ASA Friends Announce 2:1 Matching Offer!

The Friends of the American Society for Aesthetics are very pleased to announce that ASA has received a $5,000 2:1 matching donation from an anonymous donor, a long-time ASA member. The funds will support Friends of ASA travel grants for the 2023 Annual Meeting for persons giving papers or panel presentations who do not have institutional travel support. For every dollar donated, our donor will add $2. The Friends hope to raise enough money to support six Friends travel grants of $1400 each.

Remember how important it was to get feedback from colleagues on your work in progress at professional meetings? The Friends want to ensure that those without financial resources receive that help now. Did you benefit earlier in your career from travel grants from ASA? Now would be a good time to pay it forward to help others.

Anyone wishing to contribute to this fund for the 2023 Annual Meeting can donate on the ASA web site under Donations: https://aesthetics-online.org/donations/

ASA is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. All donors will receive a receipt which you can use for your tax returns. If you are donating a charitable roll-over from your retirement account, please mail the check to: American Society for Aesthetics, Friends of ASA, 1550 Larimer St #644, Denver, CO 80202-1602. Everyone donating at least $100 will be acknowledged in future issues of the ASA Newsletter.

Over the past three years, the ASA Trustees have surveyed the impact of COVID and the continuing financial calamities in higher education on our members to see what the ASA might do to help. The Trustees know from many members that their employers have cancelled or suspended travel and research accounts to present their work at professional meetings. Some members have been laid off from full-time positions and not rehired. In response, the Trustees took several steps, including a reduction in GREEN membership dues and a continuing freeze in those rates. They also established the Friends of ASA to raise funds to help address these problems.

Please join the Friends in this important fund-raising initiative. Gifts of any size are welcome and greatly appreciated. Thank you.