WEST SHORE SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION

 564 Ridge Road - Lewisberry, Pa.      

   Membership in the West Shore Sportsmen's Association allows use of all ranges.  We offer various levels of membership including:

• Life
• Family - Member, spouse, children under 18
• Adult - 18 and older
• Senior - 62 and older
• Junior - 12years through 17 years
• Guest - yearly

                                   New membership applications available here.

                                   Renewal application available here.

Special Note To Deployed Members:

At the September Club meeting the membership proposed and passed a motion to waive 2010 club dues for any serviceman or woman deployed overseas in 2009. Annual club dues normally run $55.00 for an adult membership, or $70.00 for a family membership, with an additional $10.00 one time initiation fee. All those fees are waived for any service person who was active and deployed at any time in 2009. The service member will still need to pay the $5.00 deposit per electronic keycard requested (one minimum). The deployment need not be to a combat zone; any service spent outside CONUS is eligible. To take advantage of that benefit, write “deployed serviceperson” in the Total of Check Enclosed/Amount due section and a contact number/address for someone in your unit should we need to verify your deployed status.

In the November’s Club meeting the membership proposed and passed a motion to also waive 2010 club dues for any serviceman or woman with orders to deploy. If you are a serviceperson with orders to deploy any time in 2010, even TDY, you are also eligible to take advantage of this policy.
 

Complete the application, remember to include your check made payable to W.S.S.A. (no cash), and mail to:

                                     W.S.S.A.
                                     c/o Membership Secretary
                                     P.O. Box 219
                                     Lewisberry, PA 17339

Message from the President and Vice President – WSSA’s new gate system and the Capital Campaign

Dear WSSA Member,

   The past ten months have seen a great increase in WSSA membership. Our membership has nearly reached one-thousand households. With this growth the need for improvements and maintenance to our facility has also increased. As stewards of not only the financial resources of the club but also its physical maintenance and capital improvements, the Board of Directors is requesting your help.

   There are two major capital improvements the Association funded by taking loans against our moneys in the land fund. Rather than raise dues, or take a loan from a bank, the membership voted to fund two capital projects using our own reserves. The club borrowed $10,000, to be repaid with interest, for the purchase of the front end loader to rebuild our existing berms and shape some new ones. We also borrowed $20,000 to fund the installation of an electronic gate and card reader system. To help retire these loans we are asking that the membership voluntarily contribute to a Capitol Campaign. If each household would consider making a donation of $10 to $20 for this campaign our debt would be quickly retired.

  The Board has not raised dues in several years and is very reluctant to do so now. Before any move to increase dues is considered, we are requesting your voluntary help with this Capitol Campaign.  Contributions to the Capitol Campaign can be sent to WSSA, P.O. Box 219, Lewisberry, PA 17339. Please write a note stating that your donation is for the campaign.

David Sisca
WSSA Vice President


   You will notice in your Renewal for 2010 a new line item for a one time $5.00 refundable deposit. Within the next 6 weeks WSSA will have an electronic gate and card reader systems installed on the property. This $5.00 deposit will be for your new HID card. This card will activate both the gate arm and the clubhouse doors. We will continue using the current gate and lock until December 31st, but we will cease using our paper ID cards effective December 31st.

   Keep this card safe; it will serve as your form of Club ID for the entire duration of your membership at WSSA. If you misplace it while on Club property you will not be able to open the gate or drive past it to leave. If you do lose it call the Membership Secretary so it can be deactivated and a new one issued. Replacement cards will require an additional $5.00 deposit. Although it is not required, for another $5.00 deposit Family memberships may request one additional HID card for your household. If at some point in the future you decide not to renew your membership, send your HID card(s) back to the Membership Secretary and your deposit will be refunded.

   This represents a step into the 21st Century. For many decades the club has been able to operate with the combination lock and a manual gate. We are simply too large to continue to operate like we did when we were 400 members. The card reader system and the automatic gate will provide modern convenience to us as members. It will save the club the cost of printing and mailing membership cards every year. The Board also considers enhanced security the most important reason for this system. It will do away with the anonymous access of the property, helping to ensure that the only people at WSSA are those who have a legitimate right to be there. It is also my hope that this will discourage some of the careless, costly damage and destruction we’ve seen done to our assets, property and equipment.

   Several other large clubs in the area have already migrated to electronic systems, and they raised the dues upon their membership to fund it. We have managed to avoid that. We have to recognize we’re no longer a small club. For many of you decades-long members it’s hard to think of us as a big organization, but we today we are. This is one of the first of many steps we’re taking as we grow into our bigger shoes.

Ken O’Donnell
WSSA President