Urgent Appeal - Cape St. George

The hard working folks at Cape St. George Lighthouse, sent me an email. They are going to salvage the lighthouse, but they need some addition funds now . The lighthouse is in the surf and they need to get the pieces out as soon as possible. They have contacted several salvage companies and want to start this week.

Donations can be sent to:

St. George Lighthouse Association
201 Bradford Street
St. George Island, Fl. 32328

Their website is: http://www.stgeorgelight.org/

Thanks in advance.

While supplies last, those who give $75.00 or more will get a beautiful limited edition print of the lighthouse with the setting sun shining through the lantern room (taken last year). A picture is on their website under Merchandise.
http://www.stgeorgelight.org/

LIMITED TIME OFFER
If you donate $7.50 or more and reply to this post, I will take all the names that posted and draw one out for print # 58 (out of 300). You have until November 30th. See above post for address to send money. GOOD LUCK
P.S. If you aready sent $7.50 or more, go ahead and reply to this post now.

Hi Eric,

I'll send a small donation. Though I've never seen that light, it was so sad to see the photos of it in pieces.

I posted a photo of Cape Caneveral in the photography forum. Thanks again!

Tammy

Thanks, Tammy. It was a very nice day. You will have to come back when the tower has it's new paint job.

20 Days until I pick a winner for the limited edition print (see above posts).

I'm sending a check tom.

I'm mailing a check, Eric. Thanks for helping to raise funds for Cape St. George.

Thanks Fran and Grace.

Cape St. George Lighthouse group has a letter of intent with a salvage company and are waiting for permits from D.E.P.
If weather is good the group will be gathering up loose bricks this Saturday.

I wish I could be there to help. Eric, thanks for the updates and please keep us posted.

Just a reminder:

LIMITED TIME OFFER
If you donate $7.50 or more and reply to this post, I will take all the names that posted and draw one out for print # 58 (out of 300). You have until November 30th. See top of posts for address to send money. GOOD LUCK
P.S. If you aready sent $7.50 or more, go ahead and reply to this post now.

Eric, I hope you've had a good response to your post. I don't need to be included in the drawing,just wanted to help.

Grace,
Cape St. George group said they had already received some checks from this post.

Well, I do hope you have a good response. Unfortunately, money is tight for a lot of folks right now. A lot of people and their families were affected by the storms, the holiday season is upon us, and fuel prices will have an impact this winter. However, this is also the beginning of the tax season when those with more money make their tax deductible contributions. There are a lot of such folks; I wonder if there is any type of concerted effort to reach them. I know this is when a lot of charities make their Christmas pitch. Why not lighthouses? Cape St. George, New Canal, and others affected by the storms could make a year-end pitch, too. Of course, I'm preaching to the choir here.

UPDATE on the salvage operations. To make a long story short, the government still has not given the group permission to recover the pieces of the lightouse. They are hopeful it will come this week. ONCE salvage operations start, they will have to pay a penalty for everyday the weather is to rough to work, so they are wishing for good weather for a period long enough to get the job done (saving funds for the rest of the restoration).

Reminder, the LIMITED time offer I made earlier in this post, will expire at midnight WEDNESDAY eastern time.

The St. George Lighthouse Association thanks those who have sent checks already and I as a member thank-you also.

So what is new; government and red tape holding things up, as usual! Thanks for the update, Eric. I hope the inclement weather holds off. At least hurricane season is behind us - none too soon.

Last Day for the LIMITED OFFER.

LIMITED TIME OFFER
If you donate $7.50 or more and reply to this post, I will take all the names that posted and draw one out for print # 58 (out of 300). You have until November 30th.

Send Donations to:

St. George Lighthouse Association
201 Bradford Street
St. George Island, Fl. 32328

Their website is: http://www.stgeorgelight.org/

Thanks in advance.

P.S. If you aready sent $7.50 or more, and have not post a reply do so now.

The Winner of the limited edition print is

"Tammy"

Congratulations, Tammy! All for a very good cause.