Ongoing Volunteer Positions

LEVEL 1

Welcome Center Volunteer - Work at the Gumbo Limbo front desk and throughout the nature center lobby, greeting visitors, answering questions, and providing information about the center.

Aquarium Guide - Be an environmental educator. Learn and teach about the habitats and species we have at Gumbo Limbo. Interact with visitors from all over the world and educate about the marine aquariums and coastal conservation.

School Program/ Camp Assistant - Help Gumbo Limbo's education team lead field trips and summer camp programs. Set up and help run craft projects, science experiments. Assist staff during lessons and guided tours.

Green Thumb - Gardening. Work in the butterfly garden, and throughout the Gumbo Limbo grounds. Help keep paths clear and maintained. Plant, water, and prune plants.

Luna - Be our Sea Turtle ambassador! Wear the "Luna" Green sea turtle costume; interact and take pictures with visitors at special events.

LEVEL 2

Evening Sea Turtle Programs - Assist Marine Turtle Specialists with crowd control and answering questions at nighttime sea turtle hatchling releases or turtle walk programs.

Naturalist Guide - Give guided tours through our butterfly garden and Ashley trail.

LEVEL 3

Prerequisites required.

Animal Husbandry - Assist in the care and feeding of the center’s terrestrial animals including snakes, box turtles and gopher tortoises.