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The generosity of individuals and organizations helps us continue our mission of promoting, preserving, and protecting our cultural heritage, historical linkages, and natural assets. Donations go towards supporting ongoing and future projects that serve our mission.

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 You can help preserve, protect, and promote the Lower Eastern Shore's cultural traditions, historic sites, and natural landscapes by becoming a member of the Beach to Bay Heritage Area. For more than twenty years, our nonprofit organization has relied on the generosity of individuals, businesses and organizations to serve our mission. Your membership is critical to our success, allowing us to provide support to projects that reach hundreds of thousands of visitors, students, and community members each year. Our members take pride in helping to sustain our heritage area's cultural and natural resources -  while enjoying some great perks!
                                                                   
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Our memberships levels are $50 for individuals and $100 for businesses and organizations.  We have added a $35 Senior level.  We also have several sponsorship levels.   Please just click on the membership button below to choose your membership or sponsorship level.  Your membership can also purchased online through our PayPal link.

We’re so excited you’ll be joining us!  Thank you!

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Individual Membership

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Senior Membership

$35.00

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Donation

$25.00 - $100.00

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Your membership & donations:

• Make our virtual video tours for our museums and historic sites a reality
• Support our grant making through our mini-grant program
• Allow for the creation of new content to promote our partners through our digital network
• Give heritage tourism and economic development projects a voice in Annapolis

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The Beach to Bay Heritage Area is one of thirteen certified Maryland Heritage Areas and is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that actively seeks to recognize and cultivate connections to our natural and cultural resources, as well as to promote, preserve, and protect our historical, cultural and natural assets in the tri-county area of the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland. Your donations help our organization to continue valuable heritage based projects that enhance your local community.  Be part of the story.  Donate Today

Testimonials

Here is why others support the Beach to Bay Heritage Area.  Please join them!

NICHOLAS REDDING

President & CEO, Preservation Maryland

"As a nonprofit leader, I’m aware of how difficult it is to build partnerships, launch new projects, and develop consensus. That’s what makes the work of the Beach to Bay Heritage Area so impressive – they skillfully navigate those challenges and deliver again and again, year after year, on innovative efforts which illustrate the value and promise of heritage tourism. For a part of the state that many Marylanders think they already know, this organization has done an incredible job of making the region’s history new again.”​

ANNE COATES

Owner, Bishop's Stock

"This is an effort to draw together the benefits of a natural environment that needs to be protected and discovered. So glad to support this organization."

DUKE MARSHALL

Owner, Duke Marshall Group

"Living History, whether its a restored church or community trail, tells a story. I am glad to give to an organization that helps preserve, promote and celebrate our heritage."

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JAMIE HEATER

Chair
Salisbury Arts Alliance

"Beach to Bay Heritage Area consistently raises the bar by creating high-value story-telling initiatives that capture, compile and celebrate our area's heritage, cultural traditions and natural resources. The organization's strong framework of collaboration has led to home-run efforts that embrace technology and the arts, from videos, murals, interactive and self-guided tours, downloadable books, interpretive signs and more!  Beach to Bay Heritage Area has done so much to improve access to information, all while providing capacity building resources and grants, and creating connections between our area's heritage related assets​."

ROBERT FORLONEY

Program Officer, Partnerships
Museum on Main Street & Regional Humanities Network, 
Maryland Humanities

“I have been thrilled to partner with the Beach to Bay Heritage Area (BBHA) in a wide variety of ways, supporting capacity-building for cultural organizations. From assisting with public program development related to our Museum on Main Street tour of SPARK!, to promoting connections for our freedom of the press initiative, heritage area leadership has been essential in Maryland Humanities' efforts to connect with local communities. BBHA has also been instrumental in our efforts to bring resources to the lower shore through our Regional Humanities Networks.”

BRANDON BELL

CEO/Co-Founder
We Are Limitless Studios

“The Beach to Bay Heritage Area is a powerful advocate for community-centered arts and placemaking on the Eastern Shore. Their support goes beyond funding. They genuinely care about long-term impact, cultural storytelling, and strengthening connections between people and place. Partnering with their team has been an absolute pleasure.”

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MICHAEL DAY

DAWN HOBSON

KAREN PRENGAMAN

Chair, Salisbury Arts & Entertainment District

Pastor,
​ Tyree A.M.E. Church

Board Member & Curator,
Germantown School Community Heritage Center

"Not only does the Beach to Bay Heritage Area support the economic vitality of the lower shore’s heritage community, it also creates a great networking opportunity for all the organizations to keep in touch with and support each other."​

"When I came from Bowie, Maryland to Berlin, Maryland to pastor Tyree AME Church, I didn't know the community or its significance in the state of Maryland and the Lower Eastern Shore. It was the Beach to Bay Heritage Area and its director that helped educate us regarding the Germantown district and many other areas and people of historical significance. This allowed us to properly position our 110 year old church to obtain resources to restore the church building and traditions like the Tyree AME Church Camp Meeting. Thank you! We are truly grateful and well on our way." ​

“As the last remaining Rosenwald School in Worcester County, we have experienced first-hand the boundless support the Beach to Bay Heritage Area gives to the small non-profits that are part of heritage tourism. Whether it is helping to navigate the complex world of fundraising, providing advice and ideas on programming, promoting our events or facilitating cooperation with other non-profits, they are always there for us. We could not have become the heritage site we are today without their help and for that we are eternally grateful.”