The Milford Youth Center staff and Commission would like to thank everyone who attended and/or volunteered at our 5th annual Jingle Bell Jamboree!  

On Sunday, December 1st, before the Santa Parade, families were able to enjoy Holiday crafts, face painting, snacks, music, and a jumpy at the Youth Center!

We would like to thank the many organizations and individuals that contributed to this event:  Jon Capece, Rob Kidder, Mike Walsh, Dan Seaver, Joe Graziano, Christine Daddario, Earl Wilson, Tim Snow, Felipe Marques, Milford Cub Scouts, Milford Girl Scouts, Milford High School National Art Honor Society, Diane Spittler, and the JAG Youth Council members who ran the craft and cookie decorating tables! We would like to especially thank Art's Towing for donating a trailer bed for the second year in a row, allowing us to be part of the Santa Parade!!!

For more pictures, click here. 

We would like to welcome you and your family to the fourth month of this school year's Milford Youth Center After School Program! 

The Milford Youth Center will be open for adult open gym on Thursday Nights, starting December 12th! All adults can enjoy basketball and volleyball from 7:30-9:00 PM. 

All participants will be charged either a $50 registration fee for the entire season. This one-time fee will be for the entire season, ending on Thursday, April 30th. You must be 18 or older to participate and have an ID when registering. All proceeds go back to youth programming at the Center. 

If you have any questions, please call the Sidney at the Center at 508-473-1756 or email here.

For registration form, click here. Please make check payable to The Milford Youth Center and return payment and this bottom section to the Center at 24 Pearl St. Milford, Ma 01757.

Join and support the Milford Youth Center and Hoop Crew, LLC in their efforts to raise money and awareness for Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) on Saturday, December 21st from 7:00pm - 12:00am. 

In coordination with the 1st Annual FIGHT ALS Youth Holiday Showdown (Dec. 29-30, Milford), a travel basketball tournament for boys and girls, grades 5-8, Hoop Crew, LLC is hosting a formal, adult dinner fundraiser for guests to boost their collective efforts against ALS. Food, music, raffles, silent auctions and a beer/wine will be available to all attending guests. Tickets are $40 each and those interested in attending can RSVP ahead of time. Tickets will also be sold at the door on Saturday, December 21st, starting at 7:00pm. 

The dinner event will be held in memory of former MYC Chairman, Paul "Wally" Seaver. For more information, please contact either Paul Seaver ([email protected]) or Greg Lewis ([email protected]). Click here for RSVP and flier. 

The Milford U10 Cheerleading squad will be heading to Nationals in Florida THIS WEEK! The U10 team is composed of 24 amazing little girls ages 8-10.  They started practice in early August, and so far, have won first place at every competition they have been to. In order to get all 24 girls and their coaches to Florida, the team has been holding fundraisers to cover travel expenses. Please consider help supporting all their efforts by clicking this link and purchasing a $10 raffle ticket. Each purchase can either be directed to support an individual athlete or into the "general fund" to support all the athletes! Winners of the raffle prizes will be drawn each calendar day in the month of January 2014. 

Some local volunteers are looking for your help to "bake some Holiday cheer!" They will be handing out cookies to those in need, in shelters and/or are homeless, on Christmas Eve. They need help from the community to make this possible! Whoever can make at least one batch of cookies and drop them off at the Center in a zip-lock bag (or Holiday tin) by December 22nd, is appreciated! If you have any questions, please email here. 

Are you getting excited thinking about the Holidays? All the food, the turkey, green bean casserole and oh, the stuffing! Now think about all the people that can't afford a holiday meal. You can help make a difference and provide a family with a holiday meal, including all the trimmings, for just $50.

We need your help to feed 1,000 families in the MetroWest/495 Corridor this Holiday Season. Your generous gift of $50.00 will give these families a complete holiday meal including the trimmings. For every $1 donated, we are able to purchase $4 worth of food. So please help us feed as many families as possible. For more information and to donate, click here!    

Registration is now open for two new classes at Community Impact and Truth Yoga Studio! 

1. Middle School Yoga: Ages 11-13

    When: Mondays 

    Time: 6-7 PM

    Mission: Helps promote confidence, inner       peace, and relaxation!

2. High School Teen Yoga: Ages 13-18

    When: Mondays 

    Time:7:15-8:15 PM

    Purpose: Helps promote calmness,               relaxation, and mindfulness!

These classes are for  weeks for $90 (Checks payable to Community Impact). Dates: December 2, 9, 16 ; January 6, 13, 20. To register, visit CommunityImpactInc.net.

Are you in recovery from a substance addiction? If you said yes, please join us. This six week group will make you realize you are not alone, comforted that all those thoughts, feelings, shame, and guilt, are similar to the person next to them. Together, with the help of a licensed therapist, group members will be guided in taking responsibility, and to understand and learn about their addiction and themselves, as they begin to experience who they are as an individual, without the life of substance use or abuse. This group is held on Thursdays from 8-9 PM at Community Impact located at 211 Main St. in Milford. To register, contact Amy Leone at 508-422-0242 ex. 1. 

Concerned about your body image? Unsure how to prevent and alleviate your body image problems? If so, join us for this 8 week group! We will integrate mindfulness, acceptance, and expressive writing with established effective cognitive and behavioral procedures for those struggling with body image challenges.  

This group will start on January 8th, 2014 at 4 PM at Community Impact, located at 211 Main St. in Milford. 

To register, contact Amy Leone at 508-422-0242 ex. 1 or click here. 

Please join us for our next JAG meeting on Wednesday, January 8th at 8:45 am at the Milford Police Station Training Room.

For the last few month's, JAG has been joined by consultant Lauren Gilman from EDC to help the group gain a better understanding of social marketing campaigns. With her support, guidance, knowledge, and expertise we will begin to brand our message of reducing underage substance use and adolescent risk factors for 2013-2014.

We are also looking for new area organizations to get involved in our efforts and coalition work.  If you are interested please contact Amy Leone at [email protected] 

Click here for Wayside's December Parent Support Groups in Framingham. 

About a month ago, a few MYC & JAG Youth Council members ran into the Youth Center asking if we could hold our next Find Yourself Friday Youth Event for a 10 year old Milford girl that had a rare disease, named Kayley.  Kayley was diagnosed with a condition known as Mid Aortic Syndrome just after her 10th birthday. Only 200 cases of MAS have been reported throughout the world. Out of those 200 cases only 60 have been successful. Kayley is number 201. As stated by her doctors at Children's Hospital in Boston, Kayley is one of the most complicated cases they have ever seen. 

After learning more about what was going on, we invited Kayley to attend our next JAG Youth Council meeting and asked her mom if it would be okay to hold our next Youth Event for her. Both agreed and soon after Kayley became an MYC & JAG Youth Council member. In just over one month, we got to really see how Kayley is such a kind and sweet young girl! We hope to help the family raise money for her surgery expenses during this very tough time. Kayley went into surgery on December 5th and will be in the hospital recovering for the next two weeks. We ask everyone for their support for this local family in need by clicking on this link to learn more and make a donation! 

Every March, the Milford Youth Center hosts our annual March Madness Tourney and 3 Point & Dunk Contest! We have over 60 kids participate each year and award the winning participants trophies and medals! This year we are looking for local business and organizations to sponsor the teams so we can provide t-shirts! It will cost $50.00 to sponsor a team of five!

Each participating donor will have their business/organization name on the back of the t-shirts and will be thanked through all out publications!

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!

Please make check payable to The Milford Youth Center and return payment and this bottom section to the Center at 24 Pearl St. Milford, Ma 01757.

The Juvenile Advocacy Group (JAG) has continued to work, for the past seven years, to bring together mental health providers, police, juvenile courts, schools, churches, medical providers and hospitals to address youth mental health and substance abuse in Greater Milford. Last year, the Juvenile Advocacy Group (JAG) networked with over 100 providers at our 1st Networking Breakfast to address the challenges of youth mental health. Again, we are joining our effort again with Milford Regional Medical Center's Patient Family Advocacy Committee's (PFAC) Mental Health Subcommittee, The Adolescent and Youth Adult Health Center and Yourteen.org to collectively explore existing and new resources for clients and families we all serve.

Please save the date and attend a FREE 2nd annual networking breakfast scheduled on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 from 8:30-11:30am at the Doubletree Hotel in Milford! The goal of this breakfast is to take the next step in identifying and utilizing existing in new resources in our community. More information on the breakfast, including the agenda, will be forthcoming.  

If you plan to attend, please RSVP at www.jagnetwork.org and feel free to pass this onto others you feel would benefit from our event. We look forward to meeting all of you and working together to make Greater Milford a place where young people and their families can find needed mental health services and treatment.

The 2013-2014 classroom schedule for the Milford TDA is available! Click here for more information and the registration form! 

The Milford Youth Center is pleased to partner with the Teachers Driving Academy to offer students a great program, at a reasonable price, with the added convenience of taking classes right at school! Every registration fee is made out the Milford Youth Center as a donation from TDA. We are very grateful for this collaboration and support!     

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