SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS

The Blue Crab Bowl wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of national, regional and local sponsors. Donations support the planning and implementation of the competition, as well as event awards for participating teams.

Want to help support this exciting science event? 
Please, contact the Blue Crab Bowl Coordinator.  We can use:

• financial donations
• services and products for event operations
• services and products for participant prizes
• volunteers

Sponsors and supporters are acknowledged on the event program, in press releases to Virginia media, and on our Bowl website.

In 2008, the following institutions, organizations and businesses contributed to prizes for Bowl participants.

NATIONAL SPONSORS
Consortium for Ocean Leadership
Ocean Leadership receives support for NOSB® from U.S. government agencies, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, foundations, and corporations. For a complete list, visit the NOSB website.

REGIONAL SPONSORS
Old Dominion University
Virginia Sea Grant
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Old Point National Bank

Blue Crab Bowl 2008 Awards
Our thanks to Sponsors and Supporters for Awards to Blue Crab Bowl Participants.

All participants
*Logo T-shirts — Consortium for Ocean Leadership
*NOSB calendars — Consortium for Ocean Leadership

*Blue Crab Bowl logo note pads — Consortium for Ocean Leadership
*Logo lapel pins— Old Point National Bank

All coaches
*1-year Membership in the National Marine Educators Association —
   Virginia Sea Grant

*"NOAA at the Poles" educational CD-ROM — Consortium for Ocean
   Leadership

New coaches
*1-year Memberships in the Mid-Atlantic Marine Education Association
   — Consortium for Ocean Leadership

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Place Teams

*Custom design ceramic Crab Bowl trophies — Virginia Sea Grant
*Passes to the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center — VAMSC
*Rite-in-the-Rain paper and notebooks, pencils — VIMS Bookstore

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Place Coaches
*Garmin eTrax GPS unit — Virginia Sea Grant
*Secchi disc t-shirt — Wildlife Supply Company (Wildco)
*"Playing in the Sands" educational poster — Treefrog Educational

3rd and 4th Place Teams

Eco-Paddle Field Trip with Chesapeake Experience
  — Chesapeake Experience, Inc.

1st and 2nd Place Teams
Mid-Atlantic reference texts &

Tickets to Dolphin Watching Experience, Virginia Aquarium
  — Consortium for Ocean Leadership

1st Place Team
*All expenses paid trip to NOSB competition in Seward, Alaska
  — Consortium for Ocean Leadership

1st Place Coach
*$1000 scholarship to attend July NMEA Conference in Savannah,
   Georgia — Virginia Sea Grant
*1-year membership in the National Marine Educators Association
   — NMEA

Additional support graciously provided by:
*Hampton Inn-Norfolk Naval Base
*Nauticus, Norfolk
*Old Dominion University:
   College of Sciences; Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric
   Science; and the Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Norfolk
*Virginia Institute of Marine Science and
  Virginia Sea Grant Marine Extension Program, Gloucester Point
*What If Scientific/Leave Only Bubbles