How Lucky Are We…

Saturday, Sept. 24th 2011 One of my favorite things in life is my involvement with the RJ Dunlap Program, if not my absolute favorite thing. I just moved back from California a few weeks ago and I was absolutely itching to get back on the water with my shark-loving team. Come Saturday’s conclusion all I […]

Neat ‘n Tidy

Friday, July 22nd 2011 Spirits were high today after the huge success of the day prior. The fantastic Reef Dogs of South Broward High School joined the RJ Dunlap team today and after all the introductions, everyone on board put one fist on either side of their head sending out positive vibes in hopes of […]

Saving Sharks with Sophi – Blog 34 – Teaching Others

Blog 34 – “Teaching Others” I talked to a kindergarten class about sharks. It was Ms. Bell’s class – she was my teacher when I was younger.  I showed some of my shark pictures and explained the different kinds of sharks. I talked about all of the ways that I am helping sharks and the […]

Saving Sharks with Sophi – Blog 33 – Ocean Hero 2011

Blog 33 – “Ocean Hero 2011” I won the award for Oceana Youth Ocean Hero. A bunch of people voted for me because of the good work that I have been doing with sharks. When I won, my mom came with the KARE 11 news to my class to surprise me. I was SUPER surprised […]

Mid-Week Surprise

Wednesday, July 13th 2011 Driving down to the keys on a Wednesday morning was strange. Normally the long single road through the Florida Keys is quiet; the only signs of life are the fishermen on their way to their boats. On our drive down on Wednesday morning however, the road was bursting with people driving […]

‘Nother Nurse-tastic Day with a Surprise Visitor

Saturday, June 25th 2011 Saturday was another perfect day for sharking, and when there’s good weather and flat seas, the team usually heads out to the reef!  So that we did. Since our reef site is more out in the open ocean, we take every chance we get to go out there since the weather […]