Volunteer

Volunteering for Friends of the ARK

Call Friends of the Ark at 361-332-6361 or e-mail friends@friendsoftheark.org if you want to help with fundraising. We have a fun group that enjoys working together on a variety of events through out the year. 

You can help as often as you wish, and there is no mandatory amount of hours to devote. You need to have at least one of the following qualities: energy, creativity, muscle, logic, common sense or a sense of humor. Two or more of these qualities makes you a life time member. 

Volunteering for the ARK

The ARK always needs energetic volunteers to help with the care and feeding of the critters. You need to love critters, be willing to do the less glamorous jobs such as cleaning pens and doing laundry, but you work your way up to feeding the ARK guests. 

To volunteer, just call the ARK at (361) 749-6793. There is no minimum number of hours, but you must be at least 18 years old and you must have health insurance.

Volunteering for the Mustang Island Turtle Patrol

Tony Amos is in charge of a fabulous Turtle Patrol that covers Mustang Island from April 1 to mid July each year. The Turtle Patrol volunteers attend a one day training program in March and we sign up for a day of patrol, riding on a utility vehicle (like a large golf cart) up and down Mustang Island looking for nesting Kemps Ridley turtles. 

You leave at 7 am and the trip runs about 2-3 hours. We are pretty flexible, so if you have a conflict on your day, someone on the team will swap days with you. 

For more details or to sign up, contact Lee Harrison at 361-332-6361 or e-mail friends@friendsoftheark.org.

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