Recruiting New Chapters

Let’s Move Forward to Fifty!

Engage in the Forward to Fifty campaign and your chapter could receive $1000!

Getting Started and Participation

Get started in the campaign by identifying a school that does not have a TSA chapter. A new school/chapter may be recruited from anywhere in the nation, not just nearby, as recruiting/mentoring may be done in person or virtually. If you need assistance in identifying a school to recruit, contact Monica Geiger, Member Services Manager. A helpful resource for recruiting new chapters can be found in this list of new chapter recruitment ideas.
Once a school has been identified, complete and submit a Recruitment Intention Form to National TSA; confirmation to move forward with recruiting/mentoring will come from National TSA.
Digital marketing resources may be accessed by existing chapters and/or prospective chapters.
Existing chapters are expected to engage during the school year with prospective chapters (examples: invite the prospective chapter to a chapter meeting; have a Zoom or in-person meeting about competition experiences; provide leadership activity ideas).
The deadline for new chapters (recruited through the Forward to Fifty campaign) to affiliate is April 15, 2025.
In late April 2025, National TSA will confirm eligibility for existing chapters that qualify for the opportunity to possibly receive $1000.

Double Your Opportunity

Double your chapter’s opportunity to possibly receive $1000 through TSA’s Forward to Fifty membership recruitment campaign!

As a part of the chapters recruiting new chapters component of the F2F campaign, high school chapters can double their opportunity to receive $1000 by recruiting and mentoring their unaffiliated feeder middle schools and helping them start a TSA chapter. Once a feeder middle school has affiliated, the recruiting high school chapter will be entered twice into the random selection to receive $1000. The first step for the recruiting chapter is to submit the F2F Recruitment Intention form.

A similar opportunity applies to middle school chapters: recruit and mentor your unaffiliated feeder high school(s) and your chapter can double its opportunity to receive $1000. Once a recruited feeder high school has affiliated with TSA, the recruiting middle school chapter will be entered twice in the random selection to receive $1000. Middle school chapters can get started by submitting the F2F Recruitment Intention form.

Awards: Existing Chapters

The more new chapters an existing chapter helps to start and mentor, the more possibilities the existing chapter has to receive $1000.
In late April 2025, qualifying existing chapters will be notified of their inclusion in an electronic selection process. Fifty (50) qualifying chapters will be selected randomly to receive $1000.
Funds will be sent to the chapters at their school address in May 2025; the $1000 may be used as each chapter/school chooses.
Members and advisors of eligible existing chapters in attendance at the 2025 National TSA Conference will receive Forward to Fifty name badge ribbons.

Awards: New Chapters

All fully affiliated new chapters - recruited through the Forward to Fifty campaign - will be eligible to receive $1000.
In late April 2025, all fully affiliated new chapters – recruited through the Forward to Fifty campaign – will be notified of their inclusion in an electronic selection process to possibly receive $1000. Five (5) middle school chapters and five (5) high school chapters will be selected randomly to receive $1000.
Funds will be sent to the selected chapters at their school address in May 2025; the $1000 may be used as each chapter/school chooses.
Members and advisors of eligible new chapters in attendance at the 2025 National TSA Conference will receive Forward to Fifty name badge ribbons.