Donation and Sponsorship Information

 

The Roundhouse Lab and Aquarium is run by Oceanographic Teaching Stations (OTS). OTS is a 501 (c)(3) non profit corporation that provides marine science classes to public and private grades K-12 in the Roundhouse and at the shoreline and tidepools. Both local schools and schools from the entire Los Angeles County participate.

In addition to our classes, the Roundhouse is open to the public 7 days a week free of charge.  We operate solely on donations, corporate sponsorships, and grants.

OTS is equipping the Roundhouse Aquarium to make it one of the finest aquarium/classrooms on the Santa Monica Bay.  There is no federal, state, city or county funding available for equipment or maintenance. We have three full time and three part time paid employees, the rest are volunteers.  Please help us build a marine science landmark, or sponsor a class or an outreach program for your school or a low-income district school. Your donations are tax deductible and donations over $100 are recognized on a plaque in the aquarium. 

We also need sponsors for our tanks.  Tank sponsorships provide support necessary to care for the animals in the tank throughout the year.

If you would like to make a donation, please send it to:

Oceanographic Teaching Stations, Inc.
P.O. Box 1
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

Click here to Download the donation card form, fill it out and mail it in with your donation to the above address. 

 

You can also support the aquarium by the following methods:

Use www.goodsearch.com to search the internet.  Please choose Oceanographic Teaching Stations - Roundhouse Marine Studies Lab and Aquarium as your charity.

Purchase environmentally friendly products at http://www.greenraising.com:80/?AFID=270 be sure to select Roundhouse Aquarium as your selected affiliate. 

Purchase Roundhouse shirts, mugs, and more at http://www.cafepress.com/roundhouse_ots 20% of the cost goes to support the Roundhouse.

Bring in your old inkjet cartridges and cell phones and recycle them in the aquarium.  The Roundhouse will send them in and get a donation based on the number of cartridges and cell phones collected.

Thank you to all our 2007 donors:

Private donors:

Friends: $100-$249
To keep the Roundhouse programs going on forever, Michael Akashi Margaret Enders Michael & Karen Learned The Sonnenblick Family
Beth & David Allen The Figel Family Jerry & Mickie Lee Family South Bay Dog & Cat Hospital Inc
Angeles Girl Scout Council Troop 149 The Ginoza Family Manhattan Beach Police Officers Association Inc. Srour & Associates, LLC
Beach Sports Inc The Goldston Family Cody Martin Ken and Tracy Stickney & Family
Bob Beverly and the Shellback Tavern Taryn Gurbach MB Downtown Business Association Larry and Neely Swanson
Paul Blieden The Haley Family, Troy, Kelley and Cole The Merrifields Sandra Terrones
Nathan Brown Owen & Ortrud Hoffman Charles & Marilyn Milam The Tokashiki Family
Carson-Lindsey Family Bob Holmes Erica & Jessica Miller Whilden Investments
Cityscape Inc The Karaczynski Family A.V. Munson and J.S. Munson Bill & Rebecca Woods
The Codron Family Suzanne and Michael Karger Wayne & Mako Partridge Oliver & Wyatt Worch-Saltzman
The Corgel Family In Memory of Michael J. Karger Ethel Pattison The Yarema Family
Clayton & Haley Davis The Kawakami Family Pinniped Software Geoffrey Yarema
Jean Dixon Larry & Lisa Kohorn Scott Sellers  
Walt & Barbara Dougher Kirsten Lanigan and the Botlesavers Club Bob & Sally Shafton  

Patrons: $250-$499
The Eric Arentsen Family Jim & Rani Fish Michael Lee Architects, Inc Ollie and Wyatt Saltzman
In Memory of Burnell B. Beckham Russell, Christine & Lukas Francis Dr. Valerie Maxwell The Simmons Family
Bryan & Jimmy Breen and Family IBM Corporation Don & Jeanne Mc Pherson The Solomon Family
The Dambros Family, Al, Jean, John, Ellen and Joan Owen & Devon Kracht In Memory of Joy McCully Gene and Leslie Souva
Paul Dusckett Lawrence & David Leopold Helen Ristani Tim Thomas & Sarah Clark
Eggers Family 2008 Russ & Charlotte Lesser/Body Glove Max, Joe and Jack Rosenberg  

Sponsors: $500-$999
Keira Clementine & Spencer Huckleberry Hurst Scott Hubbell Productions, Inc Hal Keasler Manhattan Beach Rotary
Michael Cohen Family Foundation The Steve Istock Family Steve at Dr. Koldaire in Van Nuys The Sestanovich Family
Joseph & Jonathan Cohn Kelsey Kaszas & the Sorooptimists of Manhattan Beach "We love the Ocean" David Lloyd & the Boeing Gift Matching Program  

Benefactors: $1000+
Girl Scout Troop 941, Manhattan Beach David Lloyd The Rosenberg Family The Suzi Whitehead Memorial Foundation
The Hotchkis Foundation The McCarthy Family Sandpipers In honor of Al & Donna Worch
Don Knabe of the L.A County Supervisors 4th District In Memory of Dick Piazza Soft Shell Crab Productions  

Corporate donors:
Chevron Products Company
Employees Community Fund of Boeing of California
Murad Where Skincare Meets Healthcare
The Annenberg Foundation
The Hotchkis Foundation
West Basin Municipal Water District

 

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