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Monthly Archives: August 2020

August 2020

End of Summer Boat Parade Sept. 5th

Popponesset Island resident David Gershaw has graciously offered to host a Labor Day Weekend boat parade! The entry fee to sign up is a $100 donation towards Save Popponesset Bay. With your donation you will receive a Save Popponesset Bay boat flag and ice cream for your boat at the end of the parade.

Parade Details:
Each boat will line up in Popponesset Creek at 11am on Saturday, September 5 where we will distribute the boat flags. With David Gershaw at the helm and the honk of a boat horn we will takeoff on a parade route through Popponesset Bay, looping around Sampson’s Island through Osterville and Cotuit, and ending up back at the Spit where everyone is free to enjoy at their leisure. Once back at the Spit around 12:30pm each boat with a Save Popponesset Bay flag will receive free ice cream for everyone on board.

A fun way to end the Summer together! If you do not have a boat we encourage you to come show your support and wave as we leave the bay at 11am. To sign up please enter your information in the link below:

https://app.donorview.com/rqobN

Looking forward to seeing you on the water!
David Gershaw and Your SPB Board


August 2020

Educational Tour!!

Thank you to all who attended the educational tour of the Spit with Emily from the National Audubon Society this past Sunday, August 10! Emily led a wonderful tour of 30 attendees educating the group of the Spit and its inhabitants, including the endangered and protected Piping Plovers.

Additionally, a huge thank you to our volunteers Lou Ann Brancato, Katie Campbell, and Joan Malloy for providing and serving Cape Cod Coffee and treats from Amie Bakery.

We would like to host more events like this for the community. Please let us know what you would be interested in learning about, or if you would like to help us organize educational events email info@savepopponessetbay.org


August 2020

Volunteers Extraordinaire


Chuck Redington and his family are new residents in New Seabury. and love being part of the community. They treasure their time on the Spit and can often be found cruising the waterways in their kayaks.

Chuck recently organized a swim to raise funds and awareness for SPB. As Chuck told us, “We are friends from all over Cape Cod who share the love of swimming. Over the years many in the group have competed all over the world in swimming events. These events include Save the Bay swims such as Save Buzzards Bay, Save Narragansett Bay, and Save Chesapeake Bay. When I moved here 2 months ago, I started to invite swimmers to my house several times a week to swim the Spit, around Poppy Island, or to the Poppy Inn. It became so popular I named my house ‘Swim Inn’.

I came across the SPB web site and was extremely impressed with the organizations mission. The video was amazing and helped motivate my involvement. I immediately noted there was no Swim event to raise awareness and funds for SPB. I proposed the idea to a small group of swimming 1.9 miles around the spit on July 17th and 18th. I asked for a $50 donation from each swimmer to SPB. My daughter Kaleigh and I designed a fun shirt and I offered a warm shower and breakfast after the swim. Part of the motivation for this informal fun swim was seeing so many charity events cancelled. Most of these swimmers are used to participating in events all summer. The result was we had fifteen swimmers raise $1000 and everyone just loved the beauty and challenge of the Spit. We hope to do it again and possibly make this an annual event!”

Those who swam the 1.9 miles, averaging 50 minutes, includes Tom Burt, Rick Rheinhardt, Mary Kaminski, Steve Hubbard, Bob Bertrand, Gary Cundiff, Trish Cundiff, Scott Brown, Matt Shenker, Joe Hebert, Moira McCullough, Patrick McCullough, Morgan Simms & Chuck Redington. Joe Deverna & Meri Gilson did the swim on a previous date. Heidi Williams, Charles & Carolyn Redington who did not swim, supported this event with a donation to SPB.

SPB thanks Chuck and his crew of swimmers for their generous donation.


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  • Home
  • About
    • About
    • History
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    • Mission Statement
    • Photos
  • What We Do
    • Waterways
    • Popponesset Spit
      Maintenance
    • Wildlife
    • Water Quality
    • Channel Project – Longer, Wider, Deeper
  • News
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    • May Town Hall
  • Donate
    • Support
    • Join Our Efforts
    • SPB Summer Donor Party
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