WAVE FOUNDATION INC
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Our Education programs include: The Finstitute (a selection of on-site classroom experiences including interactive lessons focusing on aquatic life, chemistry, physics, and the sciences in a fun, hands-on way. Our Summer Camp is a week long day camp for children ages 9-12; Guppy Adventures are fun and interactive programs for infants and toddlers up to 5 years old and their grown-ups; Job Shadowing offers middle and high school age students to spend an evening job-shadowing one of our marine biologists to get a better idea of what the profession involves and to generate excitement about science professions. Conservation programs include: The Ohio Riverbanks Projects, which works to protect and improve the Ohio Riverbank through preservation and clean-up efforts; Sea Turtle Tagging tracks these creatures and investigates the threats they face in order to help save them from extinction; Project Piaba in the Amazon preserves and protects the Amazon Rainforest through its ?Buy a Fish, Save a Tree!? campaign. Our Volunteer Program utilizes over 350 individuals, performing a variety of duties such as underwater divers, exhibit interpreters, rainforest volunteers, office volunteers and more
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American Zoos and Aquariums Association - Accreditation 2008
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WAVE FOUNDATION INC
Board of directorsas of 11/30/2021
Tabitha Tolliver
Blue & Co.
Jeff Weisker
Fund Evaluation Group
Kevin Butt
Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc.
Christopher Lorentz
Thomas More College
Sean Smith
No Affiliation
Pam Gromen
National Coalition for Marine Conservation
Cyndi Etsler
Purdue University Calumet
Joseph Meyer
Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, Governor of Kentucky's office
Dudley Taft
Taft Broadcasting Company
Eric Rose
Newport Aquarium
Heidi Jark
Fifth Third Foundation
Mark Evans
Bricker and Eckler LLP, Construction Law Department