7th Annual Taste of the Harbor to Benefit O’Neill Sea Odyssey

The 7^th Annual Taste of the Harbor will take place on Tuesday, September 16, 2014, from 4:30 PM to sunset. Hosted by Intero Real Estate Services at the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor, there will be lively music, delicious food and beverages provided by local restaurants, and an exciting live auction and raffling off of great prizes, for an overall unforgettable time! All proceeds will go to the Intero Foundation to benefit O’Neill Sea Odyssey.

49er great Dwight Clark, also known as “The Catch”, will be the special guest at this year’s event and will autograph your memorabilia for a donation to the Intero Foundation to benefit O’Neill Sea Odyssey.

The Crow’s Nest, Café El Palomar, Johnny’s Harborside, Aldo’s, The Kind Grind, and Hula’s are just a few of the amazing local restaurants providing delicious food. Event sponsors include PG&E, the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, and Bank of America employees, along with others.

Advance reservations are $54.00 per personand$60.00 at the door. Reservations can be made at www.tasteoftheharbor.com orby mailing a check payable to Intero Foundation to Intero Real Estate Services, 2222 East Cliff Drive, Suite 150, Santa Cruz, CA 95062. Event parking at the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor will cost $2.00. The Santa Cruz Harbor is supporting the event.

O’Neill Sea Odyssey (OSO) engages 4th – 6th grade youth with a hands-on science education program on a 65-foot catamaran on Monterey Bay and in a shore-side education center. It is free and each class completes a community service project.

The program consists of an ocean-based science field trip and curriculum used in the classroom. The program achieves educational standards using ocean concepts while teaching youth about watersheds that flow to the sea and their responsibility to protect them.

The program was founded in 1996, in 2004 it received the California Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award in Children’s Environmental Education, in 2005 Senator Barbara Boxer’s Environmental Champion award and in 2013 it received the Community Impact Award from the Silicon Valley Business Journal. In 2009 the Adam Webster Memorial Fund received the Community Spinners award for its work with special needs youth.

More 75,000 youth have been served, and a recent study found that 75% of youth retained knowledge and stewardship 5-7 years after participating in OSO’s program.