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If you con­sid­er your­self a Humanist and can sub­scribe to the AHA’s “Humanism and Its Aspirations” doc­u­ment, then we want you to join our com­mu­ni­ty. Humanist val­ues are based on con­sen­sus. You only have to be in sub­stan­tial agree­ment to be a Humanist.

If You Support:

• Separation of Church and State
• Science & Reason
• Social Justice
• Evidence-based solu­tions to human prob­lems

Then please join us

Check out our group brochure

Benefits of mem­ber­ship:

• Regular meet­ings and events with like mind­ed peo­ple
• Ability to guide and vote on the direc­tion of the group
• Serve in lead­er­ship posi­tions and on our Board of Directors
• Regular com­mu­ni­ca­tions about meet­ings, events, and oth­er top­ics of inter­est to the group before the gen­er­al pub­lic
• Most impor­tant­ly, you will gain the oppor­tu­ni­ty to make your voice heard and know that you are part of a greater move­ment work­ing for the val­ues we share.

We have sev­er­al mem­ber­ship plans avail­able at this time:

If the mem­ber­ship lev­els aren’t show­ing above then click on this link to go our page on Zeffy.

Memberships are NOT tax deductible. If you are cur­rent­ly a mem­ber login here. Membership in SHoWLE is dif­fer­ent than being a mem­ber of the American Humanist Association. We are a chap­ter with our own mem­ber­ship and inde­pen­dent board.

In June of 2026, SHoWLE moved to the Zeffy plat­form to process online mem­ber­ships and dona­tions. Zeffy does­n’t charge us pro­cess­ing fees so 100% of your mem­ber­ship dues and dona­tions go to SHoWLE. Zeffy will ask for a tip to keep the plat­form free for us but it is not required.

Join By Mail

You can also send your name, address, phone num­ber, and email address with one of the amounts above to our mail­ing address:

Secular Humanists of Western Lake Erie
2541 Schroeder Ct
Toledo, OH 43613–2080

If you aren’t sure you want to become a mem­ber at this time, but want to help us in pro­vid­ing a sup­port­ive local com­mu­ni­ty for human­ists and oth­er non­the­ists, while pro­mot­ing eth­i­cal and rea­son­able sec­u­lar world views through edu­ca­tion, com­mu­ni­ty ser­vice, out­reach, activism, and social events, then vis­it our dona­tion page:

DONATE ONLY

You can use Paypal or a cred­it card. Donations are tax deductible

SHoWLE will not share or sell our mem­ber­ship infor­ma­tion out­side of our oblig­a­tion to the require­ments for being a chap­ter in good stand­ing of the American Humanist Association.