Seal Night with the Portland Sea Dogs
2025-05-08 18:00 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | Delta Dental Park, 271 Park Ave., Portland, ME
Thursday, May 8 join us as the Sea Dogs take on the Bowie Baysox to celebrate Seal Night! There will be a MMoME table at the ballpark and seal spin the wheel between the innings. Use this link to purchase your special fundraising tickets (before May 5) with a portion of proceeds supporting MMoME’s seal patients.

July 2025 Volunteer Info Session
2025-07-12 10:00 - 12:00 | ME
All prospective volunteers are required to attend an informational session to become more familiar with the organization, and to help you, and MMoME, identify if you’re a good fit for the volunteer roles currently available. The info sessions also offer an opportunity for individuals to meet some of MMoME’s staff and volunteers.
Fill out the volunteer interest form to receive information on how to participate in this info session.

'A Year with the Seals' book launch and signing
2025-07-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Back Cove Books, 651 Forest Ave, Portland, ME
Back Cove Books is excited to host Alix Morris for the launch of A Year with the Seals on Tuesday, July 15th at 6:30pm! Alix will be in conversation with Lynda Doughty, Founding Executive Director of Marine Mammals of Maine. A portion of all sales for the event will be donated to MMoME.
About the Book
Environmental journalist Alix Morris spends an eye-opening year getting to know these elusive, intelligent creatures, investigating the effects of their extraordinary return from the brink of extinction and how we can try to bring nature back into balance. It might be their large, strangely human eyes or their dog-like playfulness, but seals have long captured people’s interest and affection, making them the perfect candidate for an environmental cause, as well as the subject of decades of study. Alix Morris spends a year with these magnetic creatures and brings them to life on the page, season by season, as she learns about their intelligence, their relationships with each other, their ecosystems, and the changing climate. Morris also gets to know all of the competing interests in the intense debate about the newly recovered seal populations in our coastal waters, from local fishermen whose catch is often diminished by savvy seals, to tribes who once relied on seal-hunting for food, clothing, and medicine, to seal rescue workers and biologists, to surfers and swimmers now encountering seal-hunting sharks in coastal waters. A Year with the Seals is a rare look at what happens when conservation efforts actually work, and how human tampering with ecosystems continues to have unexpected consequences. But it’s also a gripping adventure story of a journalist determined to understand seals and our relationship with them for herself.
Alix Morris is a science writer in midcoast Maine. Her work has appeared in the Boston Globe Magazine, Smithsonian, Sierra Magazine, MIT Technology Review, Down East Magazine, and elsewhere, and she has graduate degrees in science writing from MIT and global health from Johns Hopkins.
Lynda Doughty founded Marine Mammals of Maine in 2011. Born and raised in Maine, Lynda always knew she wanted to work helping marine mammals and has led marine mammal response organizations for many years, including providing care for thousands of animals and opening Maine’s first seal triage center. Lynda was recognized by Portland Press Herald in 2014 as one of 10 Mainers to be thankful for and in 2021, she was named a CNN Hero.
To purchase books and RSVP (not required) visit https://backcovebooks.com/events/2715020250715

Flatbread Community Bake
2025-07-29 17:00 - 21:30 | Flatbread, 72 Commercial St, Portland, ME, United States
On Tuesday, July 29th, Flatbread Co. in Portland will be donating a portion of proceeds from all pizzas sold between 5 pm-9:30 pm to MMoME! Head to Flatbread during those hours and get your flippers on some freshly made pizza while supporting marine conservation!

Wild Oats "Cupcakes for a Cause"
2025-08-10 08:00 - 2025-08-17 15:30 | Wild Oats Bakery and Cafe, 166 Admiral Fitch Ave, Brunswick, ME, 04011, United States
Wild Oats Bakery in Brunswick is expanding their Cupcakes for a Cause for a full week this year. Stop in and grab a seal cupcake and support MMoME at the same time!

World of Whales at Baxter Memorial Library
2025-08-12 18:00 - 19:00 | Baxter Memorial Library, 71 South St, Gorham, 04038, United States
Whales play a vital role in the ocean ecosystem that helps to support all life on Earth. Join us as we dive deep into the world of whales. We will start with a basic overview of what species have been spotted in the Gulf of Maine (the common and the uncommon). We will also investigate the adaptations that these large mammals have in order to survive in their ocean home. This program will also focus on cetacean stranding response here in Maine, and highlight a few of our most fascinating cases. What challenges do these animals face, and what challenges do we encounter when a report of a stranded cetacean comes through the hotline?
Learn More.

A Seal's Journey with Zadoc Long Free Library
2025-08-15 10:00 - 11:00 | Zadoc Long Free Library, 5 Turner St., Buckfield, ME, 04220, United States
Join Marine Mammals of Maine at the Zadoc Long Free Library as we take you through a seal’s journey from stranding to release, and all of the obstacles in between. Starting with seal basics such as: whether it’s normal for them to be out of the water and why you might see a baby on its own, and then dive into when and why seals need our help. You will learn what MMoME is, what we do, the animals we care for, and how you can help.

A Year With the Seals Reading and Conversation
2025-10-02 18:30 - 19:30 | Scarborough Public Library, 48 Gorham Rd, Scarborough, ME, 04074
Join author Alix Morris, who spent extensive time with Marine Mammals of Maine while writing this book, and Lynda Doughty for a talk about all things seals. We’ll be “unlocking the secrets of the sea’s most charismatic creatures.” Books will be available for purchase.
A rare look at what happens when conservation efforts work, and how human tampering with ecosystems continues to have unexpected consequences. A Year with the Seals is also a gripping adventure story of a journalist determined to understand seals and our relationship with them for herself. Author Alix Morris spends a year with these magnetic creatures and brings them to life on the page, season by season, as she learns about their intelligence, their relationships with each other, their ecosystems, and the changing climate.⁣
Registration is required for this event, with 40 spots available.

2025 Ocean Commotion 5K
2025-10-18 09:00 - 11:00 | Hermit Island Campground, 6 Hermit Island Road, Phippsburg, ME, 04562, United States
Join us for the 11th Annual Ocean Commotion 5K Race! This scenic 5K benefits Marine Mammals of Maine and its work educating about and providing response, assistance, and care to stranded marine mammals and sea turtles in southern and midcoast Maine.
The Ocean Commotion course is appropriate for participants of all fitness levels and takes runners, joggers, walkers, and their canine companions along trails by the ocean, offering stunning coastal scenery and freedom from traffic noise. The timed heats are professionally chip-timed, and prizes will be awarded to the top three male, female, and canine finishers.
You can further support MMoME’s work by purchasing official tech gear to commemorate the event, purchasing raffle tickets, making a donation, or starting a fundraiser to recruit your friends’ and family’s support of marine mammal and sea turtle conservation efforts.
Other Race Day Activities

A kids 1-mile fun run with prizes for every participant (no registration or registration fee required!)
Youth and family activities to engage children in marine conservation: Simulation of the process of rescue and rehab process of a stranded seal, ocean-themed coloring books, whale bone puzzles, and more
Race-day raffle before, during, and just after the race benefitting marine mammal and sea turtle response, rehab, and outreach—including jewelry, artwork, gift certificates, etc.
Info booths about Marine Mammals of Maine, the work we do, some of our favorite responses and rescues, and ways to get involved

Additional information and registration

November 2025 Volunteer Info Session
2025-11-15 10:00 - 12:00 | ME

A Year With the Seals Reading and Conversation
2025-12-01 18:00 - 19:30 | Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick, ME, 04011
Join author Alix Morris, who spent extensive time with Marine Mammals of Maine while writing this book, and Lynda Doughty for a talk about all things seals. We’ll be “unlocking the secrets of the sea’s most charismatic creatures.” Books will be available for purchase.
A rare look at what happens when conservation efforts work, and how human tampering with ecosystems continues to have unexpected consequences. A Year with the Seals is also a gripping adventure story of a journalist determined to understand seals and our relationship with them for herself. Author Alix Morris spends a year with these magnetic creatures and brings them to life on the page, season by season, as she learns about their intelligence, their relationships with each other, their ecosystems, and the changing climate.⁣

MMoME Happy Hour at Well and Good Brewing
2025-12-19 17:00 - 19:00 | Well and Good Brewing, 173 Cumberland Rd, North Yarmouth, Maine
Join fellow Marine Mammals of Maine supporters at Well and Good Brewing for a special happy hour where attendees receive 20% off beer pours from 5-7 pm. If you can’t make it that day, Well and Good is featuring MMoME as a nonprofit for the entire month of December, meaning you can give back another way. For each beer you purchase you receive a token and you can select which nonprofit to support with your token. In December, you can choose MMoME!

Maine Mariners Under the Sea Night
2026-01-03 18:00 - 21:00 | Cross Insurance Arena, 1 Civic Center Square, Portland, ME, 04101
Marine Mammals of Maine at Under the Sea Night!

Join Us for Under the Sea Night with the Maine Mariners as they take on the Adirondack Thunder.
Purchase discounted tickets here.

Visit the concourse where MMoME will have a table and will be chatting with fans.

March 2026 Volunteer Info Session
2026-03-14 10:00 - 12:00 | ME

November 2026 Volunteer Info Session
2026-11-07 10:00 - 12:00 | ME
