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Matching Gift Challenge

Your year-end support will be matched up to $100,000! Yes, your impact will go twice as far protecting marine mammals like whales and our shared ocean.

Did you know the marine mammals we care for provide critical insights into our ocean's health? And right now, the ocean is in trouble.

That’s why this match challenge matters so much. It’s your chance to make double the difference when it’s needed most.

Double your impact
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Ryan Sack

Ryan Sack

Response Dispatcher, Ke Kai Ola Operations

Ryan Sack first joined The Marine Mammal Center as a volunteer at Ke Kai Ola, our hospital for Hawaiian monk seals in Kona, Hawai‘i. In his staff role as Response Dispatcher, he provides coverage for our Hawaiian monk seal sighting hotline, supports our volunteers and broadens our community outreach program on Hawai‘i Island.

In 2022, Ryan graduated with a B.S. in marine science from the University of Hawai‘i Hilo, where he served as the student coordinator for the university's Sea Turtle Biological Assessment Program. He has four years of experience in marine animal rescue and response, and spent time working with honu (Hawaiian green sea turtles) under the state's Division of Aquatic Resources Protected Species Program.

When he's not working, Ryan is usually out fishing, but loves anything aquatic.

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