Aquarium Holiday Party
It's the last week to purchase your holiday party tickets. Here are a few last minute details you may need......
1. Party tickets are $5.00 each and you can bring ONE guest. That is $10.00 for two people
2. Party tickets MUST be purchased by Friday at 4:00 pm....We have to give a head count for food to the hotel and if it's not correct, then we don't have enough food!
3. Dress is normally somewhat fancy however, you can wear whatever you want BUT you must wear clothing!!!! And skip the uniforms.
4. Cocktail will be hosted starting at 6:30 until 7pm
5. Dinner begins at 7:00 and food will be out until around 8:30. (If you get there very fashionably late there might not be food)
6. The DJ will play dinner music and then somewhere around 9:00 ish the dancing will begin!
7. The DJ has been asked not to play music with offensive language. If you ask and he says no, you can blame Angie
8. Beer, Wine, soda, and water will be free.....Alcoholic beverages of other types (rum, vodka, whiskey, scotch, etc) is not free and can be purchased directly from the bartender. No one under 21 will be drinking as ids will be checked. No ID No Drinky.
9. The address to the Embassy Suites Hotel is 513 S. Florida Avenue.....
10. They do offer event valet parking for $12 per car....otherwise, you can park at the aquarium and walk or ride the trolley...or you can park at the convention center parking garage.
Our very own Sharp Shooters staff will be there from 6:45 - 7:45 ish taking pictures in front of the beautiful Christmas tree....Then, on Thursday, those pictures will be available for purchase.... If you want a great holiday picture, they do a fantastic job...
Members Night
We need volunteers to help with the Members Only Night on Monday, December 22, 6-9 pm. We need assistance with touch tanks, BTS, face painting, crafts and more. This is a popular event for our members. If you can help out for this event, please contact Casey Melton (813) 273-4121 email: cmelton@flaquarium.org or there is a signup sheet in the volunteer lounge.
Aqua Eve
Want to bring in the New Year but can't figure out where to go? We are looking for volunteers to help with The Florida Aquarium's New Year Eve Party on Wednesday, December 31, 6:30pm to 2am. Get a full evening of food, drinks, music & fireworks. Complimentary beer and wine, champagne toast at midnight, front row seats for fireworks and ball drop over the channel. If you are interested in helping out and enjoy the celebration, registration forms are in the volunteer lounge next to the touch screen or contact Katie Kearney (813)367-4065 or email kkearney@flaquarium.org and we get you on the list.
Husbandry Openings
Animal Programs volunteers needed on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 7am to noon. This is an opportunity to assist the Animal Programs team with Animal Shows working behind the scenes, clean holding areas, etc.
Water Quality positions open on Monday, Thursday & Friday mornings 7am to noon. Must be dependable and dedicated to the specific day.
Wetlands Opener - Volunteers needed to assist in opening the wetlands gallery Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays starting at 7 until 10am.
OC Assistant -
Volunteer Positions available in Ocean Commotion. Help is needed to open the New Ocean Commotion gallery Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday from 7am-noon.
Wetlands Volunteer needed to assist staff 7am – 4pm on Fridays.
If you’re interested in these openings, please complete a Husbandry Application in the lounge, and submit it to Volunteer Services. Don’t forget, you must write down the specific title and date of the position you’re applying for. If you are applying for more than one position, please complete an application for each position
Out of Office
Casey Melton will be out of the office the week of December 14 th. If you have any volunteer related issues, please see Bill Eggert in Human Resources.
- In an attempt “walks the talk” on our water conservation mission as well as cut down our water bill we have begun testing waterless urinals. The 2 test units were installed in the 2 nd floor men’s room. If these units perform as advertised we will ultimately convert all men’s room urinals in the entire facility to waterless. (Sorry ladies, no waterless toilets yet!) This conversion has the potential to save nearly 500,000 gallons of water and around $30,000 annually.
As I said this is a test, so feel free to check them out and provide any feedback (positive or negative) to Rita, Don or Jack.
Ahhhhhhhh! some time for contemplation, along with the business at hand of course.
Firstly…as we start the last month of the year…Happy Holidays, to one and all. Having said that….keep in mind, the time of year is at hand to insure we do all we can to keep our end of the Aquarium as shiny as possible. Remember, Santa's watching so be on your best behavior…in eye contact with your buddy, and always aware of what”s around you as well as your gear set up. NOOOO dragging gauges!! Be sure to log in before you get in the exhibit so we know where you are. Thanks ahead of time for your efforts. A thought, as well, make sure, just before you exit the exhibit your cleaning, that everything looks snug and tidy, corals aren”t laying on their side, or floating off into the cosmos and everything looks like it should from your experience diving on a real reef.
As we move along, remember the not to be missed Aquarium Christmas Party, on Dec. 17th at the Embassy Suites. If you ' ve not gotten your tickets, that can be arranged with either Casey Melton or Angie Bradley at $5 per head, for yourself and a guest. Dress is up to you…but from past experience…folks tend to get shined up for this.
We're continuing our coordination with the Ocean Conservancy to provide volunteer divers to assist with underwater clean-ups at various fishing piers around Pinellas County next year, with the work to hopefully be conducted from Feb thru June, scheduling to be worked out between OC and Dive ops. So far, we're contemplating the fishing pier out on Ft. Desoto , the shore end of the St. Pete Pier, and the catwalks along the west end of the Gandy Bridge. As we get closer to knowing more….we'll keep you posted for those who want to do a little something different in the underwater world around us.
Watch for the up-dates as to when we offer courses to bring you up to speed towards joining us in the off-site programs we conduct and don”t be afraid to look around the Aquarium for other ways to be of assistance, the more you know about us, the more we know about you.
Lastly, for those of you not up to speed on the newest member of dive world; Syvonne and Mike T are now the proud parents of a bouncing baby boy. Nicholas Michael was born on Sunday, Nov. 30th at 8 lbs. Mother and baby are doing fine and should be home as you read this. Sooooooooooo, congratulations to the Terrells.
Actually, that wan”t lastly….you still have your paper work to do. :=) Happy Holidays gang….and I”d be remiss if I didn”t insert some Green Team stuff……..think about wrapping your Christmas gifts using the Sunday funnies. It recycles the paper and gives the recipient something to laugh at, in case you bought them a cheap gift!! Be safe and remember , re-use, reduce or recycle.
To schedule a dive email Diveschedule@flaquarium.org or call (813) 367-4019. See you in the water!
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