Category: Event News


Catching Joy and the Blue Bunny help Save Turtles and support NMLC

Catching Joy was pleased to support the National Marine Life Center (NMLC) and host two children’s events at The Blue Bunny, a bookstore in Dedham, MA on March 25 and April 4. Founder and Executive Director, Joy Olaes Surprenant, read books about turtles and other marine wildlife. Joy, who serves on the NMLC Board, talked […]

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Sponsors needed for 5K race

Are you looking for an opportunity to showcase your business while helping a good cause? Consider becoming a sponsor of the National Marine Life Center’s Feet, Fins, and Flippers 5K. This fun run/walk along the Cape Cod Canal and through Buzzards Bay will help us raise money for animal care and our new hospital. As […]

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Spring Beach Clean-Up Saturday May 7th

Honor Mother Earth this Mothers Day weekend and join the National Marine Life Center (NMLC) as part of the Cape Cod Wildlife Collaborative in cleaning up a local beach.The Cape Cod Wildlife Collaborative will be holding a spring beach clean-up on Saturday May 7th. The clean-up will take place at Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown, […]

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April Vacation Week Activities

The National Marine Life Center’s Marine Animal Discovery Center will be OPEN 10 am to 5 pm daily during April Vacation Week (April 16-23)! Join us for an educational experience about helping sea life on Cape Cod! Featuring eco-friendly, fair trade, and local gifts and souvenirs. Also featuring exhibits and displays about marine animals, education […]

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Spring Splash Open House

JOIN US for a spring-time open house! Saturday, April 16 10 am – 2 pm 120 Main Street, Buzzards Bay Explore NMLC’s Marine Animal Discovery Center, make a marine animal spring basket, enjoy arts and crafts and games and refreshments, tour our new marine animal hospital. Visit Teanna the diamondback terrapin, Catch-22 the red-bellied cooter, […]

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February Vacation Week Activities

The National Marine Life Center’s Marine Animal Discovery Center will be OPEN 10 am to 5 pm daily during February Vacation Week (February 19-27)! Join us for an educational experience about helping sea life on Cape Cod! Featuring eco-friendly, fair trade, and local gifts and souvenirs. Also featuring exhibits and displays about marine animals, education […]

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February Open House: For the Love of Turtles (and Seals and Dolphins and….)

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ JOIN US for an Open House celebrating turtles and other marine life! Saturday, Feb. 19 10 am – 2 pm 120 Main Street, Buzzards Bay Explore NMLC’s Marine Animal Discovery Center, make a marine animal valentine, enjoy arts and crafts and games and refreshments, tour our new marine animal hospital as we’re about to […]

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We’re in the running for January!

Thanks to your votes last month, the National Marine Life Center is a January finalist in the Pepsi Refresh Grant Program! We are in the running for a $250K grant that would add much needed capacity to our new marine wildlife hospital. To win, for the animals, the environment, and the people, we need your […]

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We’re movin’ on up….

Thanks to YOU, we’ve moved up to 69th (from 165th) in the Pepsi Refresh grant competition.  Now, we really need you to keep up the momentum! Please, VOTE once per day every day in December. Click on “Vote for This Idea” at:  www.refresheverything.com/nationalmarinelifecenter or Text 104765 to PEPSI (73774).  Standard text messaging rates apply. And, […]

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