Tom Peyton, President of Ocean Wishes
Tom Peyton, the Vice President of Family Dive Adventures, became a diver when he met Margo Peyton in 2005. Certified in Curacao with Ocean Encounters, with his new son Robbie and daughter Jennifer, Tom has embraced diving and working with children worldwide with his new family. Tom is a notable writer and winner of many national and international design awards as an art director, photo editor, illustrator, painter, and designer.
Tom loves to paint with kids and donate his time and artwork through Ocean Wishes. He generally donates his artwork for auctions and gifts to the charities Ocean Wishes, Beneath The Sea, and Ocean Pals. Mr. Peyton has also started the annual 5k “Run of the Ocean” during the Thanksgiving KSC weeks. The “Run for the Ocean” event has become the largest yearly fundraiser for Ocean Wishes.
Margo Peyton, Vice President of Ocean Wishes
As president of Kids Sea Camp Inc. and Family Dive Adventures, Margo has dedicated her life to bringing families and diving together through family adventures. She works with local schools, conducting seminars, educational marine-oriented classroom presentations, and career days, and will speak at colleges, events, and fundraisers. Mrs. Peyton contributes to many other charities, donating proceeds, trips, and artwork for silent auctions, where 100% of the funds go to the associations.
Margo Peyton, “Scuba Mom”: Margo has been an avid diver since 1989, a PADI Dive Instructor, and a travel enthusiast. She is also a 2009 member of The Woman’s Scuba Diving Hall, a professional photographer, and an artist. Margo’s love and dedication to diving and the ocean drove her to create a complete program to give families a memorable opportunity to enjoy the underwater world with their children and grandchildren.
Margo has created, through Kids Sea Camp and Family Dive Adventures, an experience of a lifetime for adults and kids, meeting other kids from around the world learning to dive, as well as building a common thread to love and protect our oceans, and ensuring the future of diving for years to come.
Through the years, Margo has been reaching out to children less fortunate than her own and providing them with opportunities through supporting outreach programs created during her camp weeks.
Painting with kids and raising money for their schools and local reef environmental programs inspired her to do this on a greater level. Margo wanted to give back to the people and the destinations that she brought families from around the world to meet. Through auctions at Kids Sea Camp events and through the generosity of participating families who have contributed and supported Ocean Wishes with school supplies, sports equipment, and financial donations, Margo has created a giant pay-it-forward agenda with Kids Sea Camp. This is how Ocean Wishes came to be.