Become a Member
Loggerhead Marinelife Center's Annual Fund offers our donors the opportunity to make tax deductible donations to the Center while enjoying many additional exciting benefits. A tax-deductible donation to the Annual Fund supports the operations of Loggerhead Marinelife Center wherever the need is greatest. Your contribution helps promote conservation of Florida's coastal ecosystems with a special focus on threatened and endangered sea turtles. Are you currently a member of LMC? Your contribution will still entitle you to the great benefits you’ve received in the past as a member but will be enhanced.
Your investment in the Annual Fund will provide
• Treatment for an average of 80-100 sea turtles who are brought to LMC’s state-of-the-art Gordon & Patricia Gray Veterinary Hospital
• Education for over 300,000+ visitors who visit the center annually
• Programs for over 50,000 registered students in more than 30 distinct public programs offered more than 1,000 times per year
• Research of the 9.5 miles of beach monitored by LMC’s biologists during turtle nesting season from March 1st – October 31st
Hatchling Level: Up to $99
Subscription to monthly e-newsletter, Marinelife Review
Hawksbill Level: $100 to $499
- Blue Friends Society Membership:
- Complimentary admission to six Blue Friends networking events
- Monthly Blue Friends Book Club gatherings & Invitations to Blue Friends special events
- LMC Blue Friends name badge (upon request)
- Membership card
- Free or reduced admission to 250 ASTC organizations*
- Turtle Walk Discount for two people
- 10% discount at the LMC Gift Store
- Subscription to monthly e-newsletter, Marinelife Review
- Program, birthday party and summer camp discounts
- Name listed in the annual report
Loggerhead Level: $500 to $2,499
- Blue Friends Society Membership:
- Complimentary admission to six Blue Friends networking events
- Monthly Blue Friends Book Club gatherings & Invitations to Blue Friends special events
- LMC Blue Friends name badge (upon request)
- Membership card
- Free or reduced admission to 250 ASTC organizations*
- Subscription to monthly e-newsletter, Marinelife Review
- Name listed in the annual report
- Program, birthday party and summer camp discounts
- 10% discount at the LMC Gift Store
- Turtle Walk Discount for six people
- Behind the scenes tour for family (up to six people)
Leatherback Society: $2,500 to $4,999
- Blue Friends Society Membership:
- Complimentary admission to six Blue Friends networking events
- Monthly Blue Friends Book Club gatherings & Invitations to Blue Friends special events
- LMC Blue Friends name badge (upon request)
- Membership card
- Free or reduced admission to 250 ASTC organizations*
- Subscription to monthly e-newsletter, Marinelife Review
- Name listed in the annual report
- Program, birthday party and summer camp discounts
- Complimentary Turtle Walk for eight people
- 20% discount at the LMC Gift Store
- Behind the scenes tour for family (up to eight people)
- Blue Friends Society Membership:
- Complimentary admission to six Blue Friends networking events
- Monthly Blue Friends Book Club gatherings & Invitations to Blue Friends special events
- LMC Blue Friends name badge (upon request)
- Membership card
- Exclusive discounted Turtle Walk for members only
- Free or reduced admission to 250 ASTC organizations*
- Subscription to monthly e-newsletter, Marinelife Review
- Name listed in the annual report
- Program, birthday party and summer camp discounts
- VIP Turtle Walk for 10 people
- 20% discount at the LMC Gift Store
- Behind the scenes tour for family (up to 10 people)
- Invitation to VIP events and turtle releases
- Two tickets to our annual “Go Blue” Awards Luncheon and private reception
- Two tickets to “Circle of 100” Annual Recognition Dinner with keynote speaker
For questions regarding the Annual Fund, please contact Jack Lighton by email: jlighton@marinelife.org.
*ASTC ~ The Association of Science - Technology Centers – www.astc.org
**Member organizations included are science centers, museums, nature centers, aquariums, planetariums, zoos, botanical gardens, and natural history and children’s museums across the country. The discounts and free admission may be used outside of a 90-mile radius of your home.