Light The Night

May 22, 2024 · 6 PM

WEE BURN BEACH CLUB · ROWAYTON, CT

Our 'Light the Night' 2024 event on May 22 at Wee Burn Beach Club will celebrate the completion of major restoration work and raise funds for the "Next 100 Years" of the Lighthouse with the goal of building a preservation endowment to ensure the Light shines bright for generations to come.

Gather with friends, family, and fellow Lighthouse lovers at Wee Burn Beach Club overlooking the Lighthouse for a magnificent evening filled with delicious food, live music, and a live auction featuring unique items and experiences.

Ticket Package Sales Begin March 1st, Individual Ticket Sales begin April 1st.

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The Keeper's Log - Spring 2024

Thanks to your support, the Lighthouse has a future. At the inaugural Light the Night event, we proudly announced the successful completion of the “Save the Light” campaign -  a five-year fundraising and restoration campaign that addressed the urgently needed restoration work and transformed the lighthouse from a decaying structure into a world-class icon of our community.

We've now launched the “Next 100 Years” of Greens Ledge Light, a fundraising and programming campaign that seeks to ensure that the Lighthouse never falls back into a state of disrepair. The “Next 100 Years” envisions the Lighthouse as a “community asset” - an active beacon of education and community, which revives the functionality of the Lighthouse to “keep the light shining.”

We are missing a key component to make the “Next 100 Years” vision truly sustainable: a launch vessel to replace the expensive third-party charters and our aging workboats. Safety is paramount given the unique challenges inherent in providing access to an offshore lighthouse for the first time in its 120-year history.

A small white water taxi with seating, labeled 'NATIONAL PARK SERVICE,' docked at a marina.
People disembarking from a boat named Essex Heritage onto a rocky shoreline on a sunny day.

“Launch” The Next 100 Years

We are fundraising for the acquisition of a purpose-built Munson Boat with world-class capabilities and safety features to meet these unique challenges. Munson Boats is the pre-eminent builder of commercial-grade vessels and has built launch boats for peer Lighthouse organizations and other research and educational institutions.

The aluminum vessel is Coast Guard-certified to transport 20 passengers to the Lighthouse from the Darien and Norwalk coastline. The vessel has a unique beach landing capability, enabling passenger pick-up from local beaches along public parks and clubs, which would enhance our ability to offer programming and share the Lighthouse with the community.

In addition to its world-class safety features and its unique beach landing and passenger transport capabilities, the vessel has capabilities to facilitate marine research and education, and to function as a multi-purpose workboat to support future restoration work – functioning as an adjacent “community asset” for the Lighthouse and the community.

We are asking for your support in meeting our fundraising goal to make this vision a reality. We are grateful for any level of support but are offering two recognition levels for major contributions.

  • Boat Name: $250,000 - (Limit 1)

  • Seat Name(s): $25,000/Seat - (20 Seats Total)

To showcase the boat and its incredible capabilities, we’ve chartered the RV Rutgers – a Munson research vessel - to run cruises around the Lighthouse during the Light the Night event for all attendees. Ticket Packages also include VIP Passes to join a Pre/Post Event Tour of the Lighthouse.

A gray boat with 'NATIONAL PARK SERVICE' written on its side, docked at a shoreline with a ramp extending into the water. The boat has a small enclosed cabin, antennas on top, and some black seating inside.
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A silver Rutgers University patrol boat on calm water near a beach.
A gray patrol boat with red accents and the Rutgers logo on the side, speeding through water with twin Yamaha engines at the back.
A group of people on a boat docked at a waterfront, with small boats on the dock, and trees in the background.
View from the deck of a boat at a dock, showing benches, metallic storage boxes, and railings, with other boats and water in the background.
A silver motorboat with red accents, labeled 'Rutgers', is speeding on water with twin Yamaha outboard engines.
People disembarking from a boat named Essex Heritage onto a rocky shoreline for an outdoor activity.
  • A lighthouse on a rocky pier with four workers in orange and yellow safety vests standing on the platform near the lighthouse, overlooking the water with a cloudy sky.
  • Lighthouse on a rocky shoreline with workers and a crane nearby, overcast sky.
  • A lighthouse under renovation with scaffolding around it, situated on a rocky shoreline with water in the foreground and a clear blue sky above.
  • A lighthouse with scaffolding surrounds it, located on rocks near the water, with the moon visible in the sky.
  • A lighthouse with a red and white exterior stands on a rocky pier in the ocean. There are multiple people on the lighthouse's observation deck, and a few boats are visible on the water nearby. The sky is partly cloudy with a calm sea.
  • A white lighthouse with a red base, located on a rocky shoreline, with solar panels installed on its exterior. There are people gathered on a deck around the lighthouse, some looking out over the water, which features a sailboat and a flag with red and white stripes.

Make a Donation to Greens Ledge Light

Interested in showing your support for Greens Ledge Light by donating directly? Click the button below to be directed to our page on Give Lively. Your donation will help us continue our restoration of this historic landmark and get us closer to our goal of opening Greens Ledge Light to the community in the months and years to come. Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.

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