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 Town Meeting for approving the appropriation of funds to support the purchase of a 12-15 passenger van (thank you Board Members, Brendan Rickert and Stacy Darling for attending the Finance Meeting and/or Town Meeting to support the article);
- Imperial Ford Corporation for donating $1,500 to the Center for after-school programming;
- Nouria Energy Corporation for donating $1,000 to the Youth Center and inviting us the grand opening of their new Milford location;
- Chuck Calagione for donating $200 to the Center;
- Ana Loja for donating $40 to the Center;
- Milford Regional Medical Center for collaborating on our wellness and fitness programming;
- YouthWorks for the opportunity to employee youth during their full-year program;
- Mendon Country Store for donating 30 pumpkins towards our Halloween Party;
- Judy Tusino for donating reusable bags for our food programs and Halloween goodie bags for the youth;
- Hockomock Area YMCA for continuing to offer their Mobile Food Truck to our participants once/month;
Linda Kabat for donating arts supplies to the Center;- Milford Food Service Program, CACFP and the Hockomock YMCA for providing dinners and snacks to our after school members;
- Volunteers/Outside Services: Thank you to Phyllis Foley, Dorothy Burley and Pat Lee for running our gardening program with the Greenleaf Gardening Club; Cynthia and Katherine from the 4-H extension Education STEM program for teaching the youth about electricity; Sam Cesario from Milford public Library for running our weekly Book Club; David Abrantes for running this month’s Life Skill’s Woodworking program; Gail Jussaume for helping in the kitchen and game room and with our Thanksgiving Dinner prep; Judy Tusino for helping back food bags for the MYC families; Linda and Isabella Kabat from Give Kids the Arts for teaching the youth how to make plaster wrap spiders; Dr. Bob Gilmore for running our fishing program this Fall; Andre from New Human for running weekly fitness programs; Cornerstone at Milford staff and members for joining us for a Halloween craft project as the beginning of a monthly intergenerational program for our after school program; Christine Mancine for volunteering in the gym; and for 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.