Save the Harbor/Save the Bay is hosting another free “Share the Harbor” cruise to Boston Light on October 1st. On the cruise author Eric Jay Dolin will bring the history of Boston Light – America’s oldest light station – to life with narration based on his best-selling book “Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse.” Save the Harbor staff will also lead songs and stories of the sea.
This cruise is free and open to the public, but reservations are required. Reservations for the Boston Light cruise are accepted here: https://tinyurl.com/sharetheharbor-10-01-2018
“There are so many different ways to enjoy the Harbor,” said Bruce Berman, Director of Strategy & Communications at Save the Harbor/Save the Bay. “Cruises like these are an introduction to just a fraction of the recreational and educational opportunities that exist thanks to the success of the Boston Harbor cleanup and the Boston Harbor Islands State and National Park. We’re delighted to be able to offer them to the public this fall, and to have Eric Dolin join us on the 1st.”
Copies of “Brilliant Beacons” will be available for sale on board, along with Dolin’s new book, “Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates.” Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, “Black Flags, Blue Waters” reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy’s in the late 1600s and early 1700s.
Save the Harbor’s “Share the Harbor” cruises are funded in part by Mass Humanities, which receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information on these free fall follow them on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram or visit their website at www.savetheharbor.org or their blog at http://blog.savetheharbor.org
“All of us at Save the Harbor want to thank our partners at Bay State Cruise Company, Mass Humanities, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, The Boston Foundation, The Coca-Cola Foundation, and Distrigas/ENGIE for the Leadership Grants that make our youth environmental education and family programs possible,” said Save the Harbor’s President Patricia A. Foley.
“Save the Harbor is grateful for Partnership Grants from Boston Properties – Atlantic Wharf, Eastern Salt Company, Inc., Fan Pier – The Fallon Company, John Hancock Financial Services, The HYM Investment Group, LLC, The Llewellyn Foundation, Massachusetts Bay Lines, Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, Massachusetts Port Authority, National Grid Foundation, P&G Gillette, Lawrence J. and Anne Rubenstein Charitable Foundation, William E. & Bertha E. Schrafft Charitable Trust, Vertex, and The Yawkey Foundation,” she continued.
“Special thanks as well to everyone the hundreds of individual donors for their generosity 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,” said Foley. “It means the world to us and all of those we serve.”
Save the Harbor/Save the Bay is a non-profit public-interest environmental advocacy organization for Boston Harbor, whose mission is to restore and protect Boston Harbor, the Boston Harbor Islands, our region’s 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 blog.savetheharbor.org or @savetheharbor on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
