Applying for membership

Application form

Please print out and mail in the membership application along  with a $50 check for the application fee.

Geographical restriction

To apply to the pool, your primary residence must be in that part of Bethesda enclosed by the combination of these two boundaries:

1. Commencing on the west side of River Road at Little Falls Parkway, proceed west along the south side of Little Falls Parkway until it intersects with Massachusetts Avenue, then proceed south along the east side of Massachusetts Avenue until it intersects with Western Avenue, N.W., then proceed east along the north side of Western Avenue, N.W. until it intersects with Cortland Road, then proceed north along Cortland Road as if it continued to Willard Avenue (so as to include all of the houses on Sherrill, Saratoga, and Baltimore Avenues and on both sides of Cortland Road), then proceed along the south side of Willard Avenue to River Road, then proceed along the west side of River Road to Little Falls Parkway to the point of origin; and

2. The area that lies west (and south) of Massachusetts Avenue, east of the Little Falls Creek, and within 4,000 feet of the Club property

Wait list

There is a long wait list for joining the pool.  Please read more about the wait list, and how your position on it is determined.

Membership options and costs

When we call you to tell you that you are next in line to be offered an associate membership, you have three options: 1) accept and pay half the equity of a full pool membership ($500) plus annual summer dues  2) accept and pay half the equity of a full pool membership ($500) plus the inactive fee ($85); or 3) decline. If you decline you can choose to go back on the wait list, but you do go back to the bottom and start over.

Sometimes this phone call comes at an inconvenient time, for example, after you have already made a commitment to another pool. To be fair to others on the wait list, we need a decision within 5 days.

After you have been an associate for several years, you will get another call, this time offering you full membership. You have two options: 1) accept and pay the remaining equity in the pool ($500) plus a nonrefundable initiation fee of $100; or 2) resign. We recognize that this call also can come at an inconvenient time, and that the difference between associate and full membership offers nothing more than voting privileges (and the chance to serve on the board!). But again, this is the way the bylaws are written. To be fair to others, we need your decision within 5 days.

The total equity in the pool of $1,000 is refunded to you when you resign.

How we notify you

We always contact you in writing and/or by phone to offer full memberships or associate slots. In the time that lapses between your application and the call, people often move or change phone numbers. It is your responsibility to keep the club informed on how you can be reached, especially if you go overseas, in which case an e-mail address is most effective.   Please update any information by emailing the Club at admin@littlefallsswimmingclub.com