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The Suncoast Naturists (SCN) was founded in 2000 and has continued to grow since then with a current membership in excess of 70 households.

 

Our organization was formed with three distinct purposes in mind: to provide, a clothing-optional venue for nudists and naturists to socialize with like-minded people, to provide advice and counseling to elected and appointed officials thereby helping them deal with simple nudity issues on private and public lands, and to actively campaign for legally designated areas within local county owned spaces for clothing-optional recreation.

 

The Suncoast Naturists have been an active member of the Venice Area Chamber of Commerce since 2001 and continues to participate in the functions of that organization. SCN is also an affiliated member of both The Naturist Society (TNS) and the American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR).

 

Suncoast Naturist members continue to enjoy a diverse selection of social activities that include pool parties at member’s homes, boating trips to local barrier islands, weekend trips to nudist resorts, croquet parties, and monthly dinners held at area wide restaurants.

 

SCN membership is open to any person regardless of age, religion, gender, sexual preference, or marital status. We are a family friendly social group mostly made up of members ranging between 40 and 75 years of age who have settled in Southwest Florida. Our social and community service activities are open to all members.  However, members who wish to bring under-aged children to Social Activities at member's homes must advise the Host Member of the fact.  These members will be responsible for the supervision of these under-aged children.  In today's world it is necessary to have guidelines for the nudist lifestyle.  Not only is it very easy to destroy all the hard work we have put into social acceptance, but people who are new to the Nudist lifestyle may not realize how to properly deal with social circumstances, so we have provided for you information on proper Etiquette to further help you understand.

 

     Guests are welcome to attend any social activities and are encouraged to join in the fun prior to submitting an application to join SCN. At the various social activities prospective members will see that SCN is not interested in and does not promote overt sexual activity. Our goal is to provide clothing-optional social opportunities where no one feels threatened by sexual overtones. While we do not require total nudity at our clothing-optional social events, we do require single guests and at least one member of a visiting couple to disrobe when attending such events. Guests are encouraged to join and meet other SCN members at more than one social activity prior to making application to join and this can be done at either clothing-optional social events or by attending one of the monthly dinners at local restaurants. Prospective members are also encouraged to participate in quarterly SCN “beach clean-up” activities. For this purpose SCN has adopted Caspersen Beach Park, in Venice, where we aid the Sarasota County Parks & Recreation department by collecting trash quarterly on a volunteer basis. 

 

Membership in The Suncoast Naturists has two requirements, the first being that each member must also have an active membership with either The Naturist Society (TNS) or The American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR). The second requirement is that each member abides by the rules of etiquette listed on the bottom of the membership application form. Members are encouraged to obtain their national TNS or AANR memberships through the Suncoast Naturists, but that is not a requirement.

 

As a member of Suncoast Naturists you  maybe encouraged to actively become part of the organization’s inner workings. You will find that the membership body is comprised of many members who have had interesting, and diverse, professional and social careers.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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