As some of you may know, last year the club made substantial donations to two different organizations because we wanted to help support their efforts of education and conservation. Those donations were:
- Coral Restoration Foundation (CRF) - $5,000.00
- Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences (IMCS) - $1,000.00
These donations were made at the end of December and we are very happy to have had the opportunity to do our part in the community. Rutgers was very appreciative, as you can see by the letter they sent us.
On a side note - we were assured that our donation to Rutgers would specifically go towards funding of the IMCS Program and not just a general donation to the University. That means we will directly impact further education and research for the marine industry!
We also received a "package" from CRF... but it was shipped to our PO box. I have requested that the box be shipped to my house as that is the only option we have for anything other than a letter (you can scan the contents of a box
). I will reply to this thread once I receive it and see what's in it.
Anyway, I just thought I would share that with the community since all of you were part of raising the money for these donations (through membership dues, frag swap attendance, etc). Thank you all for contributing to our efforts. Hopefully the club will continue to be able to make similar donations in the future.
- Coral Restoration Foundation (CRF) - $5,000.00
- Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences (IMCS) - $1,000.00
These donations were made at the end of December and we are very happy to have had the opportunity to do our part in the community. Rutgers was very appreciative, as you can see by the letter they sent us.
On a side note - we were assured that our donation to Rutgers would specifically go towards funding of the IMCS Program and not just a general donation to the University. That means we will directly impact further education and research for the marine industry!
We also received a "package" from CRF... but it was shipped to our PO box. I have requested that the box be shipped to my house as that is the only option we have for anything other than a letter (you can scan the contents of a box
). I will reply to this thread once I receive it and see what's in it.Anyway, I just thought I would share that with the community since all of you were part of raising the money for these donations (through membership dues, frag swap attendance, etc). Thank you all for contributing to our efforts. Hopefully the club will continue to be able to make similar donations in the future.
Go Team!
