Thank You, Volunteers! – Interns ROCK!

Apr 20, 2010
Jackie helped with education programs and animal care, and designed information posters for our Discovery Center. She also helped with animal care. (Spring 2009)
Jackie (URI) helped with education programs and animal care, and designed information posters for our Discovery Center. She also helped with animal care. (Spring 2009)

It’s National Volunteer Week!  We’d like to thank and recognize all our wonderful volunteers and in particular, in this post, our interns!

The National Marine Life Center welcomed our first interns during the summer of 2006.  Since then, students from colleges both near and far have joined us during the summer to help with education, animal care, and other projects.  We’ve even had some high school students join us!

Thank you, past, present, and future interns!

Amanda helped with Patty, created two new lesson plans for use in education, and ran education programs. (Summer 2009)
Amanda (Roger Williams) cared for Patty, created two new lesson plans for use in education, and ran education programs. (Summer 2009)

Chelsea helped care for Patty, designed a marine animal "photo board" for the Discovery Ctr, and ran education programs. (Summer 2007)
Chelsea (St. Mary's, MD) cared for Patty, designed a marine animal "photo board" for the Discovery Ctr, and ran education programs. (Summer 2009)
Amanda reads "Katie K. Whale" to children during Fins & Flippers Club. (Summer 2009)
Amanda reads "Katie K. Whale" to children during Fins & Flippers Club. (Summer 2009)
Chelsea's "photo board" allows kids to pretend to be an Orca, Seal, or Sea Turtle! (Summer 2007)
Chelsea's "photo board" allows kids to pretend to be a marine animal! (Summer 2009)
Rebecca (left) designed a display for our discovery center on the migration and stranding of Kemp's ridley turtles. KJ (right) developed activity sheets for the Discovery Center. 2007
Rebecca (Left, Williams College) designed a display for our discovery center on the migration and stranding of Kemp's ridley turtles. KJ (Right, Upper Cape Tech H.S.) developed activity sheets for the Discovery Center. (Summer 2007)
Frank will be joining us this summer, 2010!
Frank (Unity College, ME) is one of five interns who will join us this Summer 2010!