VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: ANGEL COLLINS
By Megan Maynard This month’s volunteer spotlight is Angel Collins. Angel Collins has been a practicing RN since 2005 after a switch in careers from being a jet mechanic in the U.S. Air Force....
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VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: PENNY McDONALD
By Megan Maynard This month’s volunteer spotlight is Penny McDonald. As a child in Bay Shore, New York, Penny found herself boating and clamming during the summers along the beaches of Fire Island. Now...
Ready, set… Turtle Krawl 2020
The 2020 Turtle Krawl 5K virtual event Sept. 12-15 offers participants the chance to come together to support sea turtle conservation while staying apart. Registration is still open for the Sea Turtle Preservation Society’s...
VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: DEBBY LIVINGSTON
By Megan Maynard This month’s volunteer spotlight is Debby Livingston. Debby has made Melbourne her home since late 2011 and soon after settling here found herself searching for volunteer work. She is an accountant...
Biolumi-lessons
Editor’s Note: The Sea Turtle Preservation Society was unable to offer guided night walks this summer due to covid-19 concerns, but some of our volunteers have offered to share their favorite night walk experiences...
Unmasking their talents
By Megan Maynard In these rapidly changing and uncertain times, many of us have had to change our routines. Typically, the summer months at Sea Turtle Preservation Society are filled with night walks, nesting...
SHARING THE BEACH
Summer has arrived, and here in Central Florida that means both visitors and sea turtles are on our beaches. Each year during this time, our organization fields dozens of calls, messages and reports about...
VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: JOEL COHEN
By Megan Maynard This month our Volunteer Spotlight is Joel Cohen, who also was named the 2019 STPS Rookie of the Year volunteer. Joel moved to Melbourne Beach at the age of 13 and...
HELP THEM HEAL
Today on World Sea Turtle Day, the Sea Turtle Preservation Society would like to make sure sea turtles rescued locally will continue to have help nearby at the Brevard Zoo’s Sea Turtle Healing Center....
Celebrating Archie Carr and sea turtles
By Donna Braunlich If you have a moment, I would like to share with you a story about a man who is special to us at the Sea Turtle Preservation Society and to residents...
