To order the 2003 Bodie Island Wacko Pin please visit our new website at http://home.earthlink.net/~wackopin/

Thanks for the link to the new 'official WACKO Pin' web site. How about a link BACK to the 'Official Collector Forums'? www.LighthouseKeepers.com

Hi John
Not a problem; happy to do
Darlene

out of curiousity, how are the lights to be supported by pins selected?

Here's some links to answer that question-

http://www.lighthousekeepers.com/forums/Forum36/HTML/000056.html

http://www.lighthousekeepers.com/cgi-bin/forumscgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=000058

http://www.lighthousekeepers.com/forums/Forum36/HTML/000060.html

http://www.lighthousekeepers.com/cgi-bin/forumscgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=000094

Hope this helps.

Dennis

Bodie Island is government owned (Nat'l Park Service). When I've inquired of them in the past I've always received a response that the agency had no mechanism for accepting cash donations.

This situation is different in that the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society has setup a way to do so. The following is a partial quote my response from them:

"What a wonderful gesture to nominate BI for your fundraiser. The Outer Banks Lighthouse Society has its 501(c)3 in excellent order (do you need
the #?)and we are considered "a friend of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and its lighthouses." We have established a Bodie Island fund and are taking donations upon permission from the park to help makeup the $12K NC state shortfall in the Save America's Treasures fund. Due to its being a matching grant situation with the feds, the shortfall totals $24K. Much progress has been made on the structural study, nomination to the NHR, and the process to get all stats completed by end of 2003 for restoration to begin early 2004. So, your donation would help us tremendously in this endeavor. Thank you for thinking of BI."

The abbreviation NHR means National Historic Register. Please note that every dollar we raise will actually 'count' for $2 since it's a matching grant situation.

Keep those orders rolling in and remember you can pay through PayPal this year. Follow this link http://home.earthlink.net/~wackopin/index.html and go directly to our website now to place your order while it is still on your mind.

Thanks for your support of the Wacko Pin Project and this year's recipient--Bodie Island Lighthouse. AND REMEMBER every dollar we raise will actually count as $2 since the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society has a matching grant situation set up for Bodie Island Lighthouse.

HAVE YOU ORDERED THIS YEAR'S WACKO PIN ? ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT UNTIL THE DEADLINE OF APRIL 21ST.

GO TO http://home.earthlink.net/~wackopin/index.html and place your order while it is on your mind.

THANKS for supporting the Wacko Pin Project and this year's recipient Bodie Island Lighthouse.

Check out this following quote from http://www.lighthousekeepers.com/forums/Forum36/HTML/000060.html By WEASEL

(You need to read the topic to understand)

So, you don't want to buy something with Bodie on it, huh?

Just kidding.

Obviously you didn't read the very next post were it was stated by the Pin committe that the vote rigging had been discovered and was corrected!