Scholarships:

• NCSC established a general Marine Sciences Scholarship at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) and more than $9,000 has been disbursed over the past ten years.
• The Bosch Scholarship, created in 2017, provides support to Marine Science students at UNCW, and is funded by proceeds from the NC Shell Club’s annual shell show. More than $7,500 has been disbursed to date.
• The Ron & Janie Hill (NCSC members) Honors Scholarship at University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), was created to recognize their daughter, who obtained her B.S and Master’s Degrees at UNCW.
• The Everett Long/NCSC scholarship was established at the Carteret County Community College in Jan. 2023 for Marine Aquaculture students. Long was an active, long-time Club member and the Club President when he passed away.

Donations:

• The Club donated $3,000 worth of books and $500 cash to the Ocracoke school library after the children’s section was severely damaged by Hurricane Dorian in Sept. 2019. The school librarian and several students attended the March 2022 Club meeting to thank members for their generosity and showed several of their new books, each stamped on the inside cover with the NCSC scotch bonnet logo.
• After Hurricane Ian, the Club donated $500 to the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum in Sanibel, FL, for rebuilding efforts.
• The Club provides an annual donation to the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science to help support the museum’s efforts with the prestigious DuPont Trophy, which the museum provides to 10 shell shows in the United States, including the NC Shell Show, and to 3 international shell shows.
• NCSC donated $500 to the Conchologists of America (COA) Educational Grants program.
• Mark Johnson donated the largest recorded American seashell, a 24” Horse Conch, to the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum for permanent display.
• The Club donated $1,500 from the 2019 Ocracoke oral auction proceeds to the Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department for equipment and supplies.

Volunteerism:

• The Club participated in the annual Mollusk Research Day event at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences in March 2025.
• Dan Minior has conducted numerous ‘NC Shelling 101’ community presentations, including to members of the Onslow County Chamber of Commerce in 2023.
• Several Club members have been instrumental in the discovery and naming of multiple seashell species new to science.
• NCSC members participate in an annual Earth Day event at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum. The program supports elementary school students and Club members provide an interactive program focusing on clean water and beaches and discuss the environment and beach conservation.

Publications:

• Ed Shuller provided vital support to the 2024 revised edition of, “Seashells of North Carolina,” an essential NC shell guide. The book was originally authored by Club member Hugh Porter.
• Mark Johnson and Ed Shuller maintain the “NC Size Records for Marine Mollusks,” an official database of NC ‘record’ shells.
• John Timmerman co-authored and published two fossil guide books: “Cretaceous and Paleogene Fossils of North Carolina- A Field Guide” and “Neogene and Quaternary Fossils of North Carolina- A Field Guide.”

Recognitions/Awards:

• Several Club members have been recognized for the COA Neptunea Award for service to COA and the science of malacology and conchology: Jim and Linda Brunner, Anne Joffe, John and Cheryl Jacobs, Kevan and Linda Sunderland, Richard Goldberg, John Timmerman, Ed Shuller, Jeannette Tysor, Dr. Doug Wolfe, Carole Marshall, and Everett Long (posthumously)
• Many NCSC members have served on the COA Board of Directors: Karlynn Morgan, Dan Minior, Ed Shuller, Vicky Wall, Greg Curry, Anne Joffe, Doug Wolfe, John Jacobs, Linda and Jim Brunner, Richard Goldberg, Don Pisor, Amy Dick, and Everett Long.