Join HEARTS Circle

2024 HEARTS Circle Gala guests enjoy the large front porch at Cedar Grove in Huntersville, NC.

Welcome to HEARTS Circle, join us to help save and share the special local places around us, and support HEARTS’ place-based experiences that transcend time and deliver a deeper understanding of the past and present.

Membership gifts are essential to propel HEARTS’ impact on local historic preservation, research, documentation, and presentation of place-based community programs that explore and share the history, ecology, art, and stories connected to our region.

  • Historic preservation and ecological conservation are always top of mind.

  • Respectful and responsible exploration and recognition of the vast history and ecology of the region.

  • Share stories, enhance connections and ignite personal inspiration through music, dance, drama, poetry, and visual arts.

  • Honor all those from the past with connections to the land.

  • Facilitate financially sound business management and activities for all Affiliate non-profit sites.

  • Seek connections to the Carolina Thread Trail and local greenway networks utilizing trails to the historic structures with identification signage for historic structures, ruins, flora, and fauna.

  • Develop outdoor spaces for the arts, gardens, reflection spaces, community events, and educational opportunities.

HEARTS Circle Membership Goals

  • Membership welcome packet

  • Email delivery of our HEARTS news with behind-the-scenes content

  • Early-bird access to HEARTS Happening announcements and event registration

  • Invitations to exclusive HEARTS Circle member events and seminars

  • Access to the HEARTS Artifact Database and a wealth of other regional resources

  • Exclusive annual HEARTS Circle Gala

  • Membership recognition in our Annual Report

  • Additional benefits available to HEARTS corporate partners

Membership Benefits

Dale Basinger (left), with his wife, Margaret “Chuck Basinger” and Robert Basinger, descendants of Hugh Torance and HEARTS Circle Members and supporters.

Join HEARTS Circle

Individual Membership
$50.00
Every year
✓ All HEARTS Circle membership benefits
✓ One (1) ticket to our annual HEARTS Circle Members Gala
Dual Membership
$100.00
Every year
✓ All HEARTS Circle membership benefits
✓ Two (2) tickets to our annual HEARTS Circle Gala
Family Membership
$150.00
Every year
✓ All HEARTS Circle membership benefits
✓ Four (4) tickets to our annual HEARTS Circle Members Gala
HEARTS Advocate
$250.00
Every year
✓ All HEARTS Circle membership benefits
✓ Four (4) tickets to our annual HEARTS Circle Members Gala
Child Membership
$10.00
Every year

A Child membership entitles a designated parent/guardian who activates the child's membership account to access all our membership content and resources. (This membership level is only available to the parents of a child aged 4-12 years old.)

✓ All HEARTS Circle Membership benefits
✓ One (1) ticket to our annual HEARTS Circle Members Gala
Scholar Membership
$25.00
Every year

A Scholar membership entitles an individual currently enrolled at a public or private school or university to access all our membership content and resources.

✓ All HEARTS Circle membership benefits
✓ One (1) ticket to our annual HEARTS Circle Members Gala

Additional Membership Details

Membership is valid for one year from the payment date and includes one Gala event per annual membership.

The monetary value of a HEARTS Circle membership with the HEARTS Collaborative, Inc., a federally recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit charity organization, is considered a donation that is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law and is non-refundable.