S.U.R.F. Shoreline Users Resource Force

Shoreline Users Resource Force
S.U.R.F. volunteers will be stationed on Navarre Beach to provide information on beach and water safety, coastal habitats, wildlife, clean-up response, beach condidtions, coastal habitats, seafood safety and the county Leave No Trace Ordinace to visitors.

Volunteers will work hours of their own design on the beach, answering questions from visitors to the beach. Volunteers can choose to be at any county access point, including the park and near the Navarre Beach Pier.

*Train Volunteers to provide accurate, fact based information to visitors to Navarre Beach
*Promote a consistent message of the current conditions of the beach
*Promote beach and water safety
*Provide knowledge of coastal systems, habitats, and wildlife
*Provide a positive message of what makes Navarre Beach special


WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!!! To sign up for education/training class, please call The Santa Rosa Help Thy Neighbor Volunteer Center at 850-983-5223. For more information Email surfnavarrebeach@gmail.com or Chrismv@ufl.edu or call (850)777-7884 to find out how to sign up and support our beach!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Special Tuesday Edition

OK, we have a temporary location for you all to check in and check out of your post on the beach. We are using the Utilities building on Utility Dr, just between walkover 6 and 7. It is the small concrete building closest to the street. A more permanent location is in the works. This is also where you need to pick up your ID and a vest. This building is open 7:30am - 4pm, M-F.

As soon as the new location is found, I will post it here. Hopefully by Thursday!

When you sign out, please jot down an estimate of how many people you chatted with.

ALSO, if you get the chance please email surfnavarrebeach@gmail.com and give us a general idea of the kinds of questions you're being asked, if there were any questions you didn't know the answer to (remember, it's OK to say you "don't know" when answering a question), good or bad experiences, things you saw that might need addressed, or any ideas or comments.

Phew, I am calling around to fill up this schedule a bit as we speak. After that though, I'll only be calling if there is a hole to fill on the schedule. Otherwise, you can fill in your own schedule in the booklet when you check in/check out. Just pick a day/s, spot, and time and you're good. We'll be checking the book once or twice a week to look for scheduling holes. PLEASE let someone, family, friend, Chris Verlinde (call or email), know you are on the beach and back from the beach. It's just a good idea so that another human being knows where you are and when you'll be back. The check in/out book will not be used as a safety check.

As always check back here for future updates.


*******added Tuesday 2:30pm******
I have now called everyone on the list. If I did NOT call YOU, I either left a message or you were on the beach or already on the schedule. If I missed someone, I'm sorry. PLEASE email me at surfnavarrebeach@gmail.com . Give me your name, the date you want to volunteer, the Walk Over number, and the TIME, and I will enter it into the schedule. After NOON on Wednesday the 14 of July, the schedule book will be at the check in/out station. I will leave it up to you to go in and fill in the blank spaces for volunteer times.

There are also informational binders at the check in/out station. These are three ring binders full of information that you can use to build up your knowledge base. You can carry them on your shift if you choose, but please return them.

Turtle nests are at 2, 4, 6, and 12. (clever even number turtles)

Again thank you all for volunteering and being so patient and kind while Chris and I throw this together !

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