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RESTORING OUR CORAL REEFS

Our Coral Restoration Initiative will partner with the University in order to help monitor and police the coral nursery and then replant on the reef in the Broward County waters utilizing veterans and individuals with disabilities as our volunteer dive force. Thus, accomplishing providing a therapeutic activity for veterans and individuals with disabilities while restoring our reef system. Individual donations make a difference. Check out our GoFundMe page to help get this program moving!

This initiative is expected to cost upwards of $65,000 to make it a reality. We are accepting sponsorship now. Sponsors will enjoy visibility in all of our upcoming outreach events, social media, on our website, etc. It is possible to restore this habitat for our children's children. It cannot be done without your help. Complete the form below the following picture to share your commitment to sponsor this initiative or reach out to Serena (serena@adaptivescubaprograms.org) via email or phone (877-278-2824 x2).

See some background information on the state of our reef system in the links below (links to external sites where research articles were posted).

Diversity "Coral Restoration Effectiveness: Multiregional Snapshots of the Long-Term Responses of Coral Assemblages to Restoration" Margaux Y. Hein 1,2,* , Roger Beeden 3 , Alastair Birtles 1 , Naomi M. Gardiner 1 , Thomas Le Berre 4 , Jessica Levy 5 , Nadine Marshall 6 , Chad M. Scott 7 , Lisa Terry 8 and Bette L. Willis 1,2 https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/66850/1/diversity-12-00153%20%281%29.pdf
USGA "Rigorously Valuing the Role of U.S. Coral Reefs in Coastal Hazard Risk Reduction" Curt D. Storlazzi, Borja G. Reguero, Aaron D. Cole, Erik Lowe, James B. Shope, Ann E. Gibbs, Barry A. Nickel, Robert T. McCall, Ap R. van Dongeren, and Michael W. Beck https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2019/1027/ofr20191027.pdf
Restoration Ecology "Near-term impacts of coral restoration on target species, coral reef community structure, and ecological processes" Mark C. Ladd, Deron E. Burkepile, Andrew A. Shantz https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/rec.12939

You have taken the first step in reaching out to your community. We are thankful for your patronage, and together we can positively affect many individuals. Please take a few moments to work out the details of your pledge, and we can start rolling with the programs to enhance lives in the community.

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		Program Sponsor	$15,000.00
		One Day Event Sponsor	$5,000.00
		Sponsor a Volunteer	$2,500.00
		Sponsor a Veteran	$1,000.00
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