Musings of a Gator
All this Gator chat with Michael reminded me of something…
Every time college football season comes round, I cannot but think of the amount of money we could make for conservation from these avid football fans. The Swamp (aka University of Florida’s football stadium) holds about 80,000 people and on a big game day (e.g. Gators vs Seminoles) the stadium is packed to capacity. Now, suppose each person were asked to contribute just 50 cents towards sea turtle conservation as they entered the stadium or when they paid for the ticket, we could make $40,000 for conservation from one game alone!! Okay, even if we were more modest in our request and asked for just 5 cents per person, we would get $4,000 which is an incredible amount of money for many countries. Think about it Michael...the Gator games are a huge, untapped resource for sea turtle conservation ;)
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Speaking of fundraising initiatives on college campuses, has anyone thought about getting students to sign away their dining hall meals on a given day and having all the money they would've spent go to a collection for sea turtle conservation. My undergraduate fraternity did this during our nationally-recognized food drive and it was a huge success (we must've raised around $5,000). I'm not sure whether other colleges will allow you to do this, but it was supported enthusiastically at mine.
Posted by: William Barnhill | July 15, 2003 12:49 PM