In 2008, OO organized an eco-educational experience for a group to observe and interact with blue sharks off of the Rhode Island coast in cooperation with Dr. Brad Wetherbee of the University of Rhode Island and Snappa Charters. The work was featured in Rhode Island Monthly Magazine with the article receiving 2nd Place in Science and Environmental Reporting by the RI Press Association. This is the first of three similar offshore eco-educational ‘Summertime Blues’ field excursions organized over the forthcoming summers.