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Black Tie International:
The Clamshell Foundation's
20th Annual
East Hampton Sand Castle Contest |
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Stewart Lane
and Bonnie
Comley
Photo by
R.Comer for
Rob Rich ©
2011
robwayne1@aol.com
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The
Clamshell
Foundation’s
20th Annual
East Hampton
Sand Castle
Contest
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The name
"Clamshell
Foundation"
was
chosen
to honor
those on
the East
End of
Long
Island
who
made,
and
still
make a
livelihood
from the
waters
of Long
Island
Sound
and the
Atlantic
Ocean.
Clamshells
can be
found
everywhere.
The
foundation’s
unique
fundraisers
include
the
Bonac
Fireworks
and the
East
Hampton
Sand
Castle
Contest.
East
Hampton
residents,
Stewart
Lane and
Bonnie
Comley,
brought
their
three
children
to the
beach to
participate.
“It’s a
great
way to
turn an
afternoon
at the
beach
into a
charitable
event.
You can
spend
the day
building
a sand
castle
while
talking
to your
kids
about
how
lucky we
are and
how
important
it is to
give
back to
others”,
said
Comley.
“ My 13
year old
has a
good
understanding
of
charity
but my 4
year old
twins-
not so
much! We
are
still
working
on
sharing
the
shovel,
which is
another
good
lesson
of a
sand
castle
contest.”
With a
concept
formulated
in 1991,
the 1st
Annual
East
Hampton
Sand
Castle
Contest,
took
place on
August
26, 1992
at the
Atlantic
Avenue
Beach in
Amagansett,
NY. The
mission
of The
Clamshell
Foundation
is to
enrich
the
lives of
the
people
of the
East End
by
fostering
education
in
health,
cultural,
and
environmental
fields
of
endeavor.
The
money
raised
is
allocated
to year
round
residents
for
scholarships,
food
banks
and
assistance
to those
in need.
Rossetti
Perchik,
Clamshell
Foundation
Executive
Director,
derived
the idea
of the
sand
castle
contest
in East
Hampton
while
living
in
Oklahoma.
"In
Tulsa
they had
a Sand
Castle
Contest
on the
banks of
the
Arkansas
River,
which
ran
through
the west
side of
town. A
dam run
by the
Army
Corps of
Engineers
controlled
the
river. A
week
before
the
contest,
the
Engineers
would
slow the
outflow
and drop
the
water
level so
you
would
have
more
sand.
When I
moved
back to
East
Hampton,
I
couldn’t
imagine,
with one
of the
best
beaches
in the
world,
that
there
wasn’t a
contest",
recalled
Perchik.
For more
information
on the
Clamshell
Foundation
see:
www.clamshellfoundation.org
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