Volunteer Opportunities
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		SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES Opportunities include: Visitor Services Interpretive 'Rover' at the Centennial Trail Tour Guide Outreach Off-Site Outreach Events - Staff Refuge Booth Pelican Island Wildlife Festival Planning Committee Pelican Island Wildlife Festival Volunteers Sea Turtle Watch Programs - Turtle Scouts Horticulture Maintaining newly planted trees Weeding Maintaining butterfly garden Exotic plant removal/management Photography Events Refuge projects Natural Resources Office/Clerical Filing Word Processing Trash Pick-Up To find out more about volunteer opportunities or sign up for a scheduled activity below at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge please phone: 772-562-3909 x258 OR To apply on-line for a volunteer position at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, go to www.volunteer.gov/gov/. Type in the keywords "Pelican Island" and follow the instructions for applying on-line. Your application will be sent directly to Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge. SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES Check the Press Releases for possible updated information. International Coastal Cleanup Saturday, September 15, 2007 Volunteers Needed to Help Cleanup Local Refuges Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge Trash pick-up, Historic Jungle Trail, northern 4 miles Trash pick-up, Bird's Impoundment Trail, 2 1/2 miles Trash pick-up, Pete's Impoundment Trail, 2 1/2 miles Habitat restoration, weeding the refuge butterfly garden Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge Trash pick-up, Bonsteel Beach Park Bags, rubber gloves and bottled water will be provided. To sign up to volunteer at a refuge site, call Joanna Webb at 772/562-3909 ext 258 or email at pelicanisland@fws.gov Event sponsors: Earth Action Foundation, Ocean Conservancy, Pelican Island Audubon Society Coastal Cleanup Volunteer Flyer Coastal Cleanup News Release   Happy New Year Refuge Volunteers! Welcome Our New Volunteer-Volunteer Coordinator It has been several months since I have communicated with you all because my hard drive crashed last August and I lost the entire volunteer address list and just finished rebuilding it! In the interim, you have been receiving volunteer opportunity emails from our new Volunteer-Volunteer Coordinator, Suzanne Valencia. Please accept her emails as she is making a valiant effort to support the Refuge. Suzanne has been with us for over 5 years now. On her own initiative, she started the Annual Sierra Club service trip to Pelican Island NWR, which brings 20 very energetic volunteers from across the country to our nations first wildlife refuge to cut down and remove Brazilian pepper trees. Suzanne has also taken the Refuge butterfly garden, created by Pelican Island Elementary School kids, under her wing. Recently, Suzanne volunteered to assist us with volunteer recruitment and coordination as our staff gets smaller. I urge you to help us through her volunteer recruitment efforts. She is truly and amazing woman to work with and an exemplary volunteer! Saturday, March 10 Pelican Island Wildlife Festival Approximately 150 volunteers are needed to assist us with this event in Sebastian's Riverview Park. Volunteer help is needed for parking, set-up and break-down, staffing Refuge booths, assisting with raffle sales, volunteer check-in, staffing the photography contest tent, wearing character costumes, exhibitor check-in, boat tour guides, and more. Contact the Refuge at the number above if you would like to help us execute this event! Volunteer now: www.pelicanislandfriends.org/2007fest-index.htm VOLUNTEER DETAILS Thank you all for your time and your continued support of our national wildlife refuges. Joanna