Happy Holidays! Camp SoundWaters is an amazing opportunity for children all over Connecticut. We are more then just an outdoor camp, we teach campers about Long Island Sound and provide many with their first experience on or in the water! Join us for a Summer Camp Reunion on January 11, 2014. The reunion will be held in the SoundWaters […]
Holiday Wishes from SoundWaters! Please join your neighbors and friends in supportingSoundWaters by making your gift to the Annual Fund today. SoundWaters is the #1 choice of schools that study the science of Long Island Sound. This past year over 26, medicine 000 students learned and explored through educational programs at SoundWaters. We need your […]
The schooner SoundWaters is currently accepting applications for Deckhand / Educators for the 2014 sailing season. If you are interested in teaching students about Long Island Sound aboard an 80′ schooner check out the job posting www.soundwaters.org/get-involved/jobs/schoonerjobs/ Get your application in soon so you won’t miss the boat.
Hey Campers! Can you guess the salinity and temperature of Holly Pond? Heading into colder, snowy months makes us appreciate those warm sunny days on the beach. Remember how much fun we had navigating and exploring on and in Holly Pond? It is a little too cold to sail and canoe in December, but we […]
Each week, the Coastal Center is abuzz with the activities of SoundGeneration, a network of high school students recruited by SoundWaters who are committed to learning about Long Island Sound, gaining job skills, and working as a team to engage their classmates in community action to protect the Sound. Nineteen students from seven high schools […]
In the midst of a mayoral campaign crowded with debates on numerous topics, the environment took center stage as four Stamford candidates shared their vision and priorities in a debate hosted by SoundWaters, in partnership with UConn Stamford. For 90 minutes, speaking before an auditorium filled with supporters and the general public concerned about the […]
This summer, medicine more than 350 campers explored, examined, investigated and discovered the habitats, marine animals and waters of Long Island Sound as they experienced first-hand the natural world in a joyful and educational outdoor setting. The unique location of SoundWaters Coastal Education Center in Stamford’s Cove Island Park multiplies the range of outdoor activities […]
Every Spring and Summer SoundWaters benefits from the generosity of volunteer groups who lend us time, energy and hands-on muscle power. With outdoor education programs in full force in May and June, followed by preparation for Camp SoundWaters, the busy staff has little time to ready the Coastal Center and its surroundings for our summer […]
Thanks to everyone to came to the SoundWaters Annual Meeting on November 19, 2013. A standing room only crowd saluted the outgoing Board Members and greeted the new Board Members. We thanked outgoing Board of Directors chair Bob Mitchell and introduced incoming Board of Directors chair Scott Mitchell. Executive Director, Leigh Shemitz, shared the highlights […]
Thanks to everyone that participated in making the 2013 schooner SoundWaters sailing season great.
