Friday, September 24, 2010

Raise a Reader - Cat in the Hat day

On Wed. Sept. 29th Raise a Reader day will be visiting the aquarium. The Event starts at the UES library at 10am. At noon activities start around town featuring the Westerly, Re/Max Ucluelet, Wild Heather Books, the Crow's Nest (and us of course!). At 6pm the final event is the Cat in the Hat Movie at the Ucluelet Community Center.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Release Day 2010 - October 16th


This year's release date has been set for the 16th of October.

Beginning around 10am we'll begin returning all our creatures back to the wild. We're looking for a number of volunteers for the event, if you'd like to help out with the release, please drop by the aquarium or contact Laura 250-266-1640, lgriffith.cochrane@gmail.com. we'll need a few people to help by making hot chocolate, or coffee and around 15 courageous volunteers to help scrub down tanks afterwards.

To all those simply interested in releasing sea stars and shiner perch, stop by anytime after 10. The release will run till the early afternoon, rain jackets are recommended and costumes are encouraged.