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:
- Thank you to the Hockomock YMCA and all Golf Sponsors, foursome participants and to those who donated raffle for making our first upcoming golf tournament possible;
- The Hockomock YMCA for making the Youth Center a new location for their monthly pop up pantry;
- Milford Regional Medical Center for collaborating on our wellness and fitness programming;
- Hockomock Area YMCA for inviting the MYC staff to the 2023 Annual Breakfast at Gillette Stadium;
- Phyllis Foley for the donation of $25 to help support MYC programming;
- Milford Food Service Program, CACFP and the Hockomock YMCA for providing dinners and snacks every day for the after school program;
- Adelia Goncalves Pires for donating yarn, ribbon, decorative hats for our knitting and art programs;
- Lovin’ Spoonfuls for providing our families with the option of weekly rescued food donations;
- Milford TV and Mishelle Hebshie for running our Milford TV after-school program;
- Andy Nastasi and Blue Moon Bagel Co. for donating bread, croissants, and muffins to the Center;
- Goldfish Swim School for donating 3 months of Swim lessons to a member of our Kids Play Group;
- Jay Vaz and Jaylin Grenard for donating socks and slippers to the Center;
- Gabby DeJesus for donating two cases of Pepsi to the Center;
- Milford Softball for donating softball shirts to the Center;
- John Shumaker and Chris Williams for donating Board games to the Center;
- Maria Oregan for donating miscellaneous craft supplies;
- Francoise Elise for volunteering over the last year and a half on multiple grant opportunities; we wish her luck on her move and we will miss her ;
Volunteers: Samantha Cesario from Milford Town Library for running our weekly book club; Jay Vaz, Coach Aaron Anniballi, Victor Canino, Earl Wilson and Gail Jusssame for helping ref and take score during March Madness, Sue-Ellen Szynmanski, Phyllis Foley and Pat Lee for running our gardening program monthly; Victor Canino and Brian Bell for running our boxing and kickboxing program; Gail Jussame and Judy Tusino for helping pack and distribute our food bags from Lovin’ Spoonful’s, for making phone calls for our upcoming Golf Tournament, and helping us reach out to local business for donations ; Chrissy Ferrucci for helping set up our Tower Garden; Madison Ateawung for running a tutoring program for the youth; our Senior Tax Relief volunteer Christine Mancine for helping in the gym; James Brevigleiri for helping hand out dinners and snacks in the kitchen; David Abrantes for running this month’s Life Skills doing woodworking; Ellie Poitras for helping in the game room; Pyper Bourre for helping hand out dinners in the kitchen; 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.