Sea, Sand and Sky: community service

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Let's Give Back!

Hey guys! How's it going? So, I am Juelle Benjamin. I also work as an intern for Blue Cross Blue Shield. The point of meeting up with BCBS this past Wednesday was to clean up Georges Island! Although, Georges Island is kept pretty tidy unfortunately sometimes people still tend to litter. Over 20 BCBS interns helped clean up Georges Island along with Save The Harbor/Save The Bay Junior Program Assistants. The BCBS who don't work at Save The Harbor/Save The Bay got to experience what Georges Island was like on a regular day. They even went into the creepy tunnels and ate tasty food at the Summer Shack! I had such a good time at Georges Island, we made community service fun!

It's not bye, it's a see ya later!

-Juelle Benjamin

Monday, August 12, 2013

Make a difference in your Community.

Community Service day.

Hey, What sup guys? It's me Myriam and I am back with some news about community service's day.I guess you readers probably missed me.

Community Service Happened one day ago and we wanted to clean our beautiful Island who is George Island.My team and I were cleaning Georges Island we kinda doing Community Service with Blue Cross Blue Shield crew. I picked all trashes like paper, cigarette, bottle water and more.. Save the Harbor/ Save the Bay Staff were excited to meet Blue Cross Blue Shield. A lot of blue Cross crew were here to help us they gave us some gloves and trash bags.

Doing Community service with my team.

After pick up all the trash in the hot sun at George Island, we decided to take a break and talked to Blue cross Blue Shield crew about going to the dark tunnel. They handed me a White shirt so when we go to the dark tunnel my white shirt could glow. Lunch time approached and our generous boss pay our lunch "Thank you Bruce and Patty".Now, we walked bravely to go meet the lady in black at the tunnel of dark.

Let's do this.

We went inside, my crew were scared they were screaming inside of the holes and they just ran back immediately we wanted to have more fun but time was kicking so another day will perfect for save the harbor/save the bay and blue cross to meet and having a fun time.

Love you guys.
Thank you for supporting me.

See you next time.

Myriam.

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Save the Harbor/Save the Bay is a non-profit public-interest Boston Harbor environmental advocacy organization whose mission is to restore and protect Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay, the Boston Harbor Islands, the Boston Harbor region's public beaches, Boston's waterfront and the marine environment and share them with the public, for everyone to enjoy.

Since 1986, Save the Harbor / Save the Bay has been the driving force behind the transformation of Boston Harbor from one of the dirtiest urban harbors in America to one of the cleanest in the world.

As a result of our advocacy, Boston Harbor has been transformed from a "Harbor of Shame" into a source of recreational, educational and economic opportunity and civic pride. Today the beaches of South Boston are among the cleanest urban beaches in the nation, the Boston Harbor Islands are a National Park, and Boston's waterfront has become a compelling destination for residents and visitors alike.

Working with a broad base of civic, corporate, government, scientific, philanthropic and community partners, Save the Harbor / Save the Bay continues to strengthen the connections between communities and the harbor, and promote the increasingly important impact Boston Harbor has on the region’s economy.

Each year Save the Harbor / Save the Bay runs 2 free Youth Environmental Education Programs that combine recreation and hands-on education to bring Boston Harbor alive for thousands of Boston area young people. Since 2003, we have connected nearly 250,000 youth and teens to Boston Harbor, the Boston Harbor Islands, our region's public beaches and Boston's waterfront.