Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsor a Loon

HOW SPONSORSHIPS HELP ADIRONDACK LOONS

When you Sponsor a Loon, you help support the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation’s efforts to rescue, rehabilitate, band and monitor these magnificent birds. Much can be gained by tracking banded individual loons. Field observations on unmarked populations have provided general knowledge. However, to more fully understand the ecology of this species, marked individuals must be followed over time.

The ACLC and its partners have captured and color-banded more than 350 loons in New York’s Adirondack Park. Through this effort, loons are now one of the foremost species studied to determine the exposure and effects of mercury pollution across North America.

SOME OF WHAT WE'VE LEARNED:

• Age for first year in breeding plumage = 2 years

• Age at first breeding = 4 years

• Oldest known banded Adirondack loon: 24 years (and counting!)

• Average percent of loons that return to their breeding territory each year = 80%

• Longest known return of a banded Adirondack loon to its breeding territory = 20+ years

• Adirondack loons winter from Cape Cod south to North Carolina, and even in Tampa Bay, Florida!

YOUR ADIRONDACK LOON SPONSORSHIP INCLUDES: 

• A personalized Sponsor-a-Loon Certificate with a description of your loon's history

• Loon Appreciation Week poster

• 8 x 10" color photo of one of the ACLC’s Adirondack study loons suitable for framing

• Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation sticker

• Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation Bookmark

• A fact sheet about Common Loons

Sponsor an Exhibit

Become a Business Sponsor

Our business sponsors provide essential annual support of our loon research studies, conservation projects, and educational programs throughout the Adirondack Park. Your annual business sponsorship will be recognized on our website, in our social media, and in our periodic newsletters to over 10,000 people. Additionally, we will recognize your business at our Adirondack Loon Center in Saranac Lake.

LOON TREMOLO: $500 ANNUAL DONATION

• Business name listed on “Loon Tremolo Sponsor” plaque at the Loon Center

• Business name, logo, and link listed on “Loon Tremolo Sponsors” section of website

• Authorization to leave your brochure/flyers at the Loon Center

• “Thank you” post on ACLC’s Facebook and Instagram sites

• Beautiful 11x14” photo of an ACLC study loon

• Out-of-print “Loon” book by Kip Taylor

WAILING LOON BUSINESS SPONSOR: $1,000 ANNUAL DONATION

YODELING LOON BUSINESS SPONSOR: $5,000 OR MORE ANNUAL DONATION

• Business name and logo honored on an individual “Yodeling Loon Sponsor” plaque

• Business name, logo, and link listed on “Yodeling Loon Sponsors” section of website

• Authorization to leave your brochure/flyers at the Loon Center

• Beautiful 11x14” photo of an ACLC study loon

• “Thank you” post on ACLC’s Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter sites

• Out-of-print “Loon” book by Kip Taylor

• Invitation for four to attend an ACLC field trip

You can request a copy of our most recently filed financial report from the Charities Bureau Registry on the New York Attorney General’s website or by contacting:
New York State Attorney General, Charities Bureau
Department of Law, 28 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10005

Information about New York charitable organizations can be found on the New York Attorney General’s website or by contacting (212) 416-8401.

You can obtain a description of the programs and activities that your donation will support by contacting the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation at info@adkloon.org or PO Box 195, Ray Brook, NY 12977