Giving Societies

Includes: 

Annual magazine

Advance invitations to special events and other DLC opportunities

One Valentine’s Day video valentine

Includes LEMUR FRIEND benefits, plus:

20% discount on retail (non-tour ticket) Lemur Landing gift shop purchases

First notice on early invitations to public events at the Duke Lemur Center

SAVA/Madagascar Conservation Programs printed calendar upon request

One complimentary lemur message for every promotion we offer (subject to change: Valentine’s Day is a standing tradition, others may be added)

Opt-in opportunity to receive quarterly electronic updates on one lemur/species currently offered in the Adopt-a-Lemur program. This will not include a snail-mailed welcome packet or the ability to “gift” the information to another person unless your gift is a designated gift to the Adopt a Lemur Program specifically. The animal biography and species information sheet will be emailed versus mailed via USPS. Please email Mary at mary.paisley@duke.edu to opt in.

Invitation to a unique behind-the-scenes visit through the Development Officer and to other DLC events

Includes LEMUR CHAMPION benefits, plus:

Invitation to customized visit with DLC staff and lemurs, and lunch with the Director*

Name on the Donor Wall in the Lemur Landing gift shop and visitor center

*Will be coordinated through the Development Officer and we cannot guarantee the Director’s availability during requested timeframes.

Includes: 

Custom discounted education program at Duke Lemur Center

Name on Donor Wall in the Lemur Landing gift shop and visitor center

Up to two complimentary uses of DLC conference room meeting spaces, or one use of our outdoor tent space, as available

Quarterly e-Newsletter for the inside scoop on DLC happenings

Annual magazine

Two-hour visit on-site through Development Officer for up to 20 organizational representatives

Please note: $5,000 and Up donation threshold excludes matching program gifts. 

Named in recognition of the golden-crowned sifaka, this honorary group includes individuals who have made charitable donations to the Duke Lemur Center for ten consecutive years or more.

This includes donors and friends who have made:

a planned/legacy gift to the Duke Lemur Center, or
an endowment gift to the Duke Lemur Center.

These donors will be recognized on the Donor Wall and are granted lifetime recognition benefits as Lemur Champion donors (or Director’s Society if annual gift is $5,000 or more).

Honoring lifetime individual giving to the Duke Lemur Center
Includes annual gifts, legacy gifts/bequests, legacy gift commitments, and endowment gifts

The new Circle of Life Society and the recognition of its members on the Duke Lemur Center’s Wall of Thanks in the gift shop will serve as an important new way to say thank you to our most generous and long-term individual donors while also encouraging others to support and continue supporting the Duke Lemur Center.

Members will be listed as one group, alphabetically by last name regardless of their cumulative donation total. Individuals will be recognized among all of the DLC’s most generous supporters. In addition to listing cumulative donations from current donors, the list will also reflect bequests and lifetime gifts from deceased donors. In this way, their support for the DLC will live on through continued recognition and thanks in the years to come.