You can find a listing of current Chapter locations on the thirstygirl.com website under “Chapters” from the main menu, and find TG Chapter Facebook pages on the main TG Facebook page via the “Chapters” tab on the left side bar.

In short, no. ThirstyGirl is about life and libations.  ThirstyGirl is about spirits, wines, education, food, travel, and the lifestyle that accompanies the finer things in life such as these. Remember our motto: Life, Drink it up!

Membership to join the fastest growing network for women who strive to live life to the fullest is FREE! We want you to get active in the community locally, nationally, and on the website, where your activity level is rewarded in our Rewards Program.

Now be prepared to learn, network, and socialize. Every month Leslie Sbrocco, our Head Thirsty Girl, produces a wine tasting video that you can follow along with, host or attend a party and do your own tastings, along with monthly Tips & Tastings, Contests, Featured Thirsty Girl members, and news that is useful to you.  

We have an online TG Shop here, as well as on the Thirsty Girl Facebook page, and on every Local Chapter Facebook page. Just look for the “TG SHOP” tab in green.

First check and see if there is a local Chapter near you and see what events they have scheduled and plan to attend one and meet other members. You can also network with them on the site or on Facebook. Be sure to also check the main TG Calendar to see what events we'll be sponsoring around the country - we usually visit one a month, maybe in a city near you!

All Thirsty Girl Chapter Head and Membership forms can be found online at ThirstyGirl.com under “Members” from the main menu, and on a Facebook tab under the “Wall” called TG Forms. Remember, the easiest way to join Thirsty Girl is online via the website at: www.thirstygirl.com/members 

Be enthusiastic! Tell them why YOU became a Thirsty Girl! At the end of the day, Thirsty Girl is about getting YOUR friends together, making NEW friends, and SHARING your passions -- as we learn, laugh, drink and get together online and offline as Thirsty Girls!   In addition, individual members are rewarded for using the site and other activities on the site. We will also host contests and other incentives to grow your Chapters, including such things as an all expenses paid weekend trip to Napa Valley wine country!

If you know an amazing woman that you feel should be featured on Thirsty Girl, please submit their information to Ashton at Thirsty Girl. Be sure to include your contact information as well as information about why you feel this person is a Thirsty Girl. Note that they will be asked to join so please encourage them to sign-up too (remember, it’s Free!)

Would you like to submit content for the Thirsty Girl website? We are always looking for fabulous writers to share their knowledge of anything that would be of interest to our community of Thirsty Girls. Please contact us with your ideas.

Thirsty Girl has a Preferred Vendor Program, geared for businesses who want to work with Thirsty Girl. Please refer to the Members handbook for additional details on how this program works or Contact Us.

You can use the Thirsty Girl logo as part of your Local Chapter website, as long as you ADD your local chapter name above or below the logo. Logo usage details are found in the Member handbook.   And soon we will also be adding an affiliate badge that earns you Rewards points every time someone clicks on it from your site or blog!

Gail Spangler (Gail@nullthirstygirl.com) is you main contact for any TG related questions such as Sponsors, Site information or other questions, or you may contact Kristen Kuhns for any Member or Chapter related questions kristen.kuhns@nullthirstygirl.com

You can find a listing of current Chapter locations on the thirstygirl.com website under “Chapters” from the main menu, and find TG Chapter Facebook pages on the main TG Facebook page via the “Chapters” tab on the left side bar.

Any Thirsty Girl can start and manage a Chapter, and we recommend (strongly) against doing it alone. It’s always best to have 2-3 people running a Chapter. This way when life gets busy – which it will – your support Chapter Helpers can step in and keep the Chapter going. We’ve found that it’s often difficult to rebuild momentum in a group once it’s lost, so having regular and consistent meetings or events is a good way to keep the group going.

Size is up to you, just as the type and frequency of events is up to you. If you get close to the 100-member range, talk to us about managing your Chapter for larger events (Kristen Kuhns kristen.kuhns@nullthirstygirl.com). Just remember that all Thirsty Girl members need to be at least 21 (twenty-one) years of age.

Frequency of events is up to you. Some Chapters meet weekly over lunch or happy hour, others meet monthly, and some meet quarterly. We recommend meeting at least once a quarter or the momentum is hard to maintain.

Yes. There are a few things to keep in mind here. First, there is power in numbers. The more members a Chapter has (in one large group vs. small(er) group(s)) it’s easier to increase attendance at events and also find people to help you plan and run events. But smaller groups are more than welcome as well, especially if the existing Chapter does not meet your needs.

First, please review your new Membership Handbook as well as the Chapter Head Handbook. There is a ton of useful information about getting your Chapter started and a great overview on everything else you may need to know about being a Chapter Head. You can find PDFs of this handbook on thirstygirl.com under the “Chapters” section.

It’s easy. First, all you need to do is “friend” Thirsty Girl Gail Spangler who is the main admin for all Local Chapter pages for Thirsty Girl HQ so she can make YOU the admin of your own page. From there, you can go in and make it your own, using your current Facebook account and password. *This doesn't give us access to your account or information; it only allows you to add fun stuff from TG.

Through the Thirsty Girl website. Each Chapter will have its members as part of the Chapter group and you may message them securely through the website.   Note that we do not sell or rent our user lists to anyone and any member that abuses the privilege of contacting members for any type of harassment, insults, selling outside general networking, etc. may be removed from the Thirsty Girl community.

Thirsty Girl believes that giving back to the community is a wonderful thing and encourages this behavior. TG works with a couple of different official non-profits, but we also encourage your Chapter and members to support local charities. Please be sure that the charity is an officially registered 501(c)3 not-for-profit or 501(c)6 organization and that the mission of the organization is not offensive to other members of Thirsty Girl. In other words we request that your Chapter not support religious, political or other potentially divisive entities that could offend or make other TG members uncomfortable or does not align with our overall mission of building community and women helping women. You can look up the validity of registered non-profits at http://www.charitynavigator.org/

You can use any event registration system such as Evite or Eventbrite to ask for pre-registration for events, especially if trying to plan for food and drinks. We do not recommend requiring pre-registration unless it’s for an event where third party tickets have to be pre-purchased (such as a show or conference).  Collecting money also adds another layer of management to an event, so what we have found works well is to have people who attend an event pay the proprietor directly. For example, if you have a wine tasting and dinner for $30 at a local restaurant, everyone can pay the restaurant directly at the event.

Every month we choose a “theme” that includes a tasting lesson that you use to guide you. This may include a video from Leslie that you can choose to download and watch and/or follow along, a tasting mat, and information and suggestions about drinks, pairings and other related items. Host a party in your home, go to a local winery or restaurant, take in a show, go to a movie, a shopping spree, or take a weekend getaway to explore local venues. In other words, you can put together any type of event that suits your Chapter.

In short, no. ThirstyGirl is about life and libations.  ThirstyGirl is about spirits, wines, education, food, travel, and the lifestyle that accompanies the finer things in life such as these. Remember our motto: Life, Drink it up!

Be enthusiastic! Tell them why YOU became a Thirsty Girl! At the end of the day, Thirsty Girl is about getting YOUR friends together, making NEW friends, and SHARING your passions -- as we learn, laugh, drink and get together online and offline as Thirsty Girls!   In addition, individual members are rewarded for using the site and other activities on the site. We will also host contests and other incentives to grow your Chapters, including such things as an all expenses paid weekend trip to Napa Valley wine country!

Thirsty Girl has a Preferred Vendor Program, geared for businesses who want to work with Thirsty Girl. Please refer to the Members handbook for additional details on how this program works or Contact Us.

You can use the Thirsty Girl logo as part of your Local Chapter website, as long as you ADD your local chapter name above or below the logo. Logo usage details are found in the Member handbook.   And soon we will also be adding an affiliate badge that earns you Rewards points every time someone clicks on it from your site or blog!

Gail Spangler (Gail@nullthirstygirl.com) is you main contact for any TG related questions such as Sponsors, Site information or other questions, or you may contact Kristen Kuhns for any Member or Chapter related questions kristen.kuhns@nullthirstygirl.com

First we encourage you to pass the baton to other TG member(s) who’d be willing to step in and take over running the Chapter. If that is not an option, just contact us about the exit strategy per Chapter.

No. Rewards are earned through actions online such as “liking” ThirstyGirl on Facebook, following @beathirstygirl on Twitter, and other actions. Look for the “Rewards” ribbon on the site to find out more about what you can earn rewards

First become a member on the Thirsty Girl website www.thirstygirl.com (it’s FREE!) and then you will be prompted to link your Facebook account to your TG account and get started right away earning points towards prizes!

At this time, yes. The Rewards Program is run by PunchTab™, a third party affiliate application that is run through Facebook and abides by the Facebook Terms of Service. In the future we may have an alternative method for rewarding through a manual system but for now we need to go through Facebook to adhere to legal obligations. *This does not give us access to anything inside your Facebook account, but rather uses Facebook Connect and adheres to its privacy standards.

Please contact us if you have problems with your rewards points.

Please contact us if you have problems with your rewards shipment. Please remember that shipping Rewards takes up to 8-10 weeks.

If the item has already been shipped to you, we regret that at this time we cannot substitute merchandise.

At this time, we only allow rewards that are listed on the website and they may not be exchanged for a cash value.

Quantity of certain rewards may be limited. Please feel free to contact us to see if there are any remaining inventory of that particular item, but sometimes limited quantities will mean that we can no longer get that item.

Membership to join the fastest growing network for women who strive to live life to the fullest is FREE! We want you to get active in the community locally, nationally, and on the website, where your activity level is rewarded in our Rewards Program.

Yes, you may opt out at any time. Find the “Punch Tab” application on your Facebook page and remove that. Your Rewards program will be deleted.