The Milford Youth Center would like to thank the 100 MYC and community members who attended our Friday Fright Night Fundraiser on Friday, October 25th, 2024, and the over 35 volunteers who helped make it happen! The Center is excited to announce that we have raised $862.00 to support the programming at the Center! Some of the activities included DJ Ron Auger, costume contest, jumpy, pumpkin decorating, face painting, and kid friendly games. New year, we added a raffle table valued at over $570. The individual baskets were filled with all the things kids love from Frozen, to Marvel and even a mini pottery tea set! We also had our biggest attraction, the haunted house! We were joined by the Milford Fire mascot, Sparky, along with the Milford Police Department’s very own therapy dog, Piper! Finally, we would also like to thank the Milford Fire Department for visiting the haunted house the day before the event to make sure that our Haunted Maze was safe for all!
We would like to extend a big thank you to our community partners and vendors. Thank you to The Greenleaf Gardening Club’s, Phyllis, and Patsy; The Milford Town Library’s, Samantha Cesario; Milford TV’s Dominique and Gerald, Nadine Clifford of ConnectEd and Inspired, Lynda, Sienna and Dakota of Goldfish Swim School, Cindy and Natalie of Wayside Youth & Family Support, The Milford Fire Department, and finally, and Robert DiFazio of the Scouts of America!
Thank you to Board Member, John Dulude, who helped us tremendously in our efforts to make a safe and fun maze for this event, and for helping break it down afterwards! John plays one of the biggest roles in our haunt and ensure the animatronics are in full working order through the duration of the event! We are so thankful for him! Thank you to our Board Members, Darlene Dulude and Gail Jussaume for running the front entry table for the event!
Thank you to our volunteer, David Abrantes and staff, Julya Caldeira for escorting the groups through the haunted house! Thank you to the many volunteers who acted in the haunted house and made it all possible; Ally Stienstra, Anthony Jacobson, Aaron Anniballi, Emily Ferreira, Evander Abrantes, Earl Wilson, Georgi Metodiev, Jay Vaz, Kevin Reverte, Linda Catanzariti, Lisa Pazol, Megan and Morgan Clifford, Miguel Herpin-Hernandez, Olivia Barbosa, Sophia Alvarenga and Sophia Denietoles and BVT students; Sarah Schorn, Angie Sarmiento, Ashley Gibson, and Ari Turner.
In the Kids Zone, we’d like to thank the following volunteers who helped to run a craft table, an activity, or a game! Thank you to Francheska Serrano, Denise Costigan and her granddaughter, Zoey, Pedro Herpin, Cindy Stulac, Lisa Pazol, Pam Goldman, Sarah Gross, Linda Catanzariti, Tayla Nascimento, and Kara Zozzaro. We’d also like to thank Donna Lanciault, Emily Silva, Valerie Tessicini, Gabriella Barbosa and Vicki Parabicoli.
Finally, we would like to thank everyone who promoted our event including myFM101.3 and Ray Auger, who invited Jen and Joanna to come in prior to the event to promote, and Milford Public Schools for allowing us to do outreach! A big Thank you to Lambert’s of Mendon for donating over 100 pumpkins for the event, to Mike Shain with Thanks to Yanks for donating snacks, Carla Tuttle for donating 200 juice boxes for the event, Pam Goldman for making cookies and to Judy Tusino, Beverely Kavanaugh, Nadine Grella for making a monetary donation toward our event and lastly, thank you so Susan Dykoff for donating cookies to the event!
Thank you all so much for all your help and support! We would not have been able to do this without all of you! Finally, thank you to all our guests and the community of Milford! We hope to see you all next time! The MYC would like to thank all our custodian, staff and volunteers who helped set up, run the event, and clean up! For photos, click here.