Monthly Thank You: March 2022

The Youth Center would like to extend a very appreciative thank you to the following list who donated items and/or their time this month to the Center:

ERA Key Realty Services on behalf of their Circle of Light award winner Christine Lawrence and their generous donation of $500;
Lisa Campopiano for her generous monetary donation of $200;
Dianna Bently for her generous monetary donation of $21.10;
Sandra Baldi for her generous monetary donation of $50.00;
Fran Stone for her generous donation of Ribbons, craft paper, and other art supplies;
Jan Fornaciari for her generous donation of puzzles, binders, labels, and sheet protectors;
TDA and Tom Murray for their generous donation of two certificates valued at $240 each to help our future fundraising efforts;
Ken Rosa for his generous donation of a Henry Hunter signed football for a future raffle;
Milford Regional Medical Center for sponsoring our FitFun after school program with Carly Fauth;
Jen from Infinite Pawz-Ibilities for working with Cora and the grant process to get her trained as well as running a class with the kids last month;
Milford Food Service Program, CACFP and the Hockomock YMCA for providing dinners and snacks every day for the After School Program;
The Taylor Family for visiting the Center to have Jen, the Director give a tour to family members of former board member, Ron Taylor, who passed away in December. Ron dedicated so much of his time and expertise over the years and it was a pleasure to be able to show his family the many projects and donations from Ron over the years;
Milford Highway and Facilities Department for always having our building ready for programs after snowstorms;
Volunteers: Evalysse Pierce, Lauren Handley-Bucchino, Carly Haley, and Kaylee Whitney for volunteering their time to help run and facilitate programs, Ariea Bryan for staying one day to help package dinners in preparation for After School, Board Members (Steve Sousa, Brendan Rickert, Darlene Dulude, John Dulude, Ariea Bryan) for helping conduct interviews, Brian Bell for running a weekly boxing program on Thursday evenings, Ricky Gagnon for spending an afternoon here helping pass out dinners and snacks, Francoise Elise for volunteering to help with grant opportunities and to all of our Board Members for meeting monthly to help oversee this amazing asset to the community!