2013 Trash for Turtles

I and my younger sister first began “Trash for Turtles” in early 2013.

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From January to March of that year, we conducted five road clean-ups near our home. Even the cold weather couldn’t stop us!

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We raised a total of $161.60 this year, which included donations and money from recycling 86 lbs of aluminum cans.

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In April, we presented our project, along with the funds we raised, to Ms. Katie Higgins at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center (GSTC) at Jekyll Island, Georgia.

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The great people at the GSTC took us “behind the scenes” to see several of the sea turtle and diamondback terrapin patients, including a green sea turtle named Cadet…

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…and a loggerhead sea turtle named Hugue.

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