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Save the Harbor/Save the Bay is the Boston Harbor Connection for a generation of young people and their families from every neighborhood in the City of Boston and from cities and towns across the metropolitan region.

Our free Youth Environmental Education Programs combine hands-on environmental education and marine science with harbor history, archaeology, healthy outdoor activities like swimming and kayak instruction, beach soccer clinics, storytelling and art on the shore.

Save the Harbor’s free All Access Boston Harbor and Boston Harbor Explorers programs bring Boston Harbor alive for young people, creating a new generation of Boston Harbor stewards and connecting underserved youth and teens to the spectacular harbor we have worked so hard to restore and protect. In 2015, Save the Harbor connected more than 25,000 underserved and low-income youth and teens to Boston Harbor and the Boston Harbor Islands. Our summer youth program staff of 36 served young people from 110 youth development and community organizations from 38 communities at 8 program sites, 20 beach events and 29 island adventures.

With your support, our free Youth Environmental Education Programs have introduced 133,492 young people since we began them in 2002.

To learn more, visit our youth and beach program blog “Sea, Sand & Sky” at www.blog.savetheharbor.org

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay2015 Youth Program Report

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s free Youth Environmental Education Programs are the cornerstones of our work to share the harbor with the region’s residents and especially underserved young people and their families. They include All Access Boston Harbor, the Boston Harbor Explorers, and our free Marine Mammal Safaris and Treasures of Spectacle Island Cruises.

This summer Save the Harbor employed a summer youth staff of 36 including our

Director of Programs Bruce Berman, Harbor Historian David Coffin, Lead Teacher Bridget Ryan, All Access Coordinator Amy Gaylord, as well as 6 Senior Harbor Educators, 5 college assistants and interns, and 21 high school students who served as Junior Program Assistants.

In 2015, Save the Harbor connected 26,369 underserved and low-income youth and teens from 110 youth development and community organizations from 38 communities at 8 program sites, 20 beach events and 29 island adventures to Boston Harbor and the Boston Harbor Islands.

We are particulary pleased with the success of our pilot Boston Harbor Explorers @ DCR’s Carson Beach in South Boston, which brought 2,500 young people from 25 youth development and community organizations for a structured day of environmental exploration, fishing, clamming and healthy outdoor activities including swimming and kayak lessons, beach soccer clinics, as well as storytelling by the sea and art on the shore.

With your support, our free Youth Environmental Education Programs have introduced more than 130,000 young people since we began them in 2002, making us the Boston Harbor Connection for a generation of young people.

To learn more about our free Youth Environmental Education Programs, visit our blog “Sea, Sand & Sky” at www.blog.savetheharbor.org

and our website www.savetheharbor.org

Youth Environmental Education Programs

“I want to thank our foundation and corporate partners, and the many individual donors, whose

generosity has made us the Boston Harbor Connection for the region’s young people and their

families. With your support, we have connected more than 130,000 underserved young people to

Boston Harbor and the Boston Harbor Islands since we began our free programs in 2002.“

- Patricia A. Foley, PresidentSave the Harbor/Save the Bay

Leadership GrantsBay State Cruise Company

The Boston FoundationThe Coca-Cola Foundation

Distrigas/GDF SUEZ

Partnership GrantsForrest Berkley & Marcie Tyre Berkley

Blue Cross Blue Shield of MassachusettsThe Chiofaro Company

The Clowes FundMarion L. Decrow Memorial Foundation

Alice Willard Dorr FoundationEastern Salt Company Inc.

The Fallon CompanyHampshire House Corporation – Cheers for Children

John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.Mass Humanities

Massachusetts Bay LinesMassachusetts Port Authority

National Grid FoundationP&G Gillette

William E. & Bertha E. Schrafft Charitable TrustVertex

Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation

Funding SupportArbella Insurance Group Charitable Foundation

Andus Baker & Rowan Murphy Family FundBlue Hills Bank Pavilion

Boston Bruins FoundationBoston Properties – Atlantic Wharf

Breckinridge Capital AdvisorsCamp Harbor View Foundation

Carnival FoundationCircle Furniture

The Daily Catch SeaportPaul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation

Legal Sea FoodsMs. Wallace M. Leonard Foundation

HYM Investment Group Inc.Sherry & Alan Leventhal Family Foundation

Lovett-Woodsum FoundationMassachusetts Water Resources Authority

National Park ServiceNicholson Foundation

Reebok FoundationLawrence J. & Anne Rubenstein Foundation

Senior Housing Property TrustSkanska

South Boston Community Development FoundationTD Bank Charitable Foundation

Tishman SpeyerUDR

Supporters3A Marine Service

Bay State Federal Savings Charitable FoundationBOMA Boston

Boston Global InvestorsAndrew J. Calamare

Eastern Bank Charitable FoundationCresset Management, LLCThomas & Lucinda FoleyMass Bay Credit Union

Randy Peeler & Kate KelloggRockland Trust – Peoples Federal Foundation

Spectra EnergyStorm Duds

Matthew J. & Gilda F. Strazzula FoundationKyle & Sara Warwick

Special thanks to the hundreds of individual donors and to our partners at the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the

Metropolitan Beaches Commission, the Boston Centers for Youth and Families and the YMCA of Greater Boston for their support.

Thank you to Our Youth Program Funders

2015 All Access Boston Harbor

To learn more, please visit our website at www.savetheharbor.org or our blog “Sea, Sand and Sky” at blog.savetheharbor.org

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Boston Harbor Explorers@ DCR’s Carson Beach

Access ChinatownAlliance for Inclusion and PreventionAmerica SCORESAppalachian Mountain ClubArtists For HumanityBCYF Blackstone Community CenterBCYF Cleveland Community CenterBCYF Condon Community CenterBCYF Curley Community CenterBCYF Curtis Hall Community CenterBCYF Gallivan Community CenterBCYF Girls Leadership CorpsBCYF Hennigan Community CenterBCYF Holland Community CenterBCYF Hyde Park Community CenterBCYF Jackson Mann Community

CenterBCYF Leahy Holloran Community

CenterBCYF Martin Pino Community CenterBCYF Menino Community CenterBCYF Ohrenberger Community

CenterBCYF Paris St. Harborside Summer

CampBCYF Paris Street Community CenterBCYF Paris Street Girl Teen CenterBCYF Perkins Community CenterBCYF Roche Community CenterBCYF Roslindale Community CenterBCYF Shelburne Community CenterBCYF SUPERTeensBCYF Tobin Community CenterBCYF Tynan Community CenterBCYF Vine Street Community CenterBethel Math & Science Scholars

ProgramBig Brothers Big Sisters of

Massachusetts BayBillerica Boys & Girls ClubBird Street Community Center

Blackstone Academy Summer Enrichment

Blue Hill Boys & Girls ClubBoating in BostonBOLD TeensBoston Children’s MuseumBoston Chinatown Neighborhood

Center- BostonBoston Chinatown Neighborhood

Center- QuincyBoston Debate LeagueBoston Public Health CommissionBoston Public SchoolsBowdoin Bike SchoolBowdoin Street Community CenterBoys & Girls Club of CharlestownBoys & Girls Club of LynnBoys & Girls Clubs of BostonBoys & Girls Clubs of DorchesterBoys & Girls Clubs of Middlesex

CountyBraintree After School EnrichmentBraintree Recreation DepartmentBridge Over Troubled WatersBrighton High SchoolBrookline High SchoolBrookline Recreation DepartmentBurbank YMCABurlington Summer CentralCamp Harbor ViewCamp Sachem Saugus YMCACape Ann YMCACasserly HouseCastle Square Tenants OrganizationCathedral High SchoolCatholic Charities Teen Center at

St. PetersCharles River ChurchCharlestown Boys & Girls ClubCharlestown Community CenterCharlestown YMCA

Chelsea Community ConnectionsChelsea Public Schools

Intergenerational Literacy ProgramCity Point Neighborhood AssociationCodman AcademyCommunity Boating, Inc.Community Day CareCondon Boys & Girls ClubCooper Community CenterCourageous SailingCushing HouseDiamond Girls BostonDominican Development CenterDorchester Bike CoalitionDorchester Healthy Boston CoalitionDorchester YMCAEast Boston Community Learning

ProgramEast Boston High SchoolEast Boston Neighborhood Health

CenterEast Boston YMCAEast End HouseEast Somerville Community SchoolEdusportsEgleston YMCAEmerald Necklace ConservancyEverett Boys & Girls ClubFamily & Childrens Service of

Greater LynnFarrington Nature LincFecteau-Leary Jr./Sen. High SchoolFenway High SchoolFranklin Field/Franklin Hill Healthy

Boston CoalitionFranklin Hill Boys & Girls ClubFranklin Park Development Tenants

AssociationFranklin Park Resource CenterFreedom HouseFriends of Adams St. Library

2015 Youth Program Partners

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay is a non-profit public interest harbor advocacy organization made up of thousands of citizens, as well as civic, corporate, cultural

and community leaders and scientists, whose shared mission is to restore and protect Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay and the marine environment and share

them with the public for everyone to enjoy.

Friends of Belle Isle MarshFriends of Lynn & Nahant BeachFriends of Lynn Heritage State ParkFriends of Savin Hill ShoresFriends of the Paragon CarouselFriends of Winthrop BeachFriends of Wollaston BeachGermantown Neighborhood CenterGirls Inc. of LynnGRASP, Inc. ProgramGreater Generations/Greater KidsGreenwood ShalomGroundwork SomervilleHarborArts, Inc.Haverhill YMCAHeadstart ABCDHenderson Inclusion SchoolHennigan Boys & Girls ClubHenry Buckner SchoolHighland CoalitionHome for Little WanderersHome for Little Wanderers

Therapeutic After School ProgramHull Lifesaving MuseumHull Nantasket Chamber of

CommerceHuntington Ave YMCA Hyde Park YMCAIdiil Learning CenterJohn D. O’Bryant SchoolJordan Boys & Girls ClubJoseph M. Tierney Learning CenterJulie’s Family Learning ProgramKathy’s Place Youth CenterLaboure CenterLEO After School ProgramLynn YMCAMalden YMCAMary Lyon Pilot High SchoolMattahunt Community CenterMattapan Food & Fitness Coalition

Maverick Landing Community Services

Maverick Landing Tenants Association

Medford Boys & Girls ClubMelrose Family YMCA Teen

Leaders ProgramMissionsafe CharlestownMissionsafe RoxburyMystic Learning CenterNorth Shore YMCA Camp Tricklin’

FallsNorth Suburban YMCAOak Square YMCAP.A.C.E.Paige AcademyParaclete AcademyPhillips Brooks House Assoc., Inc.Piers Park Sailing CenterPort Norfolk Civic AssociationQuincy Asian Resources, Inc.Quincy Recreation DepartmentRevere Beach PartnershipRevere Public Schools Afterschool

Summer ProgramRockland Girl ScoutsRoger Clap SchoolRotaract Club of BostonRoxbury Environmental

Empowerment ProgramRoxbury Tenants of HarvardRoxbury YMCASaint Ann Parish Day Tripper CampSalem YMCASalesian Boys & Girls ClubSalvation ArmySalvation Army Kids ClubSalvation Army South End CorpsSaugus YMCASeekers of Knowledge, Inc.Sociedad Latina

Somerville Community SchoolsSomerville YMCASouth Boston Boys & Girls ClubSouth Boston Community Health

CenterSouth Boston Neighborhood HouseSouth Boston TEAMSouth Shore YMCASquare Roots at Castle SquareSquashbustersSt Patricks SchoolSt. Cecilia Young AdultsSt. Mark Wainwright Summer

Program (Camp DOTS: Dorchester Over The Summer)

St. Peter AcademySTARTStitch House DorchesterSummer Day ProgramThe Community Group: 21st Century

Community Learning CentersThe Joy FoundationVietAIDWaltham YMCAWang YMCA of ChinatownWashington Heights Tenants

AssociationWashington Heights Youth BuildersWest End House Boys & Girls ClubWest Roxbury YMCAWest Somerville Neighborhood

SchoolWinthrop Parks & RecreationWoburn YMCAYawkey Boys & Girls Club of RoxburyYMCA Huntington AvenueYMCA of Greater BostonYMCA of Greater SpringfieldYMCA Washington BeechYouth Enrichment Services (YES)YouthBuild Lawrence

2015 Youth Program Partners

To learn more about how Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s free summer youth environmental education programs are connecting a new

generation of young people to Boston Harbor, visit our youth program blog “Sea, Sand, and Sky” at www.blog.savetheharbor.org

Chinatown kids join Save the Harbor on trips to the Boston Harbor Islands

Over 30 kids from the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center visited the Boston Harbor Islands National Park in July as part of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s free All Access Boston Harbor program. More than 5,000 youth and teens have taken part in the free program so far this summer, which brings area youth groups to Spectacle, Peddocks, and Georges Island for a fun filled day of environmental exploration and healthy outdoor activities, including fishing, crabbing, swimming and art on the shore.

All Access Boston Harbor trips begin at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion where groups learn the history of Boston Harbor and the Boston Harbor cleanup from Save the Harbor’s maritime historian David Coffin. The groups then walk to the World Trade Center and board Bay State Cruise Company’s Provincetown II for their trip. On the island they enjoy a picnic lunch and then head off to explore.

“The Boston Harbor Islands are important educational and recreational resources for youth development and community groups from across the city and around the region” said Bruce Berman, who serves as Director of Strategy, Communications and Programs for Save the Harbor/Save the Bay. “They are also a great place to spend a summer day.”On Spectacle Island, kids love to explore the shore while looking for sea glass and historic artifacts at “Treasure Beach”. Save the Harbor’s Harbor Educators teach kids to fish for flounder, skates and the occasional striped bass from the pier. There are miles of walking trails with great views of the city, grassy areas for ball sports and a great beach for swimming.

On Peddocks Island, youth and teens can

visit the renovated chapel and new visitor center, explore historic Fort Andrews, play Frisbee or soccer, or swim on the sandy beach.

On Georges Island, groups can explore the maze of passageways at Fort Warren, which was used for coastal defense during the Civil War, and maybe catch a glimpse of the famous “Lady in Black”. The parade ground is a great space for sports and games, and the docks on this island are great for fishing.

Boston Medical Center“At Save the Harbor/Save the Bay we are particularly proud to serve as the Boston Harbor Connection for a generation of young people” said Save the Harbor/Save the Bay President Patricia Foley. “The best way we know to “save the harbor” is to share it with the public.”

Save the Harbor’s free youth environmental education and family programs are made possible with Leadership Grants from Bay State Cruise Company, The Boston Foundation, The Coca-Cola Foundation and Distrigas/GDF SUEZ.

Save the Harbor is grateful for Partnership Grants from Forrest Berkley & Marcie Tyre Berkley, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Boston Properties – Atlantic Wharf, The Chiofaro Company, The Clowes Fund, Marion L. Decrow Memorial Foundation, Alice Willard Dorr Foundation, Eastern Salt Company Inc., The Fallon Company, Hampshire House Corporation – Cheers for Children, John Hancock Financial Services, Inc., Mass Humanities, Massachusetts Bay Lines, Massachusetts Port Authority, National Grid Foundation, P&G Gillette, William E & Bertha E. Schrafft Charitable Trust and Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation.

Save the Harbor also appreciates funding support from 3A Marine Service, Arbella Insurance Group Charitable Foundation, Andus Baker & Rowan Murphy Family Fund, Bay State Federal Savings Charitable Foundation, Blue Hills Bank Pavilion, BOMA Boston, Boston Bruins Foundation, Boston Global Investors, Breckinridge Capital Advisors, Andrew J. Calamare, Camp Harbor View Foundation, Carnival Foundation, Circle Furniture,

The Daily Catch Seaport, Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation, Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation, Thomas & Lucinda Foley, Legal Sea Foods, Ms. Wallace M. Leonard Foundation, Mass Bay Credit Union, HYM Investment Group Inc., Sherry & Alan Leventhal Family Foundation, Lovett-Woodsum Foundation, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, National Park Service, Nicholson Foundation, Randy Peeler & Kate KelloggReebok Foundation, Rockland Trust – Peoples Federal Foundation, Skanska, South Boston Community Development Foundation, Spectra Energy, Lawrence J. & Anne Rubenstein Foundation, Senior Housing Property Trust, South Boston Community Development Foundation, Storm Duds, Matthew J. & Gilda F. Strazzula Foundation, TD Bank Charitable Foundation, UDR, and Kyle & Sara Warwick.

Save the Harbor would also like to thank our partners at the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Metropolitan Beaches Commission, the Boston Centers for Youth and Families and the YMCA of Greater Boston for their support.

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay is a non-profit public-interest Boston Harbor environmental advocacy organization whose mission is to restore and protect Boston Harbor, the Boston Harbor Islands, our region’s public beaches and the marine environment and share them with the public for everyone to enjoy.

For more information about Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, visit their website at www.savetheharbor.org, their blog Sea, Sand & Sky at www.blog.savetheharbor.org or follow savetheharbor on Facebook and Twitter.

August 10, 2015

Sand art that’s here until the next high tide

For sand artist Andres Amador, time is of the essence, and the beach is his canvas.

Amador has traveled to Boston from San Francisco this weekend to do elaborate artwork with nothing but a rake on beaches in the area.

He demonstrated his techniques Friday morning on the shores of Carson Beach, while the tide was out and the sand was damp, for youth environmental program staff from Save the Harbor/Save the Bay.

Amador first started making designs on the beaches of San Francisco 11 years ago. He became interested in the unusual art form while studying geometry and drafting similar shapes and patterns on pieces of paper.

Realizing there were constraints when dealing with smaller canvases, Amador decided to bring his creations to the outdoors.

“The beach is perfect for this because it’s already set for me. I just have to

come with my rakes, and I don’t have to clean anything up,” Amador said. “There’s something very freeing about it. There is something that, knowing that it won’t last, allows me to let go and stop worrying about whether it turns out perfectly.”

The tide typically washes his designs away within hours.

Amador’s preferred stylus is a homemade concoction that includes a rake handle and a small gardening cultivator that he straps to the end of the handle with plastic fasteners.

The three-pronged cultivator churns up the wet sand and allows Amador to etch his dark circles and leafy designs.

“It’s so great to be outside, at the beach, and in the fresh air with my bare feet in the sand,” he said. “There is such a physical relationship occurring. I’m using my whole body, and I am feeling what’s happening. It’s just so satisfying on so many levels.”

During his demonstration with Save

the Harbor/Save the Bay on Friday, members of the youth group swirled and pivoted along a small portion of Carson Beach, dragging the homemade rakes supplied by Amador.

Carlos Garcia, 17, spent his time creating the logo for the Spanish television channel Telemundo. From there, he spiraled out with twisting lines and patterns.

“You have to really concentrate on what’s in your head and just do it,” he said.

On Saturday, Amador will rely on the public’s help to create an intricate sand design in East Boston, on Constitution Beach. Amador will hand out the blueprints of a flowery pattern to people who want to participate.

The free event is sponsored by Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the state Department of Conservation and Recreation.

“We were looking for great ideas, and new ideas, to get people excited about the beach,” Save the Harbor/Save the Bay spokesman Bruce Berman said. “[Amador] is amazing, and I am just in awe.”

Amador is going to do his own solo design in the sand Sunday, on the beaches of Spectacle Island. Amador said he didn’t know yet what he would rake into the sand but was sure it would stretch far across the shoreline.

“There’s so much to explore with this technique,” he said. “I could probably spend the rest of my life coming up with new things to play with.”

Steve Annear can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @steveannear.

Steve Annear - Globe Staff | August 07, 2015

Andres Amador demonstrated his techniques Friday morning.

This summer Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Boston Harbor Explorers program at DCR’s Carson Beach will offers five days of free programs eachweek during July and August for youth and community groups on one of the cleanest urban beaches in America.

This pilot program features partnerships with America SCORES, which offers soccer clinics Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, Boating in Boston, which offers free kayak instruction on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and the Greater Boston YMCA, which offers free swim safety and aquatics at the site during high tide. Parental permission is required for swimming lessons and kayak lessons. Funds to support these free programs come from Save the Harbor’s Better Beaches Program. TheBoston Harbor Explorers Program at DCR’s Carson Beach runs from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Monday-Friday in July and August.

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Youth Environmental Education Program staff will be on site five days a week, coordinating the site and offering healthy outdoor activities including fishing, clamming, environmental exploration, storytelling and art on the shore. To find out more about how your group can take part in these programs, visit Save the Harbor’s blog, Sea, Sand & Sky at www.blog.savetheharbor.org.

Save the Harbor’s free youth environmental education and family programs are made possible with Leadership Grants from Bay State Cruise Company, The Boston Foundation, The Coca-Cola Foundation and Distrigas/GDF SUEZ.

Save the Harbor is grateful for Partnership Grants from Forrest Berkley & Marcie Tyre Berkley, Blue Cross Blue

Shield of Massachusetts, Boston Properties – Atlantic Wharf, The Chiofaro Company, The Clowes Fund, Marion L. Decrow Memorial Foundation, Alice Willard Dorr Foundation, Eastern Salt Company Inc., The Fallon Company, Hampshire House Corporation – Cheers for Children, John Hancock Financial Services, Inc., Mass Humanities, Massachusetts Bay Lines, Massachusetts Port Authority, National Grid Foundation, P&G Gillette, William E & Bertha E. Schrafft Charitable Trust, Vertex and Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation.

Save the Harbor also appreciates funding support from 3A Marine Service, Arbella Insurance Group Charitable Foundation, Andus Baker & Rowan Murphy Family Fund, Bay State Federal Savings Charitable Foundation, Blue Hills Bank Pavilion, BOMA Boston, Boston Bruins Foundation, Boston Global Investors, Breckinridge Capital Advisors, Andrew J. Calamare, Camp Harbor View Foundation, Carnival Foundation, Circle Furniture, The Daily Catch Seaport, Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation, Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation, Thomas & Lucinda Foley, Legal Sea Foods, Ms. Wallace M. Leonard Foundation, Mass Bay Credit Union, HYM Investment Group Inc., Sherry & Alan Leventhal Family Foundation, Lovett-Woodsum Foundation, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, National Park Service, Nicholson Foundation, Randy Peeler & Kate Kellogg, Reebok Foundation, Rockland Trust – Peoples Federal Foundation, Skanska, South Boston Community Development Foundation, Spectra Energy, Lawrence J. & Anne Rubenstein Foundation, Senior Housing Property Trust, South Boston Community Development Foundation, Storm Duds, Matthew J. & Gilda F. Strazzula Foundation, TD Bank Charitable Foundation, UDR, and Kyle & Sara Warwick.

Special thanks to the hundreds of individual donors and to our partners at the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Metropolitan Beaches Commission, the Boston Centers for Youth and Families and the YMCA of Greater Boston for their support.

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay is a non-profit public-interest Boston Harbor environmental advocacy organization whose mission is to restore and protect Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay, the Boston Harbor Islands, the Boston Harbor region’s public beaches, Boston’s waterfront and the marine environment for everyone to enjoy.


Save the Harbor Offers Free Beach Programs at DCR’sCarson Beach for Youth and Community Groups

Kelly Randall, Fenway-Kenmore, August 4, 2015

This summer Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Boston Harbor Explorers program at DCR’s Carson Beach will offers five days of free programs each week during July and August for youth and community groups on one of the cleanest urban beaches in America.

This pilot program features partnerships with America SCORES, which offers soccer clinics Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, Boating in Boston, which offers free kayak instruc-tion on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and the Greater Boston YMCA, which offers free swim safety and aquatics at the site during high tide. Parental permission is required for swimming lessons and kayak lessons. Funds to support these free programs come from Save the Harbor’s Better Beaches Program. TheBoston Harbor Explorers Program at DCR’s Car-son Beach runs from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Monday-Friday in July and August.

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Youth Environmental Educa-tion Program staff will be on site five days a week, coordinating the site and offering healthy outdoor activities including fish-ing, clamming, environmental exploration, storytelling and art on the shore. To find out more about how your group can take part in these programs, visit Save the Harbor’s blog, Sea, Sand & Sky at www.blog.savetheharbor.org. Save the Harbor’s free youth environmental education and family programs are made possible with Leadership Grants from Bay State Cruise Com-pany, The Boston Foundation, Distrigas/GDF SUEZ, and The Coca-Cola Foundation.

Save the Harbor is grateful for Partnership Grants from For-rest Berkley & Marcie Tyre Berkley, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, The Chiofaro Company, The Clowes Fund, Marion L. Decrow Memorial Foundation, Alice Willard Dorr Foundation, The Fallon Company, Hampshire House Corpora-tion – Cheers for Children, John Hancock Financial Services, Inc., Mass Humanities, Massachusetts Bay Lines, Massachu-setts Port Authority, National Grid Foundation, P&G Gillette, William E & Bertha E. Schrafft Charitable Trust, and Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation.

Save the Harbor also appreciates funding support from 3A Ma-rine Service, Arbella Insurance Group Charitable Foundation, Andus Baker & Rowan Murphy Family Fund, Blue Hills Bank Pavilion, BOMA, Boston Bruins Foundation, Boston Global In-vestors, Boston Properties – Atlantic Wharf, Breckinridge Cap-ital Advisors, Andrew J. Calamare, Carnival Foundation, Circle Furniture, The Daily Catch Seaport, Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation, Ms. Wallace M. Leonard Foundation, Paul & Phyl-lis Fireman Charitable Foundation, Thomas & Lucinda Foley, Matthew J. & Gilda F. Strazzula Foundation, HYM Invest-ment Group Inc., Lovett-Woodsum Family Fund, Massachu-setts Water Resources Authority, National Park Service, P&G Gillette,Reebok Foundation, Skanska, South Boston Commu-nity Development Foundation, Spectra Energy, Lawrence J. & Anne Rubenstein Foundation, Senior Housing Property Trust, South Boston Community Development Foundation, TD Bank Charitable Foundation, Kyle & Sara Warwick, and the YMCA of Greater Boston.

Save the Harbor would also like to thank our partners at the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Metropolitan Beaches Commission and the Boston Centers for Youth and Families and the hundreds of individual donors who help make these programs possible and for their support.

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay is a non-profit public-interest Boston Harbor environmental advocacy organization whose mission is to restore and protect Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay, the Boston Harbor Islands, the Boston Harbor region’s public beaches, Boston’s waterfront and the marine environ-ment for everyone to enjoy.


Save the Harbor Offers Free Beach Programs at DCR’s Carson Beach for Youth and Community Groups

Kelly Randall, Fenway-Kenmore | August 4, 2015

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