Vote for Your Favorite Sandcastle in Roundhouse Aquarium Contest
Aug 04, 2021 05:21PM ● By Mb News Staff
The entries are in: Now's your chance to vote for your favorite sandcastle in the Roundhouse Aquarium's sandcastle contest.
To vote, click on the Roundhouse Aquarium Sandcastle Contest voting page. For a $10 donation, you may vote for one entry in each of the four categories; all donations support the Roundhouse Aquarium education programs.
The categories are:
High Tide Award - Best overall
SEA-sational Splash Award - Best ocean themed sand castle
Creative Claws Award - Most creative sand castle
We Otter Stick Together Award - Most team spirit
SEA-sational Splash Award - Best ocean themed sand castle
Creative Claws Award - Most creative sand castle
We Otter Stick Together Award - Most team spirit
Voting will end on Monday, August 16.
The “Sunsational Sandcastle” sandcastle building contest was designed to
raise funds to support the aquarium’s marine science education programs.
The
Oceanographic Teaching Stations, Inc. (OTS), the
non-profit that manages and operates the Roundhouse Aquarium, hosted the contest in honor of World Oceans Day. Sponsored by Chevron
Corporation,
the Port of Long Beach, Bayview Pediatric Dental Group and the Langlois
family, the contest invited people from across the United
States and around the world to create their
sandcastles wherever they were with any type of sand or soil they had access
to.
According to Grace Adams, OTS director, OTS served more than 25,000 K-college students from southern
California and even students in New York, Nevada, and India during the
extraordinary circumstances of 2020.
"There is a continued need for our
programs, whether they are in-person or virtual," said Adams when the contest was announced. "“We hope to be able to continue and
expand our education programs on ocean science during 2021 and beyond."
