Category: Event News

Beach Ball

May 4, 2010

Join us this July for the Beach Ball and a summer afternoon of dining and dancing by the sea to benefit the National Marine Life Center! Sunday, July 25, 4:00 pm The Beachmoor, Taylor’s Point, Buzzards Bay For directions, click here. Classic Coastal Attire $65 Members (NMLC & Beachmoor) $75 Non-Members Seating is limited.  For […]

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Songs for the Sea

May 4, 2010

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 […]

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Spring Splash Open House

Mar 29, 2010

Join the National Marine Life Center for our Spring Splash Open House! Explore the Discovery Center! Paint your own marine animal t-shirt!  Enjoy games such as marine animal bingo!  Meet Patty-the-terrapin and our 16 turtle hatchlings. Tour our new marine animal hospital. Light refreshments will be served. $5/person suggested donation, members FREE.  Buy a membership […]

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This April Vacation Week, Join NMLC for a Whale Watch!

Mar 16, 2010

Friday, April 23 11:15 am Plymouth Town Wharf Join us on the first Whale Watch of the season! Capt. John Boats in Plymouth will take us out to the beautiful Stellwagen Banks National Marine Sanctuary to look for these majestic animals. Will we see Humpback Whales? Minke Whales? Dolphins? Sea Birds? The anticipation is part […]

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Drawing Contest!

Mar 14, 2010

Three students from Cape Cod Community College, Margaret, Adrienne, and Aubrey, have taken on a unique community service project to help the National Marine Life Center.  They are developing a place mat for local restaurants that will promote awareness of NMLC and our mission!  They initiated a drawing contest to gather artwork for the placemat, […]

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Junior Tech Workshops Engage, Excite, and (dare we say it?) Educate

Feb 19, 2010

This February Vacation Week, we welcomed nine students from throughout Barnstable and Plymouth counties to participate in “Turtle T.L.C. & Seal S.O.S.”  Created with Jr. TECH, a program of the Cape Cod Technology Council, the workshop aims to promote “STEM” skills while teaching kids about marine animal rehabililitation. STEM stands for “Science, Technology, Engineering, and […]

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February Vacation Week at NMLC

Feb 18, 2010

This February Vacation week at the National Marine Life Center, there is something for everyone! Weekdays at 11 am, we offer an update about our patients and the opportunity to visit our headstarting diamondback terrapin hatchlings and red bellied cooter hatchlings.  Free, suitable for all ages. Weekdays at 2 pm, we offer “Fins and Flippers” […]

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A Joyful Valentine’s Day

Feb 17, 2010

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 […]

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For the love of turtles (and seals and dolphins and…)

Feb 13, 2010

JOIN US on Saturday, February 13, 10 am – 2 pm, for our Open House celebrating turtles and other marine life! Explore the Marine Animal Discovery Center, make a marine animal valentine, enjoy arts and crafts and games and refreshments, tour our new marine animal hospital.  Visit Patty the Diamondback Terrapin and meet the eight […]

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Join us for Holiday Splash!

Dec 6, 2009

Join us next Saturday, December 12, 12-2 pm, for our Holiday Splash open house!  Make a marine animal ornament to decorate your tree.  Enjoy arts and crafts and and games and refreshments.  Tour our new marine animal hospital! Suggested donation:  $5/person, members FREE. Become a member on Holiday Splash and get a free gift with […]

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