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 every business, organization and the individuals who sponsored children for our annual Hope for the Holidays gift drive;
- Alavi & Braza, P.C. Law Offices for their very generous donation of $5,000 to the Center;
- Milford Permanent Firefighters Association for their $250 donation;
- Joseph & Patricia Spadea and Family for their Holiday donation of $200 for MYC programming;
- Selia Group LLC for their $200 donation to Center programming;
- The Fauth Family for their $100 Holiday donation;
- Beverly Kavanaugh for her holiday donation of $25;
- Tamara Palmer 30 new basketball sneakers and sweatshirts for youth at 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;
- Dominique, Gerald and Milford TV for running our Milford TV program and teaching the kids how to interview and use camera equipment;
- Hockomock Area YMCA for continuing to offer their Mobile Food Truck to our participants once/month;
- Cornerstone at Milford and Leah Martel, Margaret Bannerman, Madison Britto and David Dwyer for coming in and running programming during the after school program;
- Lovin’ Spoonfuls for donating food to help us assist MYC families in need;
- Gail Jussaume for donating holiday gift bows and décor for programming;
- Milford Food Service Program, CACFP and the Hockomock YMCA for providing dinners and snacks to our after school members;
- Sandra Grey for donating a gaming chair for our game room;
- Volunteers/Outside Services: Thank you Phyllis Foley, Dorothy Burley and Theodora Weberfor running our gardening program with the Greenleaf Gardening Club and helping us with our tower garden; Ron Auger for running our monthly Life Skills program and teaching the youth the basics to CPR; Sam Cesario from Milford public Library for running our weekly Book Club; Cynthia Bushey from 4-H UMass Extensions for running our monthly STEAM programming, 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 create art with oil pastels; Pamela Goldman, Patricia Bruce and Suzanne Whitehouse for running a cooking class with the kids; Brian Bell for running our boxing program; Carly Fauth for running our FitFun program; 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.