Category: Shoutouts


16 Sea Turtles Headed to Release

Kemp's ridley sea turtle

the National Marine Life Center will release 16 rehabilitated Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, the most endangered sea turtle species in the world, in Florida on Monday. These juvenile turtles were rescued by Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in November and December, and received emergency care at the New England Aquarium before they were transferred […]

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Giving Thanks

Giving Thanks

We have so much to be grateful for. These are just a few that we’ve been posting on our Facebook Page this month. Thank you for being part of our story! Best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving. We are grateful for the opportunity to help sick, injured, and orphaned harbor seals like Rue. We are […]

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Win a “Holiday Fanta-SEA” of Gifts

Cape Cod Charitable funraisers

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 $11,000 in prizes just in time for the holidays!!! Please join the National Marine Life Center and many other nonprofit organizations at the JFK […]

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NMLC’s New Pup Room

Building

This season we have taken in more stranded pups than ever before. With all these beautiful babies in our hospital, we soon found that we were quickly running out of room. Enter our heroes Wendy and Mark Wyman. Mark put his stellar building skills to work, laboring as soon as he got out of work […]

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Congratulations, Feet, Fins, & Flippers 5K Participants!

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It was a beautiful day for a race! Under crisp, sunny skies, 250 runners and walkers were cheered on by dozens of supporters as they ran, walked, jogged, strolled, and rolled to help marine animals! Thank you to all the runners, walkers, supporters, sponsors, donors, and volunteers who helped make our 2015 Feet, Fins & […]

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“Joy to the Whales” – Joy to Winning for the Holidays!

Cape Cod Charitable funraisers

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 […]

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Interning Through Americorps

AmeriCorps Cape Cod

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 […]

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Saying Goodbye to Shawn- He Came He Served He Will be Greatly Missed

AmeriCorps Cape Cod

For the past two years the National Marine Life Center has served as a service partner for Americorp Cape Cod. This is a tremendous honor where an Americorp service member works at NMLC for seven months from October-July two days per week. Each year we grow to know and love our Americorp members and saying […]

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Congratulations, Feet, Fins & Flippers 5K Participants!

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It was a great day for a race! Under temperate but overcast skies, 239 runners and walkers were cheered on by dozens of supporters as they raced to help marine animals! Thank you to all the runners, walkers, supporters, sponsors, donors, and volunteers who helped make our 2014 Feet, Fins & Flippers 5K a success! […]

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My Finale

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It seems like just yesterday I was walking through these doors for the very first time, and now,  after today, that time is  over. Though I’ve only been here for a short few months I feel like I’ve gotten to know everyone here really well. It will be sad for me to go. So with […]

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