Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille on Sanibel donated $7,500 to the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation. The money will go toward their camp for high school students.
The money was raised during the restaurant’s inaugural National Yucatán Shrimp Day 7K race and was earmarked to the Sanibel Sea School’s popular “A Week in the Field” program.
“We are happy to support the foundation and the Sea School in inspiring our next generation of environmental scientists and advocates,” said Joe Harrity, a partner with HM Restaurant Group, which owns and operates Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille. “Students gain valuable research experience as well as insight into our unique coastal ecosystems and the conservation foundation’s important work.”…