Ten Reasons to Join CHAP
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For 25 years the Christian Homeschool Association of Pennsylvania (CHAP) has been an active and vital advocate for private Christian homeschoolers in Pennsylvania. CHAP provides a number of important benefits to the homeschool community including:
1. Educational Resources
CHAP publishes an excellent resource on homeschooling in Pennsylvania: The Keys to Homeschooling in the Keystone State.
2. Full Color, Quarterly Magazine
Receive news, information, and encouragement in approximately 24 pages mailed quarterly to subscribers only. Articles contain how-tos, resources, and the latest trends and news written by homeschool veterans. Be inspired by reading about what CHAP Members in Pennsylvania are doing — their challenges and triumphs.
3. Annual Convention
The Annual Convention provides a wonderful opportunity for homeschoolers to come together for worship, support, instruction, and fellowship.
4. Encouragement and Protection
For those new to home education or veterans who may need affirmation, CHAP’s publications instruct and encourage parents in their decision to educate at home. CHAP, in partnership with the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), protects parents’ rights to direct the education of their children.
5. Parent Training / Networking
CHAP provides a means to connect with other like-minded people dedicated to honoring God in the raising and educating of their children, and provides opportunities for those with experience and knowledge to train others. It also provides a sense of legitimacy, as the success of others provide models to follow.
6. Leadership Training
Special training seminars are provided to better equip those who are called to lead homeschool groups. All homeschoolers indirectly benefit as their leaders become more effective.
7. Local Referral Information
The CHAP Support Network is comprised of autonomous groups found all over Pennsylvania. To help families find like-minded folks, CHAP is beginning to gather and sort more details about each group. You may have a group near you.
8. Miscellaneous Discounts
Many stores and companies offer discounts to members of specific organizations. CHAP is working on a variety of discount plans.
9. National Networking
For 20 years CHAP’s Board members have been attending national leadership conferences sponsored by HSLDA, The Teaching Home Magazine, and now The National Alliance of Christian Home Education Leadership. Attending these events has allowed CHAP’s leadership to gain insight and knowledge about homeschooling, trends, and leadership that they then bring home to benefit all of CHAP’s Members. In addition, CHAP Board Members are frequently asked to share their expertise by speaking at these events. One of CHAP’s Board Members serves as the Chair of Board of The National Alliance. National networking such as this increases CHAP’s ability to serve.
10. Advancing the Kingdom
Many find comfort and strength in knowing that there is a statewide organization like CHAP dedicated to advancing Christian family-based education in Pennsylvania. Your investment in CHAP, through membership fees and donations, will help maintain and increase this ministry for your children and for the Kingdom.
Private Christian homeschooling will only survive as we work together. CHAP needs your financial support through Membership fees and donations. Please join today and if possible make a donation above your Membership fee.
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Do you need more reasons? Read on…
1. Would you like to foster homeschooling throughout the United States and the world? Would you like to help others in our state and beyond know that “It Works.”? By becoming a member of CHAP, you help support the efforts of others who formulate and run conventions like CHAP all over the nation and world through an organization that CHAP supports, The Alliance for Christian Home Education leadership. This organization is devoted to helping others who run state organizations like CHAP to support and train their leaders. CHAP supports the Alliance with a small gift and by volunteering for this organization from time to time.When you become a member of CHAP, your support enables CHAP to explore effective conference development through the Alliance, giving back to others in our state, and those who are involved in such work in over 35 states and other nations. One small project that the Alliance supports is the beginninghomeschooling.org web page. Check it out to see one small way your joining CHAP blesses those all over our nation. The Alliance also supports the It Works. Campaign. If you travel abroad or to another state, see your gift at work as you spot those It Works. decals!
2. Want to help a homeschool student attend college?
Join CHAP and your membership will assist CHAP in funding our scholarship awards for homeschool students.
3. Do you know that home educated students average at or above the 80th percentile on standardized achievement tests in all subject areas?
Curious about how we know this? Check out the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI) http://www.nheri.org/. You can learn of many valuable studies undertaken by this great organization, and if you support CHAP, you contribute to NHERI as well, as CHAP supports it. This organization also gives great ideas for protecting our homeschooling freedoms.
4. In addition to the financial benefits previously mentioned, you will have the opportunity to influence our state for the freedom to continue to homeschool. Membership 501C4 groups are allowed to support and work for given candidates. This will make us a more effective advocate for issues important to Christian homeschoolers.
