2010 Second Annual
SanCap Cracker Fest

Our Sanibel START chapter is hosting the Second Annual SanCap Cracker Fest on Friday, November 5, 2010 at 6:30 P.M.  This event is a departure from traditional Sanibel functions.  We are celebrating Sanibel’s rich and lively heritage with a wonderful Florida Cracker Dinner Fundraiser with Silent and Live Auctions.  The evening will be elegantly casual, filled with down-home music by our local TROUBLESTARTERS.  And we will serve a delicious dinner including smoked piney woods rooter and fried mullet with all the trimmings, finishing with mouth-watering desserts.  And it wouldn’t be a party without select wine and beer on hand!

Our local Sanibel Captiva Chapter of START (Solutions to Avoid Red Tide, Inc.) is part of a statewide organization headquartered in Sarasota.  You may visit the website at www.start1.com.  START’s vision is to improve the quality of our marine waters through research, public education, and programs that restore marine habitats, preserve marine species, and promote healthy beaches and coastal waterways.  This vision has never been more important.

When our START chapter determined to have a fundraiser last year, we resolved to keep the majority of the proceeds in Lee County and have succeeded in that mission.  Our chapter president Dr. Bruce Neill (Executive Director, Sanibel Sea School) spearheaded collaborative efforts between START and Sanibel Sea School to create a tool to educate Lee County teachers and students about locally relevant coastal and marine issues.  Called The Coastal Classroom, the computer module is a prototype designed specifically for 7^th graders.   This project could not have been produced without the generous help of our 2009 sponsors, donors, and event participants.  A presentation of the Coastal Classroom will be made at this year’s Cracker Fest.

Our objective for the coming year is to develop other outreach programs to be underwritten with the proceeds from SanCap Cracker Fest 2010. 

We hope that you will show your support of our organization in 2010 by attending our one-of-a-kind event.  Tickets are available by presale only and limited to the first 300 RSVP guests.  We anticipate a sold-out crowd again this year, so make your reservations now!  You may send your check for $75 per person to SanCap START, P. O. Box 1511, Sanibel, Florida 33957.


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Just to be forewarned that the music is and will be loud throughout the Park from the Bait Box. The music will be done by 10PM. Thanks for your patience and understanding from all involved in this worthy cause.