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For more information about this event or our education programs,
feel free to visit our website at www.georgiaseaturtlecenter.org
or contact the GSTC Education Department at (912) 635-4076.
~Alicia B. Marin, Education Coordinator
That’s right, 2 new additions to our Adopt-a-Sea Turtle Program: Gale and Simone (pictured below)!
These two lovely ladies join Griffin and Duffy (pictured below) as Option #1:Current Patients
And let’s not forget our Option #2s:Successfully Released Turtle with a Satellite Transmitter: Vida and Dylan (pictured below)…we still have to pay for their satellite time and data manager!
You might notice that we’ve also removed a turtle from the Option #2 list: Spitfire. Unfortunately Spitfire has not given us any transmitter signals since 8/18/08. This does not necessarily mean something happened to the turtle! In all likelihood, it is a problem with the transmitter rather than the turtle (see previous BLOGS for information on transmitters and potential problems/explanations).
Please visit our website: www.georgiaseaturtlecenter.org for more information about the turtles listed above and the Adopt-a-Sea Turtle Program. Your DONATION of $50 directly benefits the patients in our hospital and those we’ve been able to release! And if you are interested in becoming and ‘Adoptive Parent’ to one of our sea turtles, you can easily do so in a number of ways:
1. IN PERSON at the Center!
2. PHONE it in: 912-635-4444
3. Download the form from the website and FAX it in: 912-635-4198
4. Download the form and MAILit in: Georgia Sea Turtle Center, 214 Stable Rd., Jekyll Island, GA 31527
5. Through our ONLINE STORE (available through our website)
Thank you for your support of the Georgia Sea Turtle Center!
Sincerely,
Stefanie Ouellette
Education and Field Coordinator
Those who have been following the satellite tracking of some of our turtles might have noticed that BEVELYN IS BACK and she’s in Key West, FL! It looks like she’s headed back to the Gulf of Mexico after nesting along the eastern coast of Florida this season.
As you probably already know from a previous BLOG, we believed here transmitter stopped working due to battery issues related to what appeared to be her nesting multiple times this summer. What you might not know however is that she has been intermittently showing low-quality ‘hits’ all along, but as we all know by now from all the previous BLOGS, low-quality ‘hits’ are not very accurate in determining an animals actual location and therefore not plotted on the tracking map. Her last high-quality ‘hit’ was on 8/19/08, and although she’s not giving us multiple, high-quality ‘hits’ every day, she is giving us enough over short enough periods of time to allow us follow her on her journey! So keep checking in with Bev to see where she goes next!
Sincerely,
Stefanie
P.S. It is highly likely that ‘Faye’ IS/WILL interupt satellite transmissions from our turtles. DO NOT PANIC! Remember that these animals have been dealing with and persevering through natural disasters and mother nature for 200+ million years! They instinctively know what to do and where to go to be safe!
This time of year, school supplies come to mind as elementary, middle and high schools open their doors after a long, hot summer. New pencils, paper and art supplies are loaded into thousands of backpacks across the country as kids start a new school year. So what happens to old, discarded supplies from years past? They end up collecting in your desks, junk drawers and banished to the basement, never to be heard from again.
In honor of being green, (not to be confused with 
the Green sea turtle, which is typically brown in color) the Georgia Sea Turtle Center uses recycled materials and cast-offs, turning the oddest items into works of art. Some of our most inspirational crafts have come from the unlikeliest sources. Old sea turtle postcards take on a new life as fans when taped to a craft stick. Unusable posters with out-of-date information are transformed Diamondback Disguises. Used journal covers are cut into valentines with messages sent to our sea turtle patients from GSTC guests. Breathing new life into items headed for the garbage is what the GSTC education team does best!
So what’s next? We can’t let the sea turtle out of the tank yet, but YOU can help! Send or drop off your old, broken crayons to: 
The Georgia Sea Turtle Center
Education Team’s Crayon Campaign
214 Stable Road
Jekyll Island, GA 31527
We’ve got something up our sleeves that you’re sure to love and, depending on the response we get, will make its debut at this year’s second annual Turtleween. Lend us a helping flipper and let us provide your hatchling with hours of recycled fun!
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