honorary memberships can be purchased by sending ten dollars ($20.00) and the name of the person who is to receive the membership to the Kansas PTA Office in Topeka along with the name and address of where the membership is to be sent.  The ten dollar cost is to be made for each individual that is being recognized by the PTA unit or council.  Many units also purchase the Life Membership pin to present with the membership card.  The gold pin is the shape of a miniature Kansas sunflower and is available at an additional cost from the State PTA office (pin with card $37.75). 

Although honorary membership may be presented at any time, presentation at the Founders Day meeting is a popular time. A life membership is honorary and does not carry with it the right to vote or to hold office.  To be an active member, a life member must pay National, State and local dues each year.  As this award is presented for faithful and outstanding activity in PTA, an individual may receive more than one of these awards.  The names of all those receiving Honorary Kansas PTA Life memberships are kept on file in the State PTA Office.  It is the feeling of the Kansas PTA  that these awards are not to be presented to groups such as school staff, school boards, PTA boards, etc.  All names that are submitted to the State PTA office should also be submitted to the Historian/Life Memberships chairperson, Deidre Anderson by email at deidrea@hickmanmills.org or by mail at 7507 Cody #3, Shawnee, KS 66214.

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Deidre Anderson
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