November/December 2026 News

From Ye Olde President…..

Hi to all FFH members and hope all is well. WOW another year is about to end and the holiday’s are around the corner. I want to Wish all FFH members and their families a happy and safe holiday season 🙏 

The FFH Fossil Fair was a great success. Show attendance was outstanding with 1000+ adults and 400 kids and the dealers were very happy; a really successful show. I want to thank all FFH members who volunteered at the show. Special thanks to Valerie First, Steve Sharpe, Dave & Messila Donaway, Ed Metrin for their hard work to make the show a success. All volunteers please see Dave at the meeting to collect your fossil bucks earned. 

We are working with other fossil and mineral societies about shared fossil trips in the next year. Updates will be sent by email to members. Please remember some field trips can be scheduled months or only weeks in advance. Steve Sharpe and Mark Voke will keep us updated.

Paleontology for Kids programs is active at all meetings from 2-3pm before the main meeting.

Saturday, November 14th Meeting, 3:00pm, at the OSC in the Founders Room 3rd Floor.  Our Nov meeting guest speaker will be Bill Hines and the topic will be Evolution of Prehistoric Sharks. Elections for FFH 2027-28 Officers will be held for all positions. All interested members are eligible to run. See pg 5 for list of positions.

FFH Annual Christmas Party and Fossil Bucks Auction will be held at Dave & Melissa’s Dunaway’s house on December 5th at 4pm. Address: 600 Fern Drive, Longwood FL 32779. Bring your hard earned fossil bucks and some yummies to share (sandwiches, cookies, cupcakes, etc.) Dave Dunaway & Ed Metrin will be bringing in a sack full of goodies to bid on. There will be No FFH Meeting for December at the Orlando Science Center.

At EVERY meeting!

• Support your club with the purchase of vintage fossil fair t-shirts! Variety of sizes available at meetings while they last. $25/Adults and Kids/$20.
• “Fossil swap”: every member brings in fossils to talk about and swap with other members.
• Paleontology for Kids has been a success and will be held before the general meetings at 2:00pm.

Thank you,
Salvatore Sansone,
FFH President