Your membership counts - and we are counting every one!  In 2009, membership in NPA East grew 20% and, the good news is, 2010 is even topping those numbers.

Current Members Are the Best Endorsement
While we continue to reach out to potential members throughout the year, the most effective way to recruit is through our existing members.  We believe we have a proven that we provide value to our members - - strong advocacy -- your personal endorsement sends an even stronger message to independent retailers about the benefits of joining and participating in the only regional organization dedicated exclusively to the growth and continued success of natural products retailers and the companies that support them.  Our organization is there for YOU, and our members are there for EACH OTHER.

Advocate At Expo East
Expo East is the perfect venue to talk to your colleagues about the importance of supporting your Association.  While in Boston, please take a few minutes to encourage fellow retailers, suppliers, manufacturers, and brokers who work in our region to join with you to protect our rights to do business.  We are proud of the work we've done to advocate for you throughout the year. With the support of our members, we have been able to stop potentially damaging bills that would have severely hurt your ability to compete as independent retailers.  We need more strong voices advocating for our industry.  Please consider joining the fight by helping us keep track of the hundreds of bills that come up each year that have the potential to hurt us.  It will take very little of your time but it can make an enormous difference in our effectiveness.

Attend the Annual Meeting
And make sure to attend our Annual Meeting at Expo East on Thursday, October 14th from 4:00 - 5:00pm.  See the back page of this newsletter for more details.

Every time a new member joins NPA East, our voice gets stronger and our ability to influence legislation both locally and nationally grows exponentially.

For more information on how you can help us protect your business, please contact NPA East Executive Director, Paul Kushner at 856-985-5446. E-mail: info@npaeast.org.

Join NPA East For Less than $2.00 a week, We'll help you Protect Your Livelihood And Dramatically Improve Your Opportunity for Success!

That's a big promise. But it's one that NPA East has kept to its members for more than 20 years. NPA East is the only organization completely dedicated to the needs of natural products retailers in the east region, and those businesses who support them.

This volunteer-run, not-for-profit association exists solely to serve you in a number of critical areas:

How we protect your interests all year
Let me give you a tangible example of how NPA East fights for your best interests. Through my position as an NPA East Board Member, I recently took the lead in defeating legislation proposed in Albany last session that very likely would have established a mini-FDA in New York State. Had it passed, retailers in the state would have had yet another obstacle to remaining profitable. Just as important, this mini-FDA could have easily become the model for more restrictive regulation in other states. Today, we're fighting the good fight again in Albany to defeat a number of proposed bills that, if passed would jeopardize all natural products retailers in New York state and very likely spread to other states quickly.

NPA East: A Commitment to Advocacy
If we have learned anything from the political climate of the past decade, it is that our livelihood continues to be threatened by forces intent on using unnecessary legislation to try to limit, alter, or contribute to the demise of our industry.

That's why NPA East and its elected volunteer officers are relentless in reminding both Washington and our local government officials that the FDA has already established, through the DSHEA legislation of 1993, legal groundwork for fair and appropriate government oversight of our industry.

NPA East fights for your right to survive and prosper
Even with our success so far in protecting your right to do business, why do we keep up the fight? Because we know that a small, concentrated effort from a determined group could sway ill-informed legislators to make decisions and pass laws that could reverse decades of progress in the course of one legislative session.

The future of your business is too important to leave to others!
Yes, NPA East has been successful in protecting your interests. But this is an ongoing battle. To win, we need the support of everyone who sells, manufactures, and sustains the natural products industry in our region. We need you to continue the fight!

Please accept my invitation to join NPA East today. Annual dues are only $95.00 which is less than $2.00 a week to help protect your business. You can register now by following the instructions below. You'll be supporting the only organization dedicated exclusively to protecting your livelihood.

I believe that membership in NPA East is one of the best investments I make for the success of my business every year. Give us the opportunity to serve you, and I'm sure you'll feel the same way.

Sincerely,

John Garvey
President
NPA East

P.S. Your individual membership makes a difference. Please join me in protecting your right to survive and prosper. 

Click here to download a pdf of the membership form

Membership can also be renewd by phone.  Call Paul Kushner @ 856-985-5446 to arrange for credit card payment by telephone.

Thank you.

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Annual Dues

Number of Stores

1 Store $95.002 Stores $120.003 Stores $145.004 Stores $170.005 Stores $195.006 Stores $220.007 Stores $245.008 Stores $270.009 Stores $295.0010 Stores $320.00

Two Years

Number of Stores

1 Store $175.002 Stores $200.003 Stores $225.004 Stores $250.005 Stores $275.006 Stores $300.007 Stores $325.008 Stores $350.009 Stores $375.0010 Stores $400.00

Three Years

Number of Stores

1 Store $240.002 Stores $265.003 Stores $290.004 Stores $315.005 Stores $340.006 Stores $365.007 Stores $390.008 Stores $415.009 Stores $440.0010 Stores $465.00

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