The Next Wave Campaign
This is Groundbreaking
We’re excited to invite you to join us as we usher in a new era for our organization - The Next Wave expansion.
The Next Wave Campaign will include:
A water reclamation system that will save our community 15,000 gallons of water every day
Increasing the standards of animal care
Improving our research capacity
Providing more students with access to our educational programming
Laying the groundwork for powerful advocacy that will help us as we Build a Better Ocean - one with fewer plastics and less chemical pollution.
FUNDRAISING
We invite you to ride the wave with us. PMMC’s mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and release marine mammals, and to educate and inspire our community to become ocean stewards for the future. The better we can increase the quality of our animal care, educate the community, and contribute to research, the better we can reverse the effects humans have caused on our marine mammal population.
Please join us in this exciting project.
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$18,000,000
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Our expansion is expected to be completed by Fall of 2024.
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Philista & David Almquist
Anahata Foundation
Ed Batlle
Bauer Foundation
Carolyn Berndt
Jeff Brumett & Marc LaFont
Glenn Gray & Kathryn Burton
Jeff Byer
Cody & Deborah Engle
Bill & Debbie Finster
Marilyn & Terry Green
Sue Gross
Tom Hale
Diane & Clay Halvorsen
Cynthia & Doug Harmon
Bob & Nena Harrington
Dan Haspert
Highest Peak Foundation
Jerry C. Dearing Family Foundation
John Kinney
Lisa & Mark Locklear
Barbara & Greg MacGillivray
Teddy Blayne Martonen
Massen Greene
McBeth Foundation
Jeff & Carla Meberg
Scott & Sue Redsun
Sand Cloud
Kozo & Martha Shimano
Phil Shuluk & Holly Johnson
Rachel & John Stanaland
Stanley E. Hanson Foundation
Bob Barker
Donald Slavik Foundation
Tom Fueling
Pacific Life Foundation
Elizabeth and Lou Mastro
Roger Faubel
Fred & Sara Cook
Project Components
Water Reclamation
By reclaiming an estimated 5 million gallons of water per year, PMMC will be contributing to Laguna Beach’s longstanding title as the nation’s ‘Most Waterwise City’. The system will also be incorporated into our education curriculum related to water conservation.
Hospital Expansion
Additional patient units and pools will improve patient care and increase capacity, better preparing us for future UMEs (Unusual Mortality Events). The expansion will also add surgical suites, increasing care options for patients, as well as necropsy space, improving our research capacity, and facilitating improved collaboration.
Education
The expansion doubles the square footage allocated to our educational programs, which already serve more than 35,000 students per year. More space will allow PMMC to increase their impact in their community.
MeetING an Urgent Need
Water Reclamation
PMMC’s water system requires updates to:
Aid water conservation efforts
Improve water quality
Protect and enhance natural resources
Address flood management
The updated water system will allow us to improve areas in:
Conservation - Decreases water usage from an average of 18,000 gallons/day to approximately 1,500 gallons/day
Medical care - Improve the medical/husbandry care for our marine mammal patients by providing higher quality water
Education - Expand education programming with a greater focus on water conservation
Building Expansion
Structural improvements proposed:
Expand the first level of the building to include a 400 sq. ft. research and treatment room
Add and update solar panels, stormwater conveyances, retaining walls, and fencing
Expand educational multipurpose room additional 1,900 sq. ft. to match the quality content of our programming
Build one 5,000 gallon pre-release pool & two 2,900 gallon isolation pools
Build a 2 story 2,000 sq. ft. structure for office space, storage, and volunteer facilities
Add stormwater features, with a concrete-lined trapezoidal channel, energy dissipator, a concrete v-ditch, desk, and walkway drains, and bioretention planters that will improve water quality.
INFO + EVENTS
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There still are naming opportunities left for pools and other parts of the expansion. Click below for more information and contact us to reserve your stake in our history.
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Dignitaries from across Orange County gathered at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center to celebrate the start of a $14,000,000 project that will revolutionize the facility’s ability to care for its seal and sea lion patients while saving 15,000 gallons of water every single day.
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Team PMMC and our community of supporters enjoyed a day of family-friendly activities as we kicked off the public launch of our campaign.
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Be a part of the next 50 Years! Paint your own tile with Mike Tauber, the award-winning local artist. Your tile will become part of the mosaic permanently installed in the Founders Courtyard.
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Architectural Drawings of our expanded hospital and new office building.
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Architectural Drawings of the facility including our new water reclamation system, additional pools, new office building, and expanded hospital.
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Architectural Drawing of our underwater viewing pool. This exciting addition offers visitors a closer look at rehabilitated patients.
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PMMC staff celebrating the groundbreaking of our “Next Wave” campaign.
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PMMC celebrates the “Catch the Wave” event where families from the community were invited to spend a fun and educational day at the center.
