Guide guests through the dining rooms and provide any needed assistance. Seat guests by finding a clean, available table pulling out chairs placing clean/current menu in front of guest, etc. There’s plenty of work to be done, and as far as we’re concerned we’re still “just getting started” 30 years later.Greet guests and determine the number in their party. We aim to continue to support the Nature Center, while serving as champions for the greater cause in our communities and beyond. Our mission has not changed- just the scale. The Nature Center has inspired us to go beyond those walls to ensure our family, neighbors, and community all understand the fragility of the coastal majesty we take for granted.īy changing our name to Gumbo Limbo Coastal Stewards, we have adjusted our vision. Put simply, Coastal Conservation cannot exist as a quiet cause. We realized that our capacity for stewardship goes even farther than the countless sea turtles we’ve already saved in the area. Joint efforts between the City and the Friends provided much-needed support to weather this unprecedented age as the Nature Center doors remained locked.įrom the ashes of the pandemic, the Friends of Gumbo Limbo saw a desperate need to expand their positive impact. While the world of humanity shuddered in disbelief, the world of the sea turtle remained oblivious. The “Friends” helped the Nature Center thrive through recessions, hurricanes, and more, but the greatest challenge of all would not arrive until the world-shaking month of March 2020.Ī global pandemic created unprecedented challenges for the center, as CDC-recommended closings eliminated the regular influx of visitors and door donations. The Friends of Gumbo Limbo were proud to step in and rally donors and financial support to ensure the Nature Center could weather any storm to amplify the mission of sea turtle rehabilitation. It sounds crazy, but that was the challenge we faced with each injured or sick sea turtle accepted. Imagine managing a hotel with a consistent $0/night rate. Imagine running a hospital whose patients will never be capable of paying a cent for your services. While the mission of coastal preservation was the focus of the Nature Center, the Friends saw a major opportunity to address the steadily increasing amount of sick and injured sea turtles in our area.
In 2010, a new mission began to take shape. In its infancy, Friends of Gumbo Limbo served as a silent background partner for the Nature Center- and with the precious coastal hammock, this support was desperately necessary.
A group of key advocates banded together to form Friends of Gumbo Limbo, a 501(c)(3) conservation organization dedicated to support the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. The Gumbo Limbo Nature Center was founded in 1984, and our original mission as the Friends of Gumbo Limbo was born. Whatever your connection with Gumbo Limbo, we wanted to take this opportunity to tell you a little bit more about all the incredible parties that join together to preserve our coasts, and where Gumbo Limbo Coastal Steward organization fits within the greater coastal conservation picture. Maybe you’re a recent transplant who found inspiration in our little sea turtle rehabilitation community. Perhaps you gained a love of the coasts as a child from field trips to the nature center. You may have passed by the complex of buildings down A1A a hundred times.
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