Member a Day in May Membership Drive
For more than a decade LPC has conducted an annual Member a Day in May Membership Drive. This year, in celebration of LPC’s 50th Anniversary, we want to expand that goal and are looking for 50 new members to join LPC during the month of May. Members provide the foundation of support for our work to help loons and we hope that you will considering joining today! If you are already a member, please pass the message along to your friends and family who might want to support LPC.
The Loon Preservation Committee is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, and all contributions are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.
Raffle
All new members during the month of May will be entered in a raffle to win one of three, great prizes:
Loon Kitchen Bundle
Two loon-themed dish towels and cutting board made from recycled counter material. Cutting board comes with a wooden display stand and is just the right size to use for charcuterie for two.
Rustic and Refreshing Loons
Two mason jar mugs, etched with a loon design. Perfect for enjoying your favorite cold beverage on the porch or the dock.
Loon-themed Relaxation
Enjoy a cup of tea in the etched cobalt blue mug while you complete the lovely Loon Lake puzzle from Cobble Hill.
In addition to the chance to win one of these prizes, all LPC members receive:
- Our comprehensive LPC Newsletter two times per year (Summer and Fall)
- LPC’S E-Newsletter, sent to your inbox monthly
- Invitations to LPC’s special events throughout the year
- A membership decal
- A 10% discount on all merchandise from The Loon’s Feather Gift Shop
- Most importantly, you receive the satisfaction of knowing that you are helping to preserve the haunting call of the loon on New Hampshire’s lakes and ponds.
Why Support the Loon Preservation Committee?
The Loon Preservation Committee works to protect loons and their habitats in New Hampshire. While our work focuses on loons within our state, its impacts are far-reaching and extend to other species (including humans!) both within and outside of New Hampshire’s borders.
Time and again, loons have proven to be a species whose health and well-being provides important information about the overall health of the systems that they inhabit. More often than not, the problems that affect loons also affect other species that inhabit or spend time on the same ecosystem, including fish, other bird species, and even humans. Research into the problems that impact loons can help to uncover problems that may also be impacting other species.
How will my membership dollars be used?
When you become a member of the Loon Preservation Committee, your membership dollars go directly toward funding our work, allowing us to:
- Monitor the number and breeding success of loons to record trends in loon populations and assess the effectiveness of our management efforts
- Build and float nesting rafts and protect nest sites with signs and rope lines
- Band loons to study their life history and take samples to monitor the health of loons and lakes
- Rescue loons in distress and work with wildlife rehabilitators to return them to the wild
- Recover dead loons and inviable loon eggs to determine contaminant levels and causes of death
- Educate the public about loons through presentations, exhibits, signs, fact sheets, and our website
- Publish findings of our research in the LPC Newsletter and scientific journals
- Create a large grassroots network of members and volunteers who build awareness and appreciation for loons and other wildlife in New Hampshire
- Conduct initiatives to protect loons from the biggest threat that they face in New Hampshire, lead poisoning
- Provide a Live Loon Cam to help educate viewers about loons and the nesting process
