New Program: The Torch Foundation Will Subsidize Clubs and Individuals for New Attenders at the
Annual Convention

     With the 2020 Convention, the Torch Foundation is offering two new types of grants, with up to three of each type awarded annually.

    Club Grants – Available for a local club who has not sent a delegate to the annual convention during the past five years, the grant will fund the early bird registration and lodging at the convention hotel for three nights for a delegate. Preference will be given to incoming local officers.   

    New Member Grants – Initially available to any Torch member who has not attended a Convention and who joined Torch in the five years ending with the Convention (for 2020, joined since the 2015 Convention). The grant will fund the early bird registration and lodging at the convention hotel for three nights. Preference is given to current or incoming club officers, and (after 2020) to members who have never attended a convention before.
 
    No member may receive this grant more than twice.

     Applications to the foundation should be received by
April 1, 2020