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Membership Types

There are several different membership levels from which you can choose.

Free

Free Membership creates an HEAV number, and allows you to sign up for the weekly e-newsletter and quarterly print magazine–FREE. It also gives you access to online registration for the convention and other HEAV events.

Basic

($35) Basic Membership helps us continue to support and defend homeschooling in Virginia. Basic Members receive all the benefits of free membership, plus all the benefits outlined below. Read more about member benefits here.

Sustaining

($75) Sustaining Membership is for someone who wants to give a higher level of membership support to HEAV. Sustaining Members get the benefits of a regular membership plus our sturdy, ready-for-the-library “Education Begins At Home” tote bag as a “thank you.”

Lifetime Members

($750 or more) Lifetime Membership is for those who want to offer an even higher level of support to HEAV and the work we do. Lifetime Members receive all the benefits of a regular membership AND complimentary registration for the Annual HEAV State Convention & Educational Fair for a lifetime! (This does not include the cost of the Children’s Program.) They also receive our sturdy, ready-for-the-library HEAV tote bag. Membership can be paid in five installments instead of all at once, if preferred. Find out more information here.

Why Should I Join HEAV?

HEAV is a member-supported organization that operates from a biblical worldview. By joining HEAV, you help us continue to promote, protect, and support homeschooling throughout the state of Virginia. We couldn’t do what we do without YOU!

Your Membership Helps Protect Home Education in Virginia

None of us wants to lose the homeschooling freedoms we fought so hard to obtain. That’s why the Home Educators Association of Virginia has worked tirelessly since 1983 to provide up-to-date information and knowledgeable representation at the General Assembly and with the Department of Education.

Your Membership Helps Promote Home Education in Virginia

Support from families like yours has kept us going…and growing! Since 1995, Virginia’s homeschool population has more than doubled. According to the Department of Education, the number of homeschooled children has gone from 10,862 to 31,978!

Your Membership Helps Support Homeschooling Families

HEAV offers a variety of high-quality resources to help parents get started and keep going. HEAV operates from a biblical worldview and encourages and equips parents to teach and train their children at home.

Your membership helps us offer:

This ever-expanding website, which is a treasure trove of information and encouragement for Virginia homeschool families;
An improved and expanded FREE quarterly magazine, The Virginia Home Educator;
A FREE weekly e-newsletter, the Virginia Homeschool Update, filled with the latest announcements, resources, and events available to Virginia homeschoolers;
Full-time, knowledgeable office staff who are on hand five days a week to answer questions and offer encouragement and advice via phone and e-mail;
Curriculum counselors with many years of experience who help beginning and veteran homeschool parents wade through the myriad curricula choices to find what’s best for their family;
A beautiful and functional office space with a resource center and a seminar facility;
In-house Homeschooling Success Seminars for beginners and veteran homeschoolers on a variety of topics;
An experienced, full-time lobbyist, bill reader, and legislative advisor, who all work to promote and protect our homeschool freedoms.
The HEAV Legislative Update, a FREE e-newsletter that covers local, state, and national homeschool issues, legislative information during the General Assembly session, and up-to-date information from the Virginia Department of Education;
Day at the Capitol, a one-day event where homeschooling families meet their legislators, learn about Virginia’s government, and observe the legislative process at work;
Various Homeschool Days at different museums throughout the year and at the State Fair each October;
Seminars and leadership luncheons for local support group leaders;
The Virginia Homeschool Manual, our 1007-page comprehensive reference on home education in Virginia;
One of the largest homeschool conventions in the country, a gigantic used-curriculum sale, and a statewide graduation ceremony;
And more!

Your Membership Gets You All the Great Member Benefits HEAV Offers

Discounts, teacher I.D. cards, a free classified ad in The Virginia Home Educator magazine, and more are all yours as an HEAV member. See below for more details about our member benefits.

Membership Benefits

As an HEAV member, you will not only help HEAV meet the ever-increasing needs of Virginia’s homeschoolers, but you will also receive great member benefits, which are expanding all the time. These benefits are our way of saying “thank you” for your support. When you choose a basic, sustaining, or lifetime membership level, you will receive:

Member letters with special offerings and discounts;
Teacher/membership ID cards. Show yours everywhere you go-office supply stores, craft suppliers, warehouse stores, teacher-supply stores, retail bookstores, Christian bookstores, computer stores, etc. Many businesses will honor your teacher ID with reduced prices;
Reduced registration rates for HEAV’s Annual State Convention & Educational Fair, as well as for HEAV Graduation;
A FREE classified ad in the Virginia Home Educator magazine ($100 value);
A 10% discount on most HEAV resources, including The Virginia Homeschool Manual;
A $20 discount on HSLDA membership;
A FREE portrait session and 8×10 portrait from Living Story Photography;
A $40 discount on College in the Bag;
A $120 discount on CollegePlus;
A 20% discount on Auralog’s TELL ME MORE (R) Language-Learning software;
A 10% discount on TranscriptPro Home School Transcript Generator and Transcript Boot Camp on DVD from Education PLUS;
A 15% discount off the Home Education 101 series;
Specific discounts with WORLD Magazine, God’s World News, and Creation Illustrated; and
Tuition Discount up to $3000 at Regent University.

* Member benefits are subject to change. Check with our office for the latest offerings.

Find out more about the benefits of being an HEAV member!