The 3rd Annual
Turtle Splash & Family Bash : 2007
The event
this year was a HUGE success! We had over 2,000 turtles
adopted from all over the world!!
This was our 1st year offering turtle adoptions online, and
we had almost
700 turtles pre-adopted before the day of the event! And,
thanks to the on-air
promotion by our 3rd year media sponsor
Tropic Wave Radio
we had
turtles adopted
from as far away as Sweden!
The Sponsor
Recognition Cocktail Party & Silent Auction
was an intimate affair, and a good time
was had by all that attended. We enjoyed the sounds of the
Ron Pirtle Quartet
and the
Eau Gallie Yacht Club
did an outstanding job with the food & drinks!
We had 21
items up for bid, and all but a few were won by attendees.
This new addition to our
Annual FUNdraiser was enthusiastically received and we look
forward to it
becoming a regular part of our signature Turtle Splash
event.
Read about the
party in Donna Skattum's column:
Click here
Silent Auction Items & their generous sponsors:
Click here
See pictures
from the EGYC:
The Turtle
Splash & Family Bash
on the other
hand was attended by record crowds!! We had over
50 classic cars on display during the event, including cars
from
The Space Coast Hot Rods,
The Space
Coast Mustang Club,
Classic
Reflections,
Titusville
Corvette Club,
Mopars of
Brevard,
and
more!
A great BIG
thanks to
Dave & Sandy
Viner
of
Rides & Games
for
bringing out an
incredible selection of inflatables and games ... the kids
were flocking to them
like nothing I've ever seen. In addition to all of the
terrific items they supplied, we
had donations from
MyMoonWalkMadness
and
JumpingBeans
and
Melbourne
Party Jumpers,
too!
Returning
again for the 3rd year in a row to entertain us was
The Howlies,
and Bill and his fellow
band members kept us all groovin' to the tunes all
afternoon. At one point
Jon Parrott
was
spotted at the microphone, adding his talents to the group
as well!
And of course
our featured performer was on hand to wiggle and giggle with
the kids -
Captain Music!
The
younger crowd really enjoyed the live interactive singing
and dancing for the 3rd year
and even the parents seemed to get into the fun!
The Pepsi
wagon was going full tilt all day, providing hotdogs, pizza,
sodas and water for the
ever increasing crowd of
Turtle Splash
participants. Many thanks to
Cheney Bros.
and
Papa
John's
and
Pepsi
Bottling Group
for donating
the goodies this year, with a special shout out to
Wild
Oats
for making sure that our wonderful volunteers were fed as
well.
Leading the
Grand Parade this year was
The Melbourne
Beach Fire Department
who brought
out their fire engine and
Dunkin the
Duck
from the Brevard Blue Ducks. The crowd joined
in behind carrying signs and making noise with their
klappers & maracas, and bringing up the
rear was the
Turtle Brigade
toting all the adopted turtles to the race.
Needless to
say, a good time was had by all, and most importantly we
exceeded our goal
of raising $15,000 this year - thanks to all of our generous
sponsors, prize donors, in-kind
sponsors, wonderful volunteers and of course, our local
community that came out
and supported us at the park.
THANK YOU!
The newest addition to our line up this year was our
"Lucky Turtle Contest"
generously
sponsored by Lexus
of Melbourne. The "lucky turtle" that was pre-selected
by our
contest underwriter was:
Turtle # 2291.
In fact, the lucky turtle WAS INDEED
randomly adopted this year, but didn't splash fast enough to
be included
as a qualified finalist (only the first 10 turtles out of
the water qualified). This was
an extremely popular contest-within-a-contest and despite no
one winning
the Lexus RX400h,
everyone seemed receptive to having a chance to win
and we are hopeful that we can offer this option again next
year!
This year's "Qualified Finalists":
Click here
This year's terrific prize packages & their generous
sponsors:
Click here
This year's winning turtles & their adoptive parents:
Click here
Read about the
event in the news:
Click here
See pictures
from the event:
