So, how are USA Next's numbers doing?
Posted on 03/30/2005 1:06:01 PM PST by ceoinva
They ate cake. They hugged for the last time. They made promises to get together again at Perkins.
And then it was over. After 44 years, the oldest Florida chapter of AARP was no more on Tuesday.
AARP's national membership has ballooned to 36 million, but its chapters are folding faster than card tables at a rummage sale. Once numbering close to 4,000 there are now 2,535 nationwide.
The demise of the chapter in Orlando leaves Florida with 112 -- down from 250 two decades ago.
"We were just all getting tired and couldn't get anybody to come in," said Joan Wozniak, who was in the fifth year of her two-year term as president of the chapter.
The decline in the AARP chapters follows the trend of other groups -- everything from the Elks, Moose and Veterans of Foreign Wars to garden clubs, sewing guilds and ladies auxiliaries.
(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...
The AARP is the victim of its own leftist policies. This boomer has (and will) steadfastly refused to join the AARP because of their leftist, anti-American positions.
Same here.
So, how are USA Next's numbers doing?
They sent me a card one week after my fiftieth birthday, LOL. They couldn't pay me enough to join.
But actually, I think the reason their "meetings" are disappearing is generational.
My mom is 76 and still goes to high school reunions, and her high school classmates meet every couple of months for picnics, etc.
Neither my husband nor I, in the fiftyish crowd, have any desire to get together with folks from our high school or college and relive the "good 'ole days."
In fact, in our city, they've had to combine reunions of different high schools (same graduation date) in order to get enough participation to throw reunions (and our high school graduating classes weren't small, most over 500 kids in each graduating class.)
So, all that to say, I don't see the boomers as people that will flock to AARP meetings, or lodge meetings, or bridge clubs.
Why that is, I don't know, it just seems to be the way it is.
Amen!
Good news is always welcome!
I feel bad that the Elks, Moose and VFWs, garden clubs, sewing guilds and ladies auxiliaries are losing members.
The AARP, on the other hand, can go to hell. They are socialist propagandists and their latest TV ad is a disgrace to anyone with even the slightest hint of honesty.
Good for you! The AARP is the an evil, socialist group, and I'm glad that their membership rolls are declining.
The bad news is that overall membership continues to grow...even though the number of chapters dwindles.
Slimy scum sucking socialists..
I think most of their members are there for the discounts. Once my parents and mother-in-law were informed of their politics they dropped them like a hot potato.
Does the article say that in the non-excerpted part? I am not registered to that site ...
I feel the same way as you do about those other organizations and many others like them. There's been a general decline in community organizations where people are drawn together by some type of common interest or experience, just for the enjoyment of being together. I think that's a net loss for our society.
Now, all the conservatives have to do is come up with an organization that provides discounts on everything from insurance to airline tickets and we can be rid of this liberal horror.
I just inferred that from the excerpted part about membership "ballooning."
On average, I get sent one membership invitation quarterly. I do the same thing every time: tear up the card and anything that's got my name on it, stuff the prepaid envelope with whatever's left, and send it back. That way they can pay for the postage.
Sailing the high seas on Carnival Cruises' pirate ships, like ruthless and toothless scaliwags.
I think there's an organization called USA Next that's trying to do just that.
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