Help Restore Historic Bakers Island Lighthouse

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Seafarers have depended on this light for 200 years. Help us keep it going. Let’s keep the light shining on together!
Backers: 277
Average Pledge Per Backer: $132

Funded: $36,437 of $30,000
Dates: May 20th -> Jun 19th (30 days)
Project By: Essex Heritage
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Latest News

100% Funded with 2 Days Left to Pledge! Plus an Extra Special Event

June 16th - via: kickstarter.com
As many of you already know, we did it! With your amazing help, we raised $30,000 in 30 days. Is there a word the describes crazy happy + beyond thrilled + very relieved!? With words failing us, we turn to Katrina & The Waves express our... (Read More)

THANK YOU!!

June 12th - via: kickstarter.com
We did it!! Thank you to all of our #BakersBackers who pledged and shares our project!!! We are profoundly grateful. We can still accept pledges through next week so please feel free to keep telling your friends about how they can... (Read More)

75% Funded, 7 Days Left!

June 8th - via: kickstarter.com
We can't stop NOW!With only 7 more days to meet our goal, here are our current standings: $22,601 pledged! 75% funded! 177 backers! 7 days to go! $7,399 to goal! Many THANKS to all of you 177 wonderful pledging people!  Pretty please keep sharing... (Read More)

61% Funded & A Kickstarter Staff Pick!

June 5th - via: kickstarter.com
With only 10 more days to go our project is 61% funded and has a staff pick from the folks at Kickstarter! We're so, so excited and so, so grateful for all of this enthusiastic support!  Reality check: we still have a ways to go! Right now, we're... (Read More)

Halfway there!

June 4th - via: kickstarter.com
HOLY SMOKES! Bakers Backers just pushed us to... $15,411 pledged! 51% funded! 123 backers! 14 days to go ! Thank you! We really can’t say it enough – so we’ll say it again here. Thank you. Thanks to all of you for pledging or sharing the... (Read More)

47% Funded With 15 Days To Go!

June 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
With only 15 days to go on our Kickstarter campaign (that's halfway to the deadline), there are 114 of you who have backed this project AND we've gotten to 47% of our goal. WOW! Thank you Bakers Backers! Your immediate embrace and enthusiasm means... (Read More)

You asked... We listened! NEW REWARDS POSTED!

June 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
We've added FOUR new pledge levels! Check 'em out! Pledge $125 or more: • Two lighthouse t-shirts • A pair of glass mason jar mugs with the lighthouse on it! Cheers! • Lighthouse backgrounds • And our big THANKS! Pledge $150 or more: • One... (Read More)

$10,000 Milestone!

May 27th - via: kickstarter.com
We’re well on our way… As of this morning our Bakers Backers have pledged more than $10,000 to ‪#‎SaveBakersLighthouse‬! THANK YOU!  http://www.essexheritage.org/thank-you-bakers-backers  ‪#‎EssexHeritage‬ ‪#‎NowhereElse‬... (Read More)

Double the fun! New reward added = 2 tickets to take the trip to Bakers Island Lighthouse

May 27th - via: kickstarter.com
The first week of our Kickstarter has been amazing! We are so grateful for the enthusiasm and feedback we've received. Many of you have asked if you could get 2 tickets to the lighthouse as a reward so we updated our rewards and added a $200 level =... (Read More)

Lighthouse Keepers Land on the Island!

May 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Bakers Island Lighthouse Keepers have landed on the Island and have already started fixing things up!  (Read More)

Picture of the Painting!

May 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Just in! Here is a picture of Racket Shreve’s recently completed, beautiful watercolor of Bakers Island Lighthouse painted exclusively for Essex Heritage (and our Kickstarter campaign rewards)! Watercolor painting by Racket Shreve for Essex... (Read More)

Full Steam Ahead!

May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
To our earliest backers—THANK YOU! To those who made it to the "Bash for Bakers" to kickoff the Kickstarter at Salem Beer Works—THANK YOU! The support you've shown us on day one of this campaign is amazing. We are so grateful for your pledges,... (Read More)

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