by Karen Fitzgerald | Jun 28, 2015 | Augie, N.E.S.T. Rehab Residents, NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island, Rehab Center, Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation Center, STAR Center
Shared By RANDI CLARK, Communications and Marketing Advisor at Sentara Albemarle Medical Center (photos compliments of Shooters at the Beach) Four sea turtles from the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island received CT scans at the Sentara Kitty Hawk campus...
by Karen Fitzgerald | Jun 21, 2015 | Community Outreach, Donnation, Education, Volunteer Events
June 6, Dare Day was another great day for N.E.S.T. in several ways! This year’s event was well attended; we know we reached hundreds with our educational display and also sold some N.E.S.T. merchandise in support of our rehab and nesting activities. The...
by Karen Fitzgerald | Jun 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
Thanks to a mix of volunteers and friends in eleven states, we have reached our goal of raising $8,000 for the purchase of ATVs. From May 1st to September 1st of each year, a team of forty-five N.E.S.T. volunteers daily patrol fifty miles of beach (one hundred miles...
by Karen Fitzgerald | Apr 15, 2015 | ATV, Donnation
SIGNS OF SPRING…… Might be robins in your yard, or buds on the trees, or even that yellow pollen showing up on the hood of your car. But, the surest sign of spring is the NEST ATV Maintenance team hard at work getting the ATVs ready to hit the beach. Dennis Pohl, Jim...
by Karen Fitzgerald | Dec 27, 2014 | N.E.S.T. Release, NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island, STAR Center, Uncategorized
The new STAR Center at the NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island is keeping very busy this winter! We said goodbye to 11 sea turtles on Sunday! Aquarium staff helped get this group down to the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores, then the Coast Guard released them...
