Library professional organizations, such as CHLA/ABSC, have been important to me throughout my career as a health sciences librarian. They have provided me with opportunities for contact with many librarians I could never have met in my workplaces, for activities and endeavours my employers didn’t sponsor (but found important), and for invaluable continuing education and professional development experiences. Professional associations have enriched my working life and enhanced my commitment to health sciences librarianship tremendously for more than 30 years.