Volunteer
Volunteering for Friends of the ARK
To Volunteer with Friends of the ARK, contact Lee
Harrison, 361-332-6361. We do fundraising for the Amos
Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) and provide
educational presentations. There is no membership fee or insurance
required to fundraise or do public speaking. We just have fun while
we support the ARK. We
have something going on all the time. You sign up for events when
you wish and we meet as needed. We are always wanting new members
and new friends!
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
To volunteer at the ARK or to be an ARK Turtle
Patroller from April 1-July 15, you must have health insurance and
complete the following packet for the University of Texas Marine
Science Institute:

Volunteer Packet
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 (361) 332-6361. There is
no minimum number of hours, but you must be at least 18 years old and you must have health insurance.
More About Mustang Island Turtle Patrol
The Turtle Patrol covers Mustang Island or the Padre
Island National Seashore from April 1 to mid July
each year. To be on the Turtle Patrol, you must attend training in
March.
The Turtle Patrol volunteers 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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