Whale Trust Volunteers
Whale Trust has several volunteer opportunities in which you can donate your time and skills for marine research, education and conservation here in Hawaii. If you are interested in becoming a Whale Trust volunteer, please contact Marcy Lynn or fill out a volunteer form and e-mail or fax it back to us. Your efforts will make a difference in helping us to accomplish our research, education and conservation goals.
2007 Volunteer of the Year: Patti Hackney
Volunteers are the heart of any non-profit organization, but Patti Hackney is one of a kind! She loves the ocean and whales as much as anyone on staff and spends much of her time working with and volunteering for organizations that share her passion. While on Maui, Patti spends much of her time helping Meagan and Whale Trust on a myriad of jobs, ranging from data entry to digital processing of individual photographs of whale tails, to daily assistance on the research boat to teaching kids about whales in various Whale Trust venues, like Whale Quest Kapalua.
Patti’s energy for this work seems to be limitless, and her work and involvement at Whale Trust is deeply valued and appreciated! Of course, Patti is much more to us than a volunteer; she is a cherished friend. For all this and much, much more, we celebrate Patti as our first Whale Trust volunteer of the year.
Pat Steinhoff
We were deeply saddened to hear that a dear friend and supporter of Whale Trust, Pat Steinhoff, recently passed away after a scuba diving trip in the waters off her home in Bermuda.
We first met Pat and her husband, Bob, during a research expedition through the inside passage in Southeast Alaska several summers ago. During the trip, Pat worked tirelessly at printing all of the identifying photographs of humpback whales encountered during the trip and helped to match those whale’s to one’s previously identified in past years. She was so devoted to the job at hand that at times we had to force her to go above decks to see the whales outside!
Since then, Bob and Pat have helped to support some of the projects of Whale Trust, including the upcoming book on humpback whale behavior written by Jim Darling.
Our sincere and heartfelt condolences go out to Bob and their three sons for this tragic loss. We will always remember Pat as a kind, generous, fun-loving soul that loved the ocean and all of its inhabitants.
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