Reasons To Join Get to know and meet people in your neighborhood! Choose to take part in social and family-oriented events, or simply keep up-to-date on issues and concerns within our community such as parks, schools, streets, traffic, and crime. Receive notification when a local law or improvement is being considered. Let your voice be heard and vote on important issues. Attend membership meetings to learn what is happing in your community. Help plan and mold our neighborhood future together. Receive quarterly issues of the Neighborhood Newsletter to stay up to date. Advertise your business, service, or organization to over 1,000 household residents.  How To Join If you are not yet a member, the time has come to make an investment in your neighborhood. 1.  Complete the Membership Mailer enclosed in your next "Neighborhood News" quarterly newsletter mailed to our boundry residents, enclose your dues check, and return by mail. Issues arrive in the mail toward the end of April, July, October, January. 2. You may also contact the Communications Chair at chriscraig@meredithneighbors.com to obtain a Membership Envelope. 3. Click here to download an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the Membership Form to print, complete and mail in with your check payable to: Meredith Neighborhood Association, P.O. Box 31234, Des Moines, IA 50310. If needed click here to download Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the form. Membership Renewal To keep membership dues low, we don't mail out yearly renewal notices. We rely on our members to renew their membership when it comes due. Check the expiration date located BY YOUR NAME on the mailing address on the back of your quarterly newsletter. Example—EXPIRED  MARCH 2010 means your dues would be paid through the month of March, and are DUE again starting April 1, 2010. If no date shows on your label, then you need to JOIN NOW!! Dues Are Tax Deductible The MNA is a non-profit 501(c)3 charitable association. Dues, donations and contributions are tax deductible. Annual membership dues of $20.00 support MNA expenses, publication costs and family events. Thank you to members who recently renewed their membership, or sent in an additional donation. How nice of you to offer that extra support! Give us your comments also. Our boundaries include approximately 1,000 households. We encourage you to join MNA. Talk to your neighbors and get them involved as well. We look forward to seeing you soon at a meeting or one of our fun events supported by your membership dues!