To join The Surfrider Foundation as a Retail Member, just go to http://www.surfrider.org/. Click on ‘Join/Renew’ on the top right, once at that page you will see the link for ‘Retail Membership’ on the left pane.

The cost for a Retail Membership is $100.00 and you will need the following information:

1. A short description of your business.
2. The type of discount(s) or promotions to card-carrying members of the Surfrider Foundation (some ideas from Surfrider are below.)
3. Your web site address.
4. Your FULL contact information for your business for the Surfrider promotional page.
5. Credit card and billing information.
6. Make sure and choose ‘San Mateo County' from the drop down menu to tell Surfrider it was our chapter that encouraged you to sign up.

Below is a part of the description from the Surfrider website about the program:

“Surfrider members can show their membership card to receive a discount, promotion, or giveaway determined by you. This could be a percentage discount on merchandise or services, a promotional T-shirt or sticker, a free drink with purchase, or whatever you decide is appropriate for your business. Our goal for the Retail Membership Program is to give our individual Surfrider members something extra for their support while increasing your sales and customer loyalty. This will simultaneously help boost your business while gaining awareness and support for the mission of the Surfrider Foundation.

The annual membership dues for this program are $100. With your membership, the Surfrider Foundation will list your business on the Surfrider Retail Members page as a participating member. The Surfrider web site receives over 12,000 visitors daily. Your business will also be listed as a Retail Member in our award-winning newsletter magazine MAKING WAVES, which goes out to all of our over 50,000 U.S. members six times per year. The program is a reciprocal win!”