Finding this thread today, I decided to register to I could add to it. My wife has been on the program since the early days, she was around #400 I think. She's on her 2d renewal. I've been on it for now going into my second year, since they added auto-immune arthritic diseases to the list. We just got our renewals a couple of weeks ago. Both were about a month late, meaning they took two months from the time we mailed the apps to receiving our cards. We also grow, and received both cards at the same time.

Funny thing, two weeks after getting our cards, we got ANOTHER set of cards. Identical. In the first year, they sent us someone else's card and PPL cert. I'd be surprised if this sort of confusion isn't very common in the program. They must be horribly over-worked.

We haven't done much business with the non-profits. I feel a little bad about it, but no way could be afford to buy it at those prices, not with going thru a couple to three oz per month. So we grow. Usually only in winter months so we keep our heating bill down.