One of the greatest joys of working at SeaWorld San Antonio is participating in the outreach events that are available to team members. Knowing that actions speak louder than words, I find that reaching out is very rewarding.

More than 6,000 people attended this month's Annual Cookie Rally for the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas at SeaWorld San Antonio. The park has hosted the event for the past decade, and this year SeaWorld team members treated the Girl Scouts to a special presentation of SeaWorld shows, including the new Shamu show "One Ocean." Scouts (who were tall enough) got to ride The Great White and Steel Eel coasters.

SeaWorld Camp kicked off the year in full throttle as we welcomed students from Texas A&M University at Galveston for a camp-style class offered through the University.

In honor of the gift giving season (see: Christmas, Boxing Day, Hanukkah), SeaWorld San Antonio team members took time to remember domestic animals in need in our local shelters. To support these animals, our team members pitched in for "Pet Tree" donations.

Aquatica San Antonio will be coming to SeaWorld in May 2012. Recently, we had the opportunity to take some San Antonio media and Texas bloggers to Aquatica in Orlando, Florida for a familiarization tour. When given the chance to go, I gladly said YES! This was my very first time to see Florida, so to get the chance to finally visit our sister parks was exciting.

Fall is here! Finally, a break from the heat... only in South Texas is 87 degrees considered cool.

Not only is there cooler weather, but Halloween fun as well.

Several times a year, SeaWorld team members from Communications, Education and Conservation, and the Animal Ambassador Team hit the road to spread our conservation message. We participate in interviews for the media, conduct presentations at elementary schools, and visit children's hospitals across Texas.

One of the great things about Summertime at SeaWorld is it means our Ski Team is back to shred the lake! You may not know this but many of our skiers come from other parts of the country, some are new to our park, some are veterans and some are even second generation skier here at SeaWorld San Antonio!

I’ve been involved in training for a while now and I’ve noticed that when I mention a new training program we’re adopting, most people assume it will be a long and boring affair involving a classroom, videos with bad acting, and a PowerPoint presentation.

Now, I wouldn’t call any of the training we administer boring by any means, and to prove it, I’d like to introduce you to our newest training program, called the Culinary Quest.

Chris Bellows, Vice President of Zoological for SeaWorld San Antonio is pictured above at the launch of Happy Tails. SeaWorld is partnering with local shelters including Animal Care Services, Animal Defense League and the San Antonio Humane Society in this pet adoption program.