[SEMCO] Summer Youth Registration is Open for the Onset Bay Center

[Katherine Garofoli]

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*New Onset Bay Center opens registration for summer programs*

Registration is now open for the first full summer of programs for youth at
the Onset Bay Center, a hub for on-the-water exploration that is operated
by the Buzzards Bay Coalition.

Sailing, kayaking and paddling, swimming and exploring the coastline will
be among the activities offered in the array of programs that are planned
for the summer of 2020 to be run from the center’s new Onset Bathhouse
headquarters. Programs for adults and families also will be offered

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Youth programs are slated to begin on June 29 and will run through the week
of August 10. The schedule will feature seven different sessions each week,
including half-day Beginner and Intermediate Sailing, High School Sailing,
and Paddling Adventures. The Center also will offer a full-day Bay
Explorers program for children, ages 7 to 12. The full-day program will
combine a wide range of on-the-water activities allowing for discovery,
learning, and play on beautiful Onset Bay. Registration and complete
information for all the offerings is available at http://onsetbaycenter.org.

The youth programs are open to all residents of the Buzzards Bay region,
but first priority for admission will be given to residents of Wareham and
the Village of Buzzards Bay; followed by the adjacent communities of
Middleboro, Carver, and South Plymouth; and then all others. The Center
will offer scholarship support for families who qualify. The Coalition’s
program partners at the Onset Bay Center include the Boys and Girls Club of
Greater New Bedford/Wareham, the Gleason Family YMCA, Wareham CARE Program,
and Nemasket Kayak Center. To learn more or register, please visit:
www.onsetbaycenter.org

The upcoming opening of the Onset Bay Center’s headquarters in the
renovated Onset Bathhouse represents the culmination of a plan that has
been several years in the making. Final work on the building will be
completed in June. In addition to the Bathhouse, the Center draws on a
complex of scenic, diverse natural lands on Onset Bay, including protected
lands at Wickets Island, Burgess Point, and Shell Point Marshes. These
locations will be core destinations for the center’s on-the-water
programming.

Adult and family programs will also be offered. The schedule will include
programs, such as Adult First Sail lessons, Sunset Paddle sessions, Learn
to Shellfish clinics and more throughout the year. More information on
those programs is available online and registration will open in the near
future.

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*The Buzzards Bay Coalition is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the
protection, restoration, and sustainable use and enjoyment of Buzzards Bay
and its watershed. The Coalition works to improve the health of the Bay
ecosystem for all through education, conservation, research and advocacy,
and is supported by more than 10,500 members.*

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*Katherine Garofoli*

*Onset Bay Center Director*

*BUZZARDS BAY *COALITION

114 Front Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 USA

Tel: 508-999-6363 x.227*  -  *www.savebuzzardsbay.org
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