7-27-22
Hi CSM Neighbors,
Our 2022 Adopt a Beach campaign is complete, and your donations have been given to SCCF. Due to your generosity, Chateaux Sur Mer is contributing $14,150 to this important fundraiser--$1550 more than last year! Our grand total since beginning our participation in 2017 is $60,550.
SCCF is very grateful to CSM for its leadership, advocacy, and financial support of the Adopt a Beach program which supports Sanibel's nesting sea turtles. From Kelly Sloan: "Wow - that is fantastic! It seems like you outdo yourself every year! Your neighborhood is so impressive. I hope that Covid is in a lull this fall so we can get together and I can personally thank your amazing neighbors." You might recall that Kelly attended one of our beach parties a few years ago, so hopefully we will be able to have her join us again in 2023. We will continue to receive periodic updates from Carley Nolan. In the meantime, here is a link to an article on the SCCF website: https://sccf.org/news/blog/sea-turtle-nests-thriving-on-sanibel-and-captiva-but-slightly-down-from-2021.
Thank you once again for your help!
Regards,
The CSM Board
6-14-22
Hi CSM Neighbors,
It’s time once again to launch our Adopt a Beach campaign. This year’s collection period will run through July 9, and we’re hoping for another great sea turtle season with clear waters and a record breaking number of hatchlings!
Old and new Adopt a Beach information:
· The Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) started the Adopt a Beach program in 2017.
· Chateaux Sur Mer was the first island neighborhood to participate in SCCF’s endeavor to protect nesting sea turtles.
· Purposes of the Adopt a Beach campaign: for all of us to be well-informed ambassadors and advocates for sea turtles who nest on our shores; to raise $2 for every foot of CSM’s shoreline (we have approximately 1900-2000 feet); to use donated funds (which aren’t co-mingled with SCCF’s general fund) for program supplies, including GPS units, measuring wheels, screening materials to deter predators, nest staking materials, educational signage, fuel for surveys, and a variety of miscellaneous supplies (buckets, mallets, data books, rakes, etc.); SCCF also uses the funds to purchase research supplies such as wildlife cameras to monitor coyote behavior around sea turtle nests. For more information about SCCF’s efforts involving our sea turtles, please visit their website: https://sccf.org/our-work/sea-turtles
· Since 2017, Chateaux Sur Mer has donated $46,400 to Adopt a Beach, including $12,600 in 2021. We are proud of our efforts and are glad to see other island neighborhoods joining us in supporting this worthy program. And for this year’s campaign, we already have a generous donation from enthusiastic neighbors who were eager to get us started!
· Your contribution is tax deductible and will result in supporting an established SCCF program that benefits sea turtle monitoring and research.
· Per usual, we will receive periodic sea turtle updates, and all information will be posted on the CSM website. This year we will get our news from Carly Nolan who is SCCF’s Daytime Sea Turtle intern. To get a preview of what we might be seeing, go to our website and click on the Adopt a Beach tabs for information, photos, and videos. https://www.chateauxsurmer.org/#home-section
· The City of Sanibel’s website shares information on how to protect our sea turtles: https://www.mysanibel.com/Departments/City-Manager-s-Office/News/Keep-Sanibel-s-Sea-Turtles-in-the-Dark-2022-Nesting-Season-is-Underway. Be sure to inform your guests and renters that they should remove all beach equipment and supplies when leaving for the day. Holes should be filled and sand castles etc. should be flattened (sorry!) so our turtles have an easier time making their way to and from the gulf.
Please consider contributing to Adopt a Beach. CSM’s campaign will begin with this email and run through July 9.
Your check should be made out to SCCF and it should be sent to: Robin Coleman, 4771 Rue Helene, Sanibel 33957. Checks will be held until the end of the campaign and then delivered to SCCF.
Thank you for your help!
The CSM Board