Giving Thanks To Our Community This Giving Tuesday!

The WaterFront Center is proud to once again participate in Giving Tuesday, a day that encourages people to do good inspiring hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.

This Giving Tuesday, we want you to join us in celebrating our wonderful WFC community! Each day in the week leading up to Giving Tuesday (Nov 30th), we will be celebrating highlights from our amazing community that embody the ideals that represent our mission of “Connecting People To The Water Through Education and Recreation!”

Check back each day to see which stories from our blog we revisit and help us share the accomplishments of our sailors, paddlers, educators, volunteers, and staff!

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Nothing we do would be possible without the generosity of our community! We hope you will support The WaterFront Center on Giving Tuesday. No donation is ever too small, and showing your support means the world to us!

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Nov 23 - Seven Days Until #GivingTuesday 2021

Nickolas Wiggins Earns The JSA High Point Award!

Nikolas Wiggins, a WFC Opti Race Team sailor, was awarded the JSA High Point Award for Opti Area A! The award is presented to the Opti sailor who earned the highest percentage of wins throughout the season. Congratulations Nikolas for this well-earned accomplishment! We looking forward to seeing where your future takes you!

Nov 24 - Six Days Until #GivingTuesday 2021

Horseshoe Crab Tagging for the 2021 Season

The WaterFront Center is excited to be returning to the New York Horseshoe Crab Monitoring Network for the 2021 tagging season, this is our 9th year participating. Participants assist with the collection of scientific data that is used to assess the status of horseshoe crabs in New York State and will help determine the management and conservation of this important species throughout the region.

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Nov 25 - Five Days Until #GivingTuesday 2021

Remembering Clint Smith

With deep regret and sadness, we announce that Clinton S. "Clint" Smith passed on April 26th peacefully at his home. Clint was the motivating force behind the Christeen Oyster Sloop Preservation Corporation and the Ida May project, amongst many other special causes.

Nov 26 - Four Days Until #GivingTuesday 2021

Dale Carnegie Global Day of Giving

You can read about how we gave back to nature with @DaleCArnegie for their Global Day of Giving! We hope this inspires you to be grateful of the world around us!

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Nov 27 - Three Days Until #GivingTuesday 2021

Oyster Gardening with Friends and Family

Raising Oysters improves water quality and enhances marine habitat while establishing a sustainable Oyster Population. To date, nearly 200,000 oysters have been released into and around a spawner sanctuary through the Community Shellfish Garden program.

Nov 28 - Two Days Until #GivingTuesday 2021

Shaping A New Mast for Christeen

During last winter overhaul, Christeen, our 138-year-old, double gaff-rigged Oyster Sloop, was due for a new mast! Shaping a new mast for Chirsteen requires a lot of expertise and dedication to do the job!

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Nov 29 - One Days Until #GivingTuesday 2021

2021 Benefit Regatta

Thank you to all the sailors and staff who helped us rebuild our Community Sailing programs this season and to everyone who attended the 2021 Benefit Regatta! It's thanks to you that our community has grown by leaps and bounds this season. We wish more of you could have been there, but hopefully, we can make it a bigger and better event in the years to come!

Nov 30 - #GivingTuesday 2021

We Want To Thank You!

On this Giving Tuesday, I want to take the opportunity to THANK YOU, our customers and supporters, who personify our mission of connecting people to the water through education and recreation.  Your generosity enables our team of educators, naturalists, and sailing instructors to provide the excellence in programming that we strive for each and every year, while also serving and giving back to the community.

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Giving Tuesday is more than just a "Global Day of Giving." For non-profit organizations like ours, Giving Tuesday is a day that inspires generosity worldwide, where our community can join the mission to build a world where generosity is part of everyday life.

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