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The Onset Bay Center, located in the recently rebuilt Onset Bathhouse, is offering its full slate of recreation programs this summer after a muted opening last year due to the pandemic.
The old bathhouse at Onset Beach has been completely rebuilt and now houses the Onset Bay Center, a place for on-water recreation and education.
The center opened last year but couldn’t offer its full slate of programs until this summer because of the pandemic.
Activities include instructional sailing for all ages and a kids’ exploration program, with scholarships available.
Center director Katherine Garofoli said the idea is to help everyone enjoy and appreciate the water.
Previous participants in youth programs enjoy time on the water. Photo courtesy: Onset Bay Center
Early registration for several of the Onset Bay Center’s summer youth programs is now for Wareham residents.
Children and teenagers interested in various water sports and activities such as sailing, kayaking and exploring are invited to register for the program of their choice. Full day, half day and special excursion programs will be offered in week-long sessions throughout the summer. The sessions begin at the end of June and run through the end of August.
Director Katherine Garofoli emphasized that the Onset Bay Center will be offering more programs than the ones it has already announced.
Dec 18, 2020
Participants in a program get out on the bay. Photo courtesy: Onset Bay Center
Onset Bay Center director Katherine Garofoli is hard at work planning for next year’s programs, and she’s asking the public to weigh in on the activities and events they’d most like to see.
The Onset Bay Center, run by the Buzzards Bay Coalition, is housed at the newly renovated Onset Bathhouse, and leads programs on the beach and bay and on Wickets Island.
“We were very happy with how the summer went given the challenges of covid restrictions,” Garofoli said. “We’re really looking to the future and getting excited about the 2021 summer, and anticipating that it s going to be a full program with multiple different types of activities for everybody.”