Support Us

Every bit of help brings us closer to home.

We’re an all-volunteer society rebuilding after the loss of our museum. Whether you give your money, your time, or just a few minutes online, you’re helping preserve this community’s history — and helping us find our way back to a permanent home.

Become a Member

Join the Society

Membership is the backbone of everything we do. It keeps our programs running, our research going, and our bi-monthly newsletter — full of the strange and wonderful stories only a local historian would dig up — landing in your mailbox all year long. Memberships run January through December.

Individual

$20year
  • For one history-minded member.

Couple

$30year
  • For two at the same address.

Lifetime

$250lifetime
  • Join once, support us for good.

Gift

$20year
  • Gift an Annual Membership.

Individual

$20year
  • For one history-minded member.

Couple

$30year
  • For two at the same address.

Lifetime

$250lifetime
  • Join once, support us for good.

Gift

$20year
  • Gift an Annual Membership.
Make a Gift

Fuel the rebuild

Every donation, large or small, goes straight toward our mission and will help us recover what we lost and build toward a permanent home for our collection and our community.

Make checks payable to the Dauphin-Middle Paxton Historical Society and mail to:

P.O. Box 532
Dauphin, PA 17018.

Shop & Commemorate

Buy something that gives back

A few of the ways you can support us also leave a lasting mark — on a memorial, on a historic home, or just on your own shelf. Every purchase supports the Society directly.

Commemorative Veterans’ Bricks

Honor or remember someone who served with an engraved brick at the Veterans Memorial in Dauphin. A permanent tribute, and a lasting part of our community’s landscape. If you’re interested in purchasing a Veterans’ Brick for the Memorial, please contact Sue at vicepresident@dmphs.org or order online.

Historical Plaques

The Dauphin-Middle Paxton Historical Society is excited to offer a way to help preserve the history of our wonderful community. Residents and business owners of the Dauphin-Middle Paxton area will have the opportunity to purchase an historical plaque for their homes or places of business through the Dauphin-Middle Paxton Historical Society. Along with identifying the structure as an historical site, they will be helping the Society through a fundraising effort. Structures will need to be at least 50 years old to qualify as an historical site. The plaques will be custom made by a Pennsylvania foundry. Interested parties will have the opportunity to choose their plaques to be made from bronze or aluminum along with a choice of background color. For more information, please contact us at president@dmphs.org. Please enter “Historical Plaques” in the subject line.

Branded Merchandise

Wear your local pride and help fund the rebuild at the same time. From everyday items to keepsakes, Society merchandise is a simple way to support our work and start a conversation about the history we’re all working to preserve.

Lend a Hand

We’re powered by people, not payroll

Nearly everything we accomplish happens because someone gave their time. Help at an event, pitch in with research, or join a committee — there’s a role for every interest and every schedule. You don’t need a history degree, just a little time and some local pride.

However you choose to help, thank you. You’re keeping this history alive for the people who come next.