For the summer of 2008, Pellegrino has another trick up her sleeve. She is sailing from her home in New Jersey to Washington, DC. She plans to rally support for Oceans 21, a healthy ocean bill currently up for consideration in Congress, and to collect "Save the Seas" messages to deliver to our country's representatives. Her "Message in a Bottle" trip has been designed to build upon the recognition and praise she recieved last summer to leverage more support.

On her website, Pellegrino writes, "The ocean is a wealth of resources on so many levels. Many corals and sponges produce chemicals useful in medications, although unfortunately, many of these are dying before they can be fully explored as potential cures for many of our ills, like cancer and HIV-AIDS. The coastal areas provide food and recreation, tourism is a huge industry, especially here in New Jersey. And then there's the fishing. I've got fond memories of my grandmother cooking up the fish my uncle caught, fish he never liked to eat, but liked to catch. Last year I paddled by plenty of commercial and recreational fishermen complaining of poor, if any, catches. One fisherman I ran into behind Cape Hatteras seemed to have more terrapins in his nets than fish....The ocean's delicate balance tips precariously toward a dark unknown. Changes are inevitable, and they're not changes for the better. I've baddled through enough stinky algae-laden water, a result of excess nutrients, to smell it coming."

Visit Pellegrino's website www.miami2maine.com  to read more and find out how you can help save our oceans.