Save the Harbor/Save the Bay 2014 Beach Program Report 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. Better Beaches Awards - June 2014 Save the Harbor/Save the Bay launched our 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 past 7 years, our community partners in Nahant, Lynn, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy, and Hull have leveraged $205,000 in small grants received from Save the Harbor/Save the Bay with $815,722 in cash and in-kind contributions from local government and small businesses for a total investment of $1,020,722 in 214 free events and programs for the region s residents and visitors alike. Harpoon Helps Cupid Splash - March 2014 In 2014, Save the Harbor awarded $31,500 in small grants and additional organizational support to 18 groups in 9 beachfront communities and waterfront neighborhoods. These groups in turn leveraged our funds with $212,222 in cash and in-kind support from local government and businesses and more than 5,000 volunteer hours to support 44 free concerts, beach festivals, soccer tournaments, swims and sand sculpting competitions. The funds to sustain the Better Beaches program come from the annual Harpoon Helps Cupid Splash pledge fundraiser, as well as Save the Harbor s Better Beaches Program funding partners at Harpoon Brewery, JetBlue Airways, National Grid, Comcast Massachusetts, the Harold Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust, Mass Bay Credit Union, Russo Marine, UBER, and P&G Gillette. To learn more about Save the Harbor/Save the Bay s Better Beaches Programs visit our website www.savetheharbor.org or our blog Sea, Sand & Sky at www.blog.savetheharbor.org JetBlue Swim and Paddle for Boston Harbor - August 2014 Revere Beach National Sand Sculpting Festival - July 2014 America Scores Beach Soccer Blast - August 2014
In 2014 Save the Harbor/Save the Bay s Better Beaches Program awarded $31,500 in small grants and additional organizational support to 18 groups in 9 beachfront communities and waterfront neighborhoods to support more than 30 free events on the region s public beaches in Lynn, Nahant, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy and Hull. Harbor Arts Festival 2014 - CPNA Summer Sizzle - Among the free events and activities we supported in 2014 were: Lynn and Nahant: Red Rock Summer Concert Series, World Music Festival Revere: Revere Beach National Sand Sculpting Festival Winthrop: Constitution Beach Bonfire, Harvest Festival, Horribles Parade, Paint the Beach, Salt Marsh Exploration, Shark Night East Boston: Beach Day, Campfires on Constitution Beach, HarborArts Festival 2014 South Boston: 3rd Annual Beach Jam, Annual Summer Kickoff, Beach Soccer Blast, Beauties & The Beach, CPNA Summer Sizzle, Family Fun Night on the Beach, Harpoon Helps Cupid Splash, Harry McDonough Sailing Center, Inc., JetBlue Swim & Paddle for Boston Harbor, SHSB Youth Beach Bash and Splash Quincy: August Moon Festival Field Day, KidsFest Hull: 10th Annual Endless Summer Waterfront Festival, Friday Morning Storytime at the Paragon Carousel Save the Harbor also hosted our 4th Annual Youth Beach Bash and Splash, which brought more than 750 kids to M Street Beach in South Boston to celebrate clean water, and the Swim and Paddle for Boston Harbor, a one-mile, chip-timed competitive swim and paddle board race on one of the cleanest urban beaches in America. In 2014, these 44 free beach events and programs attracted a diverse audience of 600,000 residents and visitors to Boston s waterfront neighborhoods and beachfront communities, putting the cleaner water of Boston Harbor, Broad Sound and Massachusetts Bay to work for our community. JetBlue Swim and Paddle for Boston Harbor - August In 2015, with your help and the support of the Metropolitan Beaches Commission and the Department of Conservation and Recreation, Save the Harbor s Better Beaches Program will host or sponsor more free events and activities on our region s public beaches so stay tuned! Vertex Service Day at Tenean, Savin Hill, and Malibu Beaches - Harpoon Helps Cupid Splash - March
Thank you to our Better Beaches Partners Better Beaches Community Partners Friends of Lynn and Nahant Beach Friends of Heritage State Park Revere Beach Partnership Friends of Winthrop Beach Friends of Belle Isle Marsh East Boston YMCA HarborArts, Inc. America SCORES BCYF Curley Community Center South Boston Neighborhood House Harry McDonough Sailing Center City Point Neighborhood Association Dorchester Healthy Boston Coalition Friends of Savin Hill Shores Friends of Wollaston Beach Quincy Asian Resources Hull Nantasket Chamber of Commerce Friends of the Paragon Carousel Better Beaches Funding Partners The Boston Foundation Harpoon Brewery JetBlue Harold Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust P&G Gillette Comcast Massachusetts National Grid Russo Marine UBER Mass Bay Credit Union Tasty Burger Mix 104.1/CBS Radio A special thank you to the over 500 donors and participants in the Harpoon Helps Cupid Splash and to the Department of Conservation and Recreation, BCYF Curley Community Center, and the YMCA for their support. Revere Beach National Sand Sculpting Festival - July Blue Cross Blue Shield Service Day at Carson Beach - JetBlue Swim and Paddle for Boston Harbor - August America Scores Beach Soccer Blast - August Paint the Beach, Winthrop - August
Harpoon Helps Cupid Splash - March 3rd Annual Beach Jam, BCYF Curley Community Center - July East Boston YMCA & Friends of Winthrop Beach Campfire Night Friends of Wollaston Beach KidsFest - South Boston Neighborhood House Family Fun Night on the Beach - July & August America Scores Beach Soccer Blast Boston Seafood Festival - June 10th Annual Endless Summer Waterfront Festival - Revere Beach Partnership Sand Sculpting Competition CPNA Summer Sizzle - August Moon Festival Field Day - August
JetBlue Swim and Paddle for Boston Harbor - August Revere Beach National Sand Sculpting Festival - July Friends of Belle Isle Marsh Harvest Festival - October America Scores Beach Soccer Blast - August Red Rock Summer Concert Series East Boston YMCA Beach Day - June Harpoon Helps Cupid Splash - March HarborArts Festival 2014 Paint the Beach, Winthrop - August North End Against Drugs Pride Day - August Family Fun Night on the Beach in South Boston