Ways to Give Back to the Lake

Renew your LCC Membership

Clean water is critical to the vibrancy of our communities, to the health of our economy, and to our quality of life. Clean water depends upon the vigilance of an engaged community committed to safeguarding it as a precious public resource. Continue your engagement by renewing your Lake Champlain Committee (LCC) membership. You can renew online or mail a check to LCC at 208 Flynn Avenue, Building 3, Studio 3F, Burlington, VT 05401. Your gift will really make a difference in LCC's ongoing work to protect water quality, reduce and prevent pollution, safeguard natural habitats, combat invasive species, and provide access. Please stay involved and vested in the work for clean water!

Make a Tax-Free Gift from Your IRA

If you're 70 and 1/2 years of age or more and have an IRA, you can make a tax-free gift of up to $100,000 to LCC! The IRA Charitable Rollover has been extended permanently. You can designate your donation for a particular purpose or for unrestricted use. 

Buy the Lake Book

Why is ice so hard and slippery? What are pressure ridges and how do they form? Can we expect lake effect snow this month? Can fish get the flu? How do the lake’s turtles survive the winter? Find the answers to these and many more questions in <link learn lccbook _blank external link in new>Lake Champlain: A Natural History. LCC’s award-winning book (now in its second printing) provides a wonderful introduction to our beautiful, "great" Lake. <link shop _blank external link in new>Get a copy today for yourself or fellow lake lover.

Keep the Lake in View with LCC Note Cards

Wish you could look at Lake Champlain every day? You can with a purchase of LCC's stunning photo cards feature beautiful vistas of our favorite lake! An eight-card set includes two cards each of four different arresting scenes and costs $10 for members, $14 if you haven't joined yet. (Shipping and handling is extra.) The cards are printed on high quality, 100% recycled card stock and come with matching envelopes. You can view all four scenes on our <link shop _blank external link in new>website and <link shop _blank external link in new>purchase them online, or call us at 802 658-1414 and we'll process your order. Proceeds from any note card purchase supports LCC's work for a healthy, accessible lake. Many thanks to photographers Carolyn Bates, Trip Kinney, Lisa Liotta, and Philip Mongeau for generously sharing their lake pictures with LCC!