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Help clean up Squantum Point Park marshlands on Saturday

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Squantum Point ParkJoin neighbors to help clean up trash and debris littering beautiful walking paths along the marshlands in and around Squantum Point Park

When: Saturday, October 20, 8 a.m.
Where:  Squantum Point Park, DCR parking lot. Meet at the pavilion / commuter shelter in the area of the parking lot facing Boston. (The park is at the end of Victory Road in Marina Bay, to the left of the Ocean Club.)

What to bring/wear:

  • Wear comfortable clothes and sturdy shoes
  • Bring work gloves if you have them
  • Dennis Leigh from Coastsweep and the Urban Harbors Institute at UMass/Boston will provide trash bags and gloves to assist with the clean-up.

Grab your friends and join this cleanup to keep Squantum beautiful!

More information:
Visit Ward 6 Councilor Brian McNamee’s website for more information.

Join us at Arts Squantum event

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When: Wednesday, September 12, 7pmSquantum Artists
Where: First Church of Squantum, 164 Bellevue Street, Squantum, MA.

Join us for an evening of art and conversation as we enjoy the creativity and beauty of Squantum artists. The evening will include exhibits of photography, painting, textile arts including quilting and hooked rugs, as well as ceramics. Enjoy refreshments and mingle with these imaginative and inspired artists and neighbors.

Enjoy the magnificent vision of photographer Lisa Aimola (you may have seen her work in Quincy newspapers), botanical watercolorist Ruth Ann Wetherby, fiber artist Emily Robertson who is known for her humorous take on serious issues depicted in her hooked rugs, and ceramic artist Teri MacMillan who cultivates crystalline glazes for her extraordinary pottery, along with painters Jean Mayer Green and Ruthe Sholler, drawing artist Glen Buscher and photographers Grace and Stephanie Buscher, as well as painter and quilting textile artist Deni Sindel.

About Squantum Community Association
The Squantum Community Association provides programming that fosters conversation and community with a focus on topics of interest to the Squantum and Quincy communities, highlighting local talent and history. To subscribe to event notifications or share ideas for future events email SCASquantumEvents@gmail.com.