Our Mission
We are an organization whose mission is to support the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in operating and maintaining Rock Island State Park.
Member Benefits
As a member, you will be kept informed of our efforts and learn about what's happening on the island in a quarterly newsletter as well as be invited to FORI-sponsored events.
Memberships
- An annual individual membership is $10/year
- An annual family membership is $25/year
- A life membership is $300 once
- Corporate Memberships: Businesses are invited to contribute to our lighthouse project. Any business that makes a contribution automatically becomes a corporate member of F.O.R.I. Some of F.O.R.I.'s corporate members are: Peterson Builders, Inc of Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin and the U.S. Lighthouse Society of San Fransisco, California
To join send your membership dues to our President along with your name, address, phone number and email address.
Annual memberships renew in January each year.
Send email to get more information about our organization, to help us with our projects or to comment on our web site.
Merchandise
Friends of Rock Island offer souvenir clothing for sale at the Contact Station near the boat dock on Rock Island, at the Pottawatomie Lighthouse Museum on Rock Island and at The Kaupstadur Gift Shop by the ferry dock on Washington Island.
T –Shirts (several designs), Crew & Hooded Sweatshirts and Denim Shirts all come in S-XXL.
Other items for sale are:
- Bandanas with the park map
- Pottawatomie Replica Lighthouse Pins
- Pottawatomie Lighthouse replica figurines
- Rock Island Guide books
- Rock Island postcards
- Pottawatomie Lighthouse Magnets
- Pottawatomie Lighthouse Mugs
- Lake Michigan Shipwreck Posters
- Rock Island State Park Pens and Pencils
- 2008 Sesquicentennial Calendars
Valhalla In America
A book describing the Norse Myths depicted on the wooden furniture in the Rock Island boathouse has been written by Douglas and Sharon Rossman. It is available from Jackson Harbor Press for $19.95 plus $2.50 shipping & handling. 5.5% Wisconsin sales tax applies for Wisconsin residents.
To obtain a copy, contact Bill Olson.