This winter, we will be gutting and renovating the labs.  Both the Blue Lab and the Glass Lab will receive new flooring, new cabinets, and new countertops and new walls.
       The boats and lab remodeling, along with other facility improve- ments, have been made possible through our MRDF boat donation program, headed by Acquisitions Director Rick Pineiro.

      We have decided to continue to reservations procedure, initiated last year, for our 2005 programs.  Instead of everyone trying to call on February 1, we will be sending out reservation Request cards to teachers who have brought programs, been on the calendar but cancelled, or were on the waitlist during the last two years. 
     These cards will be mailed out in January and need to be back in our office before February 10.  Once again, we will ask for three choices of dates.  After February 13, we will start to hand-fill the calendar.  If two or more schools request the same dates and can't be accommodated, we will give priority to the school's seniority with MarineLab. We may have to break multiple ties for certain preferred dates, and will make reservations to accommodate as many schools' first choice dates as possibe. We will schedule everyone who sends in a card, as far as possible, before we open the calendar to new programs after March 15.

Support MarineLab While You Shop

     MarineLab has enrolled in the Schoolpop program!  Register with schoolpop.com and earn rebates for MarineLab when you shop at such great online stores as Barnes & Noble, JC Penney, Nordstrom, Target, and Office Depot.  In addition, there are other businesses, stores and catalogs that participate as well, such as The Sharper Image, Budget Rent-a-car, Alamo, and dozens more.
     MarineLab earns rebates, anywhere from 1.0% to more than 10%, on each purchase made by a registered Schoolpop.com shopper that has designated MarineLab as their recipient organization.  In fact, shoppers can split rebates between multiple organizations as well! These rebates are donations from the participating merchant - there is no extra cost to the shopper!
      Shoppers can download and install a "Shopping Buddy" that reminds you about supporting your organization and automatically redirects you to your destination through the Schoolpop site to ensure that your purchases support your chosen organization.  In addition, if you shop through catalogs or at the store itself, if you pay with a credit card registered at schoolpop.com, your organization gets its rebates too!
     So visit www. schoolpop.com today and register to start shopping and supporting MarineLab! 
   Our organization ID is 0619685.