Support The Andover Beacon - Become A Member Today!

Like New Hampshire Public Radio or New Hampshire Public Television, The Andover Beacon just puts its "product" out there for free and hopes for the support of the community.

Whether you live year-round in Andover, summer in Andover, or have moved away from Andover, the Beacon is working hard to keep you informed about our wonderful town, and would greatly appreciate your financial support.

Aside from the satisfaction of contributing to a better-informed, more vital community, our three different categories of membership enjoy these benefits.

Local Members

People with a year-round Andover mailing address can support the Beacon by becoming members with any donation, large or small.

Currently, the only benefit of membership is that each Andover member is included in a monthly drawing for prizes provided by our advertisers and other local businesses. In the future, we expect to include other benefits of membership.

We don't count receiving the Beacon as a benefit of membership, since you don't have to be a member to receive the Beacon. But the satisfaction of knowing that you helped the Beacon be in everyone's mailbox is definitely a benefit of membership!

Seasonal Members

For people who get their mail part of the year at an Andover mailing address and part of the year elsewhere, we offer a Seasonal membership for a minimum $25 donation. (Foreign addresses cost extra.)

The benefit of a Seasonal membership is that we'll mail the Beacon to your non-Andover address for whatever months you tell us to. And for those months that you're at your Andover address, you'll be included in the monthly drawings.

Out-Of-Town Members

Friends of Andover who must live elsewhere year-round can receive the Beacon year-round with a minimum $25 donation. (Foreign addresses cost extra.)

Honorary Members

We would like to send the Beacon for free to former Andover residents who now live in nursing homes, assisted-living communities, and other group situations. If you know of someone like that who would enjoy the Beacon, please let us know.

Gift Subscriptions

Anyone can pay $25 to have a subscription mailed to any U.S. address. (Foreign addresses cost extra.)

Membership Levels

We've selected seven "icons" to represent some of the qualities that make Andover special, and for each icon we've created a suggested contribution level.

Minimum Donation	Membership Level
$25	Margaret Fellows, known as Peggy, was the first child born in Andover. She was born on February 25, 1763, daughter of Joseph and Margaret Fellows, the first residents of Andover
$50	The Covered Bridges, in honor of the two remaining covered bridges in Andover and their ability to remind us of our rich history every day
$100	The Hame Factory, a reminder of the importance of commerce and industry in the life of our town
$250	John Proctor, who had the foresight to plant the seeds for what has become Proctor Academy. He also "expended large sums of money in improving farms and buildings" around Andover.
$500	The Bulkhead, a symbol of the rugged, unspoiled beauty of our town
$1,000	Joseph Philbrick, a member of the first Board of Selectmen in Andover, 1779, and one of a long list of public-spirited men and women who help shape Andover to this day
$2,500	Elder Ebenezer Chase, editor and printer of Andover's first publication. He published the Religious Informer "entirely without assistance," printing it on "a press of his own contrivance."

No matter what level of donation makes sense for you, every dollar is greatly appreciated! To contribute, please make your check payable to The Andover Beacon and send it to:

The Andover Beacon
PO Box 149
Andover NH 03216

While Community Publishing of Andover, Inc., the company that publishes the Beacon, is a New Hampshire charitable non-profit and is registered with the Charitable Trusts Division of the New Hampshire Department of Justice (reg. no. 15613), it is not a 501(c)(3) corporation, and therefore in most cases contributions to the Beacon will not be tax deductible.