Touro Fraternal Membership Benefits

Touro members and their families enjoy many varied activities, including:

• Free membership meetings with dinners and a variety of speakers and entertainers
• Deeply subsidized social events for members and guests at:
• Casinos
• Ballparks and breweries
• R1 Formula Racing
• Skeet Shooting 
• Deep-sea Fishing
• PPAC, Trinity Rep and Newport Playhouse
• Golf League
• Free Fantasy Football and March Madness Bracket Contest with great cash prizes
• Annual Children's Chanukah Party
• Family Picnics
• Block Island Excursion

For Regular Members in good standing after two years

STUDENT FINANCIAL AID Regular Touro members, their children and the children of deceased regular members attending accredited institutions of higher learning are eligible to apply for loans of up to $3,000 per year.  Eligible persons may borrow up to $12,000 over the course of their educational careers.  An additional $15,000 may be awarded in the form of three $5,000 grants. Regular Touro members, their spouses and children, and the children of deceased regular Touro members attending accredited institutions of higher learning are eligible to apply for the grants. Previous grant winners are excluded from eligibility.

SICK BENEFITS Included in your Touro annual dues is a Sick Benefit plan under which qualified  regular members can collect up to 15 weeks of sick benefits.

MORTUARY BENEFIT Since its inception in 1918 Touro has paid a mortuary benefit to qualified  beneficiaries of regular members. All new regular members receive a benefit of  $4,000. Attention current regular members: Be sure your beneficiary information is up  to date. Contact the Touro office if you have a question or want forms to  change the beneficiary.

GRAVESITES Every regular member is entitled to a free gravesite on Touro land at Lincoln  Park Cemetery as long as land is available. Sites are assigned in rotation at  the time of need. The adjoining one may be reserved for the member’s spouse at  a considerably reduced rate.