Salt Ponds Coalition

05/12/2026

We are excited to be featured! Please pop in to say hello and learn more about us 💙

Join Executive Director of Salt Ponds Coalition, Alicia Schaffner for Celebrity Bartending on Thursday, May 14th from 7 - 9 p.m. at A.T.Y Bar & Bonbons Mystic.

100% of her net proceeds will be donated to the Salt Pond Coalition! 🌊

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05/05/2026

We’re collecting items for our auction (The Coastal Social) and we’d love your help!

This event is our annual fundraiser and, alongside memberships and donations, it’s one of the only ways we fund our work. What we raise here really matters.

Do you have something to contribute? Think beyond the usual:
• A skill or service
• A hosted experience
• A unique or handmade item

You can also help by reaching out to local businesses- personal connections go a long way.

Reach out to [email protected] to help! And thanks for helping make this year’s auction something special. 🫶🌎💙

04/22/2026

This Earth Day, we’re reminded that protecting our planet starts right here at home. 🌊💚

Rhode Island’s coastal salt ponds are more than just beautiful—they’re vital to our communities, our wildlife, and our future. From clean shorelines to thriving marine ecosystems, every action we take today helps preserve these natural treasures for generations to come.

Join us in standing up for healthier waters, stronger ecosystems, and a more resilient coastline. Whether it’s reducing pollution, supporting conservation efforts, or simply spreading awareness—your impact matters.

Together, we can keep Rhode Island’s coastal ponds vibrant, clean, and alive.🌱

04/21/2026

Still space to join our friends here at Kettle Pond for their cinder worm workshop!!

04/15/2026

! SPC's annual fundraising event, , will be held on July 9 at 6pm. We are so excited to hold our benefit at a venue new to us this year: The Point Judith Country Club!

More details about the event and online auction will be coming to our website and social media soon.

Interested in donating an item to our auction or helping to sponsor the event? Or volunteering to help solicit auction items? Email our Advancement Coordinator, Angela Brunetti, at [email protected]!

04/06/2026

Join us and the Wakefield Village Association for a clean-up on the Saugatucket River later this month. For more information and to register: https://www.wakefieldvillageassociation.com/event-details-registration/saugatucket-river-clean-up

04/01/2026

401Gives ends TODAY, April 1 at 6:00 pm.

There is less than 6 hours left to support Salt Ponds Coalition and so many other great non-profits in Rhode Island.

Every little bit helps as we work together to protect the salt ponds. Don't forget that you can increase your impact by donating at 4:01 today! Rhode Island Foundation has pledged to match $25 for each gift made at that time up to $30,000.

We thank you for your generosity!

03/31/2026

is here!

Giving opens at 6:00 AM on March 31 and runs through 6:00 PM on April 1. Plenty of time to make a gift and give back to the community that gives so much! So many amazing Rhode Island nonprofit organizations will be participating in this event.

Want to INCREASE THE IMPACT of your donation? There are multiple ways to do this through timed giving. During certain time periods, large donors will be matching gifts made to any non-profit. Check out those opportunities!

You can visit SPC's giving page at www.401gives.org/organizations/salt-ponds-coalition

03/23/2026

401Gives is just around the corner, and we’d love for you to be part of it.

Each year for RI's annual day of giving, we focus on raising funds for our water quality monitoring program—the steady, essential work that keeps us informed about the health of our salt ponds. It costs more than $23,000 each year, and it’s what allows us to track changes, spot problems early, and speak up for these places we all care about.

Giving opens at 6:00 AM on March 31 and closes at 6:00 PM on April 1.

If you’re able, consider sharing with a friend or neighbor who loves the ponds as much as you do.

Thanks for being in this with us. 💙

02/03/2026

: Kathy Caval!

The driving force behind a lot of what we do here at SPC is our volunteers. And that is definitely true of Kathy Caval!

Kathy performs water quality testing on two sites in Winnapaug Pond along with SPC Board Member Susan Carr. 2026 marks her 9th year as a pond watcher!

She has been married 35 years to Alan, and together they have two sons, one daughter-in-law, two grandkids, and two grand-fur-babies. Kathy is currently employed as the Accounts Payable manager at ThayerMahan. She loves the outdoors, traveling, and seeing her family. She and Alan live on Winnapaug Pond, so that pond is of course the one closest to her heart. They enjoy kayaking, paddleboarding, fishing, and clamming in the pond.

When asked why she began volunteering, Kathy said it was because she was asked to and believes in the SPC mission. Thank YOU, Kathy, for all you do for us!