Founding members get their first year free.
Join as a founding member and you'll keep full Club Plus access - every room, every class, unlimited letters, and your Bestie Match introductions - for a whole year, on us. We'll tell you well before your free year ends, and there's no card on file today.
Two ways to belong. That's the whole list.
Join The Porchlight Club free and start one correspondence - no card, no countdown, no nagging. When you're ready to write to more women and use your Bestie Match introductions, Club Plus opens everything up, and you can cancel in two clicks without talking to anyone.
Your dues keep the Club running - no ads, no data selling, and a real person moderating every room. That is where the $19 goes, and nowhere else.
Club membership - no dues
Free
- Browse and find your people
- Read and reply to any letter you receive
- Start one correspondence
- Read every hobby room
- One class a month
Future pricing - not charging yet
Club Plus - full dues
$19 a month
or $180 a year in dues - two months free
- Everything in the free membership
- Unlimited letters and correspondences
- Bestie Match: three introductions a week
- Post in every room, including Caregiving and Starting Over
- All classes, plus replays
- Priority verification badge
- Early word on local meetups
Founding members get their first year free - so there's nothing you have to pay. If you'd rather start Club Plus today and open everything up right away, you can.
Buying this for your mother
You've noticed the house is quieter than it used to be, and you can't be her only phone call. A gift membership arrives as a printed card with a simple sign-in code. We'll call her and walk her through setup at her pace, at no extra cost, and we won't mention that you were worried.
Gifts aren't open yet - while we're getting started, membership is free, so there's nothing to buy. Add her name to the founding members and she'll come in with the next group.
Who can join
The Porchlight Club is for women 55 and over. At signup you'll confirm both, and every member completes an ID check before she can write a letter. If you're under 55, we'll tell you kindly and keep your email so we can let you know if that ever changes.