The J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge and “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge hosted a special free Solar Eclipse Celebration on April 8 at The Roost that drew a full house of sun-watchers. It featured an astrophysics speaker from Florida Gulf Coast University, moon pies, a chance drawing for a framed print of the phases of the moon and free eclipse glasses. Sue Hamblen, of Fort Myers, was the winner of the drawing. In addition, 216 students from Lehigh Elementary used solar eclipse glasses from the DDWS with their science coach, Angi McStravic, and other teachers to watch the eclipse from behind their school.