Join the ICA or Renew Your Membership
Why Join
By becoming a member of the ICA, you are joining other patients, healthcare providers, and researchers who are committed to ensuring a better life for all of the people living with IC. You are ensuring more dollars are dedicated to IC research and you are ensuring that more and more people and healthcare providers learn how to treat IC effectively. Your membership offers many people with IC a lifeline and provides healthcare providers and researchers with expert staff to respond to their inquiries about IC.
All new members will receive a New Member Kit with information about IC, treatment options, research initiatives, and a restroom access card.
As an ICA member you will also receive:
- ICA's quarterly magazine the ICA Update
- Weekly news and research updates via the ICA e-Newswire
- Email updates about happenings in the IC community
- A 50% discount on materials in the ICA Store
- Discounted registration rates for ICA patient forums and other events
- Access to member only areas of the ICA website, including access to member only IC resource materials
- A small gift upon your yearly membership renewal
Become a part of the ICA community.
Renew Your Membership
The ICA relies on annual membership renewals to ensure a steady stream of funding to help fuel advocacy activities, expand research funding, and raise awareness about IC. Your annual membership support is vital for keeping ICA programs and services running at full speed!
And as a thank you for renewing your membership for 2010, you will receive a customized Travel Guide for IC patients developed by the ICA. From car and air travel tips to an IC packing list, this guide has it all. Photocopy it and you will be able to refer to this guide again and again as you prepare for upcoming personal, business, and medical travel. This item is not available in the ICA store and is only available to members who renew their membership this year.
Revised March 23, 2010