All Entries in the "Kids Who Care" Category
9-year-old Sells Artwork to Save Sea Animals!
“Hi, my name is Ariana Lee Levesque. I am 9 years old. I enjoy doing paintings and collages for The National Marine Life Center. I also take guitar lessons and horse back riding too! The reason I’m doing this is to raise money for stranded, lost or hurt sea animals. I love sea animals and [...]
Catching Joy Celebrates World Oceans Day
The following is a post by Joy Olaes Surprenant, Founder and President, Catching Joy. Joy is also a Trustee at the National Marine Life Center. Thank you, Joy and Catching Joy Kids for celebrating the National Marine Life Center on World Oceans Day! June 6, 2010, World Oceans Day at the New England Aquarium By [...]
Eighth Grader Grants NMLC Wishes!
“Dear Friend, “I would like to let you know about a wonderful cause that I am very passionate about. It’s the National Marine Life Center. The National Marine Life Center in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts’ mission is rehabilitating stranded sea turtles, seals, dolphins, porpoises, and small whales, and advancing scientific knowledge and education in marine wildlife [...]
A Joyful Valentine’s Day
Catching Joy enjoyed visiting the Boston College Children’s Center in Chestnut Hill today to promote the National Marine Life Center’s mission to care and protect the marine wildlife. The kids listened to stories about saving turtles and made valentines for the ocean animals. The kids were very interested and cared about the animals and had [...]
All I want for Christmas is for the climate to improve.
In case you haven’t seen it, there are some interesting comments in response to the postings on marine animals and climate change. One of my favorite is from 11-year old Mia. She writes: “…all i want for christmas is for the climate to improve.i try to get people to recyle more things and use less [...]
Lemonade stands raise money to save marine animals!
We were inspired by recent fundraising efforts from two groups of kids…. Alison of Gray Gables and her two cousins Jordin and Taylor have enjoyed visiting the National Marine Life Center’s Marine Animal Discovery Center. Excited about NMLC’s construction project to build a new marine animal hospital, they decided to help. Late August, they held [...]
Kids Who Care
Today National Marine Life Center was blessed when a group of children brought in a wonderful gift. Aaron, Natalie, Gabe, and Emily had visited NMLC’s Marine Animal Discovery Center throughout the summer with their nanny, Mary Lou. They enjoyed the crafts that they made at “Fins and Flippers” and decided they wanted to do something [...]
Catching Joy
“Catching Joy is fun. Catching Joy is simple. Catching Joy is important. Catching Joy is necessary. Catching Joy is good. Catching Joy brings joy to the recipients. Catching Joy brings double the joy to the givers. Catching Joy starts with children. Catching Joy is contagious.” ~ Joy Olaes Surprenant, Founder & President Catching Joy is [...]
Girl Scouts Save the World – one aluminum can at a time
Four Girl Scouts from Troop 81602 decided to save the world – one aluminum can at a time – by holding a bottle and can drive at the National Marine Life Center. The scouts set up the event, accepted bottles and cans, and sorted the donations for easy transport to the redemption center. According to [...]
Girls Scouts “Save the World” @ NMLC
A local Girl Scouts Troop has decided to earn its “save the world” badge by helping the National Marine Life Center raise funds for the new marine animal hospital. On July 18th from 11 am to 2 pm, the troop will collect empty redeemable bottles and cans at the NMLC Discovery Center, 120 Main Street, Buzzards Bay, [...]
Bat Mitzvah Celebration Donation
Our special thanks to the Revis-Snider Family in honor of Julia on the occasion of her Bat Mitzvah. With the help of Mitzvah Tables, the Revis-Snider family chose to decorate the tables at Julia’s Bat Mitzvah with centerpieces made up of items that will now be used by the National Marine Life Center. The centerpieces included plastic buckets, beach [...]
Fletcher, The Loggerhead Sea Turtle, by Alyssa French
Alyssa French is a first grade student at Bourne Elementary School, an animal lover and a friend of the National Marine Life Center. In her own words and art, Alyssa documents the story of Fletcher, the loggerhead sea turtle that stranded cold-stunned on a beach near the tip of Cape Cod in November. Fletcher came to the NMLC for rehabilitative care and has now been released back into the ocean.
