Donate to Swimming for a chance to Win a Round-Trip Ferry Ride for 2 between Hyannis and Martha’s Vineyard!
($120 value)
Donate $10 or more to Stages of Freedom’s Swim Empowerment Program by Friday, July 5 at 4 pm and be entered to win the raffle.
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(Put “Hy-Line Cruises” in the memo of your donation)
African American children drown five times as often as all other children. This is due to lack of access to swimming pools and programs, and fear of the water. Stages of Freedom’s Swim Empowerment program works to reverse this trend by raising funds for an increasing number of low-income, urban youth to take swim lessons at the YMCA’s throughout Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts.
Learn More About the Swim Empowerment Program
About Hy-Line Cruises
Hyannis Harbor Tours, Inc. was founded in 1962 by Richard and Robert Scudder along with E. Raymond Taylor. The Scudder brothers, both graduates of Massachusetts Maritime Academy, operated “Scudder’s Sunoco” on the corner of Ocean and South Streets in Hyannis. Mr. Taylor had long been involved in the oil business on Cape Cod and founded Scudder & Taylor Oil Company with Frederic Scudder, father of Dick and Bob.
With the election of John F. Kennedy in 1960, there was an increasing demand to view the homes in the Kennedy Compound. This encouraged the brothers to enter the marine sightseeing business from a parcel of land (received as payment for an outstanding oil bill) at the “north end” of the Ocean Street Docks.
When an advertisement was seen in a local paper listing the 150-passenger M/V “Prudence” for sale, the partners moved to acquire her.