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“Help Care for Turtles” Open House
Help Care for Turtles by visiting the National Marine Life Center’s Discovery Center and Gift Shop this holiday weekend! We’re open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, November 28-30 from 10 am to 5 pm. Featuring: HOSPITAL TOURS at 11 am and 3 pm daily. See the 30 sea turtles, 2 seals, and 10 native turtles in […]
Alternative Gift Market – making a difference!
This holiday season, show your goodwill with gifts from the Unitarian Church of Barnstable’s 2014 ALTERNATIVE GIFT MARKET. The Alternative Gift Market is a unique two-day shopping experience where you can get acquainted with a variety of local charities and make donations in the name of someone else as a gift. These organizations provide a […]
“Joy to the Whales” – Joy to Winning for the Holidays!
The holidays are fast approaching and the National Marine Life Center will be participating in the Spectacle of Trees again this year! That means you have the chance to win over $9,000 in prizes just in time for the holidays!!! Please join the National Marine Life Center and many other nonprofit organizations at the JFK […]
Seal Patient Update
Great news over here at National Marine Life Center, our two resident harbor seals are vastly improving! In the first corner we have our lady of the house, Kennedy, who is a 5 month old juvenile harbor seal that was rescued on October 14th by the Sea Coast Science Center in New Hampshire. Kennedy came into […]
NMLC 2nd Annual Holiday Breakfast w/ Santa
The National Marine Life Center is excited to host the 2nd annual family fun Holiday Breakfast with Santa to benefit marine animal rehabilitation and conservation! The event will be held on Saturday December 6th, 2014 from 9am-12pm at the Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School at 220 Sandwich Road, Bourne, Massachusetts, 02532. Click here […]
Interning Through Americorps
My name is Kevin Richards and I am the new Americorps Volunteer here at the National Marine Life Center. I recently graduated from Central Connecticut State University and majored in Molecular Biology, and decided to take a gap year through Americorps Cape Cod. As a part of Americorps Cape Cod (ACC), we serve all 15 […]
Spooky Splash Halloween Event!
Come join us this Saturday, at the NMLC for our Spooky Splash event! Costumes are welcome and prizes will be given out to some lucky ghouls and goblins. We have a big day planned with: arts and crafts, refreshments, a scavenger hunt, and some other fun activities! Some of these activities include: Pumpkin decorating! A […]
3 Seals are Heading Back to the Wild!
It’s time to celebrate! The National Marine Life Center is releasing three rehabilitated seals tomorrow morning, Friday, September 12, at 10:00 am at Scusset Beach, and the public is invited to observe the release. “Barclay” is a male harbor seal pup that stranded in Maine on May 18, 2014. He was rescued by Marine Mammals […]
Celebrate Wildlife!
Join the National Marine Life Center and the Cape Cod Wildlife Collaborative and celebrate wildlife! The 5th annual Cape Cod Wildlife Festival showcases local environmental groups – both on land and in the water. It’s FREE, and fun for the whole family! Details: Date: Saturday, September 13, 2014 Time: 10 am – 3 pm Place: Mass Audubon […]
The end of an amazing summer…
I cannot believe that this summer is coming to an end. There are so many things that I wish to communicate about my amazing summer, and I know that one blog entry will not do any of it justice. Interning at the National Marine Life Center completely made my summer and gave me friends and […]