{"id":63,"date":"2023-09-13T21:09:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T21:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccbnational.6xperts.com\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2024-06-28T16:16:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T16:16:49","slug":"become-a-member","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ccbnational.net\/shaggy\/become-a-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Become A Member"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"63\" class=\"elementor elementor-63\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-842a896 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"842a896\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8921e27\" data-id=\"8921e27\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ae7f0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"0ae7f0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><button class=\"responsivevoice-button\" type=\"button\" title=\"ResponsiveVoice Tap to Start\/Stop Speech\" data-rvtts-action=\"speak\" data-rvtts-text=\"Become A Member It only costs $10 annually to become a member of the Canadian Council of the Blind. The CCB is Canada\u2019s largest consumer group for blind and vision impaired people. In order to do our important advocacy work to government, business, and other organizations on behalf of this vision impaired community it is important to demonstrate a large stable membership list. We welcome both sighted and vision impaired individuals to become members of our community. Join us as a new or renewed member to lend your name as Canada\u2019s voice of the blind. Listen to one of our long time members, Kelly MacDonald (cohost of &#039;Kelly and Ramya&#039; on AMI-TV and AMI-audio), on why he became a CCB member!\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/4LD6fe7ULSs Why Become A Member? Voting rights at the national level. Receive our monthly newsletter (Visions Monthly). Direct support and resources from the council.To become a member or renew memberships, please click on the corresponding section below and complete the registration form.\u00a0If you would like to get involved as a sponsor please follow the link to our \u201cBecome a Sponsor\u201d page. Register or Renew Individual Membership Renew Multiple Memberships Together with your support, we can bring a brighter future Help us get better care for Canadians living with eye related illnesses. 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In order to do our important advocacy work to government, business, and other organizations on behalf of this vision impaired community it is important to demonstrate a large stable membership list. We welcome both sighted and vision impaired individuals to become members of our community. Join us as a new or renewed member to lend your name as Canada\u2019s voice of the blind.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to one of our long time members, Kelly MacDonald (cohost of &#8216;Kelly and Ramya&#8217; on AMI-TV and AMI-audio), on why he became a CCB member!&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-099e462 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"099e462\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/4LD6fe7ULSs&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8e420f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c8e420f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why Become A Member?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5b9e4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5b9e4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a795e0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a795e0\" data-element_type=\"section\"><div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\"><div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11582d3\" data-id=\"11582d3\" data-element_type=\"column\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\"><div class=\"elementor-element 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