<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Whales in Your
Backyard!</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Saturday, March 28, 1-3:00 pm</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Gus Canty Recreation Center, </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">790 Main Street Falmouth, MA</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Free Family Program
for children ages 4-12 and their families</b>, and all ages welcome. Drop in
for one activity or stay as long as you like and try everything:</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal">Eat Like a Whale! </li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Blubber Glove! </li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Identify Whale Sounds! </li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Migrate to the Caribbean!
And much, much more!</li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>A life-size, 40-foot inflatable Right Whale calf </b>will be
featured, with programming designed to help children and their families learn
about these magnificent marine mammals and how we can help protect them.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Lesa Cline-Ransome,
author of the children's book "Whale Trails: Before and Now" will
read from her book and sign copies</b>, which will be available for sale at an
Eight Cousins Bookstore booth.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>A 30<sup>th</sup>
Anniversary Program of The 300 Committee Land Trust of Falmouth</b>: <a href="http://www.300committee.org/">http://www.300committee.org/</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Programming offered
by </b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal">NOAA Stellwagen Bank
National Marine Sanctuary: <a href="http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/">http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">The NOAA Outreach and
Education on Protected Species (NOEPS) Program based at NOAA Northeast
Fisheries Science Center: <a href="http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/psb/NOEPS/">http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/psb/NOEPS/</a></li>
</ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Follow the event on Twitter! @NOAASBNMS</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sure to be a whale of a good time!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Contact:</p><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"> </font></span></p><p style="margin:1pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Anne-Marie Runfola, Volunteer Program
Coordinator</b><b></b></font></p><p style="margin:1pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif">NOAA/Stellwagen
Bank National Marine Sanctuary</font></p><p style="margin:1pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif">175 Edward
Foster Rd, Scituate, MA 02066</font></p><p style="margin:1pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Work</b>: 781-545-8026 x240; <b>Fax</b>: 781-545-8036; </font><b style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;font-size:small">Mobile</b><span style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;font-size:small">: 917-743-7352</span></p><p style="margin:1pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Website</b>: <a href="http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/</span></a></font></p><p style="margin:1pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Volunteer Program</b>: <a href="http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/involved/volunteers.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/involved/volunteers.html</span></a></font></p><p style="margin:1pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif">Like us on <b>Facebook</b>: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/SBNMS" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.facebook.com/SBNMS</span></a></font></p><p style="margin:1pt 0in">
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