Wanted: Stranded Marine Mammal 'First Responders'

On Saturday, May 18 at 10:00 a.m. the Marine Mammal Stranding Center will be hosting a stranding volunteer workshop at St. Francis Community Center located at 4700 Long Beach Blvd, Brant Beach. 

At the workshop, the Stranding Center will be training volunteers interested in becoming "first responders" for stranded marine mammals and sea turtles in New Jersey. 

Interested volunteers must be at least 18 years old and reside within 15 minutes of a beach or coastal waterway, according to a press release from the center's education coordinator, Sarah Miele, who can be reached at (609) 266-0538.

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center is a private non-profit organization based in Brigantine and is the only organization in the State of New Jersey authorized to rescue and rehabilitate stranded marine mammals and sea turtles. Since the Center's founding in 1978, more than 4,100 animals (including whales, dolphins, seals & sea turtles) have been handled by the Center.