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[quote=Anonymous]I’ve been in our chapter for years (owing to a bigger age gap between my 2 children + 1 on the way) and on and off the board as well. It really comes and goes in terms of involvement. Last year we picked up a large group of first time moms of babies who instantly became BFF’s, which is great for turnout, but the moms are generally not patient or welcoming of other moms’ more rambunctious toddlers/preschoolers. A few years ago our chapter was on the verge of having to dissolve for not enough members and we had basically zero babies. So what we have now definitely beats “about to have to dissolve our group!”

IME it really depends on the board. We had 4 consecutive years of extremely uninvolved boards and presidents - especially presidents (3 of them! All couldn’t care less!), who set the tone for the whole club. After the first president who just wanted the title and didn’t want to do the work, is when our membership started to plummet - from a high of 70-ish members to 30. We’ll probably never get back to 70+, but we now hover around 40 and have pretty good participation which is fine. International MOMS Club has a lot of stupid rules so we can’t have members from outside our “zone,” which excludes a lot of people who happen to live in areas without an active chapter but International’s only response is “they can form their own chapter.” It’s very frustrating. They also force you to split your chapter if you have too many members. I know when we were around 70, they were asking us if we wanted to split and we said no. At 100 they will force you to make two smaller chapters or lose your status as a MOMS Club chapter. I believe that’s why Arlington doesn’t have MOMS Club but instead has, like, Moms of North Arlington and Fairlington Moms and other clubs instead.

We raise hundreds of dollars each year for charitable causes and do a coat/winter gear drive in the late fall and school supply drive before school starts every year, which is great and I think separates us from other playgroups and Facebook groups. [/quote]

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