The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year.
Dear friends,
What a difference a year makes! As we write this letter, your Seattle Aquarium is once again open to the public and operating at full capacity. We’re continuing to advance our conservation mission with an ever-increasing number of ambitious programs and initiatives. And we’re in active construction on our new, landmark building: the Ocean Pavilion.
Although 2021 continued to present us, and the world, with unpredictable challenges, it also provided reasons to feel hopeful and optimistic. It’s those feelings that inspired the theme of this year’s report, which frames the important work that your support enables through the lens of where it all begins: with the animals in our care. We believe that includes not only the animals that make their homes at the Seattle Aquarium—but also those that live in the ocean and on land, the whole world over.
We—human beings—are stewards of it all: the animals and their homes, the ocean and the planet. And together, as this report amply demonstrates, we can make a powerful difference through individual and collective action.
As Dr. Sylvia Earle famously said, “No blue, no green. No water, no life.” Thank you for joining us in our commitment to working toward, and taking action for, a healthy ocean and planet. We’re doing important, exciting things together—all in support of the Seattle Aquarium’s mission of Inspiring Conservation of Our Marine Environment.
With hope and gratitude,
Robert W. Davidson, President & CEO
Melissa Mager, Board Chair