On the Red Hat Society's Web site under Membership is a note addressing the new $20 membership fee. It reads, "The original deadline for signing up for supporting membership was June 1, 2009.

FULLERTON The financially strapped Red Hat Society is appealing to its more than 500,000 worldwide members to start paying $20 in annual dues to keep the women’s no-agenda organization afloat.

The Red Hat Society is a social organization originally formed for women age 50 and older, but it is now open to younger people. Members are known for wearing brightly colored clothing and ...

Seems that when the Red Hat Society (for women over 50 who enjoy socializing with one another) began charging $20 to join up, local membership rosters took a dramatic dive Florida boasted 3,335 ...

The Red Hat Society is an international society that ... Each chapter has a queen and all members belong to The Queen’s Royal Court. Each lady selects her own royal title. The Prissy Missy ...

Red Hat Society members, from left, Anita Burchard, Edye Farran and Pat Hickok are gathered in the Cafe at Harrah’s to talk about the upcoming convention, the opening of the musical “Hats!” ...

Two years later, Cooper’s red hat had grown into the Red Hat Society, membership a couple of thousand. From her Fullerton, Calif., home, and quite by accident, Sue Ellen Cooper has become ...

The Red Hat Society is a nation-wide organization geared ... Township and Williamstown’s Betty Brotherton are also members of Hats ‘R Us. They both agreed what they enjoy most about the ...

purple and fun on Saturday as about 100 members of Red Hat Society clubs from six southern Kentucky counties converged for the third annual Red Hat Fling. The event had a &#8220Roaring ’20s ...

Rose Corbo, 100, is a member of the Red Hat Society and gathered with her social group to mark the special occasion Thursday. "I asked for my good health," Corbo said. Corbo told ABC15 she was ...