COVID-19

Season’s greetings

On December 20, 2021 / COVID-19, News Release, Past Events

Season’s greetings and a big huzzah to everyone! As we approach the end of the year I wanted to provide you with a quick update on our sailing season and to ask for your help with meeting our annual appeal goal. 2021 turned out to be a banner year for our sailing and camp programs! We had one of our best seasons of public sails with 5,950 passengers nearly eclipsing our all-time record from 2017 of 6,193 passengers. We set organizational records for the number of private charters (73), and number of River Rats camp registrations (327)! These were great […]

Virtual Party for Piscataqua Raises over $20,000

On October 29, 2020 / COVID-19, Donor, Members, News Release, Past Events

Celebrate our 2020 Season with Us!

On October 19, 2020 / COVID-19, News Release, Past Events

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Virtual Party for Piscataqua

On October 5, 2020 / COVID-19, News Release

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Camp Update June 3

On June 3, 2020 / COVID-19, News Release, Past Events

Dear Camp Families, As many of you know, Governor Sununu announced this past Friday that summer day camps may start operating on June 22nd. Along with this announcement Sununu released a series of guidelines for opening camps. The Gundalow Company staff has spent the last several days reviewing these guidelines and aligning them with our existing program and safety standards and have come to the difficult realization that several of these guidelines make it impossible to operate our summer camp program as it exists. Based on the group size recommendations of 8 campers/group and the need to increase our staff […]

2020 Covid – 19 Camp Guidelines

On June 3, 2020 / COVID-19

After careful consideration, we are moving our camp program from a full day to a half day program. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause your family, but it is the best way for us to offer a safe and fun program this summer. General Guidelines: Groups of 10 total: 8 campers, 2 staff Additional staff may interact with multiple groups if they are mandatory for the running of specific portions of the program and they maintain 6 feet of social distancing. This includes boat drivers. Each camp group will interact only with their own camp group All […]

World Ocean Week

On May 27, 2020 / COVID-19, Education

Date: Monday, June 1, 2020 – Monday, June 8, 2020 **New programs and events will be added as plans are finalized.** World Ocean Day is an international celebration and collaboration for a healthier future for our Ocean. On June 8, 2020 people from across the globe will unite to raise awareness of the critical role the ocean plays for all life on Earth and the dire need to protect it. We are proud to have teamed up with our partners Seacoast Science Center, Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation, Bow Seat, and League of Conservation Voters for a week long celebration this […]

Online Learning Resources: Mini Unit – Art and Music of the Piscataqua Region

On May 22, 2020 / COVID-19, News Release, Past Events

Sing a Shanty with Frank and some of our other Gundalow crew and Volunteers Explore and Write Place Based Poetry Listen to Tammy Truax talk about her process of writing place based poetry and hear 2 of her poems – RECORDINGS COMING SOON Get outside with this Nature Based Art Scavenger Hunt Build a Paper Gundalow – copy this simple activity to learn the parts of a gundalow. Use this Gundalow Drawing with Labels

May 20 Camp Update

On May 20, 2020 / COVID-19, Education

The Gundalow staff and crew have spent the last few weeks carefully assessing, planning, and modifying our camp program based on current state and local recommendations. Our goal is to provide a safe camp program that gets campers outside to experience our rivers. The nature of our camps provide some opportunities as well as challenges for running camp this summer. As of May 20, we are planning to run a modified camp program with some cancellations of specific programs. We are still waiting to hear guidelines from the state on day camps and we may still need to further cancel […]

Mini-Unit Piscataqua Region History

On May 12, 2020 / COVID-19, Education, Past Events

Play our popular game Piscataqua People at home and explore how important the rivers and boating was for the early people who lived here. You can also explore the Piscataqua People through this interactive online activity. This timeline of the maritime history of the Piscataqua Region was compiled by Gundalow Volunteers. Explore the bridges in the Piscataqua Region and then challenge yourself to build your own bridge with this STEM activity. Find lessons and virtual tours at Strawbery Banke Museum Find more resources about the history of Gundalows on our learning resources pages. Watch our Captain Step the stump mast on the historic Gundalow. EXPLORE MORE […]