On behalf of the MYC staff and Youth Commission, we would like to express how grateful we are for all the companies, families and individuals who made our Thanksgiving meal for the kids a huge success, the first time running the event since 2019! We were able to serve 115 kids, along with special guests, volunteers and staff a hot meal as well as donate leftovers to the Milford Fire and Police Departments!
Thank you to Milford Mass Pizza Chef, Oliva’s Market, Catering & Gourmet Gifts, Gene’s Variety, Casa Brasil, Milford Pizza Palace, Emporium Brazil of Milford and Caffe Sorrento for each donating more than one side dish each for our meal. Thank you to Whole Foods Market of Bellingham for donating a ham, Darlene and John Dulude, Sandy Caproni & Stacy Darling, all board members, for making and donating turkeys. 
Thank you also to Ariea Bryan, Board Member and the Stachowkski Family for donating juice boxes and waters. We would like to thank the following individuals for monetary donations and gift cards, Dana and Valerie Tessicini, Ken Rosa, Lisa White, Danielle Merrill and Stop & Shop of Milford. These donations allowed us to get supplies we needed to serve the meal and some desserts for the children! A huge shout out to board members, Jay Vaz for helping set up and clean up and Stacy Darling for helping to serve the food! A big thanks to Donna Arthur, Johanna Ferrucci, Michelle Huynh, Toni Travaglini, and Angelina Moscatelli of ERA Key Realty Services for their amazing help serving the food! 
A big thanks to volunteers, Judy Tusino & Gail Jussaume for making and serving beautiful cupcakes! Thank you to Mindy Katz, Earl Wilson, Dalton Ionson and Alison Stienstra for helping to serve food and drinks and Sue-Ellen Szynmanski & Phyllis Foley of the Greenleaf Gardening Club for running a Thanksgiving themed craft activity! After the meal, kids also decorated Holiday cards for the Senior Center!
Thank you to special guests including State Representative Brian W. Murray, Milford Select Board member Mike Walsh, Milford Town Hall Employees: Carlos Benjamin, Laura Krovocheck, Kara Geromini, Chris Pilla and Rick Villani for joining us at the celebration. Finally, thank you to Maddy Bonvino, Sam Bonvino and Kyle Hobson for coming! Lastly, thank you to all the staff members who helped make the event such a success! Happy Thanksgiving!