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A THANKS TO THE EMS SUPPORTERS
To the Key Largo community: A note of appreciation to the people who call Key Largo home is in order, most especially to those folks who helped celebrate the EMTs and paramedics of Key Largo during EMS Week, May 21-27.
Several restaurants participated by providing our on-duty staff with some very tasty and special meals. The group is still marveling at their treatment by these eateries and the kindnesses shown. Thank you, Buffalo Steakhouse & Seafood, C&C Wood Fire Eats, Italian Food
Co., Keys Bite and Mike’s Bbq 101. And if you honked your horn as a “thanks” when you passed by the ambulance building at MM 98.6, we very much appreciated your response to our sign and enjoyed hearing various horns throughout the week.
We sincerely hope you don’t ever need our services, but do know we’re standing by our town and all the people who make up our Key Largo community.
The Key Largo EMS Group
Take Stock In Children (TSIC) recently returned to the MarineLab campus for the second year to host its annual kickoff for Monroe County students entering ninth grade.
Over the three-day visit, 25 TSIC mentees in the Keys were immersed in MarineLab’s core curriculum of seagrass, mangrove and coral reef ecology. Prior to their snorkeling field trips, students learned about the interconnectedness of the marine environment, abiotic and biotic factors affecting the organisms in each community and how to identify marine creatures from algae through invertebrates to fish.
In addition, students learned about marine debris and its impact and possible solutions, including participating in a cleanup. During labs, the mentees explored the diversity and abundance found in nearshore waters, and identified the zooplankton which make up part of the base of the food chain. MarineLab’s curriculum supports the Next Generation Science Standards and Ocean Literacy Principles.
“Overall, the kids said they loved the water and snorkeling. Some kids enjoyed the labs,” said Autumn Hager, TSIC’s student services supervisor. “Personally I love the reef — it truly is spectacular, and the instructors did a fantastic job pointing out lots of wonderful sea life.”The MarineLab Environmental Education Center, located at MM 103.2 on the oceanside in Key Largo, is the education program of Marine Resources Development Foundation, a nonprofit founded in 1970 by Ian Koblick. MarineLab uses education and adventure in the Florida Keys to foster environmental awareness and stewardship on a local, regional and global scale. In 2022 over 5,000 students and teachers in 164 separate programs attended MarineLab programs.
Since 2019, MarineLab has had groups from 29 states, including 75 schools from Florida, and teachers from the British Virgin Islands, Cayman, St. Maarten, St. Lucia, Barbuda, U.S. Virgin Islands, Vietnam and Dominica.
Staff is amazing. Calling for assistance is always top-notch. Staff is just the nicest you will ever have. Very happy with everything. Thank you for all you do for us and our community!
SERVING ISLAMORADA PROUDLY SINCE EARLY 2020 TRUSTED SERVICE PROVIDER IN MONROE COUNTY SINCE 1995.
