Although we had to close our doors to the public 3 months early due to the current COVID-19 health crisis, we never stopped trying to connect and help the community. Although we were not be able to welcome our youth and families into the building, the Center adapted to the current situation to live up to its mission and vision and be a resource to the community as a whole. Immediately, in collaboration with the Milford Board of Health and Milford TV, the Center started making mask kits for the community including over 600 masks kits for the free breakfast and lunch program at Memorial, 125 mask kits for the Senior Center’s Meals on Wheels participants and numerous more to other town departments, organizations and individuals, amounting to over 1,000 masks! Due to the generosity of Amazon, who weekly drops off car loads of their returned items, we have been able to deliver an estimated $15,000 worth of food, toiletry and pet food donations to community organizations who are distributing emergency needs and weekly care packages for some of our senior volunteers. We have become the liaison between Amazon and the community to get these items to those who are most in need and vulnerable. In addition, with the help of the Milford Police Department and the Special Ops team and the Milford Highway Department, we began delivering donated gifts from Amazon and the United Way of Tri-County and their “Project Toy Box” Campaign. Amazon items are used for Birthday deliveries and United Way gifts are delivered to youth in our program who are most in need. We delivered gifts to over 100 youth since we started in April! With the goal of keeping our youth active, we have also been hosting virtual programs on our social media/website and on all Milford TV platforms. We have been able to offer 1-2 programs a day, with over 90 programs as of now to choose from online and you can do right from your home. Lastly, we have worked with teachers and our program youth to create messages of gratitude to our local medical staff at Milford Regional Medical Center, Senior population and to first responders. Finally, we have been working with the Town and the Federal Census Bureau to spread the importance to complete the 2020 Census. We have distributed printing materials with our mask kits along with Census water bottles and bags with gift deliveries. We will continue to provide our current services and work with our community partners to provide the resources and needs of our youth and families as best we can as we start the re-opening process! Together, as a community, we will get through this very precarious situation and we have hope and confidence that we will be back stronger and more collaborative that ever!