Events 2024 MEMBERS MEETING & SPEAKER SERIES #1 SAUPP Center 1/28 from 3:00 until 4:30 After a brief meeting, there will be a presentation on Conservation Photography by Linda Wilinski (Marianne Marcoux & Dr. Barbara Toeppen-Sprigg) Meet & Greet Mark Emery Friends Welcome Center Gallery 2/10 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Marianne Marcoux & Mary Baggs (Friends & Public welcome) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
Silver River Knap-In and Prehistoric Arts Festival THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER Silver River Museum 2/18 and 2/19 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Cassie Rippel Member Orientation with Tram Ride & Breakfast Friends Welcome Center 2/24 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Mary Baggs & Marianne Marcoux (RSVP required) MET GALA OCALA Hosted by The Scout Guide Ocala Silent Auction/Friends Table Appleton Museum 2/26 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. (tickets required) Mary Baggs Florida Springsfest 2024 Friends Welcome Center & outside table 3/2 and 3/3 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Marianne Marcoux & Mary Baggs & Norm Yeagle A Day at the Park (ADAP) for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Marion County 3/15 from 9:00 until 12:30 Marianne Marcoux (ADAP team meets at the Welcome Center at 8:15) MEMBERS MEETING & SPEAKER SERIES #2 SAUPP Center 3/21 from 4:00 until 5:30 p.m. Brief meeting followed by a presentation on turtles by Bill Hawthorne Marianne Marcoux & Dr. Barbara Toeppen-Sprigg Marion County Day McPherson Governmental Campus 601 SE 25th Ave, Ocala 3/23 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Dr. Barbara Toeppen-Sprigg & Ranger Ruth Fletcher HALF MARATHON & 5K AT SILVER SPRINGS Hosted by Sommer Sports 4/6 - various times depending on the job Dr. Barbara Toeppen-Sprigg (interested volunteers may sign up on registration site) FILM SCREENING FOR "OCKLAWAHA: TALES MY FATHER TOLD" A film by Mark Emery 4/22 at 600 p.m. at the Marion Theatre (tickets required) RECEPTION FOR PARK MANAGER MATT BLEDSOE SILVER RIVER MUSEUM 4/25 at 4:00 p.m. (RSVP by calling the Museum) MEET & GREET STEVE MAZE Welcome Center Gallery 4/27 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Marianne Marcoux (Friends & Public welcome) MEMBERS MEETING & SPEAKER SERIES #3 SAUPP CENTER 4/28 from 3:00 to 4:30 (brief meeting followed by a presentation by Dr. Joe Wallace & the Dive Team) Marianne Marcoux & Barbara Toeppen-Sprigg MEET & GREET DR. SAUL REYES Welcome Center Gallery 6/1 from 2:00 to 4:00 (Marianne Marcoux) Friends & Public Welcome A DAY AT THE PARK (ADAP) FOR THE SOZO KIDS 6/19 from 9:00 until 1:00 (Marianne Marcoux) Team to meet at the Welcome Center at 9:00 MEMBERS MEETING & SPEAKER SERIES #4 SAUPP Center 6/30 from 3:00 until 5:00 After a brief meeting, there will be a presentation on the birdlife along the Silver River by Maxfield Weakley, Vice President of the Marion Audubon Society (Marianne Marcoux & Barbara Toeppen-Sprigg) A DAY AT THE PARK (ADAP) Program for "GIRLS ON THE RISE" 7/8 from 9:30 to 1:00 Team to meet at 8:30 at Welcome Center (Marianne Marcoux) A DAY AT THE PARK (ADAP) Program for ARNETTE HOUSE 7/23 from 9:30 to 1:00 Team to meet at 8:30 at Welcome Center (Marianne Marcoux) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |