- Delaware
Bay Lighthouse Keeper's & Friends Association - an
organization whose goal is to bring together former keeper's,
relatives, and others that care about the preservation of our historic
Delaware Bay Lighthouses. Membership is $15.00 (single) or $20.00
(family) annually. For more info send email to: DBLHKeeperFriend@aol.com
- Chesapeake
Bay Lighthouse Project- Photos, descriptions, and
historical information on all of the Chesapeake Bay area lighthouses.
Also includes charts, weather links, and some peripheral information.
- Delaware Headquarters - A
website with lots of
information on or neighbor state.
- Delaware River & Bay
Lighthouse Foundation, Inc. - (D.R.B.L.H.F.) is a
non-profit[501(c)(3)] organization whose mission is to serve as a
catalyst for the preservation and restoration of our historic
lighthouses on the Delaware River and Bay. The U.S. Coast Guard has
granted the ordination a lease on the Harbor of Refuge of Lighthouse,
located off Cape Henlopen, in Lewes, Delaware. The purpose of the lease
is to allow for the restoration and preservation of the lighthouse.,
create and educational and interpretive museum of our regions maritime
heritage and eventually to make the light accessible for tours to the
general public. Membership categories are: Plank Owner, $35.00 a year
which includes 4 issues of the organizations quarterly newsletter, The
Bay Pilot, a membership card, a certificate suitable for framing, and
any material or special reports published during the current year
relating to the preservation efforts at the Harbor of Refuge
Lighthouse; Lifetime Plank Owner, which includes lifetime membership,
the organizations quarterly newsletter, a special plank owners plaque
commemorating your commitment and and material or special reports
published during the current year relating to the preservation efforts
at the Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse. Make checks or money orders payable
to "Delaware River and Bay Foundation, Inc." and send to Delaware River
and Bay Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 708, Lewes, DE 19958. Phone number
is (302) 644-7046.
- Florida
Lighthouse Association, 4931 South Peninsula Drive, Ponce
Inlet, Florida, 32127. FLA is a state-wide organization to preserve and
promote Florida's lighthouses. A newsletter, "The FLA FLASH," is part
of your membership. Phone: (904) 761-1821. Fax: (904) 761-1821.
- Friends
of Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse, c/o New England
Lighthouse Foundation, P.O. Box 889, Wells, Maine, 04090, Phone
207-646-0515. The group is attempting to restore the Rockland
Breakwater Lighthouse in Rockland, Maine. It is estimated that it will
cost $250,000 to restore the lighthouse. There will be no taxpayer
money used to restore the lighthouse. All funds for restoration must
come from private donations. Joining the Friends of Rockland Breakwater
Lighthouse will automatically enroll you as a member of the New England
Lighthouse Foundation also. Dues at Member ($20), Keeper ($50),
Headkeeper ($100) and Commissioner ($500). Donations are tax deductible
under 501(c3) of the IRS code.
- Friends
of Sequin Island, Attention Troy Wallace, P.O. Box 438
Georgetown, ME 04548. The Friends are maintaining the Sequin Island
Light Station.
- Great
Lakes Lighthouse Keeper's Association (GLLKA), Henry Ford
Estate, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Michigan, USA 49128. A
non-profit organization operated almost entirely by volunteers. Phone:
(313) 436-9150. Fax: (313) 436-9143. Publishes The Beacon,
a quarterly newsletter. Memberships dues are: Individual $20, Family
$30, Sustaining $75, Patron $100, Life $500. Grand Keeper-Life $1,000.
- Lighthouserestorations.org,
OUR GOAL: To restore, renovate, preserve and operate
structures that are part of our heritage and our nation’s treasures:
lighthouses! (HISTORICALLY
SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURES Incorporated, a 501c3. A non profit for the
restoration of lighthouses.)
- National Lighthouse
Museum, St. George, Staten Island, New York, 10301
- Outer Banks
Lighthouse Society, P.O. Box 1005, Morehead City, NC
28557. Phone: (252)247-5436. The Outer Banks Lighthouse Society was
organized in 1994 to aid in the preservation of the lighthouses in the
area and work with the National Park Service and other agencies and
non-profit groups to achieve the safe-keeping of the buildings,
artifacts and records of the old United States Lighthouse
Establishment, a.k.a. U.S. Light-House Board and Bureau of Lighthouses
and U.S. Lighthouse Service. Co-founded by Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and
Bruce Roberts, OBLHS is a non-profit and publishes Lighthouse News
quarterly. E-mail address is info@outerbankslighthousesociety.org.
- Overfalls
Maritime Museum Foundation, Overfalls Maritime Museum
Foundation, Inc., P. O. Box 413, Lewes, DE 19958, or contact them at webmail@overfalls.org. The
foundation is working to restore the Overfalls Lightship
(LV118).
- Rose Island
Lighthouse Foundation, (Rhode Island), Charlotte Johnson,
Executive Director, P.O. Box 1419, Newport, rhode Island, 02840. Phone:
(401) 847-4242. Fax: (401) 849-3540.
- Save
the Light, Inc., a group formed to save the Morris Island
Lighthouse, Charleston, South Carolina. Mailing address: Save The Light
Inc., P.O., Box 12490, Charleston, SC 29422. Phone: (843) 795-8911.
- SELC - Save
Esopus Lighthouse Commission, is working to save the
Esopus Meadows Lighthouse, one of the 7 remaining navigational warning
lights on the Hudson River. Memberships are: Contributor ($5),
Individual ($15), Household ($25), Sponsor ($50), Patron ($100),
Benefactor ($500). SELC, P.O. Box 1290, Port Ewen, NY 12455, USA.
- United
States Lighthouse Society (USLHS) - A non-profit
Historical & Educational Organization - USLHS, 244 Kearny Street,
5th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108. Phone: (415) 362-7255. Publishes The
Keeper's Log," a quarterly.
Chapters
- New Dungess Chapter, P.O. Box 1283,
Sequim, WA 98382. Tel: (360) 683-9166.
- New York Harbor Lights, Nancy
Fiske,
President, P.O. Box 40762, Staten Island, NY 10304. Phone: (718)
727-4962, Fax (718) 720-6887.
- Oregon Chapter, Michael Noack,
President,
P.O. Box 600, Lakeside, OR 97449.
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