MMoME

2025 Ocean Commotion 5K
2025-10-18 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | 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
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 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
