Why support student connections and community building?

With each miniboat launch, there is hope of it landing in a new place so new friendships can form, fostering global connections and inspiring young minds.

Our students need your support to:

🤝 Facilitate life-long connections between classrooms for students to meet and engage with others 🌐

👨‍🏫 Deliver educational resources for a one-of-a-kind learning opportunity 📖

🔧 Cover the cost of supplies for repairs and redecorating, enabling students to personalize the miniboats they receive 🎨

⛵ Sponsor tracking fees for the next voyage so all can follow along and the adventure can continue! 👩‍💻

Join Us in Making a Difference Today

Your contribution will help to bring this unique experience to others, and support relaunches which keeps us all connecting and learning together.

$25 supports one week of GPS data so students can track their boat online
$100 allows us to deliver more supplies and tools for schools in need
$500 can help subsidize school programs and connect more students
$5,000 covers all of the costs to relaunch one of the five programs mentioned below
$10,000 sponsors a full miniboat program in their educational space

Example: The Lancer

Since 2016, the Lancer miniboat has embarked on four amazing voyages, each time connecting more people and creating unforgettable experiences. The students who currently have it need YOUR help to relaunch the Lancer on its fifth journey so they can embark on their own scientific voyage.

Other Schools Seeking Sponsorship

Many other miniboats (there have been 212 launched to date!) need your support and sponsorship in order to continue their journeys, such as:

THE LEGENDARY & CRIMSON VOYAGER: To connect classes between the US and Portugal, ship new GPS transmitters, and sponsor a double relaunch

ROCKSTAR & RIPTIDE: To replicate cold stunned sea turtle research in Cape Cod Bay, MA

PHILBERT & OTHERS: To connect classes for original CRMM miniboat fleet around the Pacific Ocean basin (since 2017!)

MINI MAINE: To make repairs and upgrade with ocean tracking technology, supporting the work of students between Maine, USA and Co. Kerry, Ireland

2024 Annual Appeal

Educational Passages Year End Giving Campaign

Team Members