Mid-America Plate Association
Region of ALPCA
If you would like to become a member of ALPCA just click this link here: JOIN! Information about how to join will be on that page.
We are a midwest region of ALPCA and meet four times a year in Northern Illinois. To join our club click here. Currently our dues are $15 per year. A great donation auction is held at each event. Registration is $5 per member, $5 per table and $5 per extra table. All money raised goes to support the club, our events and activities. Go through your collection and donate plates for the auction and bring a favorite plate to display and/or win an award.
Reserve your MAPA Plate for 2012.
With the help of others in 2011, we decided to go with an online web-site promoting our club and its great hobby. Rather than continuing to issue a newsletter we felt it was time to promote our club through other forms of media, namely the Internet. I encourage each and every member to explore our web-site and please give us feedback. Also stories and adventures in how you started collecting license plates are welcomed. Also new for 2012 will be the upcoming 2012 MAPA plates depicting an old Nash and for the first time single letter plates will be available! Spread the word, bring a friend and come to our meets during 2012. We have many plates and great collectors.
The State of Illinois has approved permanent, year-round “Share the Road” specialty license plates! Make a statement when you drive – and make cycling safer at the same time. These great-looking plates (by Bryan Werner of Collinsville) deliver a key message while raising money in a new Share the Road state fund specifically for LIB’s bicyclist and motorist education efforts. These organization has reached the minimum 1500 reservations for the state to produce the plates. Due to a lengthy design approval and production process, we’re still looking at 5-6 months until plates are on cars.
Chicago Police Memorial Foundation plate helps pay for the maintenance of a memorial and park honoring fallen Chicago police officers; hold an annual memorial event; provide scholarships to children of officers killed or catastrophically injured in the line of duty; provide financial assistance to officers and their families killed or injured in the line of duty; and pay insurance premiums for terminally ill officers.
The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police license plates may be issued to residents of Illinois who are members in good standing of the Fraternal Order of Police-Illinois Sate Lodge and meet other eligibility requirements prescribed by the Secretary of State.
All money in the Fraternal Order of Police Fund shall be paid, subject to appropriation, as grants to the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police to increase the efficiency and professionalism of law enforcement officers in Illinois, educate the public about law enforcement issues, create partnerships with the public, and to honor the service of law enforcement officers dedicated to the protection of life and property.
The upcoming MAPA meets are:
August 25, 2012, Wauconda American Legion Hall
515 South Main Street
Wauconda, IL
October 20, 2012, Stone City VFW Post #2199
124 Stone City Drive
Joliet, IL
February 23, 2013,Joliet American Legion Hall
Frontage Road off of Larkin
Joliet, IL
April 27, 2013, Stone City VFW Post #2199
124 Stone City Drive
Joliet, IL
August 31, 2013, Wauconda American Legion Hall
515 South Main Street
Wauconda, IL
October 20, 2013, Stone City VFW Post #2199
124 Stone City Drive
Joliet, IL
Checkout the membership listing. It contains the names and positions held if applicable of all the members.
Browse through our FAQ section for questions about joining, contributing, and collecting.
See past winners of Best Display, Best Plate and Long Distance.