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Our first day of Namaste Nepal

A great beginning to Namaste Nepal

We are a little upstart non-for-profit — with a big heart. A big thank you from all of us here at Ocean Wishes to all the donations overnight!  Also a HUGE “Thank You” to our new Director of Outreach and Operations, Melissa Guarino, she is the driving force with this fundraiser.

The first 24 hours: We have raised over 800 dollars for the Namaste Nepal project.

Thank you, Melissa and everyone involved.

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The news from Nepal as of 10AM, April 29th (EST): From the BCC;  the death toll is now over 5,000 from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake. Most survivors are in desperate need of food and water. The U.N. has launched an appeal for $415 million to provide emergency relief over the next three months. Nearly eight million people have been affected by the quake, according to the U.N. About 10,000 are reported injured.

 

Nepal hit by 7.3 earthquake!

Another earthquake hits Nepal! (From United Nations reports) Another earthquake has hit the already traumatized country of Nepal. On Wednesday afternoon, Nepal time, A 7.3 aftershock has killed at least 70 people and injured thousands. There has been over 140 aftershocks since the first 7.8 earthquake some two weeks ago. The aftershock was so powerful it… Continue Reading

Namaste Nepal has raised $2,005

Ocean Wishes is helping Nepal Earthquake victims From all of us at Ocean Wishes to all those who have supported and help us in our first major fundraiser a big “THANK YOU!” We will be sending a check for $2,000 dollars to the Red Cross this week. It will be the largest check in the… Continue Reading

Reasons for giving

Be selfish and give today — just for a moment. As the President of Ocean Wishes, sometimes I am forced because of my job to think differently — ponder things that others may or may not ponder. My wife may say I was born thinking differently so maybe I’m just being me. Away, this morning… Continue Reading

Scholarship Recipient Kaiden Buscemi

Each year we award a Women Divers Hall of Fame/­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Kids Sea Camp training grant to up and coming divers. This year we would like to congratulate Kaiden Buscemi! “Today was my fifth dive since my PADI Scuba certification, and I absolutely loved it! I am so happy to have won the grant, and I can’t… Continue Reading

2017 Basic Dive Training Grant Winners

Ocean Wishes; Margo Peyton and Tom Peyton donates4 grants totaling $2000 to the Women’ Diver’s Hall of Fame Foundation Hanna Schriber Hannah is a high school senior, looking forward to studying marine biology and oceanography in the years to come. In the past, she has volunteered at the Vancouver Aquarium helping to educate more students… Continue Reading

2019 Dive Training Grant winners

Ocean wishes is proud to announce the 2019 Dive Training grant winners. Ocean wishes donation to the Women’s Diver Hall of Fame Foundation and the Scuba Show scholarship totaled 3,000 dollars. Allie HolsteinAge 11 What or who inspired you to want to become a diver?I have been inspired to become a scuba diver by a… Continue Reading

Thank you, Ocean Wishes

To Ms. Margo Peyton, February 3, 2021: First let me say, thank you so much for granting me this opportunity. This Ocean Wishes donation will allow me to advance into a new career working in coastal conservation. I look forward to learning how to dive so that I can not only apply my list of… Continue Reading