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The Elizabeth River Needs Your Support

We’ve made incredible progress restoring the Elizabeth River, but there’s still more work to do. Now, after an unexpected $75,000 shortfall in grant funding, we need your support more than ever. Help us continue our mission. Become a member today!

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Limited Time Donation Matching

Every membership or donation now through September 30th will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $25,000, thanks to a generous donor!

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Let’s Raise $75,000 By Labor Day – Together.

Check back to see how we’re doing – and help spread the word!

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Your gift today helps bring back otters, dolphins and other wildlife – and keeps vital educational programs afloat for thousands of local students. Together we can protect the river and inspire the next generation to care for it. 

And when you give, you’ll receive a special thank-you from us.

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Introductory Membership

Receive our brand-new Elizabeth River Project membership T-shirt

One-Time

$35

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Adopt an Otter!

Adopt a River Otter (symbolically) and help bring the river to life.

For as little as $5 per month or a one-time donation of $60.

Comes with plush river otter and adoption certificate.

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Otter Champions

Get our Otter Adoption Kit, complete with a mini plush otter and adoption certificate

One-Time

$60

donation

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Oyster Circle Membership

Join the exclusive Oyster Circle and receive an ERP hat and shirt. Plus! you’ll be entered to win “Drinks on the Deck” – a private fall evening for you and 20 friends at our Ryan Resilience Lab!​

One-Time

$250

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Plus! you’ll be entered to win "Drinks on the Deck" – a private fall evening for you and 20 friends at our Ryan Resilience Lab!​

Special June Membership Offer

Donate $50 or more during the month of June and you’ll be entered to win an exclusive Elizabeth River Project hat & t-shirt! Your generous donation will support our efforts to provide a welcoming home for river wildlife from otters and dolphins to seahorses and pelicans. Donate today!

One-Time

$50

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Make a Donation

The otters need you. The pelicans need you. The dolphins need you. The thousands of local school kids who climb aboard our Learning Barge every year need you. Every tax-deductible dollar you donate to the Elizabeth River Project helps the river, our kids, our communities, and the dozens of wildlife species that now call it home. Do Something Beautiful. Donate today.
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Recurring donations are a convenient way to make sure your money is helping where it’s needed most. They also ease your budgeting by spreading out your donation over an entire year. Set up your recurring donation today.

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Make your one-time donation today to help restore the beautiful Elizabeth River. Or, make a donation as a gift to a friend. Every donation large or small will make a big difference in the future health of the Elizabeth River.

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Membership

When you join the Elizabeth River Project, your one-time membership donation supports all of our efforts to create a clean, healthy river that works for wildlife and people.

BENEFITS

  • A Do Something Beautiful window decal
  • Our twice-yearly Mudflats newsletter
  • Discount pricing on Elizabeth River Project programs and events
  • Volunteer alerts announcing fun clean-ups and restorations
  • Updates on the latest news and project updates

Join the Elizabeth River Project Donor Circle

The Elizabeth River Project recognizes generous donors of $250 or more as members of the Donor Circle. Donor Circle members receive exclusive access and benefits.

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