What is the dedication?
On the scheduled dedication day, Eternal Reefs has a charter boat to take all the families to the reef site to witness the placement of the Memorial Reefs and to dedicate the site to their loved one. The cost of this charter is the only additional charge from Eternal Reefs and generally costs approximately $75.00 per person. We provide a small “Tribute Reef” for each family and flowers to decorate it. After the Memorial Reefs have all been placed we take the family boat and move it directly over the reef site. Each family is given time to dedicate the site and drop the Tribute Reef as their loved ones name is read. After all the families have dedicated the site Eternal Reefs staff dedicates the site to all the individuals being memorialized and closes the dedication by reading a passage from President John F. Kennedy’s speech “The Sea”.
