South Florida Free Beaches
      Florida Naturist Association, Inc.
SunDial e-newsletter
  June 2011
 

Online edition       

 





Dear Naturist Friend,

in this issue:
  • National Nude Weekend July 9 & 10 and The Celebrated Nude art festival July 8-10 at Haulover Beach
  • Beach Ambassador training
  • Tribute to Clyde Lott
  • DVD premium offer extended for new SFFB sponsors
  • Gourment Food Trucks at Haulover Marina 
  • Wall Street Journal reports on Florida Young Naturists Naked Spring Bash
  • Sunsport Gardens Naturist Youth Camp (July)




NATIONAL NUDE WEEKEND - July 9 & 10
HAULOVER NATURIST BEACH 20th ANNIVERSARY


Join us for the fun again this year, which will include prizes for best tatoo and best body painting, 50/50 raffle, other prizes including a nudist resort weekend and memberships in TNS and SFFB. 

We're also collecting Shoes for Haiti this year, so clean out your closet and bring shoes in good condition to donate during the weekend.

MORE INFO & UPDATES FOR NATIONAL NUDE WEEKEND EVENTS


Also concurrently during National Nude Weekend (July 8-10) B.E.A.C.H.E.S. Foundation will be presenting
The Celebrated Nude art festival on Haulover Beach, a celebration of the long history of the nude human form in art. 

ART FESTIVAL INFO & UPDATES









BEACH AMBASSADOR TRAINING

SFFB’s Beach Ambassador program is a Miami-Dade County sanctioned citizens’ watch for Haulover’s naturist beach, currently comprising about 30 volunteers.

At our most recent training session on Sunday, May 22nd; presenters included police Sgt. Tom Buchanan, ocean rescue Lt. Chris Thiel, Haulover Park manager Tom Morgan and park guard Tabitha Russell.

A major topic was the difference between crimes (felonies and misdemeanors), and legal but nuisance behaviors, such as picture-taking. The ambassadors' goal is to keep bad behavior off the beach, which means reporting crimes to the police, and diplomatically addressing nuisance behaviors, where offenders may not always be aware of accepted etiquette.  Proper treatment of service dogs was also discussed.

Further information on the Beach Ambassador program and naturist beach etiquette may be found at:  www.sffb.com/naturism.html


TRIBUTE TO BEACH AMBASSADOR CLYDE LOTT


Clyde is known to most Haulover visitors as one of our most prominent Beach Ambassadors.

He's shown at left during the installation of the first permanent signs at the naturist beach in 1993, and in our newsletter header in a more recent photo.

Clyde had retired as a union carpenter back in 1991, when SFFB first established the naturist beach.  An important issue in maintaining the clothing-optional status in the early days, when there were no lifeguards and the area was frequented by undesirables, was keeping perverts, drug dealers and others with the wrong intent off the naturist area.

Over the years, Clyde has been instrumental in helping maintain the family-friendly atmosphere at Haulover.  He has also served on the SFFB Board of Directors for many years and as a volunteer at B.E.A.C.H.E.S' Beach Mall.

Clyde has now retired as a Beach Ambassador, and is moving to New Mexico to be with family there.

Photos of Clyde's send-off party May 28th

Thanks for your years of service, and enjoy your second retirement!


HUNGRY AFTER YOUR BEACH VISIT?  GOURMET FOOD TRUCKS NOW AT HAULOVER MARINA


The Gourmet Food Trucks are now at Haulover's south marina each weekend offering real gourmet food -- not the usual hot dogs, hamburgers and chips.    

Turn south from the "nude beach" parking lot to the only stop light on A1A in Haulover Park.  Turn right (bayside) into the Bill Bird Marina 
and look immediately to your left.  The Gourmet Trucks are parked together where you can relax under the cool shade of trees while you dine "al fresco" for lunch, a snack or an early dinner.  The food is delicious, generous and the price is remarkably inexpensive.  Parking is free in the marina lot for food truck patrons.



Thanks for your response to our fund-raising request for our Politcal Action Fund.

Those who responded and requested the DVD premium should have received it by now.  Some delay was incurred as we ran out of stock and our supplier was on vacation shutdown.  If you made a qualifying donation and have not received the DVD yet, please send an email with your name to apps@sffb.com

DVD offer extended to new SFFB Sponsors

From time-to-time SFFB has offered free premiums for new SFFB sponsors.  If you didn't respond to our earlier LDPA fund-raising DVD offer, we are now offering a complimentary copy of the DVD to all new SFFB sponsors at the $35 annual rate.  Unless declined, it will be sent to all new SFFB sponsors.
 
To join online or by mail, go to sffb.com/sponsors

The offer is detailed on that page, and you have the option of joining online with a credit card, or printing out a form to mail in with your check or credit card information.

We continue to offer our other premium for new Naturist Society members who also join SFFB/renew their SFFB sponsorship, a copy of The World's Best Nude Beaches and Resorts.



NAKED SPRING BASH



Florida Young Naturists' Naked Spring Bash at Sunsport Gardens in April featured an attendence of 140 and 4 bands on 2 stages.

An article on the event appeared May 2, 2011 in the Wall Street Journal.

Read article and view slide show in WSJ
   
Opinion of the value of the article was mixed among naturists.  Many believe it presents a skewed view of the acceptance of younger naturists at nudist resorts...and the attractiveness to the young of nudist resorts. 

The growth of attendence from 55 to 140 in 2 years at the Bash events demonstrates the young will come, if the resorts present activities of interest to them, and particularly if they work with groups like Florida Young Naturists in planning, and offer reduced rates to often cash-strapped college students and those just entering the workforce. 

$20 to swim nude in the pool and play petanque doesn't cut it for most of the young.  Sunsport Garden's free Friday night drum circles is one innovative way it has increased interest among twenty-somethings.  Such programs must be seen as an investment in the future, with the expectation that at least some portion of the young will stay in naturism and become paying members, and residents, down the road.

Visit the Florida Young Naturists website 


Florida Young Naturist members pose with the older naturist generation at 2009 Guinness World Record skinny-dip at Haulover Beach.

 
NATURIST YOUTH CAMP


Sunsport Gardens Resort
July 17 thru 24, 2011

Make your plans for 8 fun-filled days of acceptance, growth, freedom and fun for naturists under 18.

INFORMATION

Watch the animation video created at the 2009 camp on You Tube.









  An SFFB-sponsored Special Interest Group       
Want to meet other South Florida naturists for both clothes-free and clothed fun outings? Sign up to check out naturist get-together social events:   

Register for Meet-up group for complete information


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