Began Volunteering:  Fall 2002

Resides:  Fort Wayne, IN

Employed:  Ocean Alliance/Cape Ann Whale Watch, Gloucester, MA

Family:  Husband, Jim; Children: Joe, Paige and Jenny

Favorite Animal:  Coby, the greatest chimp ever.  (Click to read about Linda's work with Coby to encourage his use of sign language.)

Favorite Activity:  Spoiling the primates.

Least Favorite Activity:  My biggest fear is that I will be asked to butcher deer.

What surprised me most about Black Pine was:  The individual personalities of the animals and the positive way most of them react to the staff and guests. 

Comments:  My worst day can be improved by a few hours at the park. The animals, the outdoors, the unselfish and positive people -- send me home surely satisfied that I did something very worthwhile with my day.