Jeannie Becton was a wonderful and supportive community member to many organizations on the Blue Hill Peninsula. In BHHT’s James W. Dow Internship Program, Jeannie found a way to combine her passions of supporting the youth who call the peninsula home, and supporting the work of protecting our local environment where they live and grow. Jeannie’s interest in supporting our internship program came with a clear direction: give priority to local kids who graduated from George Stevens Academy or grew up on the Peninsula, so they would have the opportunity for this unique experience of learning more about our local environment and how to care for it.

Through Jeannie’s support, BHHT has thus far hosted two local interns, with a third scheduled this summer. They all call this place home and thanks to Jeannie they not only feel much more connected to this place, but they have moved on in their education and careers with important new skills and knowledge about this work. Through the incredible memorial gifts so many sent to BHHT’s intern fund in Jeannie’s memory, we will be able to carry on this important effort for future young people growing up in this amazing place that Jeannie cared so much about. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this fund and towards Jeannie’s incredible legacy. She is missed.

In September 2022 BHHT staff had the pleasure of joining the Arnaud family for a dedication ceremony of the Tony Arnaud Bench at our Herrick Memorial landing property on Peters Cove. Tony, who was at that ceremony during what would be his final visit to Blue Hill, a place very dear to his heart, was overjoyed with the location as it was one of his favorite places in the world since he was just a boy. Tony passed away on March 15th and we are so glad he had a chance to visit his bench and beloved Blue Hill one more time. We hope you all will take an opportunity to visit Tony's bench, and as he would say: Sit down and enjoy the view, and "do as little as possible"