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;
- Thank you, Citizens of Milford and all volunteers who helped, clean up the town for Milford Beautification Day;
- Thank you Milford Lion’s Club for donating $500.00 towards summer camp scholarships;
- The Hockomock YMCA for making the Youth Center a new location for their monthly pop up pantry;
- Thank you Hope Rudzinski from District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr’s office for running this month’s life skills program on the importance of cyber safety;
- Kim Handley & The American Karate and Fitness Academy for donating party supplies, office supplies, movies, and exercise equipment for programming at the Center;
- Milford Regional Medical Center for collaborating on our wellness and fitness programming;
- Paul Pellegrini and Consigli for donating plastic forks, spoons, and knives to the Center;
- Youth Commission Board Chair Brendan Rickert for donating a cake to honor Board Member Sandy’s last meeting;
- Thank you Milford Regional Medical Center for inviting us to attend their “Opening Doors to Address Youth Mental Health; A focus on Home-Based Health Services” presentation;
- Milford Food Service Program, CACFP and the Hockomock YMCA for providing dinners and snacks every day for the after school program;
- Kim Mu-Chow and Eva Gamache for donating Halloween decorations and costumes from Bellingham Party City;
- 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;
- Mike Shain in conjunction with Sacred Hart Church for donating Lacrosse sticks for MYC programming;
- Goldfish Swim School for donating 3 months of Swim lessons to a member of our Kids Play Group;
- John and Darlene Dulude for putting together raffle prizes for our upcoming fundraisers;
David Sebastian and Wayside for running an Art with Ipad’s program with the youth;- Volunteers: Samantha Cesario from Milford Town Library for running our weekly book club; Sue-Ellen Szynmanski, Phyllis Foley, Susan Dykhoff, and Fran Stone for running our gardening program monthly; Victor Canino and Brian Bell for running our boxing and kickboxing program; Gail Jussame and Judy Tusinofor 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 ; our Senior Tax Relief volunteers Christine Mancine for helping in the gym and James Brevigleiri for helping hand out dinners and snacks in the kitchen; Ellie Poitras for helping in the game room and gym; Gennevieve Araujo for helping organize supplies at the Center; 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.