Memberships

Choose the best option for you. 

Community Granges offer a variety of memberships. You can discover what each offers, and select the one that fits your needs.

Each Community Grange sets its own price for membership, and some membership types, such as Lifetime, may not be offered by some Granges. Please check with the Grange you wish to join for details.

Membership in a Community Grange automatically makes you a member of the Oregon State Grange. There is no application to join to the Oregon State Grange.

 Why Join?

Anyone 14 years or older who wants to network within the local
community, participate in service projects, vote at Grange meetings to influence Grange policy, and develop personal leadership skills is welcome to join the Grange. Grange Insurance has not been a membership benefit for many years, but the National Grange offers a long list of membership benefits and some Community Granges provide additional member benefits. But most who join the Grange do so because of a 
 desire to improve their community, build stronger bonds with community members and to have fun.

How to Join

  • Find a member who will sponsor your application. Come to a meeting or event and introduce yourself. Once members know who you are and why you are interested in becoming a member, it should be easy to find a sponsor.
  • Print the membership brochure
  • Fill out the application on the back
  • If you don’t know the closest grange to you, use Find A Grange, click the county you live in and check the address of the Granges. If you can not find a nearby Grange, contact the State Office for more options.
  • Give the application fee and dues through the end of the current calendar year to a Grange Member. Each Grange sets its own dues amount.
  • Membership applications are typically voted on in the next meeting, and the local Grange will inform you of the decision.

 

 

Individual Membership

The most common form of membership, for a single person. Open to those 14 and older, it allows you to vote at Grange meetings, entitles you to membership benefits and a subscription to the Oregon State Grange Bulletin.

Family Membership

Any family consisting of a one or more adults and their children, grandchildren,  or great-grandchildren between the ages of 14 and 23 who live in the same household or are absent due to illness, education or military service.

Foster, adopted, stepchildren, and other legal dependents are considered part of a legal guardians’ family.

Children ages five through fourteen are eligible to belong to a Junior Grange.

The National Grange offers a long list of membership benefits.

Families will receive a subscription to the Oregon State Grange Bulletin. 

 

Junior Membership

Open to children from the ages of 5 to 14, and parents must sign the application. The 1+ Junior Grange Program allows Community Granges to have Junior Grange Programs with as little as one child. 

Lifetime Membership

Offered as a one-time payment lifetime membership, for living members and as a memorial to deceased members.

Associate Membership

A form of membership open to incorporated and registered businesses. This membership expresses your support of the Grange, but does not allow you to participate in meetings. You will receive Grange publications. 

Affiliate Membership

A member in good standing of a Community Grange may join one additional Community Grange as an Affiliate member. Dues must be paid to each Grange, and such members are prohibited from serving as President of two Community Granges at the same time.

E-Membership

An option for those who are not able to be involved in the local community, If you later decide to join a Community Grange, the initiation fee will be waived.

However,  you can be as active in your Community Grange as your schedule allows. You are always welcome to join in a potluck or participate in other social activities or community service projects.

The National Grange offers you a long list of membership benefits.

How to join?

  1. Visit www.nationalgrange.org.
  2. Click Become a member above the menu bar.
  3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click E-Member Registration.
  4. Submit requested member info and the $40 payment for their first year’s dues.

E-Membership makes a great gift!

Give E-Membership to a friend or family member anywhere in the US:

  • Visit www.nationalgrange.org and follow the link for “Give the gift of membership.”
  • Submit the member info and $40 payment for their first year’s dues.
  • Request a gift certificate to be e-mailed or print it yourself.