Dear MYC families and community partners. We wanted to communicate with you all continually as the time passes to let you all know how much we miss you all and are saddened that we cannot share our beautiful building and programs with you at this time. However, we are trying to make the best of it! Follow our social media pages and look at our website for virtual programs every day! To all our seniors, class of 2020, congratulations on graduating and transitioning to your next chapter during this difficult time! To all other students finishing up the school year virtually, you are almost there! Keep up the great work. To show our support, we dropped of graduation bears to all seniors who attend our after school program, who volunteered and/or were current staff! In addition, here are some more updates as to what we have accomplished this past month to stay positive and do our part in the community!
Mask Making: In addition to the over 820 mask kits already distributed to the Milford Community with the donation of fabrics from Joanne Fabrics and other community members, we have made another 200 mask kits for individuals and the Milford Food Service Program to distribute, bringing our total to OVER 1,000 MASK KITS!!! If you would like to donate materials please connect with us 508-473-1756 or email here! You can also purchase “MYC” face coverings through our online store on SquadLocker here. A portion of any MYC purchase is donated back to us!
Food/Toiletry/Pet Food Distribution: With the continued support and generosity of Amazon and Ariea Bryan, we have been able to continue to drop off donations to Milford High School and the Milford Daily Bread Food Pantry, along with weekly care packages for some of our senior volunteers.
Amazon Birthday Gift Distribution: During the school year, we were able to let kids of our after school program pick a prize from donated toys, games and books accumulated from our Amazon donation deliveries. We felt that kids would like an extra surprise on their birthdays while they are home during this difficult time. With the help of Milford Police Department, the Special Ops Unit and the Milford Highway Department, we have continued Birthday Gift deliveries to the kids of our program! We began this in late April and have delivered gifts to over 50 youth and additional gifts to their siblings so far and plan to continue throughout the month of June!Message Requests for Seniors, Medical Staff and First Responders: Over the last month, We are reaching out to the community to help us collect messages to our senior population with messages of “We are thinking about you” and thank you messages to our local medical staff and first responders! We have collected over 100 for each group so far! if you would like to participate, you can send a picture of yourself with a message or the message by itself to milfordyouthcenter@comcast.net
Virtual Trainings: We are pursuing as much professional development opportunities right now as possible to help us get though this difficult time as an organization. Some training’s include, the Foundation for MetroWest’s “Fundraising in Challenging Times: Building Your Contingency Plans”, Philanthropy Massachusetts’s ” Let’s Get Digital: Leveraging Social Media for Fundraising” and the National Recreation and Park Association’ “Leadership Development Meeting (Let’s Reopen).”