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I just met with some folks at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital and wanted to get this idea out there for comment. I met with several folks today and had input from Infectious Control, Plant Operations, Hospital Administration, and others on the possibility of our club doing a reef tank somewhere at the hospital. At this point they are going to scope out possible locations and we'll go from there. Even if it can work from their standpoint, it will only work for the club if we get good member participation in terms of maintaining the tank once it is put into place. I think the club is at the point where we can definitely do this if there is the will from the membership. Here is what I would like to propose:
1) We have about $1500 from the Frag Swap that we could put toward doing a tank, if the membership is okay with donating that money towards this project.
2) We would probably work out a bi-weekly tank maintenance schedule with a primary club member responsible for that week, and a backup.
3) If we decide to do this, I will pursue getting donations from vendors and support from the LFSs and the Aquarium Restaurant. I have already spoken with the main marine biologist at the Aquarium Restaurant and we may be able to get fish from them or at least have them quarantine fish to make sure they are all nice an healthy before adding to the display.
4) Donations to this effort if made directly to Vanderbilt would be tax deductible (I'm confirming this).
5) They are very open to us having an educational display to go along with the tank to let parents and kids know how to take care of fish at home so they don't try their own tank and have it fail.
6) They are investigating what kind of display we can have of vendors supporting this effort.
There are a bunch of things that need to be worked out, but it seems like it can be very doable. Please respond back to this thread with your thoughts on this and whether or not you would be personally interested in helping out in one way or another.
I just met with some folks at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital and wanted to get this idea out there for comment. I met with several folks today and had input from Infectious Control, Plant Operations, Hospital Administration, and others on the possibility of our club doing a reef tank somewhere at the hospital. At this point they are going to scope out possible locations and we'll go from there. Even if it can work from their standpoint, it will only work for the club if we get good member participation in terms of maintaining the tank once it is put into place. I think the club is at the point where we can definitely do this if there is the will from the membership. Here is what I would like to propose:
1) We have about $1500 from the Frag Swap that we could put toward doing a tank, if the membership is okay with donating that money towards this project.
2) We would probably work out a bi-weekly tank maintenance schedule with a primary club member responsible for that week, and a backup.
3) If we decide to do this, I will pursue getting donations from vendors and support from the LFSs and the Aquarium Restaurant. I have already spoken with the main marine biologist at the Aquarium Restaurant and we may be able to get fish from them or at least have them quarantine fish to make sure they are all nice an healthy before adding to the display.
4) Donations to this effort if made directly to Vanderbilt would be tax deductible (I'm confirming this).
5) They are very open to us having an educational display to go along with the tank to let parents and kids know how to take care of fish at home so they don't try their own tank and have it fail.
6) They are investigating what kind of display we can have of vendors supporting this effort.
There are a bunch of things that need to be worked out, but it seems like it can be very doable. Please respond back to this thread with your thoughts on this and whether or not you would be personally interested in helping out in one way or another.
