The California State Rural Health Association (CSRHA) is actively seeking volunteers to serve on its Membership Development Taskforce to help us implement the 2006 Building the Rural Voice Membership Development Campaign.

As a member driven advocacy organization representing rural California, CSRHA understands the importance of numbers to have an effective voice in the healthcare policy area. Therefore, the CSRHA Membership Taskforce has set a very ambitious membership development goal for 2006 with the idea that a greater, more active membership base will strengthen the rural message with policymakers, while increasing CSRHA’s capacity to provide our members with the unique programs and resources necessary to improve rural health and healthcare access.

Kathy Yarbrough, Executive Director of the Rural Health Design Network, is the newly appointed Chair of the CSRHA Membership Development Taskforce, and has taken on her new role with great enthusiasm.

“I am very excited with this opportunity to increase the awareness of the importance of individuals getting involved in the issues of rural health," says Kathy Yarbrough. She continues to say, "It is the responsibility of all of us who make our homes in rural California to be active in the promotion and success of our rural health systems. The California State Rural Health Association was founded on the premise of grass roots involvement and to ensure this level of activism we need to encourage individuals to become members and be involved in the issues facing our fragile communities."

The Membership Development Taskforce will play a key role in CSRHA’s effort to create a broader, more diverse membership base through which the CSRHA Board of Directors and Advocacy Committee are elected each year.

CSRHA is looking for 3-5 committed volunteers who will contribute to making CSRHA’s 2006 membership development goals a reality.

Responsibilities of the Taskforce include the following:

If you are interested in joining the CSRHA Membership Development Taskforce, please contact Desirée Rose, CSRHA Development Manager, at drose@csrha.org.

CSRHA would also like to extend its sincerest appreciation and a very warm welcome to the following new 2006 members:

Organizational Members:

Corporate/Industry Members:

Individual/Healthcare Professional Members:

If you would like to become a CSRHA member, or upgrade your current individual membership to reflect your entire organization, please click here.