May 151

New Partner Announced

Beginning May 15, 2009 members of The American Art Therapy Association (AATA), will be able to save on business and personal purchases through a new value-added program; AATA MEMBER SAVINGS. AATA SAVINGS is a new member benefit program offering savings on many day-to-day business and personal products and services. Suppliers include Staples Office Supplies, ADP Payroll, RBS Worldpay, Assurant Health Plans, Express 1 Freight, PODS Moving & Storage as well as over 20 other companies offering operational, human resources, marketing and customer communications services. By joining the network of many member businesses together we gain significant purchasing power, said Susan Corrigan, Executive Director of the American Art Therapy Association. Leading vendors are attracted to our group and make significant discounts available to us because of the overall business we bring them. This new program is now part of the AATA Membership Benefits with no additional fee to AATA Members. The American Art Therapy Association (AATA) is a 501 (c) (3) organization comprised of diverse, engaged and creative professional art therapists and others dedicated to the belief that the creative process involved in art making is healing and life enhancing. The Association serves its members and the general public by promoting standards of professional competence, and developing and increasing knowledge in the field of art therapy. The American Art Therapy Association represents more than 5,000 members and 36 State Chapters that conduct meetings and activities to promote art therapy across the country and around the world. AATA provides information to its members and the public regarding the field of art therapy through publications, the Art Therapy Journal, conferences, and a Web site (www.americanarttherapyassociation.org). For more information about this press release or the field of art therapy please contact AATA via email at info@arttherapy.org. The Member Savings Program Inc. (MSP) dba The Buying Group provides turnkey Affinity Savings Programs to Trade Associations. MSP operates both B2B and B2C Buying groups in the United States and Canada. Additional information on the Member Savings Program can be found at our Web site www.membersavings.org.