What is a Supporting Member?
A supporting member is one who has registered with the Red Hat Society and paid their yearly membership fee to become an official member of the Red Hat Society. Technically only the women who have done this are allowed to refer to themselves as a “Red Hatter”. Some Chapters will ask for your membership number when you ask to join them – this membership number will be on the membership card you receive from the Red Hat Society once you are a supporting member.
The Role of a Supporting Member
As a Supporting Member, you pledge to stand aligned with the Red Hat Society’s principles, values, guidelines and to support the Legacy of our Sisterhood through annual Supporting Membership dooz.
Supporting Member Pledge
I pledge to faithfully support my Red and Pink Hat Sisters. I will use this positive spirit to impact my local community with the fun and friendship found only in official Red Hat Society Membership.
I promise to honor RHS by:
Committing to all values, guidelines, principles and the Passion statement of RHS found within the RHS handbook and website
Actively participating in the Sisterhood (i.e. playing online, taking part in local and international events
Representing RHS as true royalty when I am in regalia by being kind to others and carrying myself in a ladylike fashion
Ensuring my annual Membership dooz are renewed on time
Encouraging those with whom I am Hatting to become card-carrying Supporting Members of the Red Hat Society.
I pledge to wear the colors of official Membership (red and purple for those over 50; pink and lavender for those under 50) with pride – professing to the world that “Red (and Pink) Hatters Matter!”
I pledge to share the fun found in RHS Membership with women I come in contact with as a testament to the Society’s Global Sisterhood and quest to ensure women get the most out of life!
Most importantly, I pledge to ensure that FUN is at the heart of everthing I do as a Red or Pink Hatter.
