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Take Pride in America & Toyota VolunTour 2008
We are proud to announce Lisa Young, Assistant Director of Take Pride in America and the VolunTour team visited us again this year on April 28th for a tour of updated projects on Hunting Island and greeting our Turtle Volunteers at training session that evening. A visit to the Sea Turtle Hospital at the South Carolina Aquarium topped off their visit.
Link to the Take Pride Blog entries on Lisa's visit in April. (Go to April 29th post...)
Click on the Take Pride Logo at bottom left to read the National Declaration.
Special Guests Tour Hunting Island
On Dec. 13, 2007 FOHI Board of Directors and Park Manager, Jeff Atkins had the pleasure of giving a tour of Hunting Island showing how FOHI has made a difference to County Council Member, Laura Von Harten and House Representative, Shannon Erickson and discussed future project plans.
L-R : Barry deSatnick; Nature Ctr Asst Interpretive Program Mgr-Desiree Bizzell; Tom Valentino; Laura Von Harten; Jeff Atkins; Rep. Shannon Erickson; Bonnie Wright and Randy Lumb.
Nature Center Classroom receives $1,000 gift from Dataw Island Garden Club
The Nature Center Classroom at Hunting Island State Park got an additional boost to its budget with the gift of $1,000 from the Dataw Island Garden Club to the Friends of Hunting Island State Park. The funds are earmarked for audio-visual equipment, which will help the rangers showcase their interpretive programs of the natural resources of the Lowcountry and the maritime heritage of the park for the thousands of school children and visitors to the Nature Center complex each year.
The Friends group raised over half of the funds necessary to build the new addition to the Nature Center. According park manager Jeff Atkins, the money raised by the Friends “…helps our State funding go much further. It is ‘the frosting on the cake’ so to speak.”
Hunting Island Special License Plate Unveiled January 31, 2007
State Representative Catherine Ceips, Past President Roberta Gunderson, & Current Friends President Bonnie Wright. They got it done!
SC State Legislature: 2005-2006 Bill 4324 & 2005-2006 Bill 5235
CLICK HERE for information to purchase your plate
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