On Monday, March 25th at 6:00 pm we'll be holding our Annual Meeting at our new home at 242 Main Street #5 (just left of Nelson's) in downtown Gloucester. It's open to the public. Hope you can make it.

One of the highlights of being a part of the Cape Ann Vernal Pond Team is our Nighttime Vernal Pond Field Trips. Going into nature at night is a unique experience and some amazing things are found in vernal ponds.   Go to our website to review our Field Trip Guidelines.

We are really gearing up for our activities this year. Go to our Activity Calendar. You'll find information about upcoming scheduled events like a Vernal Pond Walk, Earth Day activities, Essex STEM Night, Pride Stride, Motif 1 Day, Yard Sale, and more. Get 'em on your calendar early and have some fun volunteering while helping educate the public!

The Cape Ann Vernal Pond Team Board will host our Annual Board Meeting on Monday, March 25th from 6-8pm to discuss a number of agenda items... including plans for our Vision, Funding and Grant opportunities, scoping out new pools for certification, upcoming Nighttime field trips, and a few other important matters. This meeting is open to the public so please come if you can and bring your ideas and motivation. You'll also be able to check out our new digs.

We had one tres cool snake show at the Essex Library this afternoon. About 100 people showed up, mostly kids. Thanks to our courageous volunteers: Colleen Anderson, Diane Bevins, Vicky Cataldo, Nathan Mineo and Pia, one of the moms who showed up and had no idea she would end up volunteering to walk the snakes around the room. Snakes were well-behaved and everybody had a good time.

As we kind of wind down for the season, I want to thank all of you for making 2018 such a great year. We really did a bunch of good stuff. Most of you have received your Cape Ann Vernal Pond Team Annual Appeal. Many of you have responded with generous donations as well. Thank you for all you do to help save our little corner of the world. 

Next activity in two days... Saturday October 6, 2018  11am-3pm. Bridge Cape Ann's Annual Fall Fest at Cape Ann's Marina Resort, 75 Essex Ave., Gloucester. The forecasted temperature is 62 degrees which is just warm enough for our critters. So please get in touch and let me know if you can help out. Setup at 10am.

We had a great time at the STEM Discovery Night in South Hamilton last night. We had a lovely snake exhibit and a great crew of volunteers: Logan, Jaclyn, Anya, Devin and Jessica Lichtenwald, Faye Grandson, Dylan Gaetano, Colleen Anderson, Ethan Everett, Mathew, Christopher and Rachel Rex. Thanks to Lorraine Miller for inviting us.

Next show is STEM Discovery Night for Middle and High Schoolers this Wednesday October 3rd from 6:30-8:30pm. It's being held at Miles River Middle School (which is connected to the Hamilton-Wenham High School) 787 Bay Road, South Hamilton.  Setup is from 5-6pm. We have some volunteers. Might need a few more especially for setup.  Should be a neat event, they're expecting 500 students.

We had a nice show at the Sustainability Fair on Saturday. On the down side, the attendance was lower than years past. On the upside, we had a great display and more time to talk with each person that came by. Thanks to our volunteers: Sawyer and Shane Towne, Marion Healey, Faye Grandson, Colleen Anderson, Ernie Cutis, Ann Byers, Mat Rex, Harrison McKeen, Logan, Jaclyn and Anya Lichtenwald.