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Add Guided Turtle Walks Led By Loggerhead

Marinelife Center To Your Summer Bucket List

This summer, Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s (LMC) educational exhibits and aquariums, and also operates conservation. The center is expanding and has launched its
celebrated guided turtle walks are returning to the scene! the Juno Beach Pier, which hosts world-class angling and Waves of Progress capital expansion campaign, designed to
The seasonal experience allows visitors to learn and sightseeing. Situated on one of the world’s most important accelerate and amplify LMC’s conservation and education
observe the nesting process of sea turtles. Participants can sea turtle nesting beaches, Loggerhead Marinelife Center impact. When complete, the facility will offer one of the
experience the crème de la crème of what makes the center’s is open daily and hosts over 350,000 guests free of charge world’s most advanced and unique experiences for guests
9.5 miles of monitored beach unique and critical to marine each year. The center’s conservation team works with 90 and scientific partners. For more information, visit www.
life research. local and international organizations across six continents marinelife.org or call (561) 627-8280.
to form partnerships and share conservation initiatives
and best practices that are core to its mission of ocean Photos Courtesy of Loggerhead Marinelife Center

The Heart of Hobe Sound
Est. 1926

WE ARE OPEN WE are YOUR
Community Church
WE ARE BACK WITH All Visitors Welcome

NO RESERVATIONS We Invite You to Worship with Us

FOR SEATING. Every Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

FULL SERVICE.....
We will offer the same degree of care and Give us a call or visit our
concern to our members and guests website for more information.
as we have been during this pandemic. (772) 546-5043
We lift up in PRAYER those of our area that www.heartofhobesound.org
were effected by the Virus
From Tuesday to Saturday evenings, throughout June
and July, guests can be a part of one of nature’s greatest Starting June 6th
phenomena. With the approval of state-issued permits, Same time 10:30 am
experienced LMC scouts will survey designated sections
of nesting beaches while visitors learn how sea turtles Service will remain on FACEBOOK LIVE
and the ocean influence their lives through an engaging
presentation and by exploring Florida’s coral reef in virtual 11933 SE Juno Crescent • Hobe Sound, Florida 33455
reality. Once a sea turtle is found and evaluated for safe
viewing, the group is then led down to the beach to observe
the sea turtle lay her eggs firsthand. Prior to the turtle walk,
visitors can choose to add an after-hours experience at
LMC’s outdoor sea turtle hospital to learn about its current
sea turtle patients.
“Our turtle walks are one of the most humbling and
awe-inspiring encounters our supporters can experience
firsthand,” said LMC Director of Education Hannah
Campbell. “It’s difficult to walk away without having a Upscale Resale
newfound respect for the resilience of this species and our
own connection to them beyond our shared beaches.”
Can’t make it in person? Consider signing up for Experience The Difference
Saturday’s virtual turtle walks, which are available for
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No matter where you’re viewing, observe a sea turtle’s
incredible and intimate journey from the ocean to lay her
eggs on a very special beach. The cost is $10 per adult and
$5 per child.
In-person registration is now available online, too, for
the 2021 season! Costs include $22 per person or $20 for
LMC members. Children must be 10 years or older to
attend the walks and all participants must be able to walk
up to half a mile. Also, turtle walks will now be available in Call us to sell. See us to buy.
American Sign Language on selected dates. Facility doors Over 16,000 sq. ft. in 2 locations to serve you!
for this program open promptly at 8:40 p.m. and guests are
advised to arrive prior to doors closing at 9 p.m. Walk-ins PALM BEACH GARDENS: Promenade Plaza
are welcome, however, spots cannot be guaranteed. 9810 Alternate A1A • 561.694.0964
Loggerhead Marinelife Center
Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) is a nonprofit sea WELLINGTON: Wellington Marketplace
turtle research, rehabilitation and educational institution 13857 Wellington Trace • 561.798.5222
that promotes conservation of ocean ecosystems with
a focus on threatened and endangered sea turtles. The myconsignanddesign.com Nanci Smith, CEO
center features an on-site hospital, research laboratory,