Dear Chapter Presidents,
I hope you are staying safe during this COVID-tainted time in our history. Like you, I have heard from people negatively impacted by both health and financial issues brought on by COVID. In addition to providing a multitude of tips on staying safe and mental health webinars, we want to continue helping members with their financial issues as best we can. That’s where we need your help.
For professional chapters that have completed their re-certification, we are offering the first 30 (thirty) chapters up to $2,000 in assistance for you to give to your members negatively impacted by hardships resulting from COVID.
As chapter president, we need you to choose the members/ recipients from a pool of applicants from your chapter.
Once the chapter is certified, we will provide a link to the application form for your submissions.
You are responsible for submitting it to your chapter members. THEY MUST BE MEMBERS OF YOUR CHAPTER AND THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. You can issue different amounts to multiple applicants depending on what you decide you want to offer as long as the total amount per chapter does not exceed $2,000. PLEASE DO NOT NOTIFY YOUR SELECTIONS UNTIL THE NATIONAL OFFICE OFFICIALLY REVIEWS YOUR SUBMISSIONS. THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS MARCH 30.
THE ORIGINAL DEADLINE FOR CHAPTER CERTIFICATION WAS DECEMBER 1, 2020; HOWEVER, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, THE CHAPTER CERTIFICATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 15. NO SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DEADLINE.
Submit your final choices to Nate Chambers (nchambers@nabj.org) and Sharon Odle (sodle@nabj.org) at the National Office, and your members/recipients will be sent a check within two weeks of certification of your submission or by April 15.
We have already provided thousands of dollars in assistance to our members in need. We need your help to continue to locate members in need in your chapter.
Thanks,
Dorothy Tucker
NABJ President
