Before you apply
It counts down. Five to one. A whole year of showing up.
Five categories, each counting down from 5 to 1 — for the community, for the League, for each other. It's more flexible, and far more doable, than a plain list makes it look.
About one evening a month. Give or take.
A Provisional year is spread across nine months, September to May. Here is the whole thing, laid out — so you can see exactly where it fits around the life you already have.
It adds up — and you start the year ahead.
Every meeting and every act of service earns a point. As a Provisional you move through the year with your new member class, and you bank several points together before spring even arrives.
The honest version — what we ask, what you get, and why the structure exists. Read it all, then decide.
The Countdown to Impact
Five categories. Each counts down from five to one.
Together they make one year of showing up. We ask members to engage in consistent, meaningful ways because that's what actually moves the needle for women, children, and families in Forsyth County — and because a League you can rely on is built by members who can rely on each other.
Stay connected and informed
General Membership Meetings are where the League connects, communicates, and makes decisions together — the second Tuesday of each month, 6:30–8:00 p.m., September through May. You need 5 points; every meeting earns 1.
Five evenings with women who get it — roughly one a month, already on the calendar before the year begins.
The May Annual Meeting closes it out (1 point, required). It's ticketed — the one shared cost beyond dues, priced reasonably each year to cover the celebration — and the ticket also counts toward your Finance points. It's one of the best nights of the year.
Serve where it matters most
This is the heart of it. Mission points come from hands-on service that directly supports women, children, and families in Forsyth County. You need 4 — mix and match to get there.
Four chances to see your impact up close — and your new member class's Foundation Project already counts toward this.
Keep the League running strong
Behind every well-run event are members who did the less visible work. Operations points recognize that contribution. You need 3 — and there are more ways to earn them than you'd expect.
Where the closest friendships get made. These come up throughout the year, often — and almost always alongside someone you'll be glad to know.
Sustain our impact
Programs don't run on service hours alone. Finance points recognize the ways members help sustain the work — and you need just 2, with multiple paths, not all of which involve spending money.
Most members clear this without trying. Your May ticket counts here — pair it with one friend or one small gift and you're done.
The one yes that starts everything
Dues activate membership. For Provisionals they're submitted with your application; for returning Active members the annual deadline is May 1. Everything else in the Countdown builds from here — this is the foundation the rest of the year stands on.
Think of it as the keep-the-lights-on number. Because the board keeps operations lean, your dues free up nearly every other dollar to reach families directly.
Your first year
The list is the same for everyone. What's different is you don't walk in alone.
The Countdown to Impact never changes. What makes the Provisional year its own thing isn't a longer list — it's that you enter with a new member class, go through onboarding together, and complete your first act of service as a group before you ever step into spring as a full Active member.
Four new member class meetings, September through December
Once a month your new member class gathers just before the monthly GMM — so you move from your group straight into the full meeting in a single evening. By January, you already know the room.
Covers 2 of your 5 Engagement pointsThe Foundation Project
Your new member class plans and runs one service project together. It takes shape naturally over the fall, so by December the work is mapped. You execute in the December–January window — the first thing you'll build together, and the kind of thing you're still talking about years later.
Counts toward your Mission pointsYour year, mapped
See how the whole thing spreads out.
Nine months. No single week carries the load. Here's where the year's main moments tend to land — proof that "a year of service" is really a steady, gentle rhythm.
The full picture
Everything a Provisional year asks of you.
No fine print, no surprises. This is the complete list — the same one you just read, in one place.
Good standing, and the grace built into it
Every member tracks her own points — keeping them is a condition of membership, because the League's reliability to the community rests on members' reliability to each other. But if something comes up during the year, the expectation is simply that you reach out to leadership early.
After your Provisional year
By next spring, it won't feel like a requirement. It'll feel like the rhythm of a year well spent.
The new member class meetings and the Foundation Project will be behind you. The Countdown stays — and by then you'll know it by heart. If this sounds like something you want to be part of, we'd love to have you.
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