{"id":39850,"date":"2016-04-29T21:55:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T01:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=39850"},"modified":"2016-04-29T21:55:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T01:55:24","slug":"the-imaginarium-gets-tanked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2016\/04\/the-imaginarium-gets-tanked\/","title":{"rendered":"The Imaginarium Gets Tanked!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39851\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39851\" title=\"Wayde and Brett from Tanked unveiling the new U.S.S. Mohawk exhibit\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wayde-and-Brett-from-Tanked-unveiling-the-new-U.S.S.-Mohawk-exhibit-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wayde-and-Brett-from-Tanked-unveiling-the-new-U.S.S.-Mohawk-exhibit-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Wayde-and-Brett-from-Tanked-unveiling-the-new-U.S.S.-Mohawk-exhibit.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wayde and Brett from Tanked unveiling the new U.S.S. Mohawk exhibit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is the dawning of the age of aquariums, the age of aquariums\u2026(aquaria?)<\/p>\n<p>You probably know by now that true to our EnRichment initiative, there are several community organizations and service projects we\u2019re passionate about, from Cape Coral Hospital\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.en-site.com\/garden-healing-learning\/\">Pathway to Discovery<\/a>\u00a0to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.en-site.com\/tanglewoods-outdoor-classroom-a-true-community-effort\/\">Tanglewood Elementary\u2019s outdoor classroom<\/a>\u00a0to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.en-site.com\/foundation-for-lee-county-public-schools\/\">Foundation for Lee County Public Schools<\/a>\u00a0and even more. As the expertise represented by EnSite\u2019s team was cultivated by early\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.en-site.com\/success-stems-community-partnerships\/\">STEM learning opportunities<\/a>, we feel it\u2019s important to pay it forward to provide those types of opportunities to the next generation. We will come to rely on them someday \u2013 before we know it! \u2013 to design communities that are sustainable and that will fulfill the needs of their residents and stakeholders long into the future.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, our own Jon Romine has been serving for a while now as president of the board for the Imaginarium Foundation, serving the interests of the Imaginarium Science Center and Southwest Florida Museum of History. Naturally fundraising is an important function of the foundation, with the Imagine Gala the major function for that function \u2013 ha!<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->With the great support of the community over the years, we are thrilled to be able to expand and improve the programming and exhibits, and eventually enrich the campus of the Imaginarium, which recently became more closely aligned with the SWFL Museum of History.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an exciting development \u2013 we\u2019re going to be on TV! Fans of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.animalplanet.com\/tv-shows\/tanked\/\">Tanked, the Animal Planet<\/a>\u00a0series following Wayde King and Brett Raymer as they build aquariums (aquaria?) for the rich and famous. The duo were on hand here in Fort Myers just a few days ago to build a beautiful new tank containing a replica of the U.S.S. Mohawk, the proud ship that was commissioned in 1935 and intentionally sunk to be an artificial reef off the coast of Fort Myers Beach in 2012. How\u2019s that for recycling?<\/p>\n<p>Producers from the show tell us \u201cour\u201d episode will air sometime in June. Tune in, and come on in to the Imaginarium to check it out! Don\u2019t forget to say with glee, \u201cYou sank my battleship!\u201d And it\u2019s all in the name of sustainability and STEM learning for our next generation. There\u2019s just something so sweet about that full cycle process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the dawning of the age of aquariums, the age of aquariums\u2026(aquaria?) 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