The Community Boating Center of New Bedford performs very important tasks every year. Their instructors teach children and young teens how to paddleboard, sail and build boats, thereby improving the student’s self-confidence and leadership skills while connecting them to the city’s heritage, the sea.
The Community Boating Center has been impacting the lives of children for 25 years. Development Director Amy Larkin visited Townsquare Sunday to talk about the Center’s programs and its upcoming fundraiser on May 10 titled “Opening of the Bay: Oceans of Opportunity.”
The Summer Youth Program is the CBC’s largest, serving 800 children and teens.
“It’s an eight-week program, serving a little over 100 kids every week,” Larkin said. “They range in age from six years old to the early 20s (instructors). It’s five days a week, going out sailing, learning about Buzzards Bay and having fun with their peers.”
The cost to attend the Community Boating Center’s Summer Youth Program is $500 per session, but last year 88 percent of the children who attended received some sort of financial assistance.
“We want to provide access to Buzzards Bay to kids and families who normally would not have it,” Larkin said. “We want to ensure that cost is not a barrier to children attending our programs.”
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That’s where the May 10 gala comes in. It’s happening at 6 p.m. at the Kilburn Event Center on Rodney French Boulevard. There will be dinner, dancing, a silent auction and cocktails, plus what Larkin said will be a super, fun surprise for all those who attend.
All of the proceeds from the Oceans of Opportunity Gala will go towards providing financial aid to low and middle income families to ensure their children can attend programs at the Community Boating Center. Also, an anonymous donor has stepped forward and is offering to match any money raised between now and June 30.
Tickets are $100 and are available on the Community Boating Center website.
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