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Adopt-A Program 2024
Every year, BHI Conservancy offers the opportunity to support BHI’s sea turtles through adoption for the 2024 season. Adoptions provide support for the Sea Turtle Protection Program while giving our members and friends the opportunity to learn more about turtles and connect with specific nests and turtles on the island. There are currently two...
Carrie Barnette
Let’s Give Back for Giving Tuesday 2023
Giving Tuesday is a worldwide movement of generosity. Every year on the first Tuesday following Thanksgiving, folks around the world spend the day working together and giving back to their communities. For Giving Tuesday 2023, our wildlife conservation teams could use your support! This year, the Bald Head Island Conservancy aims to raise...
Carrie Barnette
2023 Annual Fund
For 40 years, the Conservancy has served as a beacon of environmental stewardship on Bald Head Island in many ways: As we continue to grow in our ability to Discover, Learn, Conserve, and Preserve, we ask for our members and friends to give to the 2023 Annual Fund. As local and global pressures challenge the […]
Carrie Barnette
Supporter Shoutout: Kealy & Kate Dorst
The Conservancy extends our gratitude to Kealy and Kate Dorst, who generously donated the proceeds from the sales of their costume Bald Head Island bracelets to the Conservancy at the beginning of August. Thank you Kealy and Kate for your support! The Dorsts began making their bracelets in June in preparation for their annual trip […]
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Race Recap: Badwater Cape Fear
by Dr. Jennifer Wiggen, Senior Educator Every year over 100 people from all over the world come to Bald Head Island to participate in the Badwater Cape Fear race, a 50K and 51 mile competition that brings new and repeat runners to our island every spring. This race takes runners throughout our Wynds, into the […]
Jennifer Wiggen
Badwater Returns to the (B)East Coast
The BADWATER® ultra running experience returns to the (B)east Coast when the ninth BADWATER CAPE FEAR race takes place on Bald Head Island, North Carolina on March 18, 2023. Get all the info at Badwater.com. With 50km and 51.4-mile race options, Badwater® Cape Fear features a twelve-mile warm-up on the car-free, one-lane-wide roads...
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The Gift of Stock
The gift of stock to a non-profit organization is an increasingly popular way to give back. The Bald Head Island Conservancy spoke to First Citizens Bank in Wilmington to learn more about this growing trend. Can you explain the process of gifting stock to a non-profit as a donation? A donor should first speak to […]
Carrie Barnette
Local Islander Gives Back to Sea Turtles Through Art
Local islander and artist Jack Klippel is giving back to the Conservancy this Fall with an artistic fundraiser, just in time for the holiday season. Over the next month, Jack will be selling hand carved wooden sea turtles to benefit the Conservancy. Jack, owner of Marshdog Folk Art, says he is donating proceeds back to the Conservancy to […]
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