2024 Charter Member Dinner
On October 6. 2024, we celebrated our annual Charter Member Dinner at the beautiful Sunnyside Country Club with entertainment by Fresno-favorite Ed Burke.
Fresno Aquarium
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is being built on our 10 acres along Hwy 99
overlooking the San Joaquin River
Your tax-deductible support is urgently needed to build our very first building!
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Generous Donations from People Like You to our From the Ground Up capital campaign are building the nonprofit Fresno Aquarium along the San Joaquin River DEBT-FREE into the future!
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Every gift, no matter the size, brings us that much closer to opening our very first building.
This is why the nonprofit 501(c)(3) Aquarius Aquarium Institute urgently needs your tax-deductible support right away to continue the progress donors just like you have already made toward building this exciting project.
2023 Charter Member Dinner
Charter Members enjoyed a delicious dinner at the Sunnyside Country Club this year. Members and guests watched and listened to an update on our current programs and the Fresno Aquarium project and also had plenty of time to socialize while listening…
Friant Dam Water Goes Over Spillway
Photo by Charter Member Carol Maul
July 2023 – Snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada mountain range just to the east of Fresno sent water cascading into the San Joaquin River this summer, causing Millerton Lake to rise to the top of Friant Dam and over its spillway.
Atmospheric Rivers
San Joaquin River at high flow at the Fresno Aquarium property, January 2023
As a series of Atmospheric Rivers once again bring large amounts of rain and snow to California this winter, the San Joaquin River along the Fresno Aquarium property is currently flowing high and fast.
Tom Lang onThe Ray Appleton Show10-26-22
Our executive Director, Tom Lang, appeared on KMJ radio’s The Ray Appleton Show today to give an update on the Fresno Aquarium project and address the Fresno Chaffee Zoo’s plan to add an Aquarium building within the Zoo inside Roeding Park in about 10 years.
2022 Charter Member Dinner
Every year, we thank our generous Charter Members with a FREE dinner! Click here for more photos.
It’s Charter Members and Donors just like you who make our current nonprofit educational programs in our schools possible and keep the Fresno Aquarium project moving forward! Many of our Charter Members are also Donors to the Fresno Aquarium and know how important it is to support both current and future programs.
Betty Jane Jura
Betty Jane Jura, age 94, of Fresno, California passed away on Monday, August 22, 2022. Betty was born June 13, 1928 in Fort Madison, Iowa.
She and her husband Roy first donated 5, then 10 acres of their land to the Fresno Aquarium in 2006.
Betty Jane Wood married Roy Jura in 1950 and were farmers as they raised their children, Scott, Teri and Keith.
Aquarius Aquarium Institute Charter Members will always remember the fun Charter Member dinners on the front lawn of the Jura residence, just downstream from the Fresno Aquarium property and the enthusiastic support that Betty and Roy had for the Aquarium project from its very beginnings.
You Exceeded Our 2021 Goal – Surpassing 2,000 Blocks Sold!
December 31, 2021 – Generous year-end donors succeeded in surpassing our 2021 goal of having 2,000 blocks with names on them!
There is a counter on this website that is updated every time someone puts their name on a concrete block and we’re very grateful to all the generous donors who are continuing to support this nonprofit project for the benefit of our entire Valley ever since our long-time friend Lynn Hock-Napoli put her name on the very first block…
$300,000 Milestone Reached
January 12, 2020 – As 2019 was coming to a close, we had our eyes on a pending milestone. Would our donors push us over the $300,000 mark in our From the Ground Up Capital Campaign?
Thanks to year-end gifts from some very generous people, we are happy to report that we exceeded our goal!