O2 ctober-December 2021
FY22-Quarter
OSRP Report for Restaurant Partners
Meet the Team! Darrah Bach Sofia KGiordano ellyn LaCour-Conant Restoration Programs Director kellyn.lacour-conant@crcl.org OSRP Coordinator darrah bach@crcl org OSRP Technician sofia.giordano@crcl.org Community Engagement Specialist hannah.cohen@crcl.org Hannah Cohen Volunteer events Hendrik Vanderwall Recycling Contractor 504-472-2080 Bin delivery and pickup Invoicing and development Restaurant onboarding and special events Quarterly reports and shift meetings James Karst Director of Communications james.karst@crcl.org Media Inquiries Please email oysters@crcl.org for any other inquiries.
Pre-Shift Meetings
Restarting Schedule a Pre-Shift Meeting with CRCL today to train restaurant staff and offer feedback to our team. By learning more about the OSRP, restaurants can SELL and RECYCLE more oysters to help restore our coast! Email sofia.giordano@crcl.org to schedule a pre-shift meeting with your team.
Shell-A-Bration: March 25 Shell-A-Bration 2018 Shell A Bration 2019 Shell-A-Bration 2021 We are gearing up for our 4th annual Shell-A-Bration fundraiser! Shell-A-Bration brings together our restaurant partners, sponsors, community members, and stakeholders for a night of celebrating our Oyster Shell Recycling Program and coastal restoration projects. The night will include music from the Grammy Award-winning Lost Bayou Ramblers, oysters, food, drinks, a raffle and a silent auction. To learn more, email darrah.bach@crcl.org We would love to have your restaurant participate in this event!
Volunteer Events
Volunteer events for the 2022 season are in full swing! Check our Event Calendar for upcoming oyster shell baggings, reef deployments, planting events and more. Volunteers during our first public oyster bagging event of the year at our new shell collection site in Violet, LA. Over 50 participants! Volunteer hauling trees during our first C RU S H tree planting event of the year near Lake Maurepas Scan to view our upcoming volunteer events!
Site Update
Violet
Our new shell collection site is up and running, and your recycled shells are being processed for use in coastal restoration projects! Next step: paint the shed! Volunteers are bagging shell for our 5th recycled oyster reef scheduled for deployment in Fall 2022. Accumulation of your recycled shell ready to be bagged.
Oyster Shell Public Drop-Offs Public drop off at The Green Project Glass Half Full 3935 Louisa St Mondays from 9am-5:30pm The Green Project 2831 Marais St Wednesday through Saturday from 11am-5pm
Chef's Brigade Update
Through our partnership with Chef's Brigade, we have been able to add more restaurants to our program with even more to come! On December 7, our Director of Communications, James Karst, joined Chef's Brigade's Troy Gilbert on a "Chefs on Boats" tour hosted by Delta Discovery Tour's Richie Blink. This educational tour gives restaurant industry folks the opportunity to experience the seafood industry they rely on and learn about coastal issues. If you are interested in attending one of these tours or becoming a member, please contact Chef's Brigade.
Front row, from left, Kellyn LaCour-Conant and Gardner Goodall, our Native Plant Program Coordinator. Back row, from left, David Schmit (CB), boat captain Richie Blink, and Troy Gilbert (CB).
CRCL delivered hurricane relief supplies to several coastal Tribal Centers, including to our partners in Grand Bayou.
Post-Ida Relief
In the aftermath of Ida, CRCL visited our reef sites to gauge hurricane damage and offer aid to our community partners. Donations were delivered by CRCL to the United Houma Nation, Pointe-au-Chien, and Grand Bayou Tribal Centers with assistance from the MRD and Cajun Navy. Long-term goals to protect vulnerable communities include our plan to construct our 5th recycled oyster reef in partnership with the Pointe-au-Chien community.
Shell Collection by the Numbers Made possible by our Restaurant Partners:
And remember: Once you shuck 'em, don't just chuck 'em!
Thank you for helping us restore the coast! To learn more about other opportunities to get involved in coastal restoration, visit crcl.org
Support
for the Oyster Shell Recycling Program provided by: