| Amigos Host an Orange County Docent League Event by Alma Bowman Docents are creative and enthusiastic. Amigos de Bolsa Chica was creative in planning an Event for the Orange County Docent League and the Docents attending from 14 other organizations were enthusiastic in their enjoyment and praise of the event that was held at the Huntington Harbor Yacht Club on May 13, 2008. Creative planning was completed by the Education Committee: Margaret Carlberg and Jennifer Robins, co-chairs, and Alma Bowman, event co-chair. Other committee members participating were Barbara Sentovich, Barbara Stewart, Al Vari, Dave Carlberg, and Jim Robins. Blue table cloths accented the centerpieces of photo art from previous photo contests and the beautiful setting of the Huntington Harbor Yacht Club. Thanks to Mary Ellen Houseal for arranging the HB Yacht Club for us. Karen Kyster took charge of welcoming and registering 80 Docents. Home made baked goods highlighted our morning coffee. Thanks to Barbara Sentovich, Barbara Binaski, Betty Murphy, and Wesley White (a budding chef and son of Laura Holdenwhite) for the creative baking. Thanks also to Starbucks for coffee and JT’s Bagel Company for their contributions. Tours of the wetlands followed a wonderful lunch provided by Jay’s Catering of Garden Grove. Thanks to Phil Smith for arranging a van from the Senior Program of HB. The van took 50 Docents to the wetlands, solving our parking problem and helping us group our tours. Docents returned from their tours praising our docent information and all that they had seen in the wetlands. Amigos Docents gathered to set up, serve food, lead tours and clean up. Thanks to them all: Julia Tafel, Ron Davis, Beth Taormina, Chuck Drescher, Sue McNulty, Maria Bubbe, Terry Hill, Fran Pike and Vic Leipzig. The Orange County Docent League represents over thirty docent groups in Orange County. It is entirely a volunteer organization which offers docents an opportunity to connect and exchange information. Many organizations offer reciprocity. If you wear your docent badge, you will be admitted to their facility for free. Financing an event is always a worry. Thanks to creativity and contributions, we met our budget and contributed over $200 to the OCDL. Most of all, we had fun highlighting Amigos de Bolsa Chica’s tour program and showing our wonderful wetlands. |