Bug Bytes Volume 10 Issue 1

September 6, 2024

Posted By: Glenda Lehmberg in Bug Bytes,

75 Years Protecting Georgians, Together

September 6, 2024 | Vol. 10 Issue 1

Open Position at GPCA:

Education & Member Engagement Coordinator full-time in Norcross, GA
Please contact Glenda at glenda@gpca.org if you know of potential candidates.

GPCA Membership
75 Years of Protecting Georgians, Together

Advocating for the Pest Control Industry According to GA Trend Magazine, GaLink has been rated the #1 lobby group in GA for 20 consecutive years
Leadership Representing GA at NPMA, Legislative Day
Health Insurance Benefit Plans offered through partner vendor
College Scholarships
Education- CEU, Specialty and Business Classes
Network for Building Vendor and Industry Relationships
Engagement with the Georgia Department of Agriculture and the GA Structural Pest Control Commission
Active Committees: Wildlife, Women in Pest Control, Education, Government Affairs, Membership, PestVets, Golf, Guardians

Membership Renewals were due July 1, 2024.
Please pay outstanding balances ASAP to keep member benefits.

Not a member, go to https://www.gpca.org/membership-information to join!

GPCA Office will be closed
Tuesday, Sept 10-Thursday, Sept 12 for North GA Conference.

Help Serve Those Who Have Served US

Registered for North GA or South GA Conference?

Bring old cell phones and gently used/new coats
to benefit veterans and their families.

50/50 Raffle at the North GA Conference. Proceeds go to PestVets.

GA PestVets

Mission: The GPCA Pest Vets are committed to making Pest Management an industry of choice for veterans in Georgia. We want to be recognized as the best industry for veterans to work in and as an industry that supports and contributes to veterans. The Georgia Pest Vets Unit is a state unit of the NPMA Pest Vets Council.

Action Areas:

Serving: Projects to assist Veterans in our Community
Funding/Resourcing: Products for sale that go towards PestVet Events (see items below)
Donations: Collection of old cell phones (donated to a facility that refurbishes or sells for veteran assistance with cell service)Coat Drive to give to military veterans and their families who are in need.
Employ: Encourage recruitment, training and employment of veterans in the pest management industry.

Interested in Joining the PestVets Committee? Click here!

Shop and Support Our Veterans

The GA PestVets Committee currently sells PestVets T-Shirts, lapel pins, and challenge coins.

Nine Line Apparel

Founded by patriots for patriots, Nine Line Apparel is determined to ensure survival and liberty, and true American values. Nine Line symbolizes the distress call echoed on the battlefield to protect our nation’s heroes.