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Mr. Local History Needs Local Financial Support

When you support the Mr Local History Project, you help preserve the stories that no one else is saving. We gather research, document social history, capture memories the community asks us to remember, and share the stories that define our towns. We live it, we preserve it, and we share it. We are a 100% ALL VOLUNTEER IRS-recognized 501 c) (3) non-profit that primarily uses our own money to fill funding gaps. Preserving local history still has unavoidable costs. In 2025, our nonprofit’s operating needs this year total $4,041, including programs such as:

Flags for 360 fifth graders across 5 schools
Replacement drone for township documentation
Liability insurance for events
Website, software, and digital archive management
Local newspaper access for research
Charter Day participation and community outreach
High school scholarship for future historians
Research books and archival materials
Community giveaways for volunteers and events

A financial gift helps fund these essential programs. It may provide classroom flags, support a student scholarship, cover research access, or power our online archives for a month. Every donation makes an immediate and visible impact, supporting hyperlocal history. Your donation ensures that the stories of our area are preserved and shared for generations. Local history survives because people like you believe it matters.

Thank you for supporting the Mr Local History Project.

The Mr. Local History Project is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit history organization run entirely by volunteers. We have two goals: to create an ongoing scholarship fund to be presented annually to a senior high school recipient, to promote local history, and to create programs with a social twist. This year, Mr Local History was hit especially hard by digital web costs, security, tools, insurance, and our overall operating expenses skyrocketed in 2025. Your pledge will fully support these efforts. We also didn’t have a sponsor for our Basking Ridge Project Local History Ambassador, in which every fifth grader received an original Bernards Township Flag. Please help us with your generous donation to make sure this program continues.