Moving Forward

Issue: April 21, 2021 | Posted in: National Convention

After careful deliberation, we are pleased to announce TCA’s 2021 Convention, hosted by the Western Division in Burbank, CA!

The convention will be held at the convenient Los Angeles Marriott by the Burbank Airport. TCA Room rate: $149+tax night. To book, call 1-800-228-9290 or visit: bit.ly/TCAHotel2021. Hotel registrations close Friday, July 23, 2021.

Starting on May 17, you will be able to register online at tcaconvention.org. Online registration is strongly recommended. On that site, you will also be able to download a form to print out and mail in your registration. At that time, members unable to to do this online may call the National Business Office to request that a paper form be US mailed to them. NO FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE UNTIL MAY 17.

Additional details will be available in the May National Headquarters News.

Coming Soon: Two 6464 “As Cataloged” Member Exclusives

Watch for our announcement in a few days of the availability of two more cars in this popular series. One will be a Southern Pacific, and the other a Baltimore and Ohio.

We’re putting on the finishing touches for easy online ordering right now! Proceeds will be dedicated to TCA’s Endowment Fund, allowing you to recognize the past and help assure TCA’s future.

Adding to the excitement, we’re working on offering 2 Atlas Woodside California Fruit Express Reefers at the same time, with a June 15 ordering deadline, so keep an eye out for the announcement!

Shop Amazon and Help TCA

TCA members who shop at Amazon.com can have each of their normal purchases generate a modest payment to TCA! And it won’t cost you anything!

The Train Collectors Association is now a participant with AmazonSmile, which is a special website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com.

The difference is that when customers shop at AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile Foundation donates 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the charitable organizations selected by customers.

The process is simple. Just search for and select Train Collectors Association when you sign up and shop at smile.amazon.com.

You use your regular Amazon.com username and password, but when you log in to smile.amazon.com, you’ll see that you are supporting TCA with your purchases:

Note that if you just log in to the regular amazon.com, this benefit does not operate.

There are no costs to either you or TCA, but TCA benefits!

This is a great way for TCA to earn extra cash to offset costs, so sign up today to help support TCA.

* Note: TCA is not a party to any of your Amazon transactions, and does not endorse any products or vendors.

Helping TCA with your ebay purchases when you use PayPal

If you’re an ebay user and have a PayPal account you use to make payments, you can designate a donation for TCA when you’re checking out — any amount, small or large.
If you’re a regular seller on ebay, you can pre-designate a percentage of your sales to be donated automatically in your name to TCA as long as the purchaser pays with their PayPal account.

In both cases, you will receive a donation receipt from the PayPal Giving Fund, and enjoy applicable tax advantages.

How to do it:

Click on the image above, or use this link. This will take you to ebay, where you will see the following page (log in to ebay if you are not already):

This offers TCA as an option. Click on the “Add to My Charities” button where indicated with the red arrow. Thereafter, when you make a purchase, at checkout you will be offered the option to make a donation to TCA in any amount of your choosing. Small amounts add up, larger ones are great! It’s always up to you!

The option will appear at the lower part of your checkout page, something like this:

If you’re a regular seller on ebay, you can allocate a portion of your sales proceeds to be donated to TCA. Look at the green arrow marked “Optional” above to see how to do it. Details on how ebay calculates the donation may be read here. This is a wonderful way to share the financial benefits of your hobby with the organization that promotes it!

An added benefit to TCA is that these donations are not subject to normal processing fees, so that makes your donation work harder!

* Note. TCA is not a party to any of your eBay transactions, and does not endorse any products or vendors. PayPal issues the receipts to you for your donation, not TCA.

Moving Forward

Coming Soon: Two 6464 “As Cataloged” Member Exclusives

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