Procrastinators' Club of America
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| Formation | 1956 |
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| Founder | Les Waas |
| Founded at | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Type | Club |
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Secretary-treasurer | Joseph Weiss |
The Procrastinators' Club of America is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and describes its purpose as promoting "the philosophy of relaxation through putting off until later those things that needn't be done today."[1] It was established in 1956 as a joke by Les Waas[2] who eventually registered it as a business in Philadelphia in 1966.[3] Waas remained the organization's president until at least 2011.[2] Waas also worked in advertising, where he wrote the Mister Softee jingle played by its ice cream trucks as well as more than 970 other jingles.[4]
In 1987, Waas joked the club had "about a half-million members in the United States, although only about 5,000 have gotten around to joining."[5] The club had an international membership of about 6,000 people in 1995[6] and 12,000 as of 2011.[2]
The club does not appear to have a webpage. As of 1995, members could join by sending a $20 membership fee to a Philadelphia post office box, and would receive a newsletter called "Last Month's Newsletter".[6]