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:
- Milford MA Rotary Club for their generous donation of $1,050 towards Summer Camp scholarships;
- Linda O’Brien for her generous donation of $175 towards Summer Camp Scholarships;
- Milfod TV & MassAccess for inviting Director, Jen Ward, and Assistant Director, Emily Stienstra, to speak about Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers at their Spring Conference (Thank you Michelle Stokes, Joanna Abrantes and Jay Vaz for helping monitor the After School program until we returned);
- Milford Facilities Team Carlos, Jay, Mark, and Mike for their help moving everything in prep for summer camp;
- Milford TV (Nick Coelho, Mishelle Hebshie and interns) for donating their time to help students learn how to use film equipment and conduct interviews;
- 7-Eleven Inc. in Milford MA for donating 10 booklets of free slurpies and sodas to reward the youth when
exhibiting good behavior; - Goldfish Swim School – Milford for gifting three-month free swim lessons to our families;
- Sandra Caproni for donating a large drink dispenser for events and activities;
- Milford Special Ops Unit for joining us during the After School Program;
- Milford Regional Medical Center for sponsoring our Basketball Skills and Fitness after school program with Aaron Anniballi of New Human;
- South High Community School of Worcester for allowing Paige Osnoe to do a CO-OP at the Center for the school year;
- Worcester State University for allowing long-time staff member, Kallie Tavano, to conduct her internship/practicum requirement at the Center;
- Milford Food Service Program, CACFP and the Hockomock YMCA for providing dinners and snacks every day for the After School Program;
- Juliet Rodriguez for helping create the new MYC Book Club Curriculum;
- The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, the Commonwealth Corporation and the MassHire Central Career Center for awarding the Center a $100,000 contract to help employ income-eligible youth this summer;
- Volunteers: Amazon volunteers: Theo Barry, Amy Craite, Elizabeth Daly, Frank Ficcardi, Sean Goyette, Kyle Lyons, Emily Watt for coming in and donating their time to help with a multitude of projects through-out the Youth Center; Gail Jussaume for coming in twice a week or more to help package dinners in preparation for After School; Brian Bell for running a weekly boxing program on Thursday evenings; James Brevigleiri for spending Wednesday’s here helping pass out dinners and snacks; Earl Wilson for volunteering his time to help with programs throughout the Center; Michelle Tate for spending time with the youth during the After-School Program; Bob Gilmore for inviting the students down to Milford Pond so they can learn how to fish; Francoise Elise for volunteering to help with grant opportunities and to all our Board Members for meeting monthly to help oversee this amazing asset to the community!
The Youth Center relies on donations to help sustain our programs! Please contact the Center if you would like to donate or click here.