One of our donors has promised to match all contributions so your donation will be doubled!

What is a ‘Sprayground’? Similar to the design to the right, DRC’s Sprayground will be an area established to give guests a place to cool off and be more comfortable. It will also give children an additional activity during their visit. By installing the Sprayground, we hope to improve the future of DRC and enhance our mission by providing:

• Additional activities that yield greater values for the admission price for our members and guests.
• Attractions for local families and their guests to encourage repeat visits.
• Making learning fun! The longer someone stays on grounds the more opportunities they have to learn.

This new, exciting activity will of course be done the DRC way! It will:

• Integrate whale and dolphin sounds,
• Include intelligent controllers with low flow nozzles that manage every drop of water, and
• Include water recirculation and filtration and use rainwater from DRC’s existing reclamation system.

Many will remember co-founders Jayne and Mandy’s son Shawn Rodriguez who passed from us three years ago. It was Shawn’s personal mission to excite, inspire and educate all young visitors to DRC and anyone who knew him, knew how dedicated he was to our younger guests. Jayne, who passed away February 22nd, wished that the seed money for the Sprayground come from the donations that had been made in Shawn’s memory. For these reasons the ground will be dedicated in his name.

We need your help to make this possible. Your contribution will help us realize Shawn and DRC’s dream of providing a truly fun, refreshing and educational experience for all our guests!

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Dolphin Research Center has a long tradition of reaching out to children and adults with special needs. They have always held a warm place in our hearts. This is why we created the Pathways and Dolfriend programs. Your contribution will go a long way to help us continue to provide these programs. Thanks to the generous support of our Chairman of the Board Peter Lappin and his family, your contribution will be matched for the first $5,000 so every dollar you send will be doubled!

The Pathway and Dolfriend programs are designed to reach out to those with special needs and provide them with an entrance into the dolphins’ world. Educational and recreational activities are introduced to help increase motivation and enhance the personalized experience. Unfortunately these programs run at a deficit with an annual loss of over $80,000!

Click here to help us support our special needs programs.

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You can help us celebrate a dolphin's birthday or anniversary at DRC by buying them their favorite treat - a big bucket of fish.  Each bucket costs $20. 

Click here to send a Birthday Bucket of Fish.

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Click Here To Join The Walk Of Fame.

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