We are Babywearing International of Phoenix (BWIP), a chapter of the international group, Babywearing International. You can learn about the international group, along with the mission statements, guiding principles, and more here. You can learn more about BWIP on our website, Facebook Page, or Group. Our leaders, whom you can read more about here, are all volunteers with a love and passion for babywearing. They donate their time, energy, and knowledge to hold the various meetings and play dates in Phoenix and the surrounding cities. These meetings are always held in public locations, free to any who may wish to attend. We also have a 'library' of carriers available at our meetings to try on and get help with; these are also available for our members to borrow (more info about this benefit below). So join today by emailing us, or at any meeting this month, to help us fund more babywearing love.
What is Membership?
Membership with BWIP is $30 per year. Half of that ($15) stays with the local chapter you sign up through to help fund the purchase of new carriers, business cards for members to hand out, and more. The other half is remitted to the national group to help fund organization-wide literature, on-going education, and outreach, among many other things. All of the people working for this organization, from the top chairwoman to the smallest chapter leader, all are volunteers!
Purchasing a membership with BWIP, along with helping to support babywearing at the local level and beyond, also has great benefit to caregivers. Membership allows you to borrow a carrier from our lending library at any meeting for up to a month (30 days or so) at a time. Our library is present at all of our meetings, but can vary depending on what is checked out at any given time. Any carrier checked out is due at the next month's meeting in that area, or any other meeting prior to that. You are then able to check out a different carrier, and so on and so forth. You could potentially try out 12 or so different carriers for a month at a time! What a great way to 'try before you buy' and find out what you love! All for only $2.50 a month, which all goes to help share the babywearing love in your community and beyond. We welcome all who would wish to join BWIP, whether to take advantage of these benefits or just to support babywearing advocacy and outreach.
We have over 75 different carriers and accessories currently in our library. Check out our Facebook group or stop by a meeting to see more. Pictured below are a few of our recent additions!
Why Join in October 2013?
To Get Carried Away for International Babywearing Week (IBW), we set a goal to reach 125 active members in October. We are giving away two new carriers - Boba Diaper Dude Special Edition Pinstripe Soft Structured Carrier (SSC) or Boba Wrap Brown, open only to our members. Every new membership or renewal will earn an entry into our drawing.
This special also applies to any current membership, renewals or gift membership purchases. Even if you are not yet up for renewal, renewing now will directly benefit our group and will be added on to your current membership (i.e. if your membership is up in Jan 2014, renewing now in October will extend it until Jan 2015!). What are you waiting for? Join today by emailing us or signing up at any meeting this month!
Need more incentive to join?
Join at our main event on Saturday, October 12th, at Midwives Rising to celebrate IBW, and receive 10 tickets for our raffle held at the event!
Winners will be randomly selected after October 31st. Winners will have 48 hrs to respond, or an alternate winner will be selected. Shipping is available for an additional fee if needed.
