| SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FOSSIL CLUB | |
PRESERVING THE PAST FOR THE PRESENT |
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| Club Interests - All types of fossils.
Meetings - Held at 7:00 p.m. the second Saturday of each month at Edison State College, located at 26300 Airport Road in Punta Gorda. Meetings feature a guest speaker & programs on archaeology and paleontology, fossil identifications, raffles, and fossil items for sale. Directions to Edison State College Club Activities - Two field trips a month in addition to scheduled “Kids Digs”, fossil workshops, raffles with an Annual Scholarship Auction. Club volunteers speak at local schools, participating with fossil show & exhibits. We have served Southwest Florida for 26 years. Families and children are always welcome! Newsletter - Published monthly. Contains interesting news, stories about paleontological and archaeological discoveries, and fossil identifications. Membership Dues - $15 single, $20 family $4 children Membership Information blondie1638@comcast.net Kathy Caldwell1540 Schenley Street Port Charlotte FL 33952 President - Chuck Ferrara - ferrara_307@hotmail.com. For more information email one of the board members of the Southwest Florida Fossil Club Executive Board Fossiling Permit - It is Florida's public policy to protect and preserve all vertebrate fossils including bones, teeth, natural casts, molds, impressions and remains of prehistoric animals. Fossil sharks teeth are specifically excluded from these regulations, as are fossil plants, and invertebrates, including shells, so no permit is required to collect these specimens. To obtain a copy of the permit, click picture below |
Upcoming Events COME ONE - COME ALL! PUBLIC INVITED Saturday, February 13th, 2010 from 5:30 - 10:00 p.m. at the Edison State College - our Annual Scholarship Auction will be held. Preview will begin at 5:00 p.m. Our auction is open to the public. We will be auctioning off fossil jewelry, books, artifacts, guided tours, bones and all kinds of fossils. Additional Auction Information Recent EventsSaturday & Sunday, January 16th & 17th - The first annual Arcadia Days was quite a success. We had our booth manned by SWFFC volunteers who handed out information, applications and supervised a fossil dig for younger children. Then we also had a fossil dig in the Peace River for the older kids. In spite of cool, windy weather and cold water, they ventured in and dug for fossils. Photos from Arcadia Days Saturday, January 9th, 2010 - monthly meeting. Our speaker was George Hecht from Gainesville University. His program was on ostracodes of Moorea, French Polynesia. Ostracoes look like shrimp in a clam shell but are less than 1 mm long. Saturday, December 12th - we celebrated our annual Christmas Party. Everyone had a great time. Good food, good times and especially good friends. Photos
Sunday, August 9, 2009 - we had our annual picnic. We played shark bingo, had a fossil pit for the kids and enjoyed many other activities. Thank you to all who participated in making this a great activity for the club. Additional Photos More Recent Events complete with photos Photo Gallery Don't forget to check out our photo gallery with updated pictures of our club activities Gallery
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