CCA Cast Away Kids August 24 Event: Flipping for Dolphins

Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) Skidaway Chapter's Cast Away Club invites you to learn all about some magnificent creatures that lives along our coast -- Bottlenose Dolphins! Join us on August 24th at 9:30 a.m. at the CCA Educational Center with Peach Hubbarb, President of The Dolphin Project. Registration will take place from 9:15 to 9:30 a.m. on the morning of the event. 

Peach is flipping to share how we can protect these magical marine mammals. You will learn how Bottlenose dolphins send messages to each other through squeaks and squawks. How they use body language by leaping as high as 20 feet in the air snapping their jaws, slapping their tails on the water surface, blowing bubbles, and even butting heads to ‘talk’ to each other. Did you know each dolphin is born with a special whistle, which is its name? Just like Mom and Dad gave you a special name when you where born, each dolphin has a name and its dorsal fin is like our fingerprints.

The Dolphin Project was founded in 1989 and is the longest running and largest ALL-Volunteer organization dedicated to the protection of the bottlenose dolphin. They follow the guidelines of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and conduct photo-ID dolphin research.

After the nature program kids and parents will have an opportunity to fish together from 10 to 11:30 a.m.. Rods, reels, and bait will be provided by CCA Skidaway Chapter. Volunteers from CCA also will be available to assist.  CCA Skidaway is sponsoring this FREE event for all Landings children. 

Attendance is limited to 25, so please register as soon as possible at ccaskidaway.org. For more information, email Mary White (jesrayaus@gmail.com).