MDC Volunteer Bob Pollard Lends a Hand in Many Ways

MDC Volunteer Bob Pollard Lends a Hand in Many Ways

Marine Discovery Center volunteer Bob Pollard is that quiet guy you might see in the center’s Learning Lab peering through a microscope and jotting down observations as a community scientist for Project Plankton. Or you may find him cleaning seagrass tanks, performing...
Volunteer Gayle Hitchingslane: Woman of Many Talents

Volunteer Gayle Hitchingslane: Woman of Many Talents

Spend any amount of time with Marine Discovery Center volunteer Gayle Hitchingslane and you will learn that she’s not only a gifted and gregarious “people person,” but she has a mountain of interests and life experiences. For starters, she is a trained and paid hula...
Dr. Art Litowitz Maintains Active Interest in Lagoon and Nonprofits

Dr. Art Litowitz Maintains Active Interest in Lagoon and Nonprofits

Dr. Art Litowitz was born in and grew up in Miami Beach, Fla., and many of his lifelong interests took shape in South Florida. After a career as an orthodontist, Dr. Litowitz became a board member at Marine Discovery Center and co-founded his own environmental...
Volunteer Trish Wheeler Brings Fun Wherever She Goes

Volunteer Trish Wheeler Brings Fun Wherever She Goes

You never know where you might find volunteer Trish Wheeler at Marine Discovery Center. She could be leading kids for summer camp activities or helping as a docent in the Welcome Center or assisting MDC’s Florida Master Naturalist Program instructors with fishing nets...
Cheryl Faber Teams Up With MDC To Link Arts and Science

Cheryl Faber Teams Up With MDC To Link Arts and Science

Cheryl Faber regularly bounces back and forth between Artists’ Workshop of New Smyrna Beach and Marine Discovery Center — nonprofit neighbors that share the building that once housed New Smyrna Beach High School. As the volunteer president of Artists’ Workshop,...
From the Water to the Welcome Desk, Jackie Creedon Dives In

From the Water to the Welcome Desk, Jackie Creedon Dives In

You might meet Marine Discovery Center volunteer Jackie Creedon at the Welcome Desk, or learn about the animals in the tanks in the exhibit area when she works there as a docent, or spend time with her as a kayak-tour sweep on MDC’s kayak eco-tours. The Pennsylvania...