{"id":42,"date":"2018-11-25T01:10:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T01:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/owrhs.org\/site\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2023-10-12T20:00:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T01:00:28","slug":"how-to-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/owrhs.org\/site\/how-to-help-membership\/how-to-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Become a Member:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-108\" src=\"http:\/\/owrhs.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/225_crew.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/owrhs.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/225_crew.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/owrhs.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/225_crew-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/owrhs.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/225_crew-768x336.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Come join our family of very dedicated and active O&amp;W enthusiasts. \u00a0Becoming a member not only helps the Society, but greatly improves your connection to other Society members and Society activities, and access to all kinds of information about the O&amp;W, plus you will receive information-packed publications worth as much or more than the amount of your dues.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS<\/em><\/strong>: Along with the satisfaction from joining our hundreds of members in preserving O&amp;W history, Society membership has very tangible benefits.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Publications<\/em><\/strong>:\u00a0 Every year, each member receives a newly-published <strong><em>OBSERVER<\/em><\/strong> book about the O&amp;W (or occasionally a connecting railroad), an O&amp;W calendar, and the year\u2019s Ontario Express newsletters.\u00a0 This is an <u>amazing bargain<\/u> because the retail value of the publications received each year far exceeds the annual dues payment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Web<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Sites<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Our web sites are filled with numerous articles, photos, maps and diagrams representing many facets of O&amp;W history.\u00a0 The sites each have a \u201cMembers Only\u201d area which is full of premium information about the history of the Old Woman.\u00a0 Each web site contains instructions for obtaining access to its \u201cMembers Only\u201d area.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Membership Meetings<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 We meet at least six times each year.\u00a0 The meetings are on line, and are for members only. Reports, announcements, and special interest segments precede a detailed presentation (PowerPoint) about the O&amp;W and associated railroads.<\/p>\n<p>For PDF, click this: <a href=\"http:\/\/owrhs.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/MembershipApplication-202310.pdf\">MembershipApplication-202310<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, you can help by making a DONATION, whether monetary<\/p>\n<p>or railroad items you have &#8211; click on the &#8220;Donation&#8221; link.<\/p>\n<p>Also, to volunteer, click on the &#8220;How to Volunteer&#8221; link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Become a Member: Come join our family of very dedicated and active O&amp;W enthusiasts. \u00a0Becoming a member not only helps the Society, but greatly improves your connection to other Society members and Society activities, and access to all kinds of information about the O&amp;W, plus you will receive information-packed publications worth as much or more &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owrhs.org\/site\/how-to-help-membership\/how-to-help\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Membership&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":452,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/owrhs.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/owrhs.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/owrhs.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owrhs.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owrhs.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/owrhs.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":868,"href":"https:\/\/owrhs.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/868"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owrhs.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/owrhs.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}