Local Kids Participate in Save the Harbor Program

In July more than 30 youth from The Boys and Girls Club of Charlestown set sail from Boston’s Bank of America Pavilion for a hands-on program to learn about Boston Harbor’s marine environment and Spectacle Island’s unique treasures through Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s All Access Boston Harbor.

All Access Boston Harbor is a free educational and recreational program that offers 5,000 kids from Boston’s neighborhoods and the surrounding communities the chance to explore and discover Boston Harbor and the Harbor Islands.

For some of these participants, it will be their first excursion to the national park to experience Boston Harbor first hand. For others, the harbor has become a regular part of their summer.

Students learned how important it is to clean up after themselves, and to return their finds to the beach for others to enjoy, although the temptation to keep a piece of trash from the past can be enormous.

“Every child deserves the chance to spend some time every summer at the seashore,” said Save the Harbor President Patricia Foley. “We are proud to share the benefits of Boston Harbor and the Harbor Islands with a new generation of youth, who we hope will become ‘Harbor Stewards’ of the future.”

These free summer youth programs are made possible by the generosity of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s youth program partners, Arbella Insurance Group Charitable Foundation, Inc, Forrest Berkley and Marcie Tyre Berkley, Coca Cola Foundation, Distrigas of Massachusetts, Friedman Family Foundation, John Hancock Financial Services, Inc., Massachusetts Port Authority, Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, Mayor Menino’s Summer Youth Employment Program, National Grid Foundation, P & G Gillette, P.I. Garden Fund, State Street Foundation and by the contributions of other corporate and philanthropic partners and hundreds of individual donors.

To find out more about Save the Harbor / Save the Bay's All Access Boston Harbor trips, visit http://www.savetheharbor.org.