One of the best ways to support McMinnville Chess Club is by becoming a member and registering or renewing your membership. If you’re already a member, however, or if you’d like to make a donation but not yet become a member, then you’re in the right place.
Make a one-time donation
Make a monthly donation
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We also have an Amazon wishlist with items that would make a direct, meaningful impact on our club and help us with our programs and events.
Other ways to help
Vote for McMinnville Chess Club
McMinnville Chess Club is eligible for First Federal Savings & Loan’s annual Customer Ballot community grant program that has allocated over $1m since 1999 for organizations like ours specializing in youth development and other service areas. If you bank at First Federal and feel so inclined, please vote for us in the 2025 ballot.
Sponsor the club with an in-kind donation
We are currently seeking a print sponsor for our sign-in sheets, flyers, signs, and T-shirts. The name and logo of our print sponsor is prominently featured on our printed materials, which is a wonderful way for you to show everyone at our events your support for chess and our programs.
Join a committee
Help McMinnville Chess Club grow and thrive by joining a committee!
- Event hosting committee: Every great event needs a host, preferably 2. Event hosts can do anything from signing people in as they arrive, answering any questions if any players raise their hands asking for help, and occasionally helping match similar players.
- Carpool committee: Several of our members are always up for attending and would like a ride to chess club. This a great way to better get to know your club members while headed to club, and it greatly lowers one of the barriers some of our members have for getting to our club meetings.
- Social media committee: We have an immediate need for help with helping keep content fresh on our website at MacChess.org and connecting with our friends via our Instagram page at @MacChessClub.
Donate prizes for our events and competitions
Support our club by donating raffle prizes, fun chess memorabilia, gift cards to local businesses, and other items for our events, from Chess Bingo to our rated and unrated tournaments. Contact us about making a personal donation or becoming a club sponsor.
Donate to the McMinnville Chess Library
You can donate your books, magazines, and equipment (such as chess sets or clocks) to our Chess Library for our members to check out and use in their study of the game we love. These books are also shared with members and guests alike at our club meetings, like this speedreading youth player below.
Books and magazines we may not need, such as duplicates, will be donated to the McMinnville Public Library for all to enjoy.
If you’d like to donate your books directly to the public library instead, drop them off with the librarians at the front desk, and include a note that if the library chooses not to add any donated books that you’d like to get the book(s) back.
Do you have extra Chess Life or Chess Life Kids magazines? We’d love to have them as giveaways at our youth outreach events, including World Chess Day, Cruising McMinnville, and our annual Youth Tournament.
Sign up for US Chess
McMinnville Chess Club is affiliated with the USCF (United States Chess Federation), allowing our members to host and play in rated tournaments and climb the chess ladder with an official, nationally recognized chess rating, and it includes a monthly Chess Life or Chess Life for Kids magazine. Use our club code A8845093 when starting or renewing your registration.
(Pro tip: Using our club code is also one of the ways to get a free square in Chess Bingo!)
Thank you!
Thank you for supporting our club! If you have any questions at all, Contact us or speak with an organizer at any of our events.