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Nominations And Ticket Sales Open For Loggerhead

Marinelife Center’s 15th Annual Go Blue Awards

Come celebrate great achievements in
marine conservation! Nominations and
ticket sales are now open for Loggerhead
Marinelife Center’s prestigious 15th
Annual Go Blue Awards. The Go Blue
Awards celebration dinner will take place
at Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) on
Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, at 6 p.m.
This year’s keynote speaker and Eleanor
Fletcher Lifetime Achievement Award
winner is cartoonist and ocean conservation
enthusiast, Jim Toomey. The Eleanor
Fletcher Lifetime Achievement Award
recognizes Toomey for exemplifying a
lifelong, extraordinary commitment to marine conservation • Youth: The Blue Hatchling Youth Award recognizes promoting conservation or restoration of marine life
education through his work. Toomey is the creator of the a student up to the 12th grade who has contributed to or ecosystems through its work, outreach, practices,
daily comic strip Sherman’s Lagoon, a beloved, ocean- marine conservation through volunteer activities. products, or technology.
themed illustration that is syndicated to more than 150 • Business/Nonprofit: The Blue Business of the Year Nominees will be evaluated by an esteemed panel of
newspapers in 20 countries and in six languages. More than Award/Nonprofit of the Year Award recognizes a business independent judges who review the submitted criteria to
half a million copies of Sherman’s Lagoon have been sold or nonprofit that has made outstanding contributions to select finalists and winners. This year’s judges include
worldwide and combines two of Sally Murray, daughter of LMC Founder Eleanor
Toomey’s lifelong passions – art Fletcher; Susan Murray, deputy vice-president of Oceana
and the sea. U.S. Pacific and granddaughter of Eleanor Fletcher;
The Go Blue Awards Greg Marshall, marine biologist and filmmaker; Joel
recognizes individuals, businesses, Sartore, longtime contributing photographer to National
and nonprofits that promote, Geographic magazine and author of The Photo Ark: One
implement, or contribute to a “blue” Man’s Quest to Document the World’s Animals; Lad Akins,
lifestyle of marine conservation, curator of marine conservation for the Phillip & Patricia
while making significant impact Frost Museum of Science and inductee in the Scuba Diving
improving and protecting our Hall of Fame; Dr. Wallace J. Nichols, marine biologist and
oceans, beaches, and wildlife. author; Sylvia Earle, Ph.D., president and chairman of
The Go Blue Awards Categories Mission Blue and a National Geographic Society Explorer
Include in Residence; and Brian Skerry, award-winning National
• Work/Career/Volunteerism: Geographic photographer and film producer.
The Blue Ambassador of the Year Submit a deserving nominee! To make a nomination
Award recognizes a person who and to purchase tickets to the event, please visit marinelife.
has made significant contributions org/connect/goblue. Submissions close on Tuesday, Oct.
to ocean conservation through 10. Finalists will be announced in November.
volunteering and work-related
efforts. Nominations And Ticket Sales Open on page 21

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