As all marine turtles are endangered, we wanted to do our part to assist a conservationist in his efforts to save these gentle creatures. As part of our involvement towards environmental conservation, scouts and ventures of the Soaring Eagles Air Scout Wing worked alongside scouts from Western Australia to raise funds to assist Lombok local conservationist, Bolong, at the Gili Meno turtle sanctuary (http://gilimenoturtles.com/) The scouts and ventures engaged in various activities around the island of Gili Meno, in an effort to increase awareness of the local community towards the issues we assessed as contributory to the community's well-being, and possibly the turtles' survival. Problems observed a) pollution - sea and beach were littered with plastics, metal, and other waste. b) destruction of nesting beaches c) loss of eggs from natural (predators) and unnatural (poaching) causes d) ensuring newly hatched turtles would have a chance at survival Scouts' direct contribution towards the sanctuary included a) fund raising to buy a freezer (to keep fish for the young turtles' food), an outboard motor for Bolong's boat (to allow him to go further to fish for the turtle food), and more tanks to allow hatchlings to be kept longer at the hatchery (increased viability in natural environment as they could be maintained until they were older) b) cleaning the turtle tanks c) feeding the hatchlings d) clearing the beach areas most likely for the mother to lay her eggs e) clearing the litter from the water f) fishing for food g) night patrols of the beach - when we observe a female laying, we would contact Bolong who would then transfer the eggs to the safety of his sanctuary An indirect contribution that the scouts engaged in was to visit the local school, interact with the children, play games with them, and once we won their friendship and trust, we shared with them about how important turtles were to the beauty of their island. It was hoped that the child would share this with their parents and perhaps they could suggest to their parents that turtles in the ocean would encourage more visitors, thus dissuade their parents from taking the eggs and selling them on the black market. My direct contribution as a leader was to prepare the youth for the trip: language, food, and cultural differences would be a challenge to face, as would be the dry heat of Gili Meno, different from the humidity of home. The long hours we endured because of the night patrols and the day jobs was challenging. However, knowing we were contributing to helping save an endangered species kept us focused on our task.