As the first full week of the 2014 summer youth program
comes to an end, I am looking forward to all that is still to come in the next
seven weeks! This week I was able to
participate in the All Access Boston Harbor trips on Tuesday and Thursday, and
I had a really great time. It was
amazing to see all of this spring’s hard work and preparation come together to
produce a great program. Groups from Dorchester,
Lynn, Saugus, Roxbury, Roslindale, East Boston, South Boston, Winthrop,
Brookline, and Charlestown joined us on three different trips to Spectacle Island
this week. The weather was hot and
sunny, perfect for fishing, playing kickball, and taking a swim at the beach—which
is exactly what I did on Tuesday and Thursday!
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| Playing kickball on Spectacle Island |
On the first morning of the program, I asked a group of kids
from the South Boston Boys & Girls Club if they were excited to get out on
the harbor, and one boy replied, “what’s the harbor?”—this exchange proved to
me once again how important it is that we bring children from Boston’s
neighborhoods and surrounding towns to experience the harbor and the Boston
Harbor Islands firsthand. The enthusiasm
with which so many children participated in fishing, crabbing, and kickball this
week was a great reassurance that All Access Boston Harbor is doing exactly
what we hope it does—getting kids to explore and enjoy the marine environment,
and to learn and experience new things outdoors and on Boston Harbor and the
Boston Harbor Islands.
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| Releasing a lobster back into the water |
Next week All Access will be heading to Georges Island with
many groups from a new array of neighborhoods, introducing more children to the
harbor and the history of the islands.
See you on the harbor,
Amy
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