Oneill Sea Odyssey

ORG'S MISSION: (I) TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF THE MONTEREY BAY ECO-SYSTEMS AND ITS ADJOINING AREAS; (II) TO CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS; (III) TO INSTILL IN YOUTH AND ADULTS A DESIRE TO PERFORM COMMUNITY SERVICE TO IMPROVE AND PRESERVE THE ECOLOGY OF THE OCEAN ENVIRONMENT.

THE CORPORATION IS FORMED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: (I) TO GENERALLY PROMOTE AND FOSTER LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS OF THE ECO-SYSTEMS OF THE MONTEREY BAY AND ITS ADJOINING AREAS; (II) TO PROMOTE, ORGANIZE, MANAGE AND CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS TO PROMOTE SUCH AWARENESS; (III) TO ENCOURAGE AND INSTILL IN YOUTH AND ADULTS A DESIRE TO PERFORM COMMUNITY SERVICE AIMED AT IMPROVING AND PRESERVING THE ECOLOGY OF THE OCEAN ENVIRONMENT.DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022, IN ORDER TO KEEP AN ACCURATE COUNT OF EACH PRESENTATION OFFERED, OSO STAFF RECORDED EACH SCHEDULED CLASS GIVEN ON A GOOGLE SPREADSHEET. SOME TEACHERS ONLY PARTICIPATED IN ONE, ONE-HOUR DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM, WHILE OTHER TEACHERS PARTICIPATED IN MULTIPLE ONE-HOUR DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMS. FOR THE SAKE OF RECORDING OUR WORK ACCURATELY, ONE PROGRAM IS EQUAL TO ONE CLASS OF STUDENTS. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS IS COUNTED BY KEEPING TRACK OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN EACH ONE-HOUR DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM. SOME STUDENTS RECEIVED ONLY ONE HOUR OF INSTRUCTION, WHILE OTHERS RECEIVED UP TO 10 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION FROM OSO STAFF. TOTAL COUNT OF STUDENTS TALLIED IN THIS WAY WAS 1,974 PARTICIPATING IN 58 SEPARATE PROGRAMS. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4AINCLUDED UNDER PROGRAM EXPENSES IS THE FOLLOWING:TOTAL PROGRAM COSTS 370,522