Time to Renew Your Membership

TIME TO

RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP

Thank you for your support this year as a Mazama member. You are a valuable member of our 128-year legacy, and today we invite you to renew your membership for 2023.

Support through membership is what enables us to offer the essential experiences that make us Mazamas. Our members are our volunteers, leaders, adventurers, advocates, and mentors. Membership funds provide training for our volunteer leaders, advocacy for the protection of our beloved outdoor spaces, and financial resources for climbing and education scholarships. Truly, every Mazama activity is made possible by the incredible members and donors who make our community thrive.

Renew your membership at www.mazamas.org/renew before September 30 and be entered into a drawing to win one of ten Mazama Yeti logo mugs. Renew now to strengthen your Mazama community and keep it flourishing in 2023.

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out $1.5 million in debt and doubling membership in the short term. In the longer term, from his hiring to his retirement 23 years later, membership increased from about 30,000 to 100,000, endowment increased from $2 million to $50 million. Education increased to 50,000 kids a year, activities for members to 8,000, and land ownership to 50,000 acres. When asked recently what he believes made the most difference in positive changes during his tenure, Falender said: “It was an opportunity just waiting to happen. Then thanks to some initial and ongoing very—make that extremely—talented and dedicated board members, supporters and staff, we were able to take full advantage of that opportunity.”