Nov 7, 2023 – We Need YOU!
FUNDRAISER: Do you have experience and expertise in raising serious cash for nonprofits? We’re not talkin’ bake sales, car washes, or bank robbery here. We’re looking for an individual who can work with our Board of Directors to raise $10,000 by the end of this year. This is a volunteer position. For more information, email jack@tampabayfreebeaches.com.
LEGAL EXPERT: Are you a Legal Eagle with a keen understanding of Federal and State laws pertaining to nonprofits? We need your volunteer expertise to keep us on the straight and narrow. (Billing rate: $0 per hour) For more information, email jack@tampabayfreebeaches.com.
SOCIAL MEDIA GURU: We are looking for a volunteer who really knows how to leverage social media to maximum advantage. We’re currently on Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok (although we haven’t figured out TikTok yet). Work with our creative team to make sure people are kept up-to-date with everything TBFB and take us to heights heretofore unknown! For more information, email dave@tampabayfreebeaches.com.
Nov 5, 2023 – Here’s an easy way to win $100 and become the envy of all your friends.
All you have to do is send us a photo of yourself holding up a TBFB beach towel farther away from Tampa Bay than any other submission.
There ARE a few rules though. (We’re not complete Yahoos!)
- You have to be farther away than 160 miles from Tampa Bay since our first photo was on Blind Creek Beach.
- It has to be taken somewhere on planet Earth (this means you Elon Musk).
- You must include an additional photo that verifies your location.
- Sorry, TBFB Board Members; you can’t play.
So get yourself a TBFB towel, go find a remote place (the top of the Eiffel Tower comes to mind), say “cheese”, snap your best pic (plus a proof photo), and send them to editor@tampabayfreebeaches.com.
The winner will be announced in the March 2024 newsletter.
Nov 4, 2023 – Our relentless pursuit of a clothing-optional beach on Florida’s Gulf Coast never stops.
Circumstances have forced us to temporarily redirect our efforts away from Honeymoon State Park. The time, money, and effort we have spent on that front have not been wasted. We are optimistic we may pick up that effort again in the future.
Recently, an absolutely GOLDEN opportunity, that we have already actively been working on, has presented itself in Pinellas County. The “East Beach” in Ft. DeSoto Park has so many attributes to recommend it, it’s almost “too good to be true”. It is ideally suited to our mission and our needs.
Initial conversations with Pinellas County officials with respect to our mission have been well received and are continuing. We are now ready to take the next step.
Candidly, we’re making progress, and this is where YOU come into the picture and can help. We need to raise $10,000 by year end.
These funds will help replenish our bank account and fund activities such as paying our capable consultant to continue these valuable dialogues with local government and other officials. They will also ensure our attendance at several upcoming important local Chamber events, thereby expanding our presence and name recognition, along with the day to day operations of the organization.
Please, if you are truly serious about achieving a clothing-optional beach in the Tampa Bay vicinity, click on our Membership/Merchandise link in the menu, above and make a donation now. (Use the third selection General donations to promote…) You can donate in increments of $10 by increasing the quantity.
While you’re at it, become a TBFB member if you aren’t one already, or renew your current membership. Your generosity is an investment in your future ability to drive a few miles to the nearest clothing-optional beach instead of 100+ miles!
A New Information Resource for Naturists
August 3, 2022 – TBFB is helping to create a new information resource. FloridaNakations.com will be a central website where naturists interested in vacationing in Florida can plan their Nakations. The site will be launching at the Governor’s Conference on Tourism, August 31 – Sept 2, in Boca Raton, Florida. This is the largest yearly event for promoting goods and services to the tourism industry and legislative power-brokers in the state. Florida Nakations will be representing the organizations listed below, all of which contributed financially toward this effort:
AANR – Florida Region
B.E.A.C.H.E.S. Foundation
Black Naturists Association
Crossed Oaks Haven
Cypress Cove Nudist Resort
First Coast Naturists
Friends of Haulover Beach
Lake Como Family Nudist Resort
Naturist Action Committee
Naturist Education Foundation
Nautical Nudists Dive & Boating Club
South Florida Free Beaches
Sunspot Gardens Family Naturist Resort
The Naturist Society Foundation
Treasure Coast Naturists
AANR-Florida, BEACHES Foundation and Tampa Bay Free Beaches will be launching a marketing campaign this fall touting the benefits of naturism on Florida's economy and employment. This is leading up to our initiating a request for an Administrative Hearing later in the year in Tallahassee in an effort to secure relief from the Florida State Park regulations requiring bathing suits on State Park Beaches. We will be taking the position that the current regulations are not based on Florida law and we will be requesting relief.
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