2026 event photos

January, 2026 General Meeting

We had a good turnout of 45 people at our January 17 general meeting that included a dozen guests in attendance. The program for this meeting was an excellent presentation by the Scientists’ Society of Southwest Florida that encourages careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Guest speakers included Jacquelin Collins, the current president of the society; Trudy Sampson, liaison for funded programs and scholarship chair; Dave Sampson, science fair judge coordinator; and board of directors member Dick Devlin. In addition, the president of the Cape Coral Solar Car Club, Mason Huffman, spoke about the projects that keep so many local students engaged in the club’s fun and educational STEM activities. Special thanks to our Friends of the Cape Coral Library member and publicity director for the scientists’ society, Paula Martinez, who recommended this interesting program topic for our first FOCCL general meeting of the new year.