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After School Program - June 2018!
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In June we will continue to hold our most popular programs: MYC Laundromat, Crafts, Youth Council, Nutrition, Nail Salon (by appointment), CrossFit (last day June 4th), tutoring (by appointment), Quiet Zone, Taste Exploration, Fishing, and Science Club. We have a light schedule this month due to the end of year, the warm weather, and school sports and activities being in high gear. We have exciting events this month as well. Our fashion show will take place on June 9th at 6:30 pm. The price for the event is $3/person or $10/family. Milford TV will be taping the event. Milford TV is also hosting a Zombie Apocalypse on June 13th with our Youth Council and all MYC members are welcome to join. The last day for the after-school program will be June 22nd. We will be open for half day hours which are 10:30-3, and we will have our end of year party on this day as well. Join us for jumpies, ice cream, food, music, spin art with a local artist, and more!!! For calendar and registration form, please visit
www.milfordyouthcenter.net. For more detailed program description, click
here.
We are
always welcome to new ideas for classes and programming and would love to have
as many volunteers as possible. If you have a class you would like to run or would like to help with our existing classes please let us know!
We are looking for more hairdressers and makeup artists to do hair and makeup for the fashion show!
If you would like more info on any programs at the Center, please contact Christine Daddario
here
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 The Milford Youth Center's after school program is open for youth ages 8-18, free of charge for Milford residents and students, from 2-6 pm Monday through Friday (check monthly calendar for any changes). All members are able to recieve a free snack and/or dinner daily, thanks toollaboration of CACFP, Hockomock Area YMCA and the Milford School Food & Nutrition Services department! Youth are able to use our "MYC Laundromat" daily at no charge! All Youth members must be picked up by time of closing (unless they walk home). Pick up is outside of the building on 24 Pearl St. There may be additional permission forms to participate, due to some programs being held off site (Transportation is not provided). The game room, gymnasium and lounge, will be opened daily. For registration form, click
here
(forms are available in Spanish and Portuguese on our
website
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MYC Youth Fashion Show THIS Saturday!
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Our annual Fashion Show will take place on this Saturday, June 9th. @6:30 pm. Kids are getting the chance to wear clothes that are being loaned to us from TJ Maxx, a few high school girls will be wearing dresses from Jackie's Boutique, and Mckeons Dance and Gymnastic Center will be doing our intermission performance. These are only some of the exciting things happening that night.
Stop by with your families to see what else is going on. The price will be $3.00 per person or $10.00 per a family. Through this event we plan to raise awareness about underage drinking and help teens become better informed about the dangers of drugs and alcohol so they can make healthy decisions throughout life. We also hope this event will increase youth self-esteem and attitudes toward their body image!
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MYC End of the Year Party!
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Although we are sad to end this schools year's After School Program, we are excited to end with a bang with our "End of the Year" Party on Friday,
June 22nd! We will be open for half day hours which are 10:30-3, and we will have our end of year party on this day as well. Join us for jumpies, ice cream, food, music, spin art with a local artist, and more! We will also award the 2018 MYC Seaver Scholarships!
As a reminder, all participants must be a Milford resident and/or attend Milford Schools to participate in our programs and events. To fill out a registration form to be a member (8-18 yr olds) and participate in after school programming. For After School information, click
here
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MYC Summer Camp Registration is Filling Up!
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Summer Camp registration is booking up fast! Our registration forms can be found on our website here
or you can stop by in person to grab one! Camp runs from 8 am to 4pm Monday through Friday, with an extended day option until 5pm.
Info to reserve your child's spot:
- $50 deposit per week of camp you want them to attend;
- Milford residents: $150 per week;
- Non-Milford residents: $160 per week;
- Single Day fee:$60 per day;
- Extended day 4- 5pm: $15 per day.
Field trips include Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park, Water Wizz, Canobie Lake Park, Pinz, Skating, Hopkinton State Park, Paw Sox Game and Onset Beach! The first day of camp will be July 9th and go until August 24th for ages 8-14. For the calendar of activities and more information, click
here. For the registration form, click
here.
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Sponsor an MYC Summer Camper or Family!
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Every year we receive donations that help make camp available for local youth in need! It is possible to sponsor an individual camper or a family!
We would like to extend a huge thank you to the following banks who have contributed so far:
- $1,000 - Milford Federal Bank
- $500 - Commerce Bank of Milford, a Division of BerkshireBank
- $300 - Homefield Credit Union
- $150 - Kimberly Gold
- $150 - Cheryl Grady
Please contact us if you would like to participate at 508-473-1756!
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MYC Youth Council Updates!
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MYC Youth Council members have had an amazing May! In addition to the regular weekly meetings, youth council members have been up to some cool stuff! On May 9th, MYC Youth Council members accompanied Milford Youth Center Director, Jen Ward and SCI AmeriCorps Member and Youth Leadership Coordinator, Victoria Williams to an Info Night at Memorial Elementary School. The Info night was directed towards the English Language Learners in the community! ELL students and their parents were grouped by language and paired with a translator. They walked around the cafeteria to see different resources and organizations within the community. The youth council members who joined Jen and Victoria are bilingual and assisted with translations! The kids did an amazing job. The event also had pizza and snacks for everyone who volunteered and participated! The Milford Youth Center has registration forms in Spanish and Portuguese both online and at the center.
MYC Youth Council members also participated in a trail walk led by Marjorie Turner for Easy Walks in Massachusetts on May 23rd! Marjorie Turner took the youth council members as well as other Milford Youth Center after-school members on a guided walk of the Milford Trail and Milford Pond! MYC Youth Council members also picked up trash on the way to the trail as well on the trail and around the pond! It was a great experience! For blog, click here.
 Furthermore, an MYC Youth Council member assisted Milford Youth Center staff during the fittings for our 9th Annual, "Dressed Up, Not Messed Up," Fashion Show! The fittings were on May 21st and 22nd. We also had another fitting on May 30th for students who were going to Washington D.C. with Stacy Middle School. MYC Youth Council members will be planning music and a presentation for the Fashion Show as well!
To wrap up the month of May, MYC Youth Council members attended District Attorney Joseph D. Early's Student Wellness Conference at Anna Maria College in Paxton, MA. We would like to thank Milford Public Schools for allowing us to ride to ride with Stacy Middle School's bus. The MYC Youth Council members enjoyed breakfast and socializing in the morning... After, they set up their resource table as they were invited to host a table.
The kids watched a performance from Drug Story Theater, a group of youth who met in a drug rehabilitation center who decided to perform their life stories to help prevent addiction.  After the theater, kids had lunch and checked out other resource tables
while hosting their own. The event was wrapped up with The 84 Movement, a movement aiming to end underage tobacco use as well a speech by Ali Veinbachs, a college freshman who struggled with mental illness, self-harm and bullying from the age of eight. She shared her story and how she has overcome her struggles! She is now a Biomedical major at the University of
Chicago! The MYC Youth Council members received an enormous amount of education and inspiration during this conference! That's all for now! Look out for us in June!
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Last Month of MYC Kid's Play Group 0-5!
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Joins us for our MYC Kid's Play Group, a children's play group for parents and/or guardians to bring their kids to play, craft, and socialize! The groups will run Tuesday afternoons from 12:30 am to 2:00pm. Each session will include activities such as circle time, free play, crafts, snack, story time, and clean up!
There is a requested donation of $5 per family per session, so the MYC can continue and expand groups and programming. Come on down and bring your child to run and play while adults socialize and meet other families in the community! June 19th will be the last session before we take a break for the summer! We hope to see you all in the Fall!
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MYC Adult Open Gym Will Continue in June!
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Adult Open Gym is back! Starting June 6th on Wednesday's from 7pm-9pm. This is only open to adults (18+). You will have to fill out a waiver your first time participating, along with providing a license and/or ID. Milford residents will be charged $3 each and out-of-town participants will be charged $5 each week. For any questions, please call Center at 508-473-1756. There will be 4 Wednesday's in June and we will keep you posted about the rest of the summer.
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MYC Thanks Community for Donations:
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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:
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- Pediatric Dental Group for coming to MYC Kids Play;
Mrs. Cafarelli and the Hoboken Citizens Club Women's Auxiliary for donating snacks for our end of the year party;
- Marjorie Turner Hollman for doing a story book hike with the Youth Council;
- Firefighter Chris for coming to MYC Kids play and showing the kids the fire truck;
- Kim Watch for donating DVDs;
- Carla Casman for donating misc. sports equipment;
- Sue-Ellen Szymanski for donating binders;
- Shelia Santello-Young for donating misc. equipment;
- Kate Blackewell and Pat Flaherty of Hope and Comfort for donating 40 girls and 40 boys hygiene kits;
- Stacy Middle School for inviting MYC staff, as special guests, to their Memorial Day Program.
The Youth Center relies on donations to help sustain our programs! Please contact the Center if you would like to donate!
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NEW Teachers Driving Academy (TDA)
Registration Info:
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 The TDA is accepting registrations for the 2018 school year! The Milford Youth Center is pleased to partner with Teachers Driving Academy to offer students a great program, at a reasonable price, with added convenience of taking classes right at school!
We are very grateful for this collaboration and support!
- This classroom registration price INCLUDES the fee that must be paid to the RMV for the teen's driver's education certificate. THIS IS A FEE THAT THE RMV MAKES ALL DRIVING SCHOOLS COLLECT ON BEHALF OF THE TEENS who complete driver's education.
- You are now able to pay the $119.00 fee here! We not longer collect payments at the Youth Center.
- For more information, please visit the TDA website here.
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Rentals Available at MYC!
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The Milford Youth Center is available for rental purposes. The rooms we have available to rent as of right now are the gymnasium and/or stage area, conference room and batting cages. We do require an application to be filled out 3 weeks prior to your event and must comply with our rules and regulations. All information required must be submitted prior to the approval of your request. Please contact, Assistant Director Katie Covell
here or at 508-473-1756 for more information. All booking for rentals are by appointment only!
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MYC Apparel Available Online!
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 Want some awesome Milford Youth Center gear? We made it easier for everyone to purchase MYC apparel?!
Go online now and order whenever you want! We have sweatshirts, pants, t-shirts, hats, tang tops, blankets and socks available!
Don't see something you like? Email us and we will add It if we can.
For every purchase made, 10% comes back to the Youth Center.
Thank you in advance!
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Town of Milford Updates:
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In an effort to help Town Hall get information out to the public, the Milford Youth Center will help distribute upcoming dates, deadlines and information. Please click
here for this month's info!
For any questions, contact the Town Clerk's office at:
Town Clerk's Office
Town Hall Room 12
52 Main Street
Milford, MA 01757
Ph: (508) 634-2307
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