NEPTUNE MEMORIAL REEF TREASURE HUNT DIVE OFFERS TROVE OF MIAMI AREA PRIZES
Divers from all over will be vying to find $1000 coins and prizes donated by Divers Direct and restaurants and businesses.
FT LAUDERDALE, FL – Divers who take part in the Neptune Memorial Reef’s first annual Treasure Hunt Dive will be hunting prizes that include some of the Miami area’s top retailers and businesses. Scores of area businesses from restaurants and museums to retail stores have generously donated prizes to the unique hunt, which is attracting divers from all over the area.
The daylong Treasure Hunt Dive will take place at the Neptune Memorial Reef, the world’s largest man-made reef and a unique new concept in memorialization that celebrates life, which is located three miles East of Key Biscayne and Miami. It is taking place on October 16th.
The event is being co-sponsored by Divers Direct (www.diversdirect.com) which is the world’s largest scuba gear shop. They are donating more than $2,000 in prizes. Divers Direct services the SCUBA community by offering a complete scuba certification curriculum and a large selection of scuba Gear including scuba tanks, dive computers, scuba regulators, scuba wetsuits, and scuba masks from the world’s top manufacturers like Aqualung, Oceanic, Evo, Mares, and many others.
In addition to the $1000 coins, divers will be seeking prizes donated by these companies: South Beach’s Prime 112, Graspa Group, Books and Books, Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Westview Country Club in Miami, Sudsies Dry Cleaners & Laundry, Ocean Drive Magazine, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Art Museum, Jewish Museum of Florida, Eanie Meanie, SEE Eye Wear, Joe Allen and Pollo Tropical.
Stephen Ziadie, Chief Operating Officer, Neptune Memorial Reef, said, “The response has been overwhelming from the diving community as well as the area business community. We intend to make the Treasure Hunt at the Neptune Memorial Reef a recurring event that benefits all.”
Created by Neptune Society, the largest U.S. cremation company, Neptune Memorial Reef is the first and only one in existence for those who prefer cremation, want to be memorialized and believe in preserving our planet’s resources. This lost city beneath the sea covers 16 acres of ocean floor and provides sanctuary for up to 100,000 individuals. The site is already encouraging marine life and coral to converge and thrive. A recent Marine study concluded that marine life around the reef has increased 60% in just nine months and observed thousands of fish covering 35 species.
To Register for the Neptune Memorial Reef Treasure Hunt, Call: 954-556-9407 (9am – 5pm) or email: reefinfo@nmreef.com.
Neptune Society and Neptune Memorial Reef
The U.S.’s largest cremations company, Neptune Society, Inc. is privately owned by the BG Capital Group, a leading merchant banking firm. Since 1973, Neptune Society and its sister company Trident Society have been dedicated to providing individuals and families with the dignified, affordable services they deserve when they choose cremation. Today the company has 40 locations in 10 states -- including cremation facilities, sales offices, and holding facilities – and continues to expand services throughout the United States. The Neptune Memorial Reef, a unique, undersea tribute to life, is a re-creation of the legendary Lost City is the largest and most enchanting man-made reef of its type in the world. Located off the Miami Coast in 40 feet of crystal clear water, this environmentally friendly sanctuary is the first and only one in existence for those who prefer cremation, want to be memorialized and believe in preserving our planet’s resources. It is also an awe-inspiring destination that has quickly become popular with ocean enthusiasts and environmentalists from around the world as well as scuba divers, boaters, marine biologists, fishermen and many others. Neptune Society’s corporate headquarters are located in Ft Lauderdale, Florida. For more information on Neptune Society, please visit us at: www.neptunesociety.com or www.tridentsociety.com. For more information on Neptune Memorial Reef, please visit: www.nmreef.com.
