Splishin' & Splashin'

Friday was an awesome day at Carson! With over two-hundred kids on the beach there was never a dull moment! After I finished signing groups in I took to the beach with the intention of having some fun. When I got on the sand I headed for the sports portion of the activities. After playing some soccer and playing some catch I helped gather up the kids for the splash! After some very delightful singing (if I do say so myself) the kids were ready to get off of the hot sand and into the cool water.

After everybody cooled off we ate some hot dogs. I ate one too many and then headed back to the beach. After some water fights and soaked t-shirts, we were all ready to head back to work. It was crazy to see all of the kids around the beach fish printing, face painting, and just plain having fun. The face painting was so cool to see! The kids were covered in so many different designs! This Friday was definitely a good one.

Just Keep Swimming!
Sam

Piers Park Adventues

Being at Piers Park is such a different atmosphere compared to the Children's Museum. For the first time this summer I got the chance to go to Piers Park before the week ended. It was completely different, like I said before. Although it sort of rained on our parade it was the best being able to interact with kids that lived around the common area. But, the rain didn't stop us at all. We played jeopardy and listened to different subjects being taught. I have never seen groups of kids so emotional and enthusiastic to play a game. After a few rounds it got very intense, and I understood why the kids acted the way they did. In the beginning the kids in my group had beat every group but then eventually for a few rounds the kids started losing. But then bam! We got our streak back up there, up so high that we had over ten thousand points. Don't ask me how, we just did! Then it was the final round and kids only bet a thousand points... although we ended up losing we never lost our dignity and respect. Surprisingly after the game ended we went up to the park for a little then headed for the docks. That was my absolute favorite part because it reminded me so much of last year and kayaking everyday with the kids and they also loved it. While I kayaked, the others either went sailing, fishing, or exploring the touch tank. There was just so much to do, I can not wait to be back.

-Isabella Perez-Alvarez

The “Simply Marble-ous” Treasure Hunt

 

Save the Harbor’s “Simply Marble-ous” Treasure Hunt:
Just like Pokemon Go, with real treasure and real flights from JetBlue!

If you find a 1 inch frosted blue marble on one of the Boston Harbor’s public beaches
from Nahant to Nantasket between now and Halloween it could be your lucky day.

Just post a picture of yourself with your marble on the beach @savetheharbor on
Facebook or Twitter and you could win two round trip JetBlue flights to any domestic
destination they serve from Boston’s Logan Airport as part of the 5th Annual “Simply
Marble-ous” Treasure Hunt for JetBlue Flights.*

Save the Harbor interns Jennifer Barrack and Eileen Dalessandro
helped "release" 30 pounds of marbles on the region's public beaches.

The JetBlue “Simply Marble-ous” Treasure Hunt began in 2012 on the beaches of
South Boston with a beach clean up sponsored by JetBlue’s crew members in
partnership with Save the Harbor. In just a few short hours, more than 100 people did 5
weeks worth of work cleaning up the beaches in South Boston. At the end of the day,
the participants released blue marbles on the beach for beach-goers to find, starting a
tradition that continues to bring fun to beach goers and treasure hunters alike.

"Many of JetBlue's crew members volunteer for Save The Harbor/Save The Bay each
year. It's just one way we highlight our commitment to the city of Boston," said Ronda Ivy
McLeod, Manager of Regional Marketing, Northeast, JetBlue. "The Simply Marble-ous
Treasure Hunt is a favorite among crew members. It's a live example of our fun value in
action."

“In the five years since we began this event with our friends and partners at JetBlue,
Save the Harbor and our corporate and community partners have removed more than
150,000 pounds of trash and debris from our beaches,” said Save the Harbor’s
spokesman Bruce Berman. “To celebrate we have “released” 150 pounds of blue
marbles on DCR’s beaches in Lynn, Nahant, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South
Boston, Quincy and Hull, and at Treasure Beach on Spectacle Island. Find one and you
could be this year’s winner.”

According to Berman, Save the Harbor/Save the Bay will be releasing 30 pounds of
blue marbles this year to celebrate Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s 30 th Anniversary at
30 free “Better Beaches” program events that include summer concerts in Lynn, the
sand sculpting festival in Revere, beach festivals in Winthrop, East Boston, South
Boston, Dorchester and Quincy, and at the Harbor Illumination Festival in Hull.

You can download a calendar of this year's events here.

“Like Pokemon, the marbles are not easy to find, but that’s part of the fun,” said Berman. “If you need a hint, ask Mary Read the Pirate or one of our 34 our youth program staffers for help at one of this year’s free beach events. If you still can’t find one, don’t despair. You can buy a
“Virtual Marble” online for just $10 so you can join in the fun.”

*Though the fun is unlimited, some restrictions apply. To find out more about the
“Simply Marble-ous” Treasure Hunt and Save the Harbor and DCR’s Better Beaches
Program, follow @savetheharbor on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, or visit their website at www.savetheharbor.org.

2xExperiment On CHV!

Hey everyone its Mauricio once again and this time I'm going to talk about the little-big experiments we have going on at Camp Harbor View. The first experiment is to see where the high and low tide lines. We have spray painted rocks to show the high tide and low tide lines and in between. Its is sometimes visible even under the water. The next experiment is trying to restore the sand to CHV!

Checking out the tides and identifying the invasive species.

We have been collecting two invasive species known as the Asian Short Crab and the Periwinkle. These sea creatures are not from here, they come from Asia. The periwinkle is the real reason why the sand is gone as they eat the algae that keeps the sand on the shore. So without the sand, the beach at CHV has become very rocky and as a result, is not used as much as it could be. We are hoping that our efforts will allow us to see some results in the abundance of sand on Long Island.

The campers and I collecting Periwinkles.

 Peace Out ! - Mauricio

Story of Chris

   Hi I'm Chris I'm from Charlestown. I'm 16,  I live with my mom and little brother and sister. I'm at sophomore at East Boston high school I play varsity football and baseball. My mom is my idol she provides for three kids on her own she's amazing.

                          (Me and my cousin Hannah on the 4th of July)

   Orientation was fun Georges Island and Carson beach were my favorites out of the three days.
I liked Georges Island because there I learned about the story of the lady in black and we learned about the island. I liked Carson beach because we learned a bunch of stuff like sand raking and how to kayak and how to ride a paddle board.