Page 16 THE REVERE ADVOCATE - Friday, March 15, 2019 Save the Harbor/Save the Bay splashes in the snow to support public beaches O n March 10, over 200 beach lovers braved not only the chilly winter water but also snowy weather and plunged into Boston Harbor at the BCYF Curley Community Center in South Boston as part of the 9th annual Harpoon Shamrock Splash to benefit Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Better Beaches Program. This year the “pledge and plunge” fundraiser raised more than $50,000 for the Better Beaches Program, which provides grants to community organizations that host free events and programs on the region’s public beaches. Participants could direct their fundraising to their favorite local beach, and teams raised $1,765 for events on Revere Beach. Each year the program supports free concerts and beach festivals, sand-sculpting competitions and youth programs on public beaches in Lynn, Nahant, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy and Hull. “Thirty years ago nobody wanted to go swimming at the region’s beaches and today, they are some of the cleanest urban beaches in the country,” said Save the Harbor/Save the Bay President Tani Marinovich. “It’s amazing to see the community that supports this event and supports our beaches from Nahant to Nantasket.” Before the sprint into the ocean, Boston 25 Meteorologist Vicki Graf was on hand to deliver a real-time weather report:Although the air temperature was 34 degrees, the water itself was a balmy 40 degrees! Even though everyone was already wet from the snow and rain before splashing into the harbor, 2019’s Harpoon Shamrock Splash was the best one yet with splashers enjoying delicious brunch burritos from Baja Taco Truck and fresh, Somerville, raised $2,577. The top five teams also raised significant funds at this year’s Harpoon Shamrock Splash. Save the Harbor/Save the Bay topped the list with $15,964, followed by JetBlue with $10,990 and the Piers Park Sub-Aqua Warriors with $4,950. Team YES raised $3,162 and Team Harpoon! raised $2,720. “Save the Harbor would like hot chowder from Daily Catch while Mix 104.1 played music on the beach. Harpoon beers invigorated participants after their plunge. “I love when it snows on Splash day,” said Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Director of Strategy and Communications, Bruce Berman, who has splashed every year since the event began. “We’re hearty here in New England and the only thing we love more than snow is the beach.” “All of us at Harpoon look forward to a relaxing beach day after our Harpoon St. Patrick’s festival to support a great cause and warm up with a refreshing Harpoon, brunch burrito, and clam chowder on the beach with our friends from Save the Harbor/Save the Bay,” said Harpoon Brewery President Charlie Storey. “The water might be cold, and the beach might be covered in snow, but the warm feeling you get from giving back to your community stays with you for a long time.” Participants won JetBlue flights and great Harpoon swag for reaching fundraising goals. Mary Cole from East Boston, who raised $1,530 and received the most donations to her splash, and Trevor Etheridge from Jamaica Plain, who raised $1,655, were the top two fundraisers. They each won roundtrip JetBlue flights for their efforts. The two costume contest winners, Elaine Howley of Waltham, as the Banana Minion, and Joe Skahan from Lynn, as Beaker of the Muppets, won JetBlue flights as well for their creativity and enthusiasm. Second-place costumed splashers were Jane Kepros of East Boston, who dressed as a goldfish, and Nick Russo of South Boston, who dressed as Aladdin. They won swag from The Harvey Traveler Collection. The costume contest was once again judged by Kennedy Elsey of Mix 104.1. Every splasher and contributor also had the opportunity to win prizes in two postsplash JetBlue flight raffles. “At JetBlue, we are committed to our community and fun is one of our core values,” said JetBlue’s Corporate Responsibility Liaison, Donnie Todd, who led a team of 30 participants. “More than 3,500 JetBlue crewmembers call Boston home; we cherish our harbor and proudly support Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the work they do on the region’s public beaches.” Members of Save the Harbor/ Save the Bay’s leadership team were also key fundraisers, but were ineligible to win JetBlue flights. Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Chair of the Board, Joe Newman from Arlington, raised $3,401. Spokesperson Berman, who is from Brighton, raised $3,115. 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View all our listings at: CarpenitoRealEstate.com decorative to thank event sponsors at Harpoon Brewery, JetBlue, Mix 104.1, Baja Taco, The Daily Catch, The Harvey Traveler Collection, Unreal Candy, Stony Brook WholeHeartedFoods, and the Blue Sky Collaborative,” said Marinovich, “As well as our Better Beaches Program Funding Partners at The Boston Foundation, Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation, P&G Gillette, National Grid, Comcast, Beacon Capital Partners, and New England Picture. “We would also like to thank the Massachusetts Legislature, the Baker-Polito Administration and the Metropolitan Beaches Commission for their support for our beaches,” Marinovich continued, “and our program partners at the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Boston Centers for Youth and Families and the Greater Boston YMCA for their support.” commonly seen in the Northern Lights? 1. On March 15, 44 BC, who was warned to “beware the Ides of March”? 2. Which “Seven Sisters” women’s college does not officially exist? 3. “The Ballad of Jed Clampett” was what TV series theme song? 4. On March 16, 1751, what free-thinking U.S. president was born who is known as “Father of the Constitution” and main author of the “Bill of Rights”? 5. What French book title literally means “In Search of Lost Time”? 6. What saint did American poet Henry Bennett describe as “a saint so clever; O! he gave the snakes and toads a twist, And bothered them forever!”? 7. What U.S. state’s National Guard is unofficially known as the Green Mountain Boys, even though they include women? 8. On March 17, 1902, Monomoy Life Saving Station members died while trying to rescue two barges in a storm near what Cape Cod town? 9. What color is most 10. What U.S. president’s library became the start of the Library of Congress? 11. On March 18, 1980, what German-American psychologist and author of “The Art of Loving” died? 12. What game uses the French term en passant? 13. Cross-country skiing is also called what? 14. What U.S. city dyes its river green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? 15. On March 20, 1886, the first American demonstration of an alternating-current (AC) system was used on Great Barrington’s Main Street for what? 16. What children’s book features Sam-I-Am and a breakfast dish? 17. What flower has varieties including Parrot, Fringed and Triumph? 18. On March 21, 1846, Antoine-Joseph “Adolphe” Sax applied for a patent on what instrument he made of wood? 19. What vice president called his critics “nattering nabobs of negativism”? 20. What is the difference between green tea and matcha? Answers below, please no cheating! FROM PAGE 10 1. Julius Caesar 2. Radcliffe (part of Harvard) 3. “The Beverly Hillbillies” 4. James Madison (March 16 is Freedom of Information Day) 5. Marcel Proust’s “Remembrance of Things Past” 6. Saint Patrick (in the poem “St. Patrick Was a Gentleman”) 7. Vermont’s 8. Chatham 9. Green 10. Thomas Jefferson’s 11. Erich Fromm 12. Chess 13. Nordic skiing 14. Chicago 15. Lighting 16. Dr. Seuss’s “Green Eggs and Ham” 17. Tulips 18. A saxophone 19. Spiro Agnew 20. Green tea originated in China; matcha is a Japanese green tea powder.
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