Mark your
calendars: Nov. 7 Darien Fall Festival
The Darien
Fall Festival is just around the corner. We want to have a
presence at this event again this year and we need your help.
LAHS will have a tent and exhibits which gives us the
opportunity to have more people get to know about the great
programs and work which we do, and become members themselves.
We need volunteers to help greet folks who come by our tent.
This year Charlie Ouzts is leading the LAHS Fall Festival
committee and are asking for volunteers to fill four timeslots
on Saturday, Nov. 7 during the festival.
The 4 time
slots are: 10:00-11:30,
11:30- 1:00, 1:00-3:00 and 3:00-5:00
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Here to Volunteer
October 15
- Our monthly meeting is Thursday, October 15 at 7:00
p.m., featuring Bryan Fluech, Associate
Director of Extension, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant,
University of Georgia.
Bryan will share the story of commercial fishing and
its deep cultural ties to the Georgia coast, with a
special focus on the shrimping industry and the fishing boats
that have connected generations of coastal fishing families.
He’ll also discuss a project led by Georgia Southern
University, Marine Extension, and Georgia Sea Grant that
recorded the stories and experiences of local shrimpers and
their boats. These recordings help preserve the culture and
voices of Georgia’s commercial fishing community for future
generations- and provide valuable knowledge for science and
regulatory decisions.
We hope you’ll join us for this fascinating look at
an important part of Georgia’s coastal heritage!
Reminder to sign up to
volunteer for the Fall Festival, Nov 7th. To help us at our
table, please visit the link above to sign up as a volunteer
September 17 - We hope
you will join us for our Annual
Meeting on Thursday, September 17, at 7:00 p.m. at Fort King
George. This year, we have a particularly interesting
program planned. Davis
Poole will
join us to share the fascinating history of the Kit
Jones and
its connection to Sapelo Island, its residents, and the working
waterfront of McIntosh County.
The Kit Jones is much more
than an old boat on display in Darien. Built on Sapelo Island in
the late 1930s, the vessel played an important role in the lives
of island residents before serving during World War II and later
becoming a research vessel supporting some of the earliest and
most significant marine science conducted along the Georgia
coast.
Come learn more about this remarkable piece of our
local history and the many stories connected to the Kit Jones.
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