Become a Member

Your membership support helps provide history educational programming for the public, develop multi-generational learning experiences, preserve important artifacts of the Tower-Soudan-Lake Vermilion community, and foster community engagement.

Your Membership Supports Our Mission

For over 50 years, since the founding of the Tower-Society Historical Society in 1963, we have been dedicated to preserving and sharing local history; engaging the community to respect and appreciate our historic legacy and inspire current and future generations to honor this important facet of our lives.  As a private non-profit with no government operating support, we rely on contributions from supporters like you.

Annual Membership

We all take pride in our shared history. We ask you to share in the efforts to preserve our irreplaceable heritage. We invite you to join the effort and become a member of the Tower-Soudan Historical Society. By joining, you will be helping to ensure the ongoing programs, projects and preservation efforts of the Historical Society.

As an annual member you will be participating in the effort to continue and sustain our mission:

“Dedicated to community enrichment through education, preservation, and celebration of the rich history and heritage of the Tower-Soudan and Lake Vermilion community through people, artifacts and stories.”

Annual Membership Support

• $15.00 – Individual
• $100.00 – Business Supporter

Please know that 100% of your online payment for memberships and donations is free of service charges. We use the Zeffy fundraising platform for nonprofits that is free – we pay no transaction fees, platform fees, credit card fees or monthly fees.

Unlike other platforms that charge service and transaction fees to nonprofits, and which are paid in part by your donations, Zeffy (formerly Simplyk) allows 100% of your donation to go towards the Tower-Soudan Historical Society.

Zeffy offers their technology services to nonprofits 100% free of charge so that your donations are used solely to support their mission. In return, Zeffy gives donors the option to make a voluntary contribution to them.

At the payment confirmation step, members and donors have the option (but are never obliged) to contribute to Zeffy.  The dropdown box gives you the option to pay $0 (under other) or as much as you choose to support their service.

This is their only source of revenue, allowing them to develop our platform and cover the credit card fees they pay for the 5,000+ nonprofits that fundraise with Zeffy. Regardless of whether you add a voluntary contribution, 100% of the money fundraised in the Zeffy payment process is deposited directly into our Tower-Soudan Historical Society bank account at the Frandsen Bank and Trust in Tower.

Thank you for your 100% membership support or donation!

You can become a new member or renew your membership here online or mail a check to the Tower-Soudan Historical Society, PO Box 465, Tower, MN  55790.

Membership Support Eligibility

Anyone can join!  There are no requirements to volunteer or attend meetings or do any work if that is not your thing!  All you need is to have is a love of history and the desire to help support the preservation of our Tower-Soudan-Lake Vermilion community’s history for current and future generations.

Downloadable Membership Form