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Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week is an annual event that celebrates the culture, history and natural beauty of the nation’s largest estuary.
Annapolis, MD - Join the Chesapeake Bay Program on June 5 to 13, 2021 for Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week! Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week is a time to celebrate the cultures, history and natural beauty of the nation's largest estuary. During the week, there are a wide variety of online and in-person events, volunteer opportunities and social media conversations for everyone to take part in to celebrate the Chesapeake Bay.
History and Purpose
In 2016, the Chesapeake Bay Commission worked with their legislative partners to formally designate nine days each June as Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week. This timing was chosen to correspond with two long-running Bay events—Clean the Bay Day in Virginia and Bernie Fowler’s Wade-In in Maryland. Each year, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia pass official proclamations in honor of Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week. Several local county and city governments have followed suit over the years, marking their own observance of the Bay. Organizations and business are encouraged to hold events, activities and volunteer opportunities during this time to celebrate the uniqueness of the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Program is honored to help coordinate and play a role in this annual event.
Join us in celebrating Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week 2021!
The theme for Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week 2021 is recreation. With park visitation and outdoor activities reaching an all-time high in 2020, we are going to celebrate all the ways in which people can recreate in and around the Chesapeake Bay. Each day will focus on a different category of recreation, allowing a variety of people and organizations to share their connection to the Chesapeake through social media.
- Saturday, June 5: On the water
- Sunday, June 6: Parks and trails
- Monday, June 7: In your neighborhood
- Tuesday, June 8: In your home
- Wednesday, June 9: Connecting with food
- Thursday, June 10: Community science
- Friday, June 11: Museums and historic locations
- Saturday, June 12: Volunteering and community engagement
- Sunday, June 13: Environmental stewardship
