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Recycle your gadgets and save marine animals!
Did you receive any great new gadgets over the holidays? Here’s a great way to recycle your old electronics responsibly AND save marine animals at the same time! The National Marine Life Center is having a “Gadget Drive” through www.gazelle.com.
Gazelle accepts used electronics, including Cell Phones, Laptops, Digital Cameras, MP3 Players, Video Games, PDAs, Gaming [...]
The Spirit of the Season
We have received such nice letters and notes of support along with your year-end donations. Thank you! One of our favorites was the following, from donors in North Truro.
“December 29, 2009
“Friends,
“Our family decided many years ago that we would step decisively away from the commercial aspects of Christmas. We agreed that we would no longer [...]
Artist donates proceeds from fish prints to benefit NMLC!
“31 inch striper on black paper” by Joe Higgins, Fished Impressions
Looking for a last minute holiday gift? Check out these beautiful fish prints by artist Joe Higgins. According to Joe, fish prints – or “gyotaku” - have their roots in 19th century Japan when fishermen would record their catch by coating the fish with ink [...]
Turtles and now dolphins highlight the need for the National Marine Life Center
Over the past several weeks, Cape Cod has been inundated by stranded, cold-stunned sea turtles in what is being described as one of the largest years to date. Now, the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Marine Mammal Rescue and Research group reports that dolphin strandings are also on the rise. In the past week they’ve [...]
Record Number of Sea Turtle Strandings
According to the Cape Cod Times, a record number of sea turtles stranded yesterday. The National Marine Life Center would like to be able to help the MassAudubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (authorized beach respondants) and the New England Aquarium (authorized intensive care unit) by opening our new sea turtle ward to these severely debilitated [...]
We need YOU to help Open Our Doors!
Exactly two years ago, the National Marine Life Center had a crisis situation. The roof over our rehabilitation facility began to collapse and we had to move out of the building.
We put in a massive effort to raise the $3.1 million needed to remove the original building and replace it with a new hospital [...]
Caring Winter Wonderland at the Bourne Public Library
Help celebrate Christmas in Olde Bourne Village. Come to the Jonathan Bourne Public Library between now and December 15 and place your bid on a variety of uniquely decorated table top Christmas trees, including one to benefit the National Marine Life Center! Our tree and all others will be awarded to the highest bidders on [...]
GoodShop for Marine Animals!
We have something new and exciting we’d like to share with you! It’s the new National Marine Life Center GoodSearch/GoodShop toolbar – once added to Internet Explorer or Firefox, each time you shop at more than 1,300 stores (from Amazon to Zazzle!) a percentage of your purchase will automatically be donated to National Marine Life [...]
Vote for NMLC on Facebook and help win $$ to save sea animals!
Chase is giving away $5 million to various charities and is calling on Facebook users to pick which ones. YOU can help save marine animals, advance scientific discovery, and inspire conservation through environmental education – just vote for the National Marine Life Center! Then, ask all your friends to do the same!
Here’s the link:
Voting is [...]
Shop & Share at Colony Place
The holidays are about giving, so Colony Place mall in Plymouth has partnered with the National Marine Life Center, the March of Dimes, and other local not-for-profit organizations to help raise money for them and save money for you.
By donating $5 to NMLC for a wristband, you’ll get all of the following perks.
~ Exclusive access [...]
3rd Annual Douglas J. Fletcher Golf Tournament a Big Success!
The 3rd annual Douglas J. Fletcher Memorial Golf Tournament took place on Thursday, September 17th, 2009 at the Brookside Club in Bourne. Over 120 golfers participated in the event, and in the subsequent 19th hole festivities at the Quahog Republic. Exceeding both their goal and last year’s donation, the DJF Tournament raised $17,500 to [...]
Marine Life After Hours
Have you ever wondered what marine life does after dark? No need to wonder any more. You can join the staff of the National Marine Life Center at 120 Main Street in downtown Buzzards Bay for Marine Life After Hours “nibbles and sips.” Learn more about marine animals; learn more about the ocean; learn more [...]
National Marine Life Center on NPR’s “The Point”
Mindy Todd, national award winning host of The Point on the Cape and the Islands National Public Radio station, interviewed the National Marine Life Center team on Wednesday, June 10th. The interview is posted on the NPR web site and can be heard by clicking here.
An integral part of the story about the NMLC and the critical need [...]
Marine Life After Hours
Ever wonder what happens to marine life after dark? No need to wonder any more. Check your mailbox for an invitation to a members-only “nibbles and sips” reception from 5:00 to 6:00 pm at the NMLC Discovery Center at 120 Main Street in Buzzards Bay, MA 02532. Dates are available every other Wednesday evening from June [...]
Support NMLC with Shaw’s Community Rewards
The National Marine Life Center has been approved for the Shaw’s Community Rewards program. Shaw’s will contribute 1% of each supporter’s eligible Rewards Card purchases made on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays if they use their registered Shaw’s Rewards Card and select the NMLC as their designated non-profit organization. Once you sign up on line (see [...]
$100,000 Challenge Passes 20%
Thank you, generous donors! Thank you from Team NMLC and thank you, much more importantly, from the marine animals of the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Maine who may be visiting your new marine animal hospital when it opens to receive patients from the fall stranding season. For those of you who are still [...]
$100,000 Challenge in the Mail
Members of Team NMLC formed an assembly line in the conference room this afternoon to “go postal,” so to speak. They put the finishing touches to mailings for the $100,000 Challenge Grant to open the National Marine Life Center’s new marine animal hospital on October 30th in time for the fall stranding season on Cape Cod.
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$100K Challenge to Open Cape Marine Animal Hospital for Stranding Season
A collapsed roof forced the demolition of the National Marine Life Center’s old warehouse hospital, creating a large gap in treatment capacity for stranded marine animals on the Cape. But thanks to generous donors, help is on the way in the form of a $100K challenge grant to open a brand new marine animal hospital [...]
