SHARK RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC – Shark Celebrity Auction
Auction Ends: Aug 18, 2013 11:59 PM EDT

Unique Experiences

Lunch or Dinner with Marie Levine - International Shark Conservationist - in Princeton, NJ

Item Number
39
Estimated Value
Priceless
Sold
50 USD to SharkJunky
Number of Bids
1  -  Bid History

Item Description

Lunch or Dinner with Marie Levine — International Shark Conservationist — in Princeton, New Jersey

This is a unique opportunity to “talk shark” one-on-one with Marie Levine, Executive Director and founder of the Shark Research Institute. In the mid-1980s, while studying sharks in South Africa, she re-opened the South African Shark Attack File, interviewing more than 1,200 victims, witness and medical personnel, and today also serves as Archivist of the Global Shark Accident File.

Marie works to secure protection for sharks at national and international levels such as CITES and CMS.

She worked with white sharks and whale sharks in South Africa and has dived with sharks in 42 countries during the past 30 years.

She is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and the famed Explorers Club, and has led four Flag Expeditions for the Club. She is also in the Women Divers Hall of Fame and has served on its board.

 www.sharks.org

www.sharkattackfile.net

Item Special Note

Being auctioned is dinner or lunch with one the world’s foremost shark experts or celebrities. It is a unique opportunity to “talk shark” face-to-face, one-on-one, with a real authority on sharks. 

How it works:

1. Bid on a celebrity, shark scientist or conservationist that lives or works in your area, unless you are willing to drive or fly to meet them in their area.

2. The winning bidder pays for the lunch or dinner and may bring as many guests as he or she wishes.

3. We will introduce the winning bidder to the celebrity, scientist or conservationist. The two of you then set a mutually agreeable  date, time and place to meet within one year of the close of the auction.

All winning bids are charitable contributions deductible from US Federal 2013 income taxes.  Funds raised by the auction will be used to support shark research and conservation programs.