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• 21st RPCVSF Annual Everglades Outing

  • When
    01 Feb 2020
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    8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Everglades National Park via Homestead, Florida

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  It's that time again for the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of South Florida to start planning for the Annual Everglades National Park Outing.

  
  

  The Outing gives more than 100 kids the opportunity to see, learn about, and experience the amazingly unique ecosystems, plants, and animals that their home - South Florida - has to offer.  Along with an army of caring adults and rangers, the participating kids learn all about alligators, birds, wetlands, and rocklands while spending the whole day active and outside. Most of the children will be coming from local shelters, group homes, and community-based program.
  

  
  

  If you are interested in taking part on this incredible event, please see link to register and volunteer for a team.  If you are unable to join but still would like to provide a donation, you are welcome to do so by logging into the RPCVSF website, rpcvsf.org, and selecting Donations from the Menu on the left side of the homepage, or just click Donations.

  
  

  For more information or questions, please e-mail Genevieve at: evergladesouting@rpcvsf.org .

  
  

  We hope to see you on February 1st, 2020!

  
  

  (Please note that there are Entrance Fees to enter the Everglades National Park such as $30 to enter for up to 7 consecutive days with a private vehicle. Visitors may also use Annual and Lifetime Senior Passes. Accordingly, we suggest car pooling to enter the park and leaving cars at the Ernest Coe Visitor Center. For more information about entrance fees, click Park Fees.)

  

  Please note and pass along to others that arrival time will be at 8:30 am at the Ernest Coe Visitor Center. The breakfast crew and a few others will be there setting up earlier, closer to 8:00. Buses will start arriving after 9. 

  
  

  The Ernest Coe Visitor Center is located at:

  
  

  Physical Address:

  40001 State Road 9336
  Homestead, FL 33034

  
  

  Driving from Miami or North of Homestead:

  Take the Florida Turnpike (Route 821) south until it ends merging with U.S. 1 at Florida City. Turn right at the first traffic light onto Palm Drive (State Road 9336/SW 344th St.) and follow the signs to the park.

  
  

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• Pelican Harbor Seabird Station

  • When
    22 Feb 2020
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    1279 NE 79th Street Causeway, Miami, FL 33138

  Tour of the Station at 4 pm then enjoy a beautiful 2-hour sunset birding cruise as we tour Biscayne Bay & scan the mangrove shoreline of the Bird Key rookery for brown pelicans, magnificent frigate birds, and more than 30 species of birds. Take in the beauty of the Miami skyline from the water at night and this BYOB trip is always a wonderful time.  Travel aboard the “Pelican Island Skipper” in comfort and ease.

  
  

  For the Seabird on the Bay Cruise, Please purchase cruise tickets directly with Pelican Harbor at:

  
  

  Seabirds on the Bay Cruise
  

  
  

  Seabird Cruise Ticket Price: $45 per person

  
  

  
  

  From: Kiki Mutis <kiki@pelicanharbor.org>
  

  Date: January 13, 2020 at 9:53:50 AM EST
  To: genb714@gmail.com
  Subject: RPCVSF and Pelican Harbor
  
  

  Goodmorning Genoveva,

  
  I am so excited that the RPCVSF wants to take a tour of Pelican Harbor Seabird Station.    On Saturday, February 22, we have a Seabird on the Bay Cruise and have about 29 seats left.  The Cruise departs the Pelican Harbor Marina at 5 pm sharp.    We can give a tour of the Station at 4 pm.  Guests can meet one of our Ambassador animals  If anyone is interested, they can register online  Seabird Cruise February 22
  
  I look forward to seeing everyone. 
  

  
  

  -- 
  

  Kiki Mutis

  Operations and Volunteer Coordinator

  kiki@pelicanharbor.org | 305-762-7633
  

  Pelican Harbor Seabird Station

  1279 NE 79th Street Causeway, Miami, FL 33138 

  
  

  
  

  

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• A Towering Task, A Documentary Film About Peace Corps

  • When
    14 Mar 2020
  • Location
    MDC North Campus, Room 2151, Time to be Announced

  
  

  A Towering Task

  
  

  Join RPCVSF to view a new documentary film called A Towering Task, an in-depth documentary about the whole history of the Peace Corps. The film is a thoughtful consideration of the agency’s past that according to the film's website, asks: What role should the Peace Corps play in the 21st century?

  
  

  For more information about the documentary, click on the following links:

  
  

  RPCV of Washington D C and Website of A Towering Task

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• Bon Voyage Picnic - Please RSVP !

  • When
    26 Apr 2020
  •  
    2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
  • Location
    A.D. "Doug" Barnes Park, 3401 SW 72nd Ave, Miami, FL 33155 - Shelter # 3

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  The Bon Voyage Picnic will be held on April 26th at A.D. "Doug" Barnes Park, Shelter # 3. The picnic and park entrance are free, Rain or Shine. Glass bottles and pets are not allowed in the park.

  
  

  Please Register so we know how many to prepare for.

  
  

  The afternoon’s itinerary:

  
  

  2–4 pm 

  
  

  Enjoy visiting with invitees, their families and your fellow RPCVS. Bring photos of your service days to share. Snacks and beverages will be provided, but feel free to bring more! There are also nature trails, a pool, a playground and space around the shelter if you'd like to bring outdoor games. You are welcome to come earlier to enjoy the amenities.

  
  

  
  

  4–5:30 pm

  
  

  Honor the upcoming PCVs and share a potluck meal.  You are encouraged to bring a dish from your country of service.  Several upcoming PCVs and their families have already accepted the invitation, so please be generous with your dishes! If your dish needs to be kept cool or warm until we eat, please bring it in your own insulated container. The shelter does not have refrigeration.

  
  

   Drinks and kid/adult-friendly sandwiches will also be provided.

  
  

  See http://www.miamidade.gov/parks/ad-barnes.asp for directions and more information. 
  

  
  

  Email Patty at pharespl@gmail.com if you have any questions.

  
  

  Besides a dish and your family, please consider bringing photos from your PC service.  Last year a photo album from Sierra Leone helped calm the fears of parents who were fearful of their daughter going to Africa.  Many of invitees are the first in their family to venture far away from home, even though the parents may be immigrants.  The experience of talking with you will be helpful to invitees and their families, and you will be impressed with the crop of upcoming Peace Corps Volunteers.  You’ll enjoy talking with them as much as they will appreciate talking with you!
  

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• Safari in Namibia

  • When
    19 Aug 2020
  • Location
    Namibia

  2020 is going to be a great year for traveling. It will probably mark Travel’s last time as a trip leader. Travel will still be available as consultant on international travel for RPCVSF members and friends through the website and newsletter. Share with us your thoughts, inquiries, comments, and most of all, your finds.
  

  
  

  This year Travel will be looking hard for BARGAIN packages and different ADVENTURES. We are going to try to make a niche for our members and friends in other vendor’s travel packages. At the moment, Travel is looking at trips for Senegal and The Gambia, giving us a look at French and British northwest Africa; Ghana in British West Africa; Brazil grand excursions including the Pantanal inland delta; the Guianas to give us a taste of British, Dutch, and French culture in South America.

  
  

  The biggest event of the year takes place August 19, 2020, a special date in the life of Traveland for everyone born in 1940. (also special for Bill Clinton and Tipper Gore but with different years). A fitting place to wrap up being a trip leader, we shall celebrate grandly at Joe’s Beerhouse in Windhoek, capital of Namibia, the most interesting safari country in Africa. Former RPCVSF President Tuey Murdock (Colombia) will be honorary hostess. (Joe’s is the liveliest bar/restaurant in the country, a little like Shorty’s in Miami with an Africa flair and menu features. You thought Impala was a car; it is a great burger.)

  
  

  Dates, itinerary, and pricing will be announced very soon. High season means a short consideration time.

  
  

  FYI: Beer in non-Muslim countries south of the Sahara is excellent. Most of those countries have signed agreements with the major breweries of Europe to provide brewers and technical assistance. Namibia has its German and Dutch heritage to provide extra quality. Don’t like beer? The place is afloat with South African wine, still and sparkling. Many of these countries have also signed bottling agreements with the distilleries of the world. Local bottling reduces product price and increases availability. Soft drinks are always available.

  Email: travel@rpcvsf.org

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