WHY WE GIVE TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION

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The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race was founded to "promote public awareness of the Chesapeake Bay's maritime heritage and to encourage the preservation and improvement of the Chesapeake's natural resources. We accomplish this goal by donating the proceeds of the race to one or more charitable organizations involved in conservation of the natural resources of the Chesapeake Bay."

Each year since our inception, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) has been chosen to receive all schooner entry fees. Many schooners also make extra donations to "Save the Bay."

Environmental Education Activities

CBF's education programs, working from 16 sites around the watershed, give 36,000 people per year to enhance their relationship with the Bay and the natural world. "The first step in protecting the Chesapeake Bay is giving people the opportunity to love it. The second is instilling a sense of responsibility for its health." Participants canoe marshes, dredge for oysters aboard CBF's historic skipjack, pull seine nets through the waters of the Bay's tributaries, test water quality, and participate in sustainable farming demonstrations at CBF's Clagett Farm. Members are in all 50 states and 10 foreign countries.

What You Can Do

Choose non-disposable and nontoxic products (yellow packaging indicates phosphate-free detergents). Reconsider your disposal of hazardous waste (oils, paints, solvents, cleaners). Recycle!

For more information, write or call Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Philip Merrill Environmental Center, 6 Herndon Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21403. 410/268-8833.