Park volunteer Felix wears an unzipped dark-green jacket and stands on a cliff next to CVA Setareh, who is wearing a zipped navy-blue windbreaker with sunglasses and holding a colorful Flat Stanley cutout. Both Felix and Setareh are smiling at the camera and facing away from the ocean. Two people stand at the edge of the cliffs behind Setareh and Felix, with their faces away from the camera.
Cabrillo

Volunteer Appreciation

Setareh Nouriboshehri, Community Volunteer Ambassador (CVA)

Well VIPs, we sure went through an interesting last year! 

While it’s easy to get lost in all of the events affecting our communities and world at large, we thought you may enjoy taking a break to zoom into and reflect on this particular volunteer community. 

Here are a few handfuls of photographs—all of you and the ways you serve this park!

(We all want to wish Setareh the best, and thank her, as she starts her new role with NPS.)

  • Park volunteer Wyler stands behind a green table in the park auditorium and holds a brown rubber mold of a bird’s feet and interacts with other park VIPs during a Science Explorer’s Club training. Another VIP and staff member interact separately and away from the camera, and a projector screen shows content about the Science Explorer’s club.
  • Park volunteer Felix wears an unzipped dark-green jacket and stands on a cliff next to CVA Setareh, who is wearing a zipped navy-blue windbreaker with sunglasses and holding a colorful Flat Stanley cutout. Both Felix and Setareh are smiling at the camera and facing away from the ocean. Two people stand at the edge of the cliffs behind Setareh and Felix, with their faces away from the camera.
  • From left to right, park apprentices Alberto, Jackson, Christopher, and Eric stand side-by-side at the Bayside Trail and smile at the camera, with their backs to the ocean and overcast sky. Alberto and Eric wear park binoculars, and Jackson and Christopher wear hoodies that cover up their light-blue volunteer uniforms
  • Park volunteer Katrina stands behind a green table in the park auditorium, points to the table, and interacts with park volunteer Jeannine during a Science Explorer’s Club training. A few VIPs stand further behind the table and interact separately.
  • From left to right, park apprentice Wyler, CVA Setareh, park apprentice Ryan, and park apprentice Brooke smile and stand facing the camera. Behind them are patches of green plants running up a cliff.
  • A group of fifteen people stand together on a paved path, holding ten, half-way filled trash bags. Above them is an overcast sky and behind them are roped-off green hedges and a walkway, in which three people on the far-right walk on.
  • From left to right, VIPs Wyler, Brooke, Ryan, & Jose with CVA Setareh and TPERP Coordinator Pauline gather closely together outside of a military bunker on Bayside Trail to smile and pose for the camera.
  • Two volunteers wearing red and orange gloves sit on a flat surface at the tidepools. In front of the volunteer on the right is a blue bucket and beside her is a green and blue backpack.
  • VIP Dan (face not showing) holds a fluffy, baby Peregrine Falcon on a green trail overlooking the ocean.
  • A shot from behind as a volunteer stands on a sandstone cliff at the tidepool area. The hillside turns upward sharply to her right. To the left the cliff drops off into the turbulent waters of the ocean.
  • Science Educator Sam stands outside the administrative building holding Summer, an albino King Snake in her left hand. A group of visitors is gathers looking at the yellow snake. Apprentice Felix looks on in the background.
  • WWII volunteer Stephanie stands smiling in the dimly lit lower portion of battery bunker E. Stephanie is dressed in a drab colored long sleeve shirt with a similar colored hat. A bunkbed is behind her, strewn with WWII armor and ammunition.
  • VIPs Craig (left) and Mike (right) smile and stand directly in front of a side of the Old Point Loma Lighthouse during an Open Tower Day event.
  • VIP Bob stands on a cliff near the tidepools while motioning to his left in front of a group of visitors and one other volunteer, who are all facing away from the camera.
  • VIP Felix sits on a seating area behind the Visitor Center and smiles at the camera. Behind her are various green-and-gray plants, the San Diego bay containing a few white sailboats and ships, the San Diego skyline, and mountain ranges, all under a blue cloudless sky.
  • VIP Violette stands on a paved road behind the Old Point Loma Lighthouse with eyes closed and carrying a metal watering can, a photo camera, and a water bottle.
  • VIP Kim stands in front of the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, next to a bench and chair holding an assortment of props, while talking to another VIP not facing the camera during an Open Tower Day event.
  • VIP Tony stands smiling and leaning on the railing leading up to the Old Point Loma Lighthouse.
  • CVA Setareh, behind a short and white wall, and VIP Gayle stand on top of the Old Point Loma Lighthouse’s catwalk and smile at the camera. Behind them is a very small Cabrillo statue atop a hill, the San Diego bay and skyline, and mountain ranges.
  • Smiling volunteers Barbara and Romi stand side-by-side behind a desk in the Visitor Center. They hold up a laminated, hand-drawn, colorful paper doll. Behind them is a replica of Cabrillo’s sailing ship, the San Salvador.
  • Volunteer Cecilia stands behind a rolling cart that’s labeled “Science Explorer’s Club”. On top of the cart is a white bucket, striped rubber snake, and reptile field guide that Cecilia uses to engage a family of two adults and three children.
  • Apprentice Violette stands next to a tall plant and tips a metal watering can over a mesh cage with young plants inside. Water streams from the can. The blue ocean is visible in the background.
  • Ranger Lonie stands at a table that has two open black trash bags filled with dry brush on it. She hands a twig to apprentices Jackson and Eric who appear to inspect it carefully.
  • Apprentices Eric, Chris, Alberto, and Jackson stand smiling on a gravel trail under a cloudy sky with grey ocean behind them.
  • Volunteer Alan stands smiling on a sandstone cliff at the edge of the sea. He holds up a laminated, hand-drawn, colorful paper doll.
  • VIP Bob stands in the rocks in Cabrillo’s tidepools and speaks to four visitors with cresting waves and ocean behind him.
  • VIPs Dan and Becky stand smiling together in front of a tall, green bush with the ocean followed by the city of San Diego in the distance.
  • VIP Bob stoops to look through a large spotting scope that is nestled amongst rocks and water in the tidepools. The expanse of the ocean stretches behind him.
  • VIP Peter leans smiling out of a window at Cabrillo’s entrance station.
  • VIP Gary stands in front of the Cabrillo statue and holds a white flag with red lines in one hand and a spear in the other. He is dressed in 16th century Spanish soldier garb: a metal helmet, a thick white vest, short red pants, long gray socks, and tan woven sandals.
  • Park volunteer Mary Rose stands outside at a green table with pictures of tidepool animals. She holds a photo to show two park visitors a picture of an animal.
  • Park volunteer Mike stands at an outdoor cart decorated with red flowers. Four children and one adult stand near him while he talks.
  • Volunteers Nick and Lizzie stand outside in front of a white building behind a green table with a sign that says Bag Check.
  • Volunteer Tony stands in front of the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, a white brick building with a tower at the top.
  • Volunteers Nick and Lizzie stand at green table with a Bag Check sign in front of a white brick building. Pink plastic boxes filled with backpacks are next to them. Nick talks to a park visitor wearing a bag over his shoulder.
  • The large green front door of the lighthouse opens into the white foyer. Vicki, a volunteer stands inside the foyer ready to greet visitors wearing a dark blue dress and hat from the 19th century.
  • The large green front door of the lighthouse opens into the white foyer. Vicki, a volunteer stands inside the foyer ready to greet visitors wearing a dark blue dress and hat from the 19th century. Three children enter the lighthouse and head towards the room in the back of the photo.
  • Mark, a volunteer wearing a dark green shirt and hat, stands smiling at the intersection of two paths. Beyond the road behind him is the shimmering blue waters of the bay, and beyond that are the sandy shores of the silver strand isthmus.
  • Tim, A WWII military history volunteer sits inside the military history exhibit; arms and legs crossed wearing an olive colored military uniform with a dark green hat and brown shiny boots. There is a table to his left with military helmets and publications from the 1940s.
  • A view looking down from the top of the lighthouse to the entrance below. Ranger Amanda stands smiling up at the photographer while flashing a peace sign. Two volunteers, Barbara and Larry, stand ready to greet two visitors.
  • A view of the lighthouse tower. Five service members enjoy the view from the black iron lens deck, while volunteer Mayra stands by for questions. The Fresnel lens is visible in the center of the catwalk.
  • Volunteer Jack, wearing the dark blue vest and hat of a 19th century lighthouse keeper leans against the white picket fence of the rain catchment basin. The bay and San Diego are visible in the distance.
  • Volunteer Suzanne wearing a light yellow floral top and dark green dress in the style of the 19th century. Eileen is standing in the kitchen of the lighthouse with a large cast iron pan hanging from the wall behind her.
  • Volunteers Ferol, Dess, and Heide stand next to racks full of clothing outside in the lower maintenance area. The volunteers are all wearing masks.
  • Ranger Elizabeth leads a meeting with many volunteers in the break room.
  • Park Ranger Julieanne, park volunteers Dan and Becky Wieder, Jose, and Sandy stand near the white brick wall of the lighthouse with the American flag behind them. All are wearing face masks. Becky and Sandy are wearing sashes across their uniforms that say Votes for Women.
  • Volunteer Sita stands in a garden filled with white signs with protest slogans written in black. She holds a sign that says “Democracy Should Begin at the Home.” She wears a Votes for Women sash and a face mask with her uniform.
  • A crowd of 15 park visitors stand at a wall made of large rocks looking toward the ocean. Ranger Elizabeth stands next to a wheeled cart with coffee cups and coffee urns. Volunteer Wyler and Ranger Amanda are holding binoculars to watch for whales.
  • A crowd of more than 15 park visitors stand at a rock wall looking toward the ocean. Ranger Amanda holds binoculars and faces the ocean. Volunteer Wyler holds binoculars and talks to two park visitors and points toward the ocean.
  • Park volunteer Mike stands behind a wheeled outdoor cart decorated with a picture of rocks and water. Five park visitors stand near him while he holds an unidentified item in his hands and explains it.
  • Four park volunteers sit on a rock next to the ocean. One volunteer is standing in the middle of them wearing gloves. Another volunteer holds a bucket.
  • Park volunteers Carol and Larry hold a white trash bag in one hand and a long stick in the other hand. They walk along a rope fence surrounded by bushes.
  • Volunteer Ken and Dave Stand on a rock in the ocean with a wave about to crash near them. Ken pours liquid from a jug on the ground.
  • Tidepool VIPs Patrick, Amy, Charlie, Bob and Eve on smooth, tan rocky surface next to grayish-blue ocean with lots of white foam on top. Three VIPs sit and kneel near the cliff edge with a blue bucket next to them, a fourth carries a blue bucket along a cliff edge in the foreground, and the last stands towards the back of the frame.
  • Tidepool VIPs Dave, Ken, and Bob stand on smooth, tan rock with rocky cliff and blue ocean behind them. They all wear work gloves and Patrick is wearing a t-shirt and shorts along with the VIP floppy hat.
  • Tidepool VIPs Amy and Eve each with a blue bucket next to them on flat, tan rock with ocean behind. Eve, wearing a navy shirt, tan pants and tan hat, is sitting on the rock holding the bucket and a tool. Katrina is kneeling with her back to the camera and wearing a blue sweater and gray pants with the VIP floppy hat.
  • Tidepool VIPs, Pam, and former VIP Francie sit by tidepool education table with a handful of palm-sized science models and variety of science guides and spread out on the table in front of them. Tidepool trailer is to their left and view of coastal sage scrub and ocean is in the distance to their right.
  • Park volunteer Becky sits behind the tidepool Education Table under a tan umbrella. The table contains sand and models of sea creatures found in Cabrillo’s tidepools. The tidepool trailer, webcams and ocean are in the background.
  • Park volunteer Dan stands behind the tidepool Education Table talking to two children and three adults about what they can find in the tidepools. The cement portion of the Coastal Trail is in the background along with brown and green bushes.
  • Park volunteer Dan stands behind the tidepool Education Table showing an abalone shell to two children and four adults. The tidepool trailer, whale scapulas, dormant bushes and Spawar buildings are in the background.
  • Park volunteer Dan stands behind the tidepool Education Table smiling. Inside the table there is sand and models of various creatures that can be found in Cabrillo’s tidepools. Lemonade Berry and various other dormant bushes along with blue ocean and sky are in the background.
  • Apprentice Ryan leads a hike down the bayside trail for a group of visitors and volunteers. Ryan is stopped at the olive green generator station, which is built into the slope of the hill.
  • Apprentice Ryan leads a hike near the visitor center. Ryan is standing with hands clasped together and relaxed at waist level, atop a red brick overlook that has views towards the bay.
  • A view from behind as a group of volunteers walks up the gravel path of the bayside trail. A slope with green vegetation is to their right.
  • A large group of volunteers and staff inspect plants on a hill along a paved portion of the bayside trail. The very top of the lighthouse peaks over the top of the green hill.
  • A view from behind as a large group of volunteers and staff head up the path that leads to the lighthouse. Apprentice Wyler, who is bringing up the rear of the group, turns to face us with a smile and a thumbs up.
  • Jose crouches down in the rocky beach of the tidepool area to show a small child the molt of a lobster. The child’s mother looks down at them. Beyond them are waves crashing and the coastline meandering.
  • VIPs Jose & Brian stand and pose on a sandy cliff in front of sunset over the water. 4 visitors sit on the edge of the cliff behind them and look out at the water.
  • Aerial view - VIP Scott leans against hiking pole, stands on small gray rocks near kelp, and looks towards tall sandstone cliffs. Visitors walk around him.
  • 3 visitors interact with VIPs Mona & Julie behind the tidepool education table outside on the Coastal Trail. Pictures and models are displayed on the table.
  • VIPs Elke & Bob walk along a dirt path near steps on a sandstone cliff. They wear a jacket, sunglasses, binoculars, and use a hiking stick.
  • VIPs Dan, Mary, & Sean stand and pose on an uneven, dry path in front of small, brown boulders, and the vast ocean with white-topped waves.
  • VIP Bob wraps his arm around VIP Julie while they stand & pose in a parking area just west of a grassy hill.
  • VIP Mona wears a big smile and a zipped-up jacket as she sits behind a table full of marine mammal models.
  • VIP Dan stands among dry bushes in front of a small wooden post and holds a black box connected by wire to a metal box on the post.
  • VIPs Bob & Dave stand near a large boulder and several smaller boulders on hard-packed dirt. They look away from us toward a bird that flies in the distant sky.
  • VIP Mary stands in front of 5 people with a hands-free microphone. She stands behind a table of props and holds a red and white balloon-shaped prop in her hand.
  • Apprentice Ryan stands on uneven ground in front of the vast ocean with white-capped waves. She poses with lobster carapace in her open palms.
  • Tidepool VIPs Eileen, Gayle, and Patrick smiling and wearing blue windbreakers in the tidepool trailer. Eileen is wearing rubber boots while Gayle and Patrick wear closed-toed water sandals.
  • Tidepools VIP Elke in blue fleece jacket in front of boulder that is slightly shorter than her with tan sand at her feet. Behind the three boulders is the dark blue ocean and slightly lighter, overcast blue sky.
  • Tidepools VIP Dan in navy blue VIP windbreaker holding walking pole and tidepools creature reference sheet stands on flat rocky surface. Behind him are large rocks surrounded by water and a rocky cliff extending to the top of the frame.
  • Tidepool VIPs Barbara and Ken in blue fleece VIP jackets stand by concrete embankment with tidepool trailer and Navy buildings behind them. Barbara is smiling looking over the horizon and holds a walking stick. Ken’s profile is visible as he looks away from the camera and to the horizon in the other direction.
  • Lighthouse garden with projector on tripod set up in the middle of garden path. In the garden are a wooden illustrated cutout of a women in a white dress with purple and yellow sash and white signs staked into the ground. Visible sign text reads, “Suffragists of the National Women’s Party picketed the White House & other important locations from 1917 to 1920” and “Help us to win the vote.” VIP Pam wears a face mask and stands along wooden fence outside the garden and two other VIPs stand further away also along fence and with masks.

2 thoughts on “Volunteer Appreciation”

  2. I love every single photo in this collection. So many great memories! Hoping for better times in 2021.

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