Ojai Day

On October 16th, the Turtle Conservancy team joined the community of Ojai to celebrate one of its most historic days, Ojai Day. Ojai Day traces its origins back to 1917 and continues its annual celebration with local vendors, art exhibitions and entertainment.

We at the Turtle Conservancy’s Conservation Center are proud to be a part of such a supportive hometown and we took this outreach opportunity to educate our neighbors; about our mission and promote our sprouting local Southwestern Pond Turtle project . We brought along a few of the tortoises from our center to meet with our neighbors, and the children were especially interested in learning about their conservation.

Ventura Rotary Club

This month our education coordinator, Manci Rasmussen, gave a presentation on behalf of Turtle Conservancy to the Ventura Rotary Club! Rotary International is an organization whose stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian service and to advance goodwill and peace around the world. Through their stated mission, we were able to bring their attention to the plight of turtles and the importance of turtle conservation. Turtle Conservancy values opportunities to engage with our community and business leaders and we thank the Ventura Rotary Club for connecting with us.

For more information regarding our availability for public speaking presentations, please contact us!