“Thank you, Carol, for all you do to help make Saturdays a great day for visitors and Aquarium staff, volunteers, and interns alike!”
Volunteer of the Month: Eleanor Davison
“She has been a true champion; she seamlessly provides top-rate GOT talks and live animal presentations…”
Volunteer of the Month: Amanda Claussen
“Amanda makes her volunteer time a learning experience…”
Climate Change, the Oceans, and Why Voting Matters
Story by Mary Cerulli, live blue Service Leader Let’s build an army of consistent environmental voters who show up of local, state, and federal elections and ratchet up the pressure on politicians until they truly lead on climate change and healthy oceans. Don’t be part of the silent green majority any longer! NEAq promotes the…
Volunteer of the Month: Donna Brewer
“Donna has been an ace up the sleeve since we’ve had her on Sundays”
Volunteer of the Month: Matilda Wheaton
“Any day that she is here the entire team is at ease knowing that the dive is going to go smoothly.”
Its the Little Things (Literally!)
By Renee Pavlovich, Volunteer Programs Intern In every good story, there is a grabber, an intrigue; something that causes everybody to become excited about what will happen next. It introduces the hero(s) as they will exist in their impending journey of triumph. Throughout my Volunteer Programs Internship with Ryan Kingston, I have heard his…
Volunteer of the Month: Alan Presser
“…I know that all tasks will be completed and with nary a complaint nor sigh of exasperation, both under and above water.”
Homeward Bound, Salamander Style
Story by Samantha Riffle, live blue(tm) Service Corps volunteer A great trek is happening right under our noses in the Boston area. My education in regards to animal migration was mainly through Morgan Freeman waxing poetic nostalgia over the march of the Emperor Penguin; growing up near the Sierras in California I was also told…
Volunteer of the Month: Dana White
“She is extremely well-liked by both her volunteer co-workers and staff, and she has quickly become a fixture of Sunday afternoons at the aquarium.”
Finding Freya
Story by Hannah Knighton Northern Waters Intern. Freya has finally figured out that my hand is not food, but a friend. The Giant Pacific Octopus was named by senior aquarist Bill Murphy after a Scandinavian goddess, as she’s been cold and standoffish ever since her August arrival at the aquarium. She had only recently…
Jump Your Way to Heart Health with Plastic Bags…WHAT?
Article by Rob Cuddi, live blue(tm) Service Leader I am standing in my basement with two more plastic bags to add to this growing mountain and scratching my head, questioning how this could happen. I must be looking at ONE HUNDRED crumpled bags stuffed into a large cloth shopping bag…it’s slapping me in the head…
