We’d like to issue a very special thank you to Dr. Kristina and Dr. Patrick Kelly for their most generous donation in memory of former museum board member and cherished friend, Don Lysell. Don left an amazing legacy as a dedicated museum volunteer for more than twenty five years. The memorial gift […]
Gratitude
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GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people around the world to use their individual power of generosity to support their communities. On GivingTuesday – November 28, 2023 – the whole world comes together to give back in many different ways: through acts of kindness, gifts of voice, time, talent, or treasure. […]
This weekend, we had a collection of volunteers gather at the museum to work on various projects. There is a large army of stuffed turtles and bears that will soon be finding their way into the gift shop to be adopted into new loving homes. Volunteers also created bookmarks and […]
These incredibly unique dreamcatchers are a joy to make, but the antlers are not something that come in our typical crafting materials. We’re reaching out to our museum supporters, especially with hunting season being around the corner, and asking for YOUR help! Got any deer antlers that would make great […]
When we say we have some of the best visitors, we really mean it! One of those visitors is a member of Bear Creek Supply right here in North Carolina. We collaborated before to produce new mugs that have been a hot item, and now we’ve got brand new magnets […]
We’ve gotten asked several times about different ways to donate to the museum. There’s the ones most people are aware of, like donations of artifacts or cash in our donation box. We’ve shared about putting us as your Non-profit of choice on AmazonSmile too! There’s volunteering your services, which we […]
Those of us that are frequent readers are used to having our favorite comfortable spots to cuddle down with our books. But when you’re on the go? It means traveling with you reading pillow and extra bags for your book, or even worse, trying to carry both of them (as […]
We’ve gotten some anonymous donations as of late and we wanted to say thanks to those lovely people for such a wonderful surprise you gifted us with. Thanks to our anonymous donor of $100 in donation box. Thanks to our anonymous donor through Network for Good. When we say every […]
It always brightens our day to hear “Hey! It’s John Day from Ohio!” when we pick up the phone. Mr. Day has been a long time friend of the museum that we wanted to publicly show our appreciation of. He’s donated countless pieces of flint and churt he’s picked up […]
Our staff had the pleasure of meeting the Savidge Family earlier in the year and we were pleased to see them again this week. But we weren’t expecting them to come with such a cool find! They found this on Hatteras Island at Cape Point and were hoping that with […]
Imagine our surprise and delight when we heard that the incredible people at Bear Creek Supply (the same folks that made our recent mugs we posted) were going to generously donate some supplies! When we say every little bit helps, we mean it with our whole hearts. Jewelry boxes and […]
We were blessed by some very passionate museum family members coming together this past weekend! Laurie LeGrand and Barefoot Wade are both beloved volunteers and we were overjoyed to hear that both of them wanted to get together to help us out. They scheduled with one of our staff members, […]