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2011 Successful Year for Tours,
Thanks to Amigos Docents
By Margaret Carlberg and Laura Holdenwhite In 2011 Amigos gave 66 tours or presentations to almost 2,500 visitors by 49 active docents. This was a 30% increase of tours and visitors from 2010, but a small decrease in the number of docents leading the tours or giving programs. There were 10 booth events or off-site presentations including: LA Arboretum, Dana Point Festival, HB Green Expo, Bolsa Chica Earth Day, Golden West College Earth Day, Shipley Spring Fling, Orange County Fair, Coastal Cleanup and Golden West College Science Night. Tours for Scout groups are also increasing, but school tours have decreased, mainly because of the cost of buses. We continue to pursue grants to fund some bus transportation for schools. In 2010 we spent $1,286 to provide bus transportation for 4 schools. The usual cost is between $200 and $500, depending on whether the districts own their own buses. Members are welcome to contribute to this fund or sponsor a class. Please contact Laura at info@amigosdebolsachica.org if you want to make a donation or know of a worthy class. Please consider arranging a tour or speaker for a group you belong to. The following docents were active this past year with tours, Earth Day Events, Coastal Cleanup and offsite programs: 1-3 events: Dave Carlberg, Shirley Dettloff, Lori Donohue, Ross Griswold, Bob Harrison, Terry Hill, Mary Ellen Houseal, Vic Leipzig, Alina Lee, Tom Livengood, Kevin McCarthy, David Myers, Nick Nguyen, Patty Overley,Barbara Sentovich, Julia Tafel, Don Thomas. 4-7 events: Jim Aldridge, Barbara Binaski, Maria Buhbe, David Casey, Ron Davis, Chuck Drescher, John Hayes, Susan Mickelson, Betty Murphy, Susie Pendleton, Fran Pike, Stephanie Rubio, Phil Smith, Dave and Gail Vize. 8-14 events: Sanford Adelman, Patti Cacho-Negrete, Margaret Carlberg, Susan Hardgrave, Bob Johnson, Greg Leo, Jamie Pavlat, Mick Siroy, Barbara Stewart, Elissa Warantz, Laura Yu. 15-23 events: Jerry Donohue, Dean Elder, Jennifer Robins, Jim Robins, Donna Starr, Ed Zschoche. Al Vari is in a class by himself with 47 tours—being the official Amigos Greeter for private tours. He meets and welcomes docents and each school or troop, helps arrange student groups, gives the teacher the Bird and Trail Lanyards for the students with some extra literature and helps resolve problems. It is also noteworthy that the 9 newest docents, the 2010 class, participated in 6 to 17 events with a combined total of 59 events! Congratulations! The Amigos Education program is recognized for its strength because of the dedication and friendliness of our Amigos docents. Thank you one and all. Back to the Tern Tide/News Index |