On Saturday June 20th, the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) students came out in full force to volunteer at the St Maarten Zoo for their Community Action Day. With over thirty (30) volunteers, the students of AUC came out to lend some helping hands to the St Maarten Zoo with various tasks such as board walk demolition, paint scraping, painting the animals’ enclosures and plant pots and assisting with the lifting and disposal of tree stubs in preparation for the Zoo’s brand new petting zoo area.
The volunteers began at 9am and concluded at 2pm. They were lead by the Zoo’s summer intern and project manager Ms. Stephanie Park. The groups were divided per task and given the necessary equipment to complete each project.
“On behalf of The Board and Staff of the St. Maarten Zoological & Botanical Garden Foundation, we would like express our sincere gratitude to the volunteers of the American University for thinking of the St Maarten Zoo for their community service,” said Amy Arrindell, President of the St. Maarten Zoological & Botanical Garden Foundation.