Beach House Memories
“On any given Saturday or Sunday afternoon, cars crept along Palm Boulevard. No one was in a hurry. It was a Southern summer in full swing on the Isle of Palms.
The turtles kept coming, too, and the turtle team was hopping. So far the team had lost only one volunteer, someone’s husband who never really wanted to join the project in the first place. All the other volunteers were thrilled at being part of the sea turtle summer. With so many nests this year, most of the volunteers had found a set o...f tracks, which gave them a tangible connection to the project. Lovie always put the name of the volunteer who found the nest on the stick in permanent marker, designating it as his or her nest.
The first time he saw her writing down the name, Russell had asked her why she did this.
“It seems a small gesture, but it means the world to the volunteer,” she replied. “It gives her a sense of ownership of the nest, and because of that, she’ll be emotionally invested in its welfare and check on it more often.”MoreLess
The turtles kept coming, too, and the turtle team was hopping. So far the team had lost only one volunteer, someone’s husband who never really wanted to join the project in the first place. All the other volunteers were thrilled at being part of the sea turtle summer. With so many nests this year, most of the volunteers had found a set o...f tracks, which gave them a tangible connection to the project. Lovie always put the name of the volunteer who found the nest on the stick in permanent marker, designating it as his or her nest.
The first time he saw her writing down the name, Russell had asked her why she did this.
“It seems a small gesture, but it means the world to the volunteer,” she replied. “It gives her a sense of ownership of the nest, and because of that, she’ll be emotionally invested in its welfare and check on it more often.”MoreLess
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