Attend the ORG Benefit on Nov 2!

[Jonathan Bird]

Hi Everyone,
This is a reminder that the Oceanic Research Group "Celebrate the Sea (http://www.oceanicresearch.org/scholarship/benefit/benefit.htm)" Film Festival and Fundraiser will be held on November 2, 2008 at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington, MA at 1 PM.

I will present An Indonesian Odyssea, a slide presentation about Lembeh Straits, Indonesia. I will also premiere a brand new HD episode of Jonathan Bird's Blue World--the first segment from season 2.

The ORG scholarship winner will be present to accept her award.

As usual, we will have many exciting auctions and raffle items, including a dive in the Giant Ocean Tank at the New England Aquarium (very hard to get!) and a Wyland dolphin print, as well as signed prints of mine.

The theatre only seats 375...so don't be late. Tickets are $10 (adults) and $5 (under 12).

Oceanic Research Group, Inc (http://www.oceanicresearch.org). is a 501(c)3 non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the conservation of the world's oceans through education.

Hope to see you there!

Jonathan

[tarczy]

The ORG scholarship winner will be present to accept her award.



Just out of curiosity, how much will this year's scholarship winner receive?

[Jonathan Bird]

The 2008 scholarship is $1,000.00.

If we could get a better turnout we would like to up it to $2,500.00 next year. Our goal is to get it to $10,000.00 but we really need a corporate sponsor to do that.

Anyone know a company that would like to make a nice tax-deductible donation to a non-profit org for the purposes of funding a scholarship for a person pursuing a degree in a marine-related field?

Let's just say that fundraising is not my forte. If it were, we would have a bunch of underwriters for Blue World by now!

Jonathan