White Island Lighthouse Needs Your Help!
White Island Lighthouse, N.H.
The Lighthouse Kids - Helping Save A Piece of History
White Island Lighthouse Station is a historical landmark from New England's past and a pillar of light protecting northeastern mariners. It's also New Hampshire's only offshore lighthouse. Did you know that this magnificent white brick tower has recently been repaired, but the lighthouse station is still in grave danger?
Mission of Lighthouse Kids Incorporated
Lighthouse Kids Incorporated is a group of Seacoast New Hampshire students, alumni, interested members of the community and the organization's Board of Directors. Together we share a mission to save and maintain the White Island Lighthouse Station at the Isles of Shoals through service learning projects and volunteer efforts. The goal of Lighthouse Kids' is to return White Island in Rye, N.H. to the majestic beauty it was known for at the turn of the 19th century.
We plan to do this by fundraising, raising awareness and creating partnerships with all parties interested in saving and maintaining White Island Light Station.
Lighthouse Kids strives to increase opportunities for the public to participate in White Island Lighthouse preservation and to expand public access, enabling all to experience the wonder of the island. We would like to see White Island Station's blessings secured for future generations.
White Island Lighthouse Station is a historical landmark from New England's past and a pillar of light protecting northeastern mariners. It's also New Hampshire's only offshore lighthouse. Did you know that this magnificent white brick tower has recently been repaired, but the lighthouse station is still in grave danger?
Mission of Lighthouse Kids Incorporated
Lighthouse Kids Incorporated is a group of Seacoast New Hampshire students, alumni, interested members of the community and the organization's Board of Directors. Together we share a mission to save and maintain the White Island Lighthouse Station at the Isles of Shoals through service learning projects and volunteer efforts. The goal of Lighthouse Kids' is to return White Island in Rye, N.H. to the majestic beauty it was known for at the turn of the 19th century.
We plan to do this by fundraising, raising awareness and creating partnerships with all parties interested in saving and maintaining White Island Light Station.
Lighthouse Kids strives to increase opportunities for the public to participate in White Island Lighthouse preservation and to expand public access, enabling all to experience the wonder of the island. We would like to see White Island Station's blessings secured for future generations.
Latest news: Want to sample life on the island? Stewards needed for the summer of 2013
2012 steward Marg Whedan photographed the lighthouse as a storm approached.
The Coast Guard stopped manning White Island Lighthouse Station in the 1980s and now The State of N.H. has given Lighthouse Kids the task of preserving it. Storm damage and the lack of a caretaking presence have left their mark, so last summer Lighthouse Kids started a stewardship program where volunteers lived on the island for brief periods over July and August while working to repair and restore the lighthouse and keeper’s cottage. Following the Smuttynose Island model we now place stewards on the island for several days to a week or so in the summer months. Stewardship is not for everyone. To say the least, living conditions on the island are rustic, but also beautiful. Life there is isolated and Spartan, but the views are spectacular. Stewards are responsible for protecting the historic/natural beauty of the island, acting as hosts to visitors and depending on ability, performing maintenance tasks such as, cleaning mowing, carpentry and painting.
The 2013 White Island Stewardship Program is scheduled to begin in May. If you would like more information contact Sue Reynolds at 603-978-2097 or uncleoscar@comcast.net.
The 2013 White Island Stewardship Program is scheduled to begin in May. If you would like more information contact Sue Reynolds at 603-978-2097 or uncleoscar@comcast.net.
Join us for the Lighthouse Kids 2013 Walkathon!
The 2013 Annual Lighthouse Kids Walkathon will be Thursday, May 16, with a rain date of Tuesday, May 21. This will be the 7th Annual Walkathon to help preserve White Island Lighthouse Station. All those interested are invited to participate. Currently, Rye Elementary School and Winnacunnet High School in Hampton have LHK active chapters and will be walking this year. Teachers interested in getting their classes involved through service learning projects and volunteerism can join by contacting Lighthouse Kids at uncleoscar@comcast.net. Check out our Walkathon pages here for more information.
(Photo: Rye Elementary School students taking a break during last year's Walkathon.)
(Photo: Rye Elementary School students taking a break during last year's Walkathon.)
