The Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club was formed to exchange information in the field of conchology and malacology, to foster public education and intelligent conservation, and to encourage and support studies and research activities in those fields. The Sanibel Shell Show is our largest annual fundraising event. It has been running for decades, except during extreme circumstances out of our control, to provide grants to assist graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and supervised third or fourth-year undergraduate students doing research in southwest Florida or conservation and water quality efforts related to the local Gulf of Mexico.
Our club has over 300 members and continues to grow, thanks in part to our expanded internet presence on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.
Monthly meetings are held at the Sanibel Recreation Center, 3880 Sanibel Captiva Road, Sanibel, FL 33957 from October thru April on the second Sunday of the month with the exception of the October and March meetings which are on the third Sunday of the month. Our meetings are open to the public and we encourage anyone interested in mollusks, the shells they create and our oceans to join us.
Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club Elected Officers
President: Laurie Jansen
Vice President: Debi McBroom
Secretary: Meg Born
Treasurer: Linda Edinburgh
Members-at-Large: Elsie Miller, Rabon Moore
