Shell club awards grant funding
In 2023, the Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club provided grants to the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium and Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation. At the museum, the funds were used toward a two-plus year “Recovery + Renewal” project and fundraising campaign encompassing post Hurricane Ian repairs and improvements, continuing educational programming and ongoing operations, and start-up costs of reopening after the storm. The funds for the SCCF Marine Laboratory were used to conduct research after Ian on water quality conditions in the Gulf of Mexico, which included three oceanographic research cruises.