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 FOX ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE ASSOCIATION

Contributions

Donations

 The Fox Island Lighthouse Association (FILA) is a non-profit organization (501-c-3).
Donations are tax deductible.

Donations may be sent to:

Fox Island Lighthouse Association FILA
Attention Eric Thibo, Senior Relationship Manager
Fifth Third Bank
120 N. St. Joseph Street, Suttons Bay, MI 49682

 

Membership

 FILA is accepting membership applications to support the activities necessary to protect and preserve the South Fox Island Lighthouse.  Members are also encouraged to volunteer materials and labor to these efforts.

FILA Membership contribution levels:
$25, $50*, $100, $250, other

*Contributions at or above this level qualify for a complimentary copy of the book The Fox Islands, North and South by Kathleen Craker Firestone. ($29.95 value).

Click here to download a membership form with instructions.

Let the light shine again!

Phil von Voigtlander, FILA Board Treasurer
Northport, Michigan

 

  FILA Supporters

Special thanks to these people and companies for their generous support:

Jack Nowland for towing the FILA boat from Onekama to Northport.

Bill Collins for transporting FILA members to S. Fox and on a subsequent trip providing detailed photos and a structural report and recommendations regarding the boathouse.

Ron Fitzsimmons for transporting FILA members, volunteers and Grand Traverse Lighthouse officials to S.Fox.

Northport Lumber for providing materials at discount to FILA.

Jean Schmidt for composing FILA membership campaign materials.

Cathy Allchin for voluteering the design of a great FILA poster and a presentation of the FILA project.

Kathy Firestone for providing bonus copies of her Fox Island book to new FILA members.

Steve Craker for closing up the keepers quarters prior to winter.

Gull Island Marine in Northport for launching the FILA boat and volunteering a lot of work on the engines.

Day Signs in Traverse City for making the lettering for the boat transom at a token price.

The Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum in Northport for organizing a special South Fox Island Lighthouse Day.

Meijer in Traverse City for donating snacks for said South Fox Island Lighthouse Day at the museum.

Andy Thomas of Thomas & Milliken Millwork, Inc. in Northport for taking a FILA team to South Fox and helping with damage assessment.

Charles Anderson of Leelanau Tree Service for clearing the thicket around the light station buildings.

 

 

  

 

Latest update Oct. 23, 2006