This year when visitors attend the 76th Annual
Sanibel Festival and enter the Sanibel Shell Show, they will receive an added
bonus. The Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club has always had the support of The
Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, but this year the museum has increased the level
of their support of the even more. Anyone who donates the requested $5 for
admission to the Shell Show will also be granted free admission to the
Bailey-Matthews Museum during the duration of the Shell Festival, a $9 value.
The dates for the upcoming Shell Festival are March 7, 8 and 9.
The Sanibel Shell festival is the major fundraising event
of the year for both the Sanibel Community Association and the Sanibel-Captiva
Shell Club. Funds raised by the sale of seashells and fossils in the shell tent
and by the sale of artistic shell craft items are used to maintain The
Community House. Funds raised by admission donations are given out in the form
of grants to several local educational and conservation organizations,
including a scholarship fund at the University of South Florida.
Island Sun (February 15, 2013)
No comments:
Post a Comment