The Turtle Team attended Love A Sea Turtle‘s Conservation Leadership Forum over the weekend. We stayed at BHI Conservancy, participated in a leadership workshop and assisted with conservation efforts on the island.

I had so much fun speaking to 30 third & fourth graders about sea turtles and our upstream downstream connection with water. They assembled 150 personal fishing line recycling containers which we delivered the next day to Rum Runner Dive Shop and Dick’s Sporting Goods.

It’s National Week of the Ocean! Make a difference by conserving water – take the 40 Gallon Water Challenge.

The Upstream Downstream Connection summer camp will pilot test 2 additional camps. The first 2 week campers will spend 1 week at A Time For Science and then go for a second week at East Carolina University for the FoodMASTER Summer Science Camp sponsored by the National Institutes of Health Science Education Partnership Award.

Nancy Bray (A Time For Science), Casey Sokolovic (Love A Sea Turtle), Paula Clark (Pitt County Recycling), Susan Daughtry (ECVC), Cheryl Tafoya (Keep Greenville Beautiful)

We held a “Feed The Bin” promotion day at the Boys & Girls Club. Love A Sea Turtle implemented a recycling program for 5 Boys & Girls Clubs. With assistance from ECVC and Keep Greenville Beautiful, students can now “feed the bin” at their clubs. A celebration was held on Friday and the students watched a recycling movie, enjoyed popcorn and took home rulers made from recycled phone books.

Love A Sea Turtle, A Time For Science and the Pamlico Tar River Foundation have collaborated in making presentations to our 5 local Boys & Girls Clubs to talk about our summer camp program - the Upstream Downstream Connection, water conservation and recycling.