I finally met Heather Ritts, a California artist who designed a limited edition “Save The Turtles” t-shirt to help me raise money after the Gulf oil spill. She creates pretty artwork and jewelry and will paint a custom design on your surfboard!

The next 5 camp weeks will be first year campers from 5 different Boys & Girls Clubs. Here’s some camp highlights from the week. They were a great group with so much enthusiasm!

Year 3 camp week concludes with a marine science adventure at the beach. Campers explore the beach, sound and ocean, learn about marine life, snorkel and ocean kayak.

ROVs have been tested, tie dye towels finished, scuba class instruction held, and wetsuits sized for our scuba day.

Today is World Oceans Day!

Familiar faces and new faces. We spent the afternoon preparing for the Upstream Downstream Connection summer camps.

Love A Sea Turtle team met last night to discuss upcoming camps, events and future projects to help protect the sea turtles!

Thanks to Nestle and Reading Is Fundamental, a $1,000 book collection was donated in my honor to Belvoir Elementary School. School supplies were also donated by St. James Spring Fling. I was greeted by students representing different grades and their SGA. Led by their music teacher, they performed their school song for me. Their art teacher helped them create a great banner. After speaking to them about my volunteer work, they asked me to read to them. While a morning snack was enjoyed, everyone watched my sea turtle video. What a special day!