Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE ORGANIZATIONS MISSION IS TO STEWARD CLEAN SHORES, HEALTHY HABITATS, AND LIVING WATERS TO FOSTER A THRIVING MONTEREY BAY AND MONTEREY BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY. WE FOCUS ON THESE THREE AREAS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THEY ARE THE MOST CRITICAL CONDITIONS FOR A HEALTHY MARINE ECOSYSTEM.
Save Our Shores engaged 14,233 individuals in its various outreach, education, and volunteer programs from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019.Public Outreach & Advocacy: Save Our Shores held or attended 93 public outreach events, reaching over 3,499 individuals. These events included Dockwalking events in San Mateo and Monterey Counties, tabling events throughout Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties, a March for the Ocean, Speaker Series events, Holiday Relief outreach at local beaches on major holidays, and more. Ocean/Marine Education: Save Our Shores reached 2,521 students through our education programs. In 2019, Save Our Shores continued to deliver its new ocean literacy curriculum through three-part lesson sequences. This allowed the organization to interact with students multiple times and deepen their understanding of the content delivered. SOS provided 138 classroom presentations and 44 beach field trips. Save Our Shores worked with youth in 28 schools from 11 school districts and several private schools throughout the Central Coast region.Beach, River, and Inland Cleanups: Save Our Shores engaged volunteers in cleanup activities throughout Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties, as well as some sites in San Mateo County. The organization held 274 cleanups along beaches and rivers, and several inland sites. 8,130 volunteers, including 3,672 youth, volunteered their time in cleanups. Altogether, these individuals logged over 19,356 volunteer-hours in the year.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Katherine O'Dea | Executive Dir. | 40 | $104,508 |
| Tamyra Rice | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Cathleen Eckhardt | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Nancy Connelly | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Eric Barajas | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Charles Lester | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Margaret Collins | Secretary | 2 | $0 |
| Dennis Norton | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Leann Copriviza | VICE CHAIRMAN | 2 | $0 |
| Tyler Fox | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Rich Vicenti | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Michael Jones | Chairman | 2 | $0 |
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