All Entries in the "Shout Outs" Category
Recycled Rope Makes a Great Doormat!
A few months ago, I was in Bar Harbor, Maine for the Northeast Region Stranding Conference. (Great conference and awesome group of people, by the way!) While there, I visited the Bar Harbor Whale Museum. It’s a fabulous place with lots of hands-on displays, beautifully articulated skeletons, and information on marine mammals and whale research [...]
Quahog Day – How Many Weeks of Sunshine?
There’s a new tradition on Cape Cod – Quahog Day! Sponsored by the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, the event features Doug, the official prognosticating quahog, who will tell us how many weeks of sunshine to expect this summer! It’s fun, it’s free, it’s kind of wacky, and some of the event proceeds benefit the [...]
Thanks, Mom!
In honor of mother’s day, we’d like to thank and recognize our own mothers. They have taught us compassion towards animals and each other. They have taught us to be curious about the world around us. They have taught us the value of education. They support us and celebrate us and our work. Today, we [...]
Songs for the Sea
This June, groove to live music in the company of your friends and family in support of the National Marine Life Center. Join us for a concert and picnic at Songs for the Sea. Sponsored by local artist Grace Morrison, the concert also features Matt Borrello, The Carl Wood Band, and others. There’ll be arts [...]
1,000 Bulbs on Main Street
Last fall, as the hospital exterior was nearing completion, volunteers were busily working to create a beautiful spring. Spearheaded by Trustee Lauren Freed, volunteers landscaped the flower bed in front of NMLC’s hospital and planted 1,000 flower bulbs along Main Street. Planting bulbs is an act of faith. You select the bulbs, prepare the ground, [...]
Thanks Tobey Hospital !
The Animal Care staff is very grateful to the generous donation of a Narkomed anesthesia unit from Tobey Hospital and particularly for the help from Robert Casmira to coordinate this effort. This fully functional unit, while no longer the state-of-the-art for human anesthesia, is more advanced then the vast majority of veterinary units and has [...]
Filming at the National Marine Life Center!
The National Marine Life Center was a film set today as DGA Productions from Watertown, MA filmed a promotional video for us. Interesting lighting transformed ordinary spaces into brilliant backdrops for interviews of NMLC volunteers and staff. Thank you to Jan Maliszewski, Michael Andrus, and Aaron Frutman for your expert videography and for making the [...]
Chemistry, Art, & Two Guys from Wisconsin
In researching various floor coatings, we considered a variety of products. We looked at the “do it yourself” versions of garage floor coatings, as well as several products applied by contractors. One of our biggest challenges was the need to coat the floor in February in Massachusetts. Cape Cod isn’t the coldest place on earth [...]
Giving Thanks
On this Thanksgiving we would like to thank and recognize everyone who has supported the National Marine Life Center over the past year. Through gifts of money, goods, services, and time, YOU make is possible to save marine wildlife, advance science, and inspire conservation through education. YOU make it possible to build our new marine [...]
Salute to our Veterans
On this Veteran’s Day, we’d like to take a moment to thank all the men and women who have served the United States of America as members of our military. We celebrate and honor your patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good. All of us have some one [...]
It Takes a Village
No sooner had we offloaded the 10,000-pound generator when another flatbed truck came rumbling into our lot. This one had three brand new fiberglass tanks atop it! Trucked in from Waterlife Design Group in Florida, who gave the tanks to us at a heavily discounted rate, the 10-foot diameter, 4-foot deep tanks will serve as [...]
Lessons from the Ancients
Today, we received another wonderful donation from the Marine Biological Laboratory – a 390 KVA standby generator! A bright red-orange in color and complete with transfer switch and necessary hardware, the generator will produce more than enough electricity to power the pumps and life support systems in NMLC’s new hospital. We only had one minor [...]
MBL Recycles Lab Furnishings by Donating to NMLC
The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole takes their commitment to the environment seriously. One component of their effort to “go green” with their Loeb Laboratory renovation involves recycling some of the furnishings by donating them to the National Marine Life Center in Buzzards Bay for reuse. The donated equipment from the MBL includes [...]
Scarecrows on Main Street!
If you meander down Main Street you’ll see a lot of new faces…. doctors and dentists and veterinarians, baseball fans, bikers and surfers, ISWM workers and police officers and firefighters. There’s one thing these faces have in common – they all have wisps of straw sticking out of them. Yup, they’re scarecrows! This month, the [...]
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 benefit [...]
Happy 40th Anniversary to the Scallop Fest!
The Scallop Fest is this weekend in Bourne! This year, the festival celebrates it’s 40th anniversary with an event that is bigger and better than ever! Enjoy a delicious scallop or herb-roasted chicken meal while listening to fabulous live entertainment. Browse the handicrafts at the Arts and Crafts fair. Enjoy the rides and games at [...]
Upper Cape Tech Students Help Build Hospital!
Students from the Plumbing and Heating Shop at Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School got a real-world lesson in radiant floor heat. With the guidance of master plumber Bill Battles and his crew from Village Plumbing, the fifteen students learned the principles of radiant floor heat and helped to place tubing. Students also worked [...]
Entergy Corp. donates to save stranded sea turtles!
Entergy Corporation recognizes the power of people – and animals! A long-time supporter of community environmental initiatives, Entergy’s Pilgrim Station awarded the National Marine Life Center with a $10,000 grant to provide critical environmental support for stranded, endangered sea turtles. This grant will help purchase a boiler system in NMLC’s new marine animal hospital that [...]
Mermaid Ball a Great Success!
NMLC Scores Fundraising Triumph with Mermaid Ball! Donors Flock to Signature Event Despite Economic Headwind and Set Fundraising Record. The 2009 Mermaid Ball at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Friday night, August 7th, set a fundraising event record for the National Marine Life Center. I suspect I’m not breaking headline news when I note that [...]
You’re not the only one waiting for this building to open!
Thanks to the creative juices of Joe Higgins and Rattle Marketing, a new sign graces the front of our hospital construction project. The sign features a photo of an endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle racing for its ocean home after having been rehabilitated, and cosestudi‘s conceptual design of NMLC’s new marine animal hospital. One can [...]
