Youth Beach and Bash and Splash - Boston Circus Guild

Intertidal Artist Andres Amador in Hull - Art on the shore

Pierce Park Sailing Center-Kayaks to Go

Hull Nantasket Chamber of Commerce - Endless Summer Waterfront Festival

The region’s underserved youth, teens and families who pay their share of the $5 billion cost of the Boston Harbor cleanup too often have limited access to the benefits of their investment. Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Better Beaches Program shares Boston Harbor, the harbor islands and our region’s public beaches with these underserved communities.

In June, Save the Harbor/Save the Bay awarded $202,732 in Better Beaches Program small grants and $60,984 in additional organizational support to 36 organizations in 9 beachfront communities and waterfront neighborhoods from Nahant to Nantasket including first time grantees in Lynn, East Boston, working regionally.

In turn, these groups leveraged our funds to support 163 free concerts, beach festivals, kayaking and sailing camps and lessons, movie nights on the beach, story hours, bicycle rides to the beach, and sand sculpting competitions. Save the Harbor also brought “Life’s a Beach” festival programming to nearly 10,000 people at 8 events in 7 Better Beaches communities, featuring performers from the Boston Circus Guild, Art on the Shore, and Save the Harbor’s troupe of storytelling pirates as well as Youth Environmental Education Program staff.

These free events and programs have brought new and diverse audiences to our region’s public beaches and have generated new enthusiasm and support for their beaches and our work among the 65 organizations that we have supported since 2008.

To learn more about Save the Harbor’s Better Beaches Program, please visit our blog, “Sea, Sand & Sky” at www.blog.savetheharbor.org and our website www.savetheharbor.org

2018 Better Beaches Program Report

Making Waves Since 1986www.savetheharbor.org

212 Northern Avenue - Suite 304 West - Boston, MA 02210Telephone: 617-451-2860

Better Beaches Program

January 9, 2019Dear Friend of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay ,

Save the Harbor launched the Better Beaches Program in 2008 to help local communities and beaches friends groups create and sustain free events and activities on the region’s public beaches from Nahant to Nantasket, as recommended by the Metropolitan Beaches Commission, which we help lead and manage for the Legislature. Over the course of more than a decade, our community partners in Nahant, Lynn, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy and Hull have leveraged $886,668 in small grants received from Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the Department of Conservation and Recreation with $3,281,200 in organizational support from Save the Harbor and cash and in-kind contributions from local government and small businesses for a total investment of $4,167,904 in 647 free events and programs for the nearly 2 million regional residents who live within a short ride or drive to the beach. This year, Save the Harbor awarded more than $202,000 in direct grants from funds we raised at the Harpoon Shamrock Splash and from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ investment in the Better Beaches program. These awards supported 36 organizations in nine beachfront communities and waterfront neighborhoods from Nahant to Nantasket. In turn, our community partners leveraged our funds to support 163 free concerts, beach festivals, kayaking and sailing camps and lessons, movie nights on the beach, story hours, bicycle rides to the beach, and sand sculpting competitions that brought over one million people to our region’s public beaches in 2018. This year Save the Harbor brought “Life’s a Beach” festival programming to 8 Better Beaches grantees’ events throughout the summer and fall. Life’s a Beach festivals included acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and stilt walkers from the Boston Circus Guild, storytelling pirates, art on the shore with Artist-in-Residence Robyn Reed and visiting artist Andres Amador, and enrichment from our Youth Environmental Education Program staff. So far, the program has reached 9,825 people in 7 communities. A ninth event in January of 2019 will finish out the year. We have been delighted to watch over the last decade as these free programs have become an important part of the community calendar. As you will see in the attached report, our Better Beaches Program is a powerful way to share the benefits of the Boston Harbor cleanup with kids and families from all of Boston’s neighborhoods and with the regions’s residents and visitors. You can also download a PDF of the report on our website. Planning for the 2019 season is already underway, and we are pleased to report that the Legislature and the Baker-Polito Administration included funds to support the program once again this year. Thanks as always for all of your support. We can’t wait to see you on the beach in 2019.All the best,

Patricia A. Foley Bruce BermanPresident Director of Strategy and CommunicationsAll the best

All the best,

Hull 2018

Nantasket 2018

East Boston 2018

Winthrop 2018

Revere 2018

Thank You to All Our Better Beaches Program Partners

Friends of Lynn and Nahant Beach - Red Rock Summer Concert SeriesFriends of Lynn Heritage State Park - World Music Festival

Girls, Inc. of Lynn – Beach SistersRevere Beach Partnership - International Sand Sculpting Festival, Kite Festival, Revere Beach Art Festival, The Great Pumpkin Dash

Friends of Belle Isle Marsh - Tide Pool Exploration programs, Summer Series, May in the Marsh 2019Winthrop Chamber of Commerce - Winthrop Family Day at the Beach

Friends of Winthrop Beach - Winthrop Beach Mural, U.S. Navy Band Pops Concert, Movie Night on the Beach, Anti-litter Campaign, and Paint the Beach with Richard Honan

East Boston YMCA - Sunset Family Fitness at Constitution Beach, Life’s a Beach FestivalThe Harborkeepers - First Annual East Boston Marine Science and Maritime Festival

Neighborhood of Affordable Housing - Kayaks at Constitution BeachPiers Park Sailing Center – Kayaks to Go, and the Science of Sailing: Boston Harbor Island Armada

BCYF Curley Community Center - L Street Night, Summer Youth & Fishing ProgramMass Kiting - International Kiteboarding Film Festival

South Boston Leadership Initiative - Youth Fitness ProgramSouth Boston Neighborhood House - Family Fun Nights and OlliePalooza

Friends of Savin Hill Shores - Dorchester Beach FestivalPort Norfolk Civic Association Dorchester – 3rd Annual Tenean Beach Day

Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition - 8th Annual Mattapan on Wheels Bike-a-ThonDiscover Quincy - Kids Fest, Movie Mondays, Tot Lot Tuesdays, Wolly Beach Wednesdays, Harbor Tours

Quincycles - Ride the Beaches of QuincyHull Lifesaving Museum - Harbor Illumination Festival

Hull Nantasket Chamber of Commerce - Endless Summer Waterfront FestivalFriends of Paragon Carousel - Friday Morning Storytime Reading Program

Mikey Colon - Beach PhotographyIntertidal Artist Andres Amador - Art in the Sand

Artist-in-Residents Robyn Reed – Changing CourseDCR Aquatics - Lifeguard Challenge

YES - Youth Enrichment Services - Outdoor Adventure: SUPRhythym Room Records – Soundwaves at the Seafood Festival

The Fishing Academy - Hooked on FishingPokemon Festival - Pokemon Go 2nd Annual Team Instinct Boston BBQ at Castle Island

Boston Beach Soccer - Boston Beach Soccer TournamentBoston Circus Guild – Life’s a Beach Festivals

Greater Boston YMCA – Aquatic Safety LessonsStorytelling Pirates-in-Residence Norah Dooley and Tony Toledo – Life’s a Beach Festivals

Triangle, Inc. – Beach Accessibility Survey and Report

Better Beaches Awards Ceremony - Boston Seaport 2018

Rhythm Room Records Soundwaves at the Seafood Festival

Hull Lifesaving Museum Harbor Illumination

Andres Amador Art on The Shore Revere

BCYF Curley Community Center L Street Night

Friends of Belle Isle Marsh Harvest Festival

Friends of Paragon Carousel Friday Morning Storytime Reading Program

Friends of Lynn and Nahant Beach Red Rock Summer Concert Series

Winthrop Chamber of Commerce Family Day at the Beach

Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition 8th Annual Mattapan on Wheels Bike-a-thon

Better Beaches Programs

Life’s A Beach 2018

Harpoon Shamrock Splash2018 Harpoon Shamrock Splash

Thanks to the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Metropolitan Beaches Commission and the more than 700 people who made pledges in support of this year’s Harpoon Shamrock Splash,

and to our Better Beaches program, policy, and event sponsors

Department of Conservation & RecreationHarpoon Brewery

JetBlueThe Boston Foundation

Richard Saltonstall Charitable FoundationP&G Gillette

National GridComcast

Beacon Capital PartnersNew England Picture

Mix 104.1Boston Centers for Youth & Families

The YMCA of Greater BostonThe Daily Catch Seaport

Baja Taco TruckBlue Sky Collaborative

Friends of Savin Hill Shores - Dorchester Beach Festival

Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition8th Annual Mattapan o Wheels Bike-a-Thon Revere Beach Partnership - International Sand Sculpting Festival

Winthrop Chamber of Commerce - Family Day at the Beach

Thank You to All Our Better Beaches Program Funders

2018 Harpoon Shamrock Splash

On March 11, 2018, over 150 brave beach lovers plunged into Boston Harbor at BCYF Curley Community Center in South Boston as part of the 7th annual Harpoon Shamrock Splash to benefit Save the Harbor/Save the Bay.

This year, the “pledge and plunge” fundraiser raised more than $50,000 to support Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Better Beaches Program Partnership with the Department of Conservation and Recreation, which provides a spectacular summer of free concerts and beach festivals, sand-sculpting competitions, and youth programs on the region’s public beaches in Lynn, Nahant, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy and Hull. You can find the exact tally on the event website at www.shamrocksplash.org.

“This year we caught a break, and missed the really wicked weather,” said Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s spokesman Bruce Berman, who has splashed each year since the event began. “Thanks to everyone who helped us raise funds to support

another great season on the beach in 2018.”

Commissioner of BCYF, Will Morales, was on hand to wish splashers good luck, although he did not dip into the water. “Mayor Walsh and I truly value our partnership with Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the work they do to serve Boston’s youth and families from every neighborhood.”

DCR Commissioner Leo Roy added, “Department of Conservation and Recreation staff work hard every single day to ensure that agency managed natural resources, such as beaches in Boston, Hull, Nahant, Revere, and Winthrop, are clean, accessible, and enjoyed in a safe environment. The Baker-Polito Administration continues to foster strong partnerships that leverage excellent outdoor recreational opportunities for people of all abilities to benefit from.”

2018’s Harpoon Shamrock Splash was the best ever, with splashers enjoying delicious brunch burritos from Baja Taco Truck and fresh, hot chowder from Daily Catch while

Mix 104.1 played hit music on the beach. Harpoon beers invigorated participants after their plunge.

“All of us at Harpoon look forward to taking a quick dip into the icy water after our Harpoon St. Patrick’s Day festival to support a great cause and warm up with a refreshing Harpoon, brunch burrito, and clam chowder on the beach with our friends from Save the Harbor/Save the Bay,” said Harpoon Brewery President Charlie Storey. “Sure it was cold in the water, but the warm feeling you get from giving back to your community stays with you for a long time.”

Participants won JetBlue flights and great Harpoon swag for reaching fundraising goals. Bridget Ryan from South Boston who raised $1,190 and Carol Haney from Revere who raised $1,185 were the top two fundraisers. They each won round trip JetBlue flights for their efforts. The two costume contest winners, Miriam Rathbun, an MIT student from Pittsburgh, PA as Ariel, The Little Mermaid, and Joe Skahan from Lynn as Shark Man won JetBlue flights as well. Every splasher and contributor also had the opportunity to win prizes in two post-splash JetBlue flight raffles.

“At JetBlue, we are committed to our community and fun is one of our core values,” said Donnie Todd, Corporate Responsibility Liaison for JetBlue, who led a team of 30 participants. “More than 3,000 JetBlue crewmembers call Boston home, we cherish our harbor and proudly support Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the work they do on the region’s public beaches.”

Members of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s leadership team were also key fundraisers, but were ineligible to win JetBlue flights. Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Chair of the Board, Joe Newman from Arlington, raised $3,101. Bruce Berman, Director of Strategy and Communications from

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay Makes a Very Big Splash on the BeachOver 150 participants splashed into the cool harbor to raise more than $50,000 to support free

beach events on the region’s public beaches.

Rishya Narayanan | Boston | March 14, 2018

On Sunday, March 11th, hundreds of costumed splashers plunged into the cold waters of Bos-ton Harbor at the BCYF Curley Community Center at M Street Beach in South Boston for the Harpoon Shamrock Splash to benefit Save the Harbor/Save the Bay. Participants helped raise over $50,000 to support free beach events and programs on the region’s public beaches from Nahant to Nantasket. Photo by Mike Murowchick.

Brighton, raised $2,826. STH/STB’s Vice President of Programs and Operations, Chris Mancini from Somerville, raised $2,272.

The top five teams also raised significant funds at this year’s Harpoon Shamrock Splash. Save the Harbor/Save the Bay topped the list with $25,614. JetBlue raised $6,193 followed by Piers Park Sub-Aqua Warriors with $4,862. Team Harpoon! raised $4,390 and Grandma and Grandkids raised $1,295.

Participants could direct their fundraising to their favorite local beach and notable donations were raised for the top five beaches. South Boston led with $7,180 followed by Lynn & Nahant with $4,101. Winthrop was third with $3,021. Participants raised $2,200 for Constitution Beach and $1,656 for Revere Beach. In addition, Dorchester received $995, Wollaston with $880, and Nantasket with $815.

Save the Harbor would like to thank event sponsors at Harpoon

Brewery, JetBlue, Mix 104.1, Baja Taco, The Daily Catch, L.L. Bean, Unreal Candy, PowerCrunch and the Blue Sky Collaborative, and their Better Beaches Program Funding Partners at The Boston Foundation, The Harold Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust, the Richard Saltonstall Foundation, National Grid and Comcast.

We would also like to thank the Massachusetts Legislature, the Baker-Polito Administration and the Metropolitan Beaches Commission for their support for our beaches, and our program partners at the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Boston Centers for Youth and Families and the Greater Boston YMCA for their support.

About Save the Harbor/Save the Bay

As the region’s leading voice for clean water and continued public investment in Boston Harbor, the region’s public beaches, and the Boston Harbor Islands, Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s mission is to restore and protect Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay and the marine environment and share them with the public for everyone to enjoy.

For more information about Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the work they do, please visit their website at www.savehtheharbor.org, their blog “Sea, Sand & Sky” at blog.savetheharbor.org, or follow savetheharbor on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

You can download a copy of the most recent Better Beaches program report at http://savetheharbor.org/Content/2017_Beaches_Report.pdf

Splashers line up on the beach ready to take the plunge at the 2018 Harpoon Shamrock Splash. Photo by Katy Rogers.

(Left to right) Miriam Rathbun (dressed as Ariel, The Little Mermaid) and Joe Skahan (dressed as Shark Man). Miriam Rathbun dressed as Ariel, The Little Mermaid, and Joe Skahan dressed as Shark Man, took first place at the Harpoon Shamrock Splash’s costume contest. Both contestants won a round trip JetBlue flight. Photo by Katy Rogers.

Team Harpoon Brewery at the Harpoon Shamrock Splash. Photo by Katy Rogers.

Bridget Ryan from South Boston raised $1,190 and was one of the top two fun-draisers at the 2018 Harpoon Shamrock Splash. She won a round trip JetBlue flight for her fundraising efforts. Photo by Mike Murowchick.

Left to right) Carol Haney (one of the biggest fundraisers) and Bruce Berman (Save the Harbor/Save the Bay). Carol Haney from Revere raised $1,185 and was one of the top two fundraisers at the 2018 Harpoon Shamrock Splash. She won a round trip JetBlue flight for her fundrais-ing efforts. Photo by Katy Rogers.

Team JetBlue at the Harpoon Shamrock Splash. Photo by Katy Rogers.

On Saturday, June 9, Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) awarded more than $200,000 in Better Beaches Program grants to 37 organizations in 9 communities to fund nearly 150 free events on the region’s public beaches from Nahant to Nantasket in 2018.

This year’s Better Beaches Program grants will support free concerts and kayaking, family beach festivals and movie nights, youth beach parties, songs and stories by the sea, and art on the shore in the region’s beachfront communities of Lynn, Nahant, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy and Hull, bringing more than 1 million people back to the beach.

You can find a complete list of this year’s grant recipients on Save the Harbor’s youth and beach blog, Sea, Sand & Sky at http://blog.savetheharbor.org/2018/06/better-beaches-2018.html

“One of the best ways to “Save the Harbor” is to “Share the Harbor” with the region’s kids and families,” said Bruce Berman, Director of Strategy & Communications at Save the Harbor/Save the Bay. “These events create excitement and new stewards for our region’s public beaches, who understand the value of these extraordinary urban natural resources to all of us and our communities.”

With the support of The Boston Circus Guild, this year’s line-up also includes 10 free Life’s A Beach Festivals, featuring trapeze artists, acrobats and jugglers, as well Save the Harbors troupe of costumed storytellers, performing pirates, a community art project by environmental artist Robin Reed and mandalas in the sand by intertidal artist Andres Amador.

Better Beaches Program Awards over $200,000 to local communitiesSave the Harbor/Save the Bay and DCR give grants to fund nearly 150 free events on public beaches

And rea P atton | C om m unity | J une 12, 2018Boston

Life’s A Beach Festivals:• Saturday June 30, 2018 Discover Quincy and

Friends of Wollaston Beach 12th Annual Kids Festival at Wollaston Beach

• July 14, 2018 Winthrop Chamber of Commerce Family Fun Day at Yirrell Beach

• Friday July 27, 2017 South Boston Neighborhood House Youth Beach Bash and Splash at Carson Beach

• Saturday July 28, 2017 Friends of Lynn and Nahant Beach Kids Fest at Red Rock Park

• Saturday August 11, 2017 Port Norfolk Civic Association Tenean Beach Day at Tenean Beach

• Saturday August 25, 2017 Friends of Savin Hill Shores Dorchester Beach Day at Malibu Beach

• Saturday September 15, 2017 Hull Nantasket Chamber of Commerce Endless Summer Festival at Nantasket Beach/Reservation

• TBA East Boston YMCA Summer Festival• Save the Harbor/Save the Bay would like to thank the Baker- Polito Administration and Metropolitan Beaches Commission Co-Chairs Representative RoseLee Vincent and Senator Brendan Crighton and the legislative and community members of the Commission, as well as and our partners at the Department of Conservation and Recreation for making this great program possible.

“Co-Chair Vincent of Revere and I and all the members of the Metropolitan Beaches Commission want to thank Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and their partners in the region’s waterfront neighborhoods and beachfront communities for making this another great year on the beach,” said MBC Co-Chair Senator Brendan Crighton. “Thanks to all of you, life will be a beach in 2018.”

“The Baker-Polito Administration is proud to work collaboratively with organizations like Save the Harbor/Save the Bay in an effort to ensure the Commonwealth’s state beaches and other parks and reservations remain popular destinations for residents and tourists alike,” said DCR Commissioner Leo Roy. “The Better Beaches Program serves as a great example of a strong partnership that will directly impact visitors of some of the state’s most popular beaches.”

Save the Harbor also thanks our Better Beaches Program sponsors, Harpoon Brewery, JetBlue, and the Boston Circus Guild, and the hundreds of participants and donors to the Harpoon Shamrock Splash, which has raised more than $250,000 to support free beach events since it began in 2011.

“At JetBlue, we are committed to our community and fun is one of our core values,” said Donnie Todd, Corporate Responsibility Liaison for JetBlue, who led a team of 30 participants in this year’s splash. “More than 3,000 JetBlue crewmembers call Boston home, we cherish our harbor and proudly support Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the work they do on the region’s public beaches.”

We would also like to thank our policy and program partners at The Boston Foundation, the Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation, P&G Gillette, National Grid, Comcast, Beacon Capital Partners, New England Picture, Mix 104.1, Boston Centers for Youth & Families, The YMCA of Greater Boston, The Daily Catch Seaport, Baja Taco Truck, and the Blue Sky Collaborative for their support.

For more information about Save the Harbor/Save the Bay visit their website at www.savetheharbor.org You can find out more about this year’s Better Beaches program on their youth and beach blog, Sea, Sand & Sky at http://blog.savetheharbor.org and by following savetheharbor on social media.

East BostonT i m e s - F r e e P r e s s

Saturday, July 28, 2018

San Francisco-based artist Andres Amador returned to Constitution Beach Friday to turn the wet sand at low-tide into a temporary piece of visual art with the help of the community residents.

For the past five years, Save the Harbor/Save the Bay has brought Amador out for a weekend to take part in the non-profits Better Beaches Program that provides free events and programs on public beaches from Nahant to Nantasket.

On Friday afternoon Amador encouraged participants, who were mainly Save the Harbor/Save the Bay staffers, East Boston YMCA summer campers and some curious beach-goers, to join in the fun of creating his unique beach art. Residents of all ages had a blast for several hours at Eastie’s only beach helping Amador

“Working with sand rakes and teams of volunteers, Amador created mandalas in the sand between the high and low tide lines that last for just a few hours on Constitution Beach,” said Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Bruce Berman. “He had the help of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Youth Environmental Education program staff and 200 kids from the East Boston YMCA.”

Amador’s artwork, which can span over 10,000 feet, is achieved only during low tide. Armed with dozens of

printed out sketches, Amador hands participants a rake, a sketch and has them get to work alongside him to create a magnificent work of art that only last a few hours.

After providing sand rakes to all participants and explaining some basic techniques, residents of all ages got to work in helping Amador create this large scale natural art on the sand.Amador has called his art Playa Paintings and began doing these works around the country since 2004.

“The idea came to me while studying geometry, ancient architecture and crop circles,” he said. “Our ancestors created their magnificent works with very simple tools, but armed with great geometric insights. From there the art has evolved into many different styles over the years a the medium guides the exploration.”

Amador generally gives himself about two hours to work. However, as more people join in and help him he can do larger or more ambitious works. But everything must happen during the low-tide, and ideally during the window in which the tide is at its lowest.

Amador said he does this type of art because it gets him out to the beach and in the fresh air to experience the elements of sun or wind or rain.

“I do it because it brings me peace and focus,” he said. “Ultimately, I do it because of the joy of the challenge. The art form feels to me to be an exploration of the various ways to make large-scale creations. Over the years I have found a number of methods, and new ones continue to present themselves as I explore deeper. This year I purchased a copter with camera attached so that I can make the art and take photos at the landscape level in locations never before available to me. That has opened up whole new avenues of exploration. So I suppose I do it because the art form continues to delight me with possibilities. And truly, it’s’ always a good day at the beach.”

Amador has been featured by the BBC, CNN, Discovery Channel, and numerous TV programs and periodicals globally.

Artist Andres Amador Returns to Constitution BeachBy John Lynds

Three Winthrop organizations each received a Better Beaches grant from Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) last Saturday to support free summer beach events and harbor activities throughout the summer.

Friends of the Belle Isle Marsh received a $6,000 grant, Friends of Winthrop Beach received a $7,500 grant while the WInthrop Chamber of Commerce received a $1,000 grant.

Friends of the Belle Isle Marsh will use the money for the annual Belle Marsh Festival, as well as their Monday Night Forum series.

Friends of Winthrop Beach will use the grant to host a Summer Festival Series while the Winthrop Chamber of Commerce will use their money to host a Family Day at the Beach.

“One of the best ways to ‘Save the Harbor’ is to ‘Share the Harbor’ with the region’s kids and families,” said Director of Strategy and Communications at Save the Harbor/Save the Bay Bruce Berman,. “These events create excitement and new stewards for our region’s public beaches, who understand the value of these extraordinary urban natural resources to all of us and our communities.”

With the support of The Boston Circus Guild, this year’s lineup also includes ten free Life’s A Beach Festivals, featuring trapeze artists, acrobats and jugglers, as well Save the Harbors troupe of costumed storytellers, performing pirates, a community art project by environmental artist Robin Reed and mandalas in the sand by intertidal artist Andres Amador.

In Winthrop the Chamber of Commerce’s annual Family Day at the Beach will be held on July 14 at Yirrell Beach.

Metropolitan Beach Commission Co-Chair Senator Brendan Crighton said he and his fellow Co-Chair Rep. Roselee Vincent of Revere wanted to thank Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and their partners in the region.

“I want to thank them and all the waterfront neighborhoods and beachfront communities for making this another great year on the beach,” said Crighton. “Thanks to all of you, life will be a beach in 2018.”

DCR Commissioner Leo Roy said the Baker-Polito Administration is proud to work collaboratively with

organizations like Save the Harbor/Save the Bay in an effort to ensure the Commonwealth’s state beaches and other parks and reservations remain popular destinations for residents and tourists alike.

“The Better Beaches Program serves as a great example of a strong partnership that will directly impact visitors of some of the state’s most popular beaches,” said Roy.

Save the Harbor also thanks our Better Beaches Program sponsors, Harpoon Brewery, JetBlue, and the Boston Circus Guild, and the hundreds of participants and donors to the Harpoon Shamrock Splash, which has raised more than $250,000 to support free beach events since it began in 2011.

“At JetBlue, we are committed to our community and fun is one of our core values,” said Corporate Responsibility Liaison for JetBlue Donnie Todd. “More than 3,000 JetBlue crewmembers call Boston home, we cherish our harbor and proudly support Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the work they do on the region’s public beaches.”

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Three Winthrop Nonprofits Receive Save the Harbor/Save the Bay Better Beaches Grants

Saturday, June 16, 2018

John Lynds

Winthrop organization received $14,000 in small grants. Left to Right: Michael “Mooch” Mucciolo of the Boston Circus Guild, Justin Michelson of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, Molly Baechtold of the Boston Circus Guild, Carina Campobasso of the Friends of Belle Isle Marsh, Betty Peabody of the Winthrop Beautification Committee, Mary Mitchell of the friends of Belle Isle Marsh, Barbara Bishop

Commissioner on the Metropolitan Beaches Commission, Betsy Shane of the Winthrop Chamber of Commerce, Joe Newman of National Grid and Chairman of the Board of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, and Liz Whelan and Bruce Berman of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay.

On Sunday, July 22, Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) were

glad to bring internationally renowned sand-raking artist Andres Amador to Revere Beach as part of the International Sand Sculpting Festival. The visit was made possible by Save the Harbor and DCR’s Better Beaches program, which also sponsored the Festival.

“Save the Harbor/Save the Bay would like to thank the Revere Beach Partnership for everything they do to put this event on, as well as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, The Boston Foundation, The Coca-Cola Foundation, and Distrigas/ENGIE for their Leadership Grants which make all our free programs possible,” said Berman.

“Save the Harbor would like to thank our program and policy partners and event sponsors: the Department of Conservation & Recreation, Harpoon Brewery, JetBlue, The Boston Foundation, the Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation, P&G Gillette, National Grid, Comcast, Beacon Capital Partners, New England Picture, Mix 104.1, Boston Centers for Youth & Families, The YMCA of Greater Boston, The Daily Catch Seaport, Baja Taco Truck, and the Blue Sky Collaborative for their support.”, said Berman

Save the Harbor and DCR bring art on the shore to Revere Sand Sculpting Festival

Thursday, JULY 26, 2018