The Rockland Trust-Blue Hills Charitable Foundation Provides $20,000 Grant to Thompson Island Outward Bound Educational Center
Boston, MA - May 20, 2021 - The Rockland Trust-Blue Hills Charitable Foundation awarded $20,000 to Thompson Island Outward Bound Educational Center to support their programming. Their flagship program, Connections, which combines hands-on STEM with Outward Bound s character-building curriculum, will resume in-person learning with Boston Public School (BPS) middle school students this summer. Rockland Trust is honored to support Thompson Island s programming, especially Connections, said Robert Cozzone, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President of Consumer & Business Banking at Rockland Trust, and Thompson Island Advisory Board Member. By providing a safe and healthy learning environment for students, Thompson Island is helping children and young adults throughout Boston gain confidence and build a foundation which will help them achieve success
The Patriot Ledger
Did you know there is a Boston Harbor Island you can walk to at low tide from Quincy’s Squaw Rock?
Thompson Island is a Boston Harbor Island that can be accessed at low tide by a large sandbar. This means you can walk from Nickerson Beach in Squantum, Quincy to Thompson Island. Many times each month, the tide will be so low you can walk across the “spit” and visit the beaches surrounding Thompson Island for several hours. It is a beautiful way to spend time outdoors.
The law that allows people to walk the spit from Quincy to Thompson Island is called the Colonial Ordinance. The Colonial Ordinance reserved three specific and important rights of public use within the private tidelands for “fishing, fowling, and navigation.”