Float the Boat

Float the Boat Under the Stars and On the Prairie or Virtually from Home!

For the first time last year, Artist Boat held Float the Boat’s annual auction and kayak raffle online! This way anybody could join safely from home. The auction ran from October 30-November 16, 2020, at noon. At noon on the same day, the winning raffle ticket was also drawn to determine the winner of an 11.8′ Viking Profish GT Kayak, Adriane Arnold!

We are delighted to announce Artist Boat’s last fundraising event, Float the Boat, was moved from a one evening big event to a dinner series from October 30 to November 14, 2020. We met under the stars, on the coastal prairie, at Artist Boat Coastal Heritage Preserve over six dinner events honoring Joe and Becca Jaworski.

Our theme last year was “Under the Stars and On the Prairie.”

The six evenings were designed to keep us all socially distanced and safe, but together, outside. The Mosquito Café and Patty Cakes provided a full meal under a tent with only nine ten tops, which were seated for six guests per table at the preserve. Each event hosted 54 guests and only tables (tickets sold in groups of six) were available for purchase.

Check out some photos from Float the Boat 2020 “Under the Stars and On the Prairie”!

A BIG thank you to all of our sponsors from Float the Boat 2020!

Cranes & Clouds:

Sheridan Mitchell Lorenz

Coastal Marine Stewards:

Darryl & Nancy Greenfield

The Dr. Leon Bromberg Charitable Trust Fund

Galveston Island Investments

Janet & Ben Hock

Jim & Jodie Bevill

Joe & Rebecca Jaworski

Megan Greenfield, Ph. D. & Garrett Johnson, Ph. D.

Island Conservationists:

Del Papa Distributing Company

Doug Little & Bonnie White

Judy Aronson

Keith & Julie Little

The Edward & Ellen Oppenheimer Foundation

Marine Scientists:

Al & Jeanne Alsup

Barry Goodman

Dr. & Mrs. Robert (R. J.) Lingle

Drs. Scott & Donna Weaver

Edee Harvey & Jim Elskes

Harbor Offshore Marine, Inc.

JP Bryan & Mary Lou Hollender

Karla Klay & Kristopher Benson

Martha Terrill

Roberta K. Randall Charitable Foundation

Robert & Kimberly Kirschner

Robert & Valerie Cone

Roger & Domenica Zimmerman

Susan Walker

The BLTs

The John P. McGovern Foundation

The Kenneth Booth Family

Wayne Dorris & Jacki Hecht

West Galveston Island Property Owners Association

Nature Artists:

Alice Anne O’Donell, M.D.

Cereset Galveston

Cullen Geiselman

Dr. Gary & Ms. Barbara Hankins

Dwight Wolf

Karen Hill & Karen Kovacevich

Michael E. McNeely, CPA PC

Norma & Sandy Rubin

Viking Kayaks

Friends:

Fairfax & Risher Randall

Jackie Cole

Jeffrey & Kari Gifford

Linda Pierce

Marc & Jeffrey Hill

MOD Coffeehouse

Morgan Stanley

Morton & Brenda Voller

Randy & Kelly Bailey

Ray Holbrook

Rebecca & Barry Beeson

Ruth Finkelstein & Jerry Suhler

Ruth & Marshall Yost

Sally Robinson & Kathy Tiernan

Scout & Cellar Clean-Crafted Wine

The San Luis Resort

Total Wine & More