Name: Quarter Auction for The Reef Institute
Start: 2025-03-13T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-03-13T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Coastal Karma Brewing

QUARTER AUCTION FOR The Reef Institute
Thursday March 13, 2025
Doors open 6:00 pm Auction at 7:00 pm
Coastal Karma Brewing
796 10th St #798, Lake Park, FL 33403
Come early and enjoy a bite to eat
Paddles are $2 each & We will have gift baskets and
a 50/50 Raffle along with the Quarter Auction.
The Reef Institute was founded in 2015 by two veterinarians as Healthy Aquatics Marine Institute of Florida. The two veterinarians had a goal of improving ocean health while teaching students to care about their environment. In 2018 Healthy Aquatics changed its name and identity to The Reef Institute. It was a natural change since the decision had already been made to move the organization towards a mission of coral conservation through education, research and restoration. It was also during this time the Environmental Protection Agency’s Stewardship Continuum was adopted for all programming in order to ensure The Reef Institute’s efforts would be effective and sustainable. Today research and education work in partnership to both grow better stewards of the ocean while taking a distinct action to save our seas. Our staff scientists direct our research department in endeavors to work towards protection and growth of Caribbean coral in the North Florida Reef Tract. Our education department has grown from humble beginnings of reaching a few hundred students primarily through field trips to reaching almost 9,000 students annually.
The disease has now spread over the entire Florida reef systems, but The Reef Institute is part of the collaboration with government agencies, research labs, and public aquariums to mitigate the tragic effects of SCTLD and be ready to rebuild the reefs in the future.