PLEASE NOTE MEETING DATE CHANGE FOR AUGUST
NEXT MEETING Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Doors open at 6:30pm
Program begins at 7pm
Meeting Information
Meetings are held the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the Emma Lou Olson Civic Center, 1801 N.E. 6th Street, Pompano Beach, Florida 33060, 954-786-4111.
In 2026, due to conflicts with other events or city closures at the Emma Lou Olson Civic Center, our General meeting dates have been rescheduled to the 3rd Wednesday for August 19th and November 18th.
Doors open at 6:30 pm when all can enjoy the Raffle Table, Sand Flea Market, and Library. The Monthly Program begins at 7 pm. Buy a raffle ticket to for a chance to win the Shell of the Month. Everyone is welcome.
Read the beautiful The Oyster and the Sand poem here.
Monthly Program – August – Laura Jessop | Community Outreach Programs and Education Manager for ANGARI Foundation, Inc.
Laura Jessop is the Community Outreach Programs and Education Manager at ANGARI Foundation, leading its citizen science and outreach initiatives. She engages thousands annually by sharing ANGARI’s hands-on educational programs and studies. With a B.Sc. in Geography, Laura has previously worked in the conservation field with the Zoological Society of London and Local Ocean Conservation in Kenya, and today she continues to share marine science with the South Florida community and beyond.
Citizen science studies enable the public to learn about and participate in investigative science. Since 2017, ANGARI Foundation has led “Lagoon Drift”, a Palm Beach County based citizen science program engaging community members in coordinated releases of eco-friendly drift cards to study the motion of water and pollutants in regional waterways. The program has engaged 5,000+ community members, including K-12 students and teachers, environmental clubs and the general public. To complement the experiment, ANGARI staff visit classrooms to share standards-aligned presentations on topics like ocean currents and marine debris, and review results from past experiments.
SHELL OF THE MONTH AUGUST 2026
Our August Shell of the Month is a set of seven rock snails with the common name of Alou’s Rock Snail. The scientific name was Thais mancinella Linn, 1758 until the scientists determined that it was not a Thais and reclassified it as Mancinella alouina Roding, 1798. Alou’sRock Snail is a predator found in shallow water throughout the tropical Pacific and Indian ocean. It is globular in shape, whitish with regularly spaced dark bumps making for an interesting decoration. These shells are also known as Dog Winkles. They are about 35 mm and up and were collected by diver on Samar, Philippines at a depth of 4-5 meters. From the collection of Richard Kent.
Broward Shell Club 
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