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2013

Last Docent/Tour Guide training for 2013 scheduled for June 8th!  See below

Immediate Need at the Panhandle Butterfly House

The Panhandle Butterfly House Advisory Committee has an opening for Facilities Chair.

Please consider volunteering for this position if you:

Are a handyman looking for a way to volunteer your time in a manner that benefits the whole Navarre community.
Like working with your hands, in a beautiful environment of flowers and butterflies by the Sound.
Are good at organizing and assigning tasks to others on a committee.
Can attend monthly meetings the fourth Thursday of the Month at 1 p.m.
You can expect to do various tasks from small things such as replacing light bulbs, to managing a group of folks to prepare the Butterfly House for winter, or interfacing with hired contractors.

Please contact us --- We are in need of help in this area now!

Opening Day!  4-19-2013

         

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March 20, 2013 - Plaque presented to Goldmine Bingo, Milton, FL for their continued support.

John Tonkin, Executive Director, Santa Rosa Clean Community System, Inc., presents Panhandle Butterfly House appreciation plaque to Craig Conn, Manager of Goldmine Bingo in Milton, FL.

March Orientation Luncheon

Our March Luncheon at the Holley-Navarre Elks was a great success.  Mary Derrick gave us a presentation on Butterfly Gardening and we met a lot of new folks who are interested in becoming volunteers for the Panhandle Butterfly House.

See photos from the luncheon

June 8th --- Become a Panhandle Butterfly House Docent or Tour Guide --- Training Class

Are you interested in educating and helping visitors gain a better understanding of butterflies, gardening, and the natural habitat in which butterflies thrive? Then you will enjoy joining our Docent and Tour Guide team at the Panhandle Butterfly House!

Docents and Tour Guides are the trained volunteers who educate visitors about Florida butterflies, butterfly gardening, and the natural habitat in which butterflies thrive.

As a Docent you will help visitors gain a better understanding of butterflies, gardening, and the natural habitat in which butterflies thrive.  You greet the public, provide casual interpretations, guide visitors in the outside vivarium with our live butterflies, and manage the Butterfly House resources. Docents work Thursday, Friday, or Saturday 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM while the PBH is open.  Generally docents work twice a month (full shifts) or more frequently if the docent scheduler offers split shifts.

As a Tour Guide you will work with groups, mostly children, teaching them about butterflies, their habitat, and the ecosystem in the park. Tour Guides help with school field trip tours Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, usually two to three hours as a time.

We team you to work with experienced volunteers, and continue to support your involvement by providing new, updated information wherever needed.

The key to being a successful docent or tour guide is attending the required training course. After completing the course, you will have the tools and knowledge to extend awareness of these wonderful creatures to our neighbors and visitors. Class size is limited to ensure that we can provide individual attention and training, so advance registration for the training is required.

The last training class for 2013 is June 8, 2013 from 1:30-5:00 PM at the Visitors' Information Center and the Panhandle Butterfly House in Navarre Park.

 For more information about becoming a docent or to register for an upcoming training class, Email docents@panhandlebutterflyhouse.org   

For more information about becoming a tour guide or to register for an upcoming training class Email grouptours@panhandlebutterflyhouse.org

The Panhandle Butterfly House is in need of volunteers!

Do you like interacting with people?

Want to learn more about butterflies and share that knowledge with others?

Then join us and become a Panhandle Butterfly House Docent or Group Tour Guide.

Docents are trained volunteers who contribute by helping "daily" visitors gain a better understanding of butterflies, butterfly gardening, and the natural habitat in which butterflies thrive. Our docents work during the late spring and summer when we are open to the general public on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.  We train you in small classes to provide individual attention and guarantee your success. Then you'll team with experienced docents, and continually receive new/updated information. Volunteer a few hours, 1 day a week, or 1 day a month. Schedules are flexible. Classes are forming for 2013. Click to contact us for more information.

Group Tour Guides:

Group tours and Kiderpillar Classes are scheduled in advance and usually on the days that the Panhandle Butterfly House is NOT open to the general public. We like to know  in advance how many folks, and the general average age of the group that will be attending. We have educational materials that have been developed to aid in sharing information with our touring groups. Most of our tours involve children, though we also give adult tours to local groups.   We have several presentations, with different scripts, according to the ages of our visitors.

We try to combine education with fun, teaching about butterflies and their importance to our environment as pollinators - second only to bees.  We talk about how our visitors and their families can help provide a habitat for these wonderful creatures by planting a butterfly garden.  We talk about food plants for the caterpillars and nectar plants for the adult butterfly.  They are taught about the life cycle of the butterfly, and with the small children we read books or play games of being butterflies - this all according to the age of the group.

Interesting in learning more about being a Tour Guide? Contact our Tours chairperson.

Monarch Market Marketeers:

Our Marketeers interface with folks in our Monarch Market.  Do you enjoy sales and meeting new people?  Become a Monarch Market Marketeer!

When we are open to the public our Monarch Market is open in our reception area.  This is a very small area set aside as a gift shop with educational publications, tee shirts and other butterfly or pollinator/insect items.  We will train you to be knowledgeable on the products we sell and how to use our cash register.  If you enjoy interacting with folks, can handle money efficiently and would like to help out contact our Monarch Market Manager today.

OTHER VOLUNTEER NEEDS:

We also need:

• Experienced Gardeners - contact our Gardens Chair
• "Roaming" Market Manager - handle special events selling and delivery of goods to satellite sales location
• Volunteers coordinator - help us get volunteers
• Fundraising Chair person - help us with financial support
• Monarch Madness Coordinator - chair, coordinate and report on our annual event (October 4 & 5, 2013)
• Photo Contest Coordinator - coordinate entries, log entries/file photos, manage photo review and award prizes for our "wants-to-be" annual photo contest - prizes awarded at Monarch Madness

And more! … contact us today and let's see what YOU can do to support your local Panhandle Butterfly House. Remember we are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization COMPLETELY staffed by volunteers!!

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