3rd Annual 'Thank You Whales ' Celebration 2014
at the Avila Community Center, 191 San Miguel street, Avila Beach, California

Thank you if you Joined us again last year as we raised community awareness about the dangers faced by whales and other marine life, -and even humans, from such industrial threats as seismic testing, Navy sonar, ship strikes, sewage dumping, oil and gas drilling, fracking, and even radiation. With Sea Stars melting and snail shells dissolving, all life is now imperiled by the thoughtlessness of previous generations. Through such conditions have arisen heroes on a grand scale, and community education about the changes needed in our everyday activities that may ensure our survival and that of the wonderful creatures who surround us on our precious planet. 

Tickets for the Sea Star Speakers Program SOLD OUT (sorry)

http://www.oceanoutfallgroup.com/3rd-annual-thank-you-whales-celebration-2014.html

Official 2014 Thank You Whales program:

Thank You Whales Celebration
3rd Annual
August 16, 2014Avila Beach Community Center
191 San Miguel Street
Avila Beach, CA 93424

Ocean Outfall Group presents:
Thank You Whales Celebration
3rd Annual
August 16th, 2014
Avila Beach Community Center
191 San Miguel St. Avila Beach, CA
                  
9:30 am-11: 30 am        Free outdoor CHILDRENS’ ART and HUMPBACK WHALE FAIRE
Templeton Elementary School  2nd Grade Thank You Whales Art Contest display.
    Art/ Crafts/ Games/Prizes/ Mermaid and Hawaiian Shirt Contest.
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Sea Stars  Speakers Program including Lunch  $27. per person
10:30 am-11:00 am        Meet and Greet with Hostess/Greeter Betty Winholtz

11:00 am-11:15 am     Ocean Outfall Group (OOG)  Welcoming Remarks

11:15 am-11:30 am        Comment by Marcia Hanscomb, introduction
           
11:30 am-12:00 pm        Howard Steven Pines, reads from his new book, ‘The Whale Song Translation’

12:00 pm-1:00 pm         Lunch by Phil’s Catering, featuring Vegan Wraps, Turkey Wraps,
                Selection of salads, fruits and beverages.

1:00 pm-1:20 pm     Mothers for Peace- 41 years of making waves

1:20 pm-1:45 pm    Kurt Lieber of Ocean Defenders Alliance    

1:45 pm-2:00 pm    Lyndia Leonard, (Whale and Dolphin Watch) –Current Issues   
   
2:00 pm -2:15 pm   Afternoon Break and refreshments          

2:15 pm-3:00 pm    Featured Presentation on sonar by Zachary Smith, NRDC

3:00 pm-3:45 pm    Keynote Address by Susan Hartland, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

3:45 pm- 4:00 pm   Winners announced for silent auction - Closing Remarks

Evening Ceremony  (Olde Port Beach around a fire ring)

Sunset to 8:30 pm     Free: Sunset Ceremony, led by Fred Collins, Tribal Administrator, Northern Chumash Tribal Council, ‘Sunset Blessings’
Brother Michael J. Phillips, Benedictine Monk, ‘Flower Ceremony'

Thank You Whales 2014 Art Contest Entries...

Thanks to everybody who entered an art piece in this years contest. They were all so good, our choice was not easy to make, but one thing we all agreed on is they should all be seen and enjoyed. So here they are, the top 100 submissions by the 2014 second grade class of Templeton Elementary School, where there are more great budding artists than in the Sistine Chapel...

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By Emma

By Delaney