The River Current || April 18, 2007 || Issue XXXXVI
The twice monthly e-newsletter of the Charles River
Watershed Association
...bringing our backyard river to your door...
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In
this issue:
1)
EMS Discount Day
2) Charles River Cleanup on Saturday
3)
Upcoming Run of Charles Canoe and Kayak Race
4)
Science Theme Park on April 29th
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1) Boston EMS Discount Day
Eastern Mountain Sports at 1041 Commonwealth Avenue in
Boston is having a special “Upgrade Your Gear” (UYG) sale
for members of CRWA all day on Friday, April 20 (the
store is open from 10am to 9pm). Tell them you are a member
of CRWA, and you will receive 20% off your entire purchase
(or 15% off kayaks).
As you
upgrade, please consider donating your old items to EMS’s
clothing drive for the Shattuck Shelter, an organizations
that helps the homeless reintegrate into the society through
permanent employment. There will be a donations bin at the
front of the store through the end of May.
2)
8th Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup, Saturday, April 21,
9am-12pm. If you’d like to help out, you can join at a
drop-in site in Boston, Brighton, Watertown, Waltham,
Needham, or Bellingham. For more information, visit
www.charlesriver.org/cleanup.html or call 781-788-0007
x303.
3)
25th Annual Run of the Charles Canoe and Kayak Race
Want to win a brand new canoe or kayak?! Enter our
special raffle– you can buy tickets online or at the race on
Sunday, April 29. Come out and enjoy spring on the river at
the largest canoe and kayak race in North America! For more
information visit
www.charlesriver.org/rotc/rotc.html
4) CRWA Science Theme Park
at Herter Park, Sunday, April 29, 10am-3:30pm.
CRWA is transforming Herter Park
into a festive theme park which celebrates and educates
about life in the Charles River and in its
watershed. Everyone is invited to view exhibitions, board a
riverboat for an Eco Boat trip, experiment with a watershed
model and celebrate the introduction of 1.5 million juvenile
American Shad into the Charles River. For
more information, visit http://www.crwa.org/events/2007/sciencefest.html
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