September 7, 2019 ______Update 130

Greetings! As I told you last week, the Massachusetts Legislature has been working on a bill sponsored by Senator Mark C. Montigny and co-sponsored by several other legislators which will insure a great future for Ernestina-Morrissey . Yesterday we received great news from Senator Montigny's office . The Senate has unanimously approved the amended bill and sent it to the House of Representatives for its consideration. We applaud the hard work of Senator Mark Montigny along with Senator Vitiato deMacedo, Senator Michael Rodrigues and Senator Marc Pacheco. This vote in the Senate brings us closer to a SAILING  Ernestina-Morrissey ! Thank you, Senator Montigny! Massachusetts residents , please call or email your Senator and thank them for supporting Ernestina-Morrissey and call or email your Representative and ask them to support "An Act to preserve the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey" when it is read in the House. Let's let them know Ernestina-Morrissey has support across the Commonwealth! Fair Winds, Mary Anne McQuillan Secretary, SEMA

Schooner Ernestina Commission Meeting

Friday September 13, 2019 | 10:00 am New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Visitors’ Center  33 William St.  New Bedford, MA Details and Agenda

SEMA Selected for Don Turner Award

The Board of Trustees of the USS Constitution Museum has selected Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association to receive the 2019 Don Turner Award. This award recognizes a person or team of people who have contributed significantly to efforts to preserve important vessels. We will proudly accept this award on behalf of all SEMA members, donors and supporters who have helped us give voice to our conviction that in order to honor her past and serve the Commonwealth in the future, Ernestina-Morrissey must be SAILING! READ MORE and GET TICKETS

Call for Volunteers for September 28

“Big Boats, Little Boats” Saturday September 28, 10 am -4 -pm. SEMA has requested DCR provide one of the Ernestina dories for display at the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center for this event. Please consider helping for an hour or so. Let me know at maryanne@ernestina.org 

Upcoming Events:

Saturday, Sept 8 4PM New Bedford Harbor Sea Chantey Chorus at Four Corners Art Center , Tiverton Thursday, September 12 , 5:30-7:30 PM  Salute to Maritime Heritage and Don Turner Award Saturday, September 28 10 AM-4 PM “Big Boats, Little Boats” Saturday, September 28 11 AM-6 PM William Street “Bow to Stern” Festival Saturday, September 28 1:30 New Bedford Harbor Sea Chantey Chorus at The First Unitarian Church of New Bedford Parish House 2nd Floor Tryworks Saturday, September 28 4 PM Maritime Music at the Seamen’s Bethel

The September/October 2019 issue of WoodenBoat Magazine will have the first article of a series about Ernestina-Morrissey . If you don’t have a subscription check your local news stand soon or order one at the WoodenBoat Online Store .

We hope all of you have liked the Ernestina-Morrissey Facebook page . Facebook is a way to keep up to date on Ernestina-Morrissey news until the next email Update or blog post on the website. Like our page if you haven’t and invite your friends to like and follow Ernestina-Morrissey when you share the post of this newsletter.   Facebook users! We have nearly 4000 likes on Facebook. Help us get to 4000 by September 15!

Thank you to all who continue to make this project possible! 

This Project to rehabilitate Schooner  Ernestina-Morrissey , the official vessel of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is being supported by a public/private partnership with funds from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, The Lenfest Foundation, the Hildreth Stewart Charitable Foundation, The Manton Foundation, the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts - Mary Morley Crapo Hyde Eccles Fund, the  City of New Bedford’s Community Preservation Act Program,  the Carney Family Foundation, the Island Foundation, other grants and many individual contributions . You can easily access all our past posts about the Ernestina-Morrissey rehabilitation project  HERE.

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Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation with the purpose of raising funds to provide for the maintenance, equipment, manning, programming and operation of the Schooner  Ernestina ex Effie M. Morrissey   as a sail training vessel, school ship, and educational enterprise