SPLASH! MWA's Waterfront Education Resource Guide

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SPLASH! is a resource for camp leaders, schoolteachers, and others serving New York City area youth to connect students to opportunities to learn about--and on--the waters that surround us. It is a NY-NJ guide to water-based low- or no-cost field trips and educational programs for students, families, and teachers.

The organizations in this document all focus in some way on the waterways that flow around, in, and through this urban landscape. At the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, we believe that the New York and New Jersey Harbor and waterways can be vibrant places to play, learn, and work with great parks, great jobs and great transportation for all. Our hope is that, through the work of organizations like yours and those in this guide, every child in the metropolitan area will have the knowledge and tools to become invested in the care, improvement and responsible use of our waterfront and harbor. We have chosen to focus on those experiences that cost on average less than 10 dollars per participant.

In the guide you will find tables listing the featured organizations by average cost of programming per student and by location. We have also highlighted those organizations that offer paddling or other programs that get participants on the water in accordance with our mission. Following that, there is an expanded list of each organization, a sample of the programs they offer, and their contact information.

The information in this guide is correct to the best of our knowledge and ability as of May 2011. Please contact any organizations to confirm information, plan an experience, or ask further questions. If you would like an organization added to the guide, or work for an organization where the listing needs updating, please contact us.