Members helping
members
Membership is available to all who request it. People wishing to sign up as members can come to the WMLA office anytime from 9am to 9pm, seven days a week.
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A Know Your Law session at WMLA’s office, presented by a volunteer lawyer: part of the Legal Benefit.
A Medical Education and Information Session on Heart Health presented by a volunteer Registered Nurse for WMLA members in North Adams: part of the Preventive Medical Benefit.
Signed up as a member in 1976, still holding a red membership card today.
Benefit program
WMLA’s membership benefit program works on a principle of members helping members.
Current benefits of membership include
+ emergency food, clothing,
+ legal advice sessions and Know your Law sessions presented by volunteer attorneys,
+ non-emergency dental care by volunteer dentists,
+ medical education and information sessions by volunteer medical professionals,
+ the membership newspaper (Western Massachusetts Alliance News),
+ utility advocacy, an information and referral service, a job referral service,
+ and more.
Call the office or stop by for up-to-date information on benefit program availabilities.
WMLA also offers Benefit Plan II, a year-round budget saving program for enrolled members facing chronic budget gaps between income and expenses. All members can inquire about this program at the Benefit Desk at WMLA’s office central. WMLA organizes annual events as benefits for members enrolled in Benefit Plan II:
+ Spring Brunch and Children's Egg Hunt
+ Safe and Sane Children's Halloween Party
+ Family Holiday Party and Toy Distribution to Parents for gift giving in the privacy of their homes.