Gumbo Limbo Environmental Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Guide*
Responsibilities: As a volunteer guide you will rotate to 2 stations: Information desk and to four outdoor seawater tanks. Give interesting information to visitors about our resident sea turtles ,sharks, rays and a variety of other inhabitants of our mangrove and coral reef tanks. Further duties include greeting and directing visitors, answering the phone and program registrations.

Qualifications: Must be flexible and friendly. Willing to greet visitors and make them feel welcome: educate visitors about South Florida's natural history. Also have the ability to work outdoors.

Time commitment and hours: Choose below.

School Program Assistant*
Responsibilities: Assist the Program Interpreters with school classes during the school year and summer camps durng the Summer. Help with crowd control and answer questions. Assist with hands-on activities and lab rotations.

Qualifications: Experience working with children. The ability to modify teaching methods to the appropriate age group. Should be friendly and enjoy interacting with children.

Time commitment and hours: One or more days Monday - Friday 9:45 - 1:00. Choose below.

Gift Shop Assistant*
Responsibilities: Work in gift shop. Operate a cash register, organize, price and stock merchandise.

Qualifications: Comfortable handling basic sales transactions.

Time commitment and hours: Choose below.

Green Thumb Club*
Responsibilities: Help maintain our living display of butterfly plants, native plants and herbs. Duties include maintenance of our container garden: watering, mulching, weeding and transplanting.

Qualifications: A green thumb! Tolerance for the outdoors.

Time commitment and hours: Flexible.

Other Volunteer Opportunities*
Exotic Tree & Plant removal

Office Assistant

Carpentry with the "Hammerhead Club"

Groundskeeping
*Volunteers are required to attend a six-hour, two part training program ($20.00 charge). Volunteer T-shirt and name badge required and included in training program fee.