FROM THE PRESIDENT
 
I would like to thank Tim Henderson for organizing the Holiday Party this past week. Thank you Tim!
 
Mark your CalendarsMark Wiesner with Barefoot Sports would like us to work with him on the Shamrock 5K on March 15, 2025. We have participated in this event for the past five years or more, and Barefoot sports would like our support again. More info coming as the event gets closer.
 
Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) is a great way to learn about Rotary. We are fortunate, to have local classes once again. The next session is scheduled for Saturday Feb.22 at the Technical College of the Low Country. For more information contact Ed Warner, Ed Finison or Myself. You can signup to attend on DACDB, our club will reimburse the $95.00 cost of attending.
 
We have a board meeting at 5 pm, preceding our regular Club meeting this Monday.
 Please consider bringing a friend to a Rotary meeting.
SPEAKER 1/13/25; Amber H. Kuehn,  M.S.
Spartina Marine Education Charters
 
Amber grew up in Bluffton SC.  and is a fourth generation Bluffton resident.  She graduated college with a Biology degree from University of Georgia in 1997.  She became a professional boat captain in 1999. 
 
Amber started working with the Sea Turtle Patrol on HHI (1998 - 2001) and went on to graduate school to complete a master’s degree in Marine Biology from Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 
 
She made her living as a scuba instructor and dive boat captain while studying leatherback, green, and loggerhead sea turtles nesting on Broward county Beaches.  
 
In 2004 she moved to Maui for a career in the diving industry and to study green and hawksbill sea turtles.    She returned to the Lowcountry in 2006 and has been with Sea Turtle Patrol HHI for 17 consecutive seasons and currently manages the program. 2023 was her 26th season working on sea turtle nesting beaches.
 
Amber is an active volunteer for the SC Marine Mammal Stranding Network in Beaufort County, and performs dolphin necropsies in the field for NOS (National Oceanic Services, a division of NOAA).  She also received an award form SCDNR in 2014 for her dedication to sea turtle stranding response. 
 
She owns Spartina Marine Education Charters, operating a USCG certified vessel carrying 20 passengers. She educates tourist and locals on the unique ecosystem in the Lowcountry marshland, her own back yard. 
MEETING DATES AND EVENTS 
MEETINGS
Jan 13th- Regular meeting at 6PM and Board meeting at 5PM.
Jan 27th
Feb 10th
Feb 24th
Mar 10th
Mar 24th
Mar 31st- Social
 
NEXT SERVICE EVENT
March 15th---Support the Shamrock 5K Run
CHRISTMAS PARTY AT HILTON HEAD PLANTATION
JOIN US FOR A MEETING AND DINNER HINCHEY'S 
BRING A FRIEND
70 Pope Avenue, Suite H, Circle Center Shopping Mall
Hilton Head Island, SC  29925-2565
United States of America
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