Help Send Our Patients "Home for the Holidays!"

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With help from people like you, The Marine Mammal Center has rescued and released hundreds of marine mammals in 2011. Please give these sentinels of the sea a second chance at life and donate today!

Our Home for the Holidays campaign gives you a chance to give, get involved and help spread the word to your friends and family about the work we do and the marine mammal patients you support.

Donate!	Animal Release Video	Patients Going Home Slideshow
Holiday Open House	Shop or Adopt-a-Seal	Volunteer

Now, more than ever, our patients, like Autumn, a Northern fur seal, need your help! By supporting our Home for the Holidays campaign, you helps us purchase the food, medicine and the medical care needed to get our patients healthy and strong and most importantly - back to the wild!

Here's how your gift helps...

$30 = meals for 1 adult patient for 1 day
$50 = meals for 1 pup for 1 day (they need extra things like salmon oil in their fish milkshakes to help them gain weight!)
$75 = meals and meds for 1 seal or 1 sea lion pup for 1 day

Please help Autumn and other patients return "Home for the Holidays!"

Enjoy a Beautiful Video Compilation of Former Patients Returing to the Ocean!

View a slideshow of sea lion patients Habibi, Merryland and Mariposa as they go Home for the Holidays!

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You're invited to our

Home For The Holidays Open House

at The Marine Mammal Center

Saturday December 10, 2011, 10am-5pm

Admission is FREE!

Looking for something unique and meaningful to do with friends and family this holiday season? Look no further! Join us for our special Home for the Holidays Open House.

Book-reading, signing & Illustration Class - 10:15 AM and 2:15 PM (45 min sessions)

Join writer and illustrator Eva Chrysanthe whose work has been published in The New Yorker Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, and The New York Observer for a child-friendly reading of her illustrated story, "The Revenge of the Sea Otter." This illustrated slice of history was created just for The Marine Mammal Center and chronicles the plight of sea otters and Northern fur seals on the Farallon Islands during the last two centuries. Open house visitors will get a FREE autographed copy and a chance to learn how to illustrate some of our patients with a short lesson from Eva!
Docent-led Tours* - 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM, and 3:00 PM

Learn fascinating facts about seals and sea lions from our education experts while seeing exhibits and patient viewing areas. (*Fee applies, click here for online reservations).
Meet n' Greet Reception for Members and "Wannabe" Members - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

If you're a member or interested in becoming a member this is a a special chance to meet some of our veterinary team! Talk to our vets, volunteers and staff over drinks and nibbles in the Classroom!
Photo Opportunities with Frannie the Fur Seal! ALL DAY!

Bring your camera and create your own unique holiday cards.
Educational Activities, Games & More! ALL DAY!

Enjoy educational games and activities such as a Scavenger Hunt, Marine Mammal Rescue Demos, and more!
FREE Chico tote bag & Basic membership with a $30 Adopt-a-Seal purchase in our gift shop (while supplies last!)