Lehighton Ambulance Association is conducting its 2015 subscription fund drive.

If you reside or have a home or business in Lehighton, Franklin Township, Penn Forest Township, Jim Thorpe, Summit Hill, Lansford, Weissport or Parryville, you should have received a subscription packet in the mail.Lehighton is the primary emergency medical provider, offering both Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support Services for these areas.There are sections in Mahoning Township, East Penn Township and Towamensing Township that are also 911 served Lehighton Ambulance.If you dial 911 and Lehighton Ambulance Association is the ambulance service that is dispatched as primary basic life support and advanced life support, you should subscribe to the Lehighton Ambulance Association.It will be this association primarily responsible for your 911 request.Lehighton Ambulance Association members are a combination of volunteers and career staff covering your communities 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days of the year.A subscription is not the same as a donation.With a subscription you or your household would be covered for the out-of-pocket expenses above what your insurance pays on emergency ambulance transportation.Most insurance co-pays and deductibles are significantly higher on emergency transportation than the cost of an individual or household subscription.If the subscriber does not have medical insurance coverage, the entire cost of the service will be covered.This coverage includes time away from home as long as you are still within Lehighton Ambulance covered communities.During our subscription drive, donations are also gladly accepted.If you would like to donate in addition to subscribing, please just note your amount in the space on the subscription card.The association will accept donations from any businesses that would like to support it. Lehighton Ambulance Association is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation.The types of subscriptions are as follows:• Individual: $45; includes services for the subscriber only• Household: $65; will cover anyone who lives in the residence, as well as visitors if they are in need of emergency ambulance service from your residence.Any amount submitted which is less than the stated subscription amount will be considered a donation, not a subscription, and the benefits of subscription will not apply.A subscription will not be valid until payment is received.For those subscribers who use electronic banking to pay for a subscription, the association asks that you note "for annual subscription" in the comment field so that your payment is posted correctly.Lehighton Ambulance is an independent nonprofit organization, not a municipal service. As such, it relies on subscriptions to ensure that state of the art prehospital emergency care will be there when you need it most.If you have not received your subscription fund drive envelope, call 610-377-5155, ext. 2 and an envelope will be mailed to you.