Christmas Gifts That Will Make a Difference in Baltimore - Part 4

Can you imagine a Holiday in Baltimore without oysters on the table? I certainly can't.

Fact is, I can't imagine any special meal without oysters of one kind or another. I could eat oysters on the half shell every day of the year, I enjoy them just that much. I've written about them many times on this blog. Here's one of my favorite posts.

I love oysters on the half-shell, oyster stew, oysters Rockefeller, oyster fritters,  but an absolute favorite oyster prep of mine is John Shields' single-fry oysters at Gertrude's. Shields' single-fry beauties make me moan with satisfaction. (Once, I actually moaned out-loud in the restaurant. Jacob pointed at me and laughed. Out-loud.)

This Holiday Season I suggest, while you enjoy your oysters, you make a gift that well help them thrive.

Can you think of a more far-reaching holiday gift to Baltimore, the mid-Atlantic, and the world than helping to plant and repopulate the Chesapeake Bay's oyster population?

I've been a huge fan of the Oyster Recovery Partnership for years. 

Here's a little video to help start you thinking about their good work and how you can help.

Just a few dollars will raise and plant a thousand oysters in the Chesapeake Bay. Please consider leaving your personal legacy on our bay and make a donation to the Oyster Recovery Partnership.

The ORP has a small staff doing large-scale work. They are proud that more than 90 percent of all donations go directly into restoring a healthy population of the native oyster to the Chesapeake Bay.

And, if you can't make a cash donation this year consider volunteering. ORP has some pretty special opportunities. You can work hands-on helping repopulate the bay, you can work in their office, or you can offer your services pro-bono.

A gift to the Oyster Recovery Partnership is a gift that will grow year-after-year.

Oyster Recovery Partnership
1805A Virginia Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-990-4970 

Comments

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There is no point in going out of your way to cook a gorgeous dinner with some really unique Christmas dinner ideas for 10 people if only 4 of those people turn up. Ask around, send invitations if you have do and come up with a definite plan.