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2nd annual Save Our Seagrass Fundraiser!

South Fork Natural History Museum (SoFo) will be hosting a Save Our Seagrass Celebration to benefit Cornell Cooperative
Extension of Suffolk County’s Marine Meadows Program on November 9, 2013 from
5-8pm at their facility located at 377 Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike in
Bridgehampton. The
celebration will feature a raw bar of locally harvested shellfish, freshly
prepared Peconic Bay Scallops, local wine, craft beer and live jazz music.  All proceeds will support local habitat
restoration efforts and environmental education initiatives as carried out by
the Marine Meadows Program. 


Leading up to the celebration, a Save Our
Seagrass Fundraising Campaign will be in effect.  Sponsorships from local businesses and
individuals are being sought and will allow for eelgrass meadows to be established
in our local waters.  Funds raised will
allow CCE staff members to conduct the required monitoring and restoration
plantings needed to establish healthy meadows that will serve as essential
habitat for species such as winter and summer flounder, striped bass, and bay
scallops.  Additionally, proceeds from
this effort will allow for educational opportunities in the form of Marine
Meadows Workshops to be offered at the South Fork Natural History Museum (SoFo)
in 2014. 


Several levels of
sponsorship are available and all levels include marketing benefits and tickets
to the Save Our Seagrass Celebration on November 9th.  Individual tickets and are available for
purchase online at www.marinemeadows.org, by calling 631-727-7850 ext. 326 or in
person at SoFo.  Sponsorship information
is available at www.marinemeadows.org or by calling Kimberly Barbour at
631-852-8660 ext. 27. 

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