Application Form


We encourage you to complete your application form electronically here by clicking on: Membership Application .

Alternatively, to complete a hard copy, you may download a PDF of the application form to print and complete by hand by clicking the following link: GILD Application 2023 .

Please mail your completed paperwork with a $10 non-refundable processing fee via check made payable to GILD to:
P.O. Box 322
Brooklandville, MD 21022-9998

or pay online:

Application Fee

Please allow 2-3 weeks for the processing and review of your application.
Your $10.00, non-refundable application processing fee must accompany this application.

Application Process

There are four steps to apply for GILD membership:

  1. Submission of an online or written application along with documentation of disability, letter of recommendation, and a non-refundable application processing fee of $10.00.  (An interview may also be required.) 

  2. For a period of six months, an applicant will be a temporary member.  During this time, he/she/they must attend 2 in-person skills classes and at least 3 other GILD-sponsored functions (i.e., any combination of in-person or virtual skills classes, activities, or events). 

  3. After the temporary membership period ends, the Membership & Communications Committee will confer with the GILD professionals to determine whether the applicant will be approved for full membership. 

  4. Full membership in GILD and participation in GILD skills classes, activities, and events are contingent upon full payment of dues each year.

Membership dues:  $50.00 annually