News Releases
- Parrot Head Reef coming September 1 off Key West, Fla., from Eternal Reefs, Reef Innovations, the Reef Ball Foundation and Parrot Heads in Paradise
- Partnership Formed to Create A Jimmy Buffett Memorial Reef Off Key West, Fla.
- Eternal Reefs wins the Katerva Award
- 4 Turtles Join Dares Reef
- B26 Marauders
- Eternal Reefs secures 501c3 status
- Eternal Reefs Fast Facts
On Eternal Patrol New Releases
- Block Party on Nov. 11 Marks 25th Anniversary of Eternal Reefs and 5th Anniversary of the On Eternal Patrol Memorial Reef Honoring Submarine Service
- Eternal Reefs Completes OEP In Advance of Veterans Day
- First undersea memorial to lost submarines to be dedicated May 27, 2018
- Ocean-side dedication 9 miles off-shore Sarasota creates the “On Eternal Patrol Memorial Reef” to be deployed on May 22
- Hundreds Gather to Pay Memorial Day Tribute
- Eternal Reefs Honors 4,000+ Submariners from 65 Lost Boats with the “On Eternal Patrol Memorial Reef”
- SMA Cadets On Eternal Patrol
- On Eternal Patrol Memorial Reef
Media Coverage
- Eternal Reefs provides new way to memorialize loved ones while helping marine environment – ABC 4 News, Charleston County, S.C. (WCIV) (May 28, 2024)
- Eternal Reefs on The Weather Channel – The Weather Channel® (May 3, 2024)
- Eternal Reefs on NBC National Dying to Know Series – NBC 6 South Florida (April 3, 2024)
- Bradenton Sgt. Lee R. Cosens Memorialized in an Eternal Reef – Bay New 9 Tampa (March 18, 2024)
- Bradenton police sergeant on marine unit honored with eternal reef after passing away from cancer – WTTV Fox13 Tampa (March 15, 2024)
- Alaska’s Naval Militia and Navy Reserve honors lost sailors of WWII submarine – Alaska’s News Source (February 1, 2024)
- How Eternal Reefs honors lost US submarines | Suncoast View – ABC 7 Your Local Station (November 7, 2023)
- Undersea memorials to loved ones also may help revive Florida’s dying coral reefs – Miami Herald (April 19, 2023)
- ‘Absolutely rewarding.’ Sarasota company memorializes loved ones with eternal reefs – Bradenton Herald (February 19, 2023)
- Green burial in Florida: How a ‘reef ball’ memorializes those who’ve passed, fosters life underwater – 10 Tampa Bay WTSP TV (February 13, 2023)
- Reef ball burials: the new trend for becoming ‘coral’ when you die – The Guardian (February 21, 2022)
- Florida company utilizes human remains to create coral reefs for memorials – USA Today (May 18, 2021)
- How coral reefs made with human remains are restoring Florida’s coastline – Business Insider (May 10, 2021)
- An increasingly popular way to be buried: Become part of an artificial reef – The Washington Post (July 19, 2021)
- More and more people don’t want a traditional burial – BBC News (May 2, 2021)
- Underwater memorial pays tribute to submariners – Yahoo News (November 11, 2019)
- Underwater memorial pays tribute to submariners – Fox News (November 11, 2019)
- For those lost beneath the waves – American Legion (November 7, 2019)
- ‘Goodbye for now’: Cremated remains of 15 people turned into artificial reefs off Pensacola Beach – Pensacola News Journal (September 17, 2019)
- Loved ones find final resting place in the Gulf – ABC 3 WEAR TV (September 13, 2019)
- ‘Eternal reefs’ in the ocean off South Florida memoralize loved ones in a lasting legacy – South Florida SunSentinel (June 25, 2018)
- Undersea memorial of reef balls pays tribute to lost submariners – Mother Nature Network (June 6, 2018)
- Artificial reef in Florida will honor lost US submarines – ABC News-AP (May 28, 2018)
- Florida undersea memorial to honor lost U.S. submariners – Reuters (May 27, 2018)
- Fallen Texas Tech officer buried at sea off St. Augustine – News 4 JAX (April 16, 2018)
- Mind, Body, Soul: Hope Springs Eternal – Coastal Style (July 2016)
- This final resting place comes alive – Fox 13 Tampa Bay (July 19, 2016)
- Saying Goodbye with a Splash – CNBC (January 7, 2013)
- Memorial Day 2018: America honors the fallen – CBS News
- Sarasota memorial honors submarine crews lost at sea – Sarasota Herald-Tribune
- Underwater memorial site created in Sarasota to honor submarine tragedies – ABC Action News Tampa Bay
- 65 Reef Balls Deployed to Honor 65 Sunken US Subs – Treehugger
- Pensacola paramedic’s ashes interred in artificial reef off coast of Fort Pickens – Pensacola News Journal
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For current press releases and all media, please contact:
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770-367-0321
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