The day has finally arrived!!! The RDU AMBUCS Friends Chapter is officially underway and we are in search of new members. Contact me to JOIN!!!!
What is the RDU AMBUCS Friends Chapter?
The RDU AMBUCS Friends Chapter is a new and upcoming Friends Chapter with a focus on fundraising to purchase AmTrykes for those children with disabilities who are on the wish list within the Raleigh/Durham area. Friends memberships are a time-effective way for you to be involved with the best in community service! With a Friends membership, you choose your own level of contribution that makes a direct impact on AMBUCS service programs, including AMBUCS Scholars and AmBility™.
What is AMBUCS?
National AMBUCS™, Inc. is a non-profit service organization consisting of a diverse group of men and women who are dedicated to creating mobility and independence for people with disabilities. Visit the national website @
National AMBUCS™, Inc. is a non-profit service organization consisting of a diverse group of men and women who are dedicated to creating mobility and independence for people with disabilities. Visit the national website @
Members fulfill the organization’s mission by:
· Performing various forms of community service
· Donating AmTryke® therapeutic tricycles to individuals who are unable to ride
· Performing various forms of community service
· Donating AmTryke® therapeutic tricycles to individuals who are unable to ride
traditional bikes
· Awarding scholarships to therapists
· Awarding scholarships to therapists
History of AMBUCS
In 1919 William L. White had a dream to begin a national service organization for young business and professional men. White had the spirit, he had the initiative, but this young engineer and practical idealist lacked the funding for such a major undertaking.What to do? Surprisingly enough, turpentine played a major role in this story. The turpentine industry was centered around Valdosta, GA., and it used turpentine cups to gather crude resin from long-leaf pines. The resin was distilled and turpentine and rosin were produced.White credits the sale of two million turpentine cups for the beginnings of the American Business Clubs in Birmingham, AL.After he graduated from Auburn University on June 22, 1919, White lost no time in offering turpentine cups for sale. Soon, he put $1,000 in profit into a revolving expansion fund. White now had the money, and this forward-thinking man founded the first American Business Club in Birmingham on May 18, 1922.This first club had 50 members and they adopted a constitution and the motto that is still used today –
“Shoulders Together”
In 1919 William L. White had a dream to begin a national service organization for young business and professional men. White had the spirit, he had the initiative, but this young engineer and practical idealist lacked the funding for such a major undertaking.What to do? Surprisingly enough, turpentine played a major role in this story. The turpentine industry was centered around Valdosta, GA., and it used turpentine cups to gather crude resin from long-leaf pines. The resin was distilled and turpentine and rosin were produced.White credits the sale of two million turpentine cups for the beginnings of the American Business Clubs in Birmingham, AL.After he graduated from Auburn University on June 22, 1919, White lost no time in offering turpentine cups for sale. Soon, he put $1,000 in profit into a revolving expansion fund. White now had the money, and this forward-thinking man founded the first American Business Club in Birmingham on May 18, 1922.This first club had 50 members and they adopted a constitution and the motto that is still used today –
“Shoulders Together”
What is the RDU AMBUCS Friends Chapter?
The RDU AMBUCS Friends Chapter is a new and upcoming Friends Chapter with a focus on fundraising to purchase AmTrykes for those children with disabilities who are on the wish list within the Raleigh/Durham area. Friends memberships are a time-effective way for you to be involved with the best in community service! With a Friends membership, you choose your own level of contribution that makes a direct impact on AMBUCS service programs, including AMBUCS Scholars and AmBility™.
How do I join the RDU AMBUCS Friends Chapter?
Simply complete the membership application and submit your $25 annual tax-deductible contribution and congratulations, you are officially a member of this wonderful organization. You can contact me directly for the application.
What does an AMBUCS™ Friends member receive?
· The satisfaction of partnering with an organization that helps create mobility
and independence for people with disabilities
· A Friends membership certificate
· A subscription to AMBUCS Magazine, a quarterly publication providing updates
· A Friends membership certificate
· A subscription to AMBUCS Magazine, a quarterly publication providing updates
on AMBUCS issues and events
· Contact with local AMBUCS chapters, where they exist
· Contact with local AMBUCS chapters, where they exist
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