Sixty-seven volunteers gathered in the Talbot County Community Center parking lot on a cool morning earlier this month to deliver an estimated 337,000 oyster spat-on-shell to their 300-plus growers.

The oyster delivery is part of the Chesapeake Bay Oyster Reef Recovery Initiative, with founding sponsor Eglseder Wealth Management Group, Inc. charged with putting on the annual event.

After coffee, doughnuts, and lunches were handed out, volunteers loaded buckets and cages of oyster spat-on-shell in their trucks and trailers and delivered them to the docks of registered oyster growers.

The spat-on-shell are housed in protective cages suspended from grower’s docks throughout the fall and winter. In late spring, volunteers will meet again to collect each grower’s oysters and plant them in a protected oyster sanctuary on the Tred Avon River.

The Chesapeake Bay Oyster Reef Recovery Initiative was founded in 2011 by Eglseder Wealth Management Group, Inc., and was established as part of the state’s Marylanders Grow Oysters program to encourage people to become involved in Maryland’s oyster restoration efforts and clean-up of the Chesapeake Bay.

To learn how to become an oyster grower, please visit www.oystersforthebay.com or contact Suzanne Anderson, Program Manager, at 410-822-9143.

Eglseder Wealth Management Group, Inc. has been a client-centered local business for more than 40 years and focuses on educating its clients on the five key areas of retirement planning: protection, estate planning, cash flow, income tax reduction, and investments. Each client receives a consultation every three to four months and is offered educational seminars to discuss changes in estate and income tax laws, as well as appropriate investment strategies for retirees and for those who are about to retire.

They can be reached at 8694 Commerce Drive, Easton, MD, 21601, 410-822-9143. Securities and advisory services are offered through Commonwealth Financial Network®, Member FINRA/SIPC, a Registered Investment Adviser. More information is available at www.eglsederwealth.com.