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) North Central Florida Outdoor Expo - Tabling Event 8/17 from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. World Equestrian Center Expo Center 2 (Marianne Marcoux) Meet & Greet Michael Warren Welcome Center Gallery 8/24 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. (Marianne Marcoux) Friends & Public welcome Exploring the Ecology of Silver Springs 9/14 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Barbara Toeppen-Sprigg) Must be registered through MTP to participate Members Meeting #5 (FSSSP Annual Meeting) "Moving the Friends Forward" Discussion & brainstorming session led by Dr. Barbara Toeppen-Sprigg and CSO Board Members per our annual program plan. Meet the candidates and hear about our upcoming online election to be help October 1 through October 8. 9/22 at 3:00 p.m. in the Saupp Center Meet & Greet the Ocala Plein Air Painters on exhibit: Michelle Rhodes, Carol Gallion & Jose Rodriguez 10/5 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Friends Welcome Center & Gallery (Marianne Marcoux) Friends & Public Welcome Exploring the Ecology of Silver Springs 10/12 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Barbara Toeppen-Sprigg) Must be registered through MTP to participate. OCALI DAYS Silver River Museum event 11/9 & 11/10 from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. (Joann Hagen) please contact Joann if you'd like to work the "Friends Table" MEMBERS MEETING/SPEAKER SERIES #6 LISA SAUPP & ERIC HUTCHESON Lisa Saupp, a chemist by trade and Director of Aqua Pure, is a water advocate. She will introduce her good friend Eric, a professional underwater cartographer, who mapped the Silver Springs cave system, and other cave systems around the world. The will both speak about the changes they have witnessed to the Floridian Aquifer over the past 30 years. 11/10 at 3:00 p.m. in the Saupp Center (Marianne Marcoux) MEET & GREET WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER CHRISSY MARTINEZ Saturday 11/16 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Friends Welcome Center and Gallery (Marianne Marcoux) Friends & Public Welcome EXPLORING THE ECOLOGY OF SILVER SPRINGS 11/23 from 9:00 until 1:00 (Barbara Toeppen-Sprigg) Must be registered through MTP to participate. HOLIDAY POTLUCK 2024! Hosted by the Friends of Silver Springs State Park Sunday December 15 at 5:30 p.m. in the Paradise Ballroom Dinner to be served around 6:00 p.m. Invite to go out to all Friends Members, Park Staff & Volunteers, Cape Leisure Staff and Silver River Museum Staff & Volunteers (RSVP to Marianne Marcoux) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |