Posted By: Roland Babineau
Lighthouses in need - 12/09/07 11:24 PM
I know we all care about our dear lighthouses. With everyone's permission, I'd like to start a thread with articles about lighthouses in need. Maybe with everyone's help, these lighthouses can once again be brought back to their glory days. They all deserve our respect.
One of the missions of my website is to bring awareness of the plight many, (let's face it, just about all), lighthouses face in today's world. There aren't enough people who care about them, and without the masses, not enough money to restore them. These wonderful historic treasures will be lost forever without all of us helping. What a shame if my granddaughter misses out on ANY of these lighthouses because too many people were happy to just sit on their "duffs" and let them whither away.
Within our website, we have what we call our "Lighthouse Club". One of the benefits of membership is that once a week, we forward all of the articles and photos about lighthouses which have hit the web that week to all of our members, (Grace will attest to that).
Our hope is that our members will take what they've learned from many of these stories, and perhaps realize that they can do something to help.
It is with that in mind that we, as a company, have resolved that every year, a portion of what we make will be donated to at least one lighthouse restoration cause. It is also the reason why we are proud to be working with the people at Harbour Lights, as we know how supportive of lighthouse restoration they are.
The first article I'll post is about Assateague Lighthouse in Virginia. Please read it, and if nothing else, pass it on to someone else. Perhaps if enough people are aware of these lighthouses, we may be able to help them.
http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071204/NEWS01/71204002/-1/ESN
One of the missions of my website is to bring awareness of the plight many, (let's face it, just about all), lighthouses face in today's world. There aren't enough people who care about them, and without the masses, not enough money to restore them. These wonderful historic treasures will be lost forever without all of us helping. What a shame if my granddaughter misses out on ANY of these lighthouses because too many people were happy to just sit on their "duffs" and let them whither away.
Within our website, we have what we call our "Lighthouse Club". One of the benefits of membership is that once a week, we forward all of the articles and photos about lighthouses which have hit the web that week to all of our members, (Grace will attest to that).
Our hope is that our members will take what they've learned from many of these stories, and perhaps realize that they can do something to help.
It is with that in mind that we, as a company, have resolved that every year, a portion of what we make will be donated to at least one lighthouse restoration cause. It is also the reason why we are proud to be working with the people at Harbour Lights, as we know how supportive of lighthouse restoration they are.
The first article I'll post is about Assateague Lighthouse in Virginia. Please read it, and if nothing else, pass it on to someone else. Perhaps if enough people are aware of these lighthouses, we may be able to help them.
http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071204/NEWS01/71204002/-1/ESN