Boston Harbor Explorers: 2009

Share the Harbor

A Message From Save the Harbor/Save the Bay's President Patricia Foley.

In 2008, Save the Harbor/Save the Bay's summer youth environmental education and recreation programs served nearly 7,800 young people from more than 100 community groups from every neighborhood in the City of Boston, and from metropolitan areas like Quincy, Chelsea, Everett, and Revere.

You won't be surprised to learn that this year the demand for free, first-rate summer youth programs like these is up, while resources to support our summer youth programs are down somewhat.

For many of us, spending a day on a boat, on a dock or an island beach is no big deal. For many of the young people we serve, these explorations are their only chance to experience the marine environment, to learn firsthand what it means to live in a great city by the sea. For them, these opportunities are a very big deal indeed.

If some of your best memories are of the seashore, this summer you can give some very deserving kids a chance to make some great memories of their own right here on Boston Harbor.

I know that these are tough times, and that money is tight. Even a small contribution will make a difference to a deserving youngster, and your support will make a very big difference to me.

I hope you'll take a few moments and read what our 2008 summer staffers and program participants had to say about the value of our summer youth environmental education and recreation programs. And then, I hope you'll take a moment to

contribute and make this summer a memorable one for a deserving child.

It's simple to donate, just Click Here to donate online, or to download a contribution form.

Thanks in advance for your support.

All the best,

Patricia A. Foley, President
Save the Harbor/Save the Bay

Let our contributors share their memories with you...

Tom

is a veteran Junior Marine Educator from Milton who works with Pat and Aimee in East Boston and Quincy.

Ibrahim

is veteran Junior Marine Educator from Roxbury who is the Artist in Residence at the All Access Boston Harbor program at the Bank of America Pavilion.

Andrea

is a Junior Marine Educator and John Hancock Summer Scholar from Dorchester who works with Kat at Harry McDonough Sailing Center in South Boston and Aimee at Courageous Sailing Center in Dorchester.

Hei

is an intern from Chinatown who joins us from the ABCD Summerworks program and works in the office and on the All Access Boston Harbor program.

Marissa

is a Junior Marine Educator and John Hancock Summer Scholar from Dorchester and works in the office and at Harry McDonough Sailing Center in South Boston.

Kelly

is a Junior Marine Educator and John Hancock Summer Scholar from Charlestown who works with Pat in East Boston at the Piers Park Sailing Center.

Darius

is a Junior Marine Educator and John Hancock Summer Scholar from Roxbury and works with David and Frankie at All Access Boston Harbor in the harbor islands.

Frankie

is a Junior Marine Educator from South Boston and works with David to run the All Access Boston Harbor Program out to the Harbor Islands.

Basima

is a Junior Marine Educator and John Hancock Summer Scholar from Dorchester who works with Aimee at Camp Harbor View on Long Island.

Jenny

is a Junior Marine Educator from East Boston who works with Pat at Piers Park Sailing Center in East Boston.

Senait

is a Junior Marine Educator and John Hancock Summer Scholar from Roxbury who works with Kat at Harry McDonough Sailing Center in South Boston. She's originally from Ethiopia.

Laura

runs the Green Boat at Courageous Sailing Center in Charlestown, and leads the lunchtime Harbor Explorers Program on the docks.

Pat

leads the Harbor Explorers Program at Piers Park Sailing Center in East Boston, and at Constitution Beach, Winthrop and Revere.

Aimee

runs the Harbor Explorers Program in Quincy and at Camp Harbor View on Long Island.

David

leads the All Access Boston Harbor program from the Bank of America Pavilion out to Georges and Spectacle Islands.

Kat

leads the Harbor Explorers Program in the morning at the Bank of America Pavilion in South Boston, and in the afternoon at the Harry McDonough Sailing Center in South Boston.

Ben

is a Staff Assistant and Webmaster for Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, and moderates this blog.

Bruce

is the Director of Strategy, Communications and Programs for Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, and is in charge of all of our kids' programs.

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay (SH/SB) is a non-profit public-interest environmental advocacy organization whose mission is to restore and protect Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay, and the marine environment for everyone to enjoy.

Each summer we lead two extraordinary summer youth programs that combine recreational activities with hands-on environmental education to enhance the public’s access to the Harbor and to bring it alive for Boston area youth: All Access Boston Harbor and Boston Harbor Explorers.

Over the past years, participation in our youth environmental education programs has steadily increased. In 2001 we served about 1,000 young people. In 2008, our two programs served nearly 7,800 young people from more than 100 community groups from every neighborhood in the City of Boston, and from older industrial cities like Quincy, Chelsea, Everett, and Revere.

This year, demand for first-rate free youth programs like these has increased. At the same time, resources for youth programming have decreased substantially.

Frankly, without your help, this year we may be forced to cut back on the number of trips we can offer and the number of young people we are able to serve.

For many of us, a day on a boat, fishing or crabbing on a dock or a beach, exploring an historic fort, a salt marsh or an island beach is no big deal. For the thousands of young people we serve, these opportunities are a very big deal indeed. For many of them, these island explorations are their only chance to experience the marine environment, to learn firsthand what it means to live in a great city by the sea.

Your contribution of $50, $100, $500 - or whatever you can afford - will help provide us with the resources we need to continue to “Share the Harbor” with thousands of deserving young people again this summer.

Click here to contribute and make this summer a memorable one for a deserving child.

Thanks for your support!

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Welcome!

Share the Harbor

Let our contributors share their memories with you...

Blog Archive

Stats