Midwest Alternative Family Alliance
 Support for LGBT parents and their children in Kansas City and beyond
 
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MEMBERSHIP

The LGBT community of greater Kansas City (and surrounding areas) has shown its overwhelming support for the establishment of a group that organizes and supports LGBT families and family building.  That group is Midwest Alternative Families Alliance, Inc.  LGBT families, those building families, and straight allies and supporters enthusiastically attended MAFA activities in 2006.  Picnics, educational seminars, adult dinners, and children’s activities brought old friends and new friends together. 

As with all successful organizations, managing such a large group requires planning and structure.  MAFA has a great Board of Directors made up of representatives from the greater Kansas City community and from MAFA families.  The Board has concluded that to keep the organization in working order, funding and underwriting is necessary to offset various costs, such as web site, partial cost of activities, maintaining a post office box, maintaining our 501C3 status, supplies, etc.  In order to maintain the strength of MAFA and to not over-burden a few, it makes sense to the Board to have the membership share in underwriting and financially supporting the group. 

Therefore, MAFA has begun collecting dues to be paid annually in the amount of $25 per family. 

As always, dues and donations are tax deductible and you will be issued a receipt for tax purposes.  Donations beyond the $25 annual dues are always appreciated. 

The United Way allows individuals to designate MAFA as recipient of your donation.  Ask your Human Resources Department for assistance in making this designation. 

If the request for dues creates a hardship for your family, please contact a Board member at Contact@kcmafa.org to arrange for a donation of time instead.

Please send your dues or donations, along with a Membership Form to:

MAFA 
P.O. Box 6752
Leawood, Kansas 66206-6752

You will receive a letter of receipt for your dues/donation.

Your paid membership will assure you of remaining on the e-mail membership list. 

Welcome!
The MAFA Board of Directors
 
Michael Taylor - President                
Nancy Simons Bean –Vice President  
Gina Barnett - Treasurer                
Angela Metzger - Secretary
 
 
Mary Chris Blickhan
Lisa Fogle
Stacey Haynes
Cathy Hiersteiner
Colt McArthur
Bev Miller

Click here for a MEMBERSHIP FORM .

This information is for the exclusive use of MAFA and will not be released to anyone else. Please include the form with your dues/donation.  

Although you may have submitted the form in the past, if you would fill out essential data annually, you can be sure that we have current information in full. 

Donation Match

Here are some local employers who will match your donation.

ADM $
Arthur J. Gallagher $
AT&T (C.A.R.E.S Grant) *
ATK (Alliance Tech Systems) $
Aventis $
Bank of America $
Best Buy *
Burlington Northern Santa Fe $
Citigroup $*
DST Systems $
First Horizons / First Tennessee Bank $
General Motors *
Great Plains Energy *
Hallmark VIP *
Honeywell *
JPMorgan / Chase $*
Kansas City Southern Industries $
Merck $
Pfizer, Inc. $
Pfizer Foundation Volunteer Program *
Qwest Corp Foundation *
Sprint $
SPX Corp / Marley Cooling $
St. Paul / Travelers $*
State Street Bank $
Tyco $
Union Pacific $
Verizon $*
Wal-mart *
WW Grainger $
 
 
$ = Matching Dollar
* = Matching Volunteer Time
 

 

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