The Milford Youth Center and JAG Youth Council will host a “Find Yourself Friday” Youth event on Friday, April 26th from 6:30-9:00 PM at the Milford Youth Center. The event will include music, dancing, snacks and games!
The JAG Youth Council decided to have the proceeds of the event go towards their Relay for Life team! The JAG Youth Council discussed that they wanted participate in Milford’s Relay for Life on May 10th to honor cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against a disease that has already taken too much. Relay teams camp out overnight and take turns walking or running around the high school. Relay events are up to 24 hours in length and, because cancer never sleeps, each team is asked to have at least one participant on the track at all times. To donate to the MYC & JAG team, click here.
Find Yourself Friday’s mission is to create a healthy, fun and educational environment for our youth while offering them an opportunity to improve their community. Find Yourself Fridays are held once-per-month at the Milford Youth Center on a Friday night. These events give youth a safe environment to be with their peers and enjoy music, dancing, games and healthy snacks. These events are developed by members of the JAG Youth Council, they meet weekly to develop monthly themes based on what they feel is an important issue facing the community and give a portion of the money collected to the cause of the month.
Find Yourself Fridays have been an enormous success over the last 2 year, with over 150 youth attending each month and donating to various charities. Some of these include: Milford Housing Authority, Cell Phones for Soldiers, Best Buddies , Compassionate Care ALS, Kony 2012, Anti-Bullying, Milford Play Initiative, Milford Daily Bread Food Pantry, a sneaker collection for youth in the Dominican Republic, JAG members to attend a Youth Leadership Summit in DC, United Way of Tri-County’s “Feed a Family for Fifty,” and to Newtown, CT families. Find Yourself Fridays are sponsored by the United Way of Tri-County, CHNA-6 and DoSomething.org
If you would like to volunteer at the event please contact Jen Ward.