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Thank you for your consideration. From all of us at NECWA

Happy Holidays from all of us at NECWA. If you are thinking about making a year-end donation for 2014, then please consider NECWA. We are a small, grassroots organization that does  BIG   things.  NECWA is a registered 501(c) 3 organization so all donations are tax-deductible. Any donation, big or small, makes a difference for it supports our many projects and activities.  Any donation counts, small or large.  NECWA helps protect marine wildlife in our New England waters through research projects, educational outreach and conservation activities including: studying marine wildlife from commercial whale-watching boats rescuing and studying ocean sunfish and sea turtles  offering an internship program for high school and college students conducting beach cleanups to collect marine debris offering free or reduced-priced educational programs for kids of all ages working with college students on research projects focused on various topics and issues regarding mari

Happy holidays from all of us at NECWA.  We thank you for your support over the years, especially this season with the overwhelming sea turtle strandings that have occurred on Cape Cod. The number of stranded sea turtles in now over 1200! Th is is close to 6 times the normal number of sea turtle stranding that are typical for this area at this time. We have a very special offer for our followers. If you provide NECWA a tax-deductable gift of $25 or more before the year's end, you will receive a personalized Sea Turtle Supporter Certificate. I created this certificate just this week to recognize the record number of endangered sea turtles that have stranded on our Cape Cod beaches. To donate and receive your personalized certificate, go to the NECWA website ( www.necwa.org ) and donate through Just Give or   PayPal . Indicate the names you would like printed on the certificate in the message box.  I will also be sending out certificates to those who have donated earlier this m

Tuesday, December 16th from 6 pm to 9 pm In the Grants Building at 40 North Main Street, Middleboro MA Join NECWA for a holiday fair in conjunction with Northbrook Academy on Tuesday evening from 6 pm to 9 pm. NECWA will offer free holiday activities and stocking stuffers for sale. The event will be in the Grants Building in Middleboro on 40 North Main Street. This is Northbrook Academy's location as well. Northbrook Academy is a wonderful private school for grades 5 to 12. NECWA buttons Support NECWA and Northbrook through your attendance and purchases. And since the NECWA office is right across the street, we can go over there if anyone is interested in our t-shirts and sweatshirt, both adult and children sizes are available. Thanks so much and look forward to seeing you on Tuesday evening. NECWA hats Great white shark t-shirt Peace for Whale sweatshirt.

Live sea turtles rescued from Truro beaches.  NECWA staff and interns have been assisting Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary with their sea turtle stranding activities. This season, there has been a record number of strandings on the beaches of Cape Cod with over 1,000 animals coming ashore. The 1000th sea turtle to strand in this 2014 season.  The majority of stranded sea turtles are juveniles that had been feeding in Cape Cod Bay and Massachusetts Bay over the course of the summer. Our New England waters are home to 5 species of endangered and threatened sea turtles so their presence in our area is not unusual. The most common sea turtles to strand are the Kemp's ridley sea turtle, the loggerhead sea turtle and the green sea turtle. Since all are endangered, recusing each individual is of critical importance. Most cold-stunned turtles wash up just as the high tide is receding. This means that you have to walk the beaches day and night as the tides change each day. NEC